Category Archives: Photography

Adobe Creative Suite 2 Available for Free*

TechSpot – Adobe offering Creative Suite 2 for free, but they didn’t mean to Earlier this week Adobe made a surprise move by putting its Creative Suite 2 software, as well as individual programs like Photoshop CS2 and Illustrator CS2, up … Continue reading

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More on the Adobe Creative Suite/Photoshop Subscription Pricing

Mike at The Online Photographer is talking about Adobe’s new subscription model and whether it’s going to be the end of the Photoshop era for him. His main concern isn’t the price so much as having the software changing constantly … Continue reading

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Photos – Red Tomato Stakes

Camera NIKON D7000 Focal Length 98mm Aperture f/4 Exposure 1/125s ISO 500 Camera NIKON D7000 Focal Length 98mm Aperture f/4 Exposure 1/125s ISO 500

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“There is no such thing really as professional photographers” (and “professional” vs. expert”

New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is getting heat for this: “…there’s no such thing as Flickr Pro, because today, with cameras as pervasive as they are, there is no such thing really as professional photographers, when there’s everything is professional … Continue reading

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DSLR Video – The Royal Hounds “I’m In Love With a Zombie”

I’ve been radically changing up my videos. I ditched the tripod in favor of a video monopod. Now I’m moving around, which makes the videos much more interesting. Now that I’ve got the audio and video under control I’ve jumped … Continue reading

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DSLR Video – Syncing a Movie with External Audio in Adobe Premiere

This guy shows how. Just what I needed. The only thing you need is Audacity, which is free and good. The video is for Premiere Elements, but the idea is the same for Premiere Pro and not that different for … Continue reading

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New Nikon 800mm Lens

And they say gun owners are trying to compensate for something.

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Photography is not a crime, and can help solve crimes

Matt Blaze: Personal photos helped solve the Boston Marathon case, so cameras will be banned at Kentucky Derby for security reasons. Somehow after 9/11 people decided that cameras were terrorist tools, so banning them became part of the ongoing security … Continue reading

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Headline of the Year

Man tries to take photo of beaver; it kills him

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Happy 1st Birthday, Charlie

Happy 1st, little guy. It’s been a big year. First Easter First Halloween Holding a bottle for the first time First Christmas Your mom and dad love you, kiddo.

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Word of the Day – Selfie

From Urban Dictionary: A picture taken of yourself that is planned to be uploaded to Facebook, Myspace or any other sort of social networking website. You can usually see the person’s arm holding out the camera in which case you … Continue reading

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My Latest Invention – The Facebook Clip Show

You know how, when The Simpsons needs some material post haste, they piece together a clip show from pieces of previous Simpsons episodes? So what do the same thing, but with Facebook posts? And if you aren’t following me on … Continue reading

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Test of Seven 50mm Lenses for Nikon

Test of Seven 50mm Lenses for Nikon. Good stuff. The $239 Nikon AF-S 50mm/F1.8g comes out really well. As you can see, these lenses perform very differently at each aperture. If you shoot mainly wide-open and don’t need to go … Continue reading

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Nikon D7100, Nikon Lens Rebates

The D7100, the replacement for the D7000 I’ve been using for two and a half years, has been announced. Specs and press release. It has a new 24mp sensor vs. the 16mp in the D7000. The megapixels aren’t as significant … Continue reading

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So that’s why there was all that footage of the surprise Russian meteor

Wired – Why Almost Everyone in Russia Has a Dash Cam: The sheer size of the country, combined with lax — and often corrupt — law enforcement, and a legal system that rarely favors first-hand accounts of traffic collisions has … Continue reading

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