I was recently asked to do a guest blog post on Scott Kelby’s site. I had free reign to talk about anything I wanted to talk about. I took it as an opportunity to get off my arse and make something that was new and fresh for me. I decided I would do a video. I decided to do this for my wife, Meg, because she is always inspiring me to go beyond the normal stuff I create. She’s always pushing me. Sometimes it sucks because she knows just what buttons to push in me to make me think about things a bit deeper. So I took all of her button pushing and went out and made something of it.
50 years of Canon SLR cameras
50 years of Canon SLR cameras – something worth celebrating
Over the next few months Canon will be celebrating 50 amazing years of making SLR (single lens reflex) cameras with its customers.
Cat Photography
More on Dynamic Range
The Online Photographer: More on Dynamic Range
It seems like there’s a lot of confusion out there about exactly what “dynamic range” is. It’s just a not-very-good term for how much subject luminance range that a given film or sensor can capture at one go.
What The Duck
New photo paper in stock at Picture Works
JJ van Heerden sent through this announcement about a new paper they have in stock.
We have just finished our setting up and experimenting on a new paper from Fuji. It is a Crystal Archive paper (i.e. 60 years fade-proof guarantee) with a sparkling metallic finish. It really makes an image pop. Photographs seem to get a 3D quality, metallic sheens are reproduced faithfully with golden light and reflections gaining a bronzed quality. I will bring some samples to the next meeting. I have never been this excited about printing before.
At the moment we can only print 203×254mm or 203×305mm, but we will switch to 254×305mm and 254×381mm as soon as the wider paper arrives. Prices are as follows:
- 203×254mm: R21.95
- 203×305mm: R25.95
- 254×305mm: R34.95
- 254×381mm: R39.95
Members of HPS get their normal 15% printing discount on these prices.
An Explanation of 2nd Curtain Sync Flash (or Slow Sync Flash)
Digital Photography School published this nice explanation of how flash interacts during longer exposures.
An Explanation of 2nd Curtain Sync Flash (or Slow Sync Flash)
World Press Photo of the Year 2009
A picture by US photographer Anthony Suau for Time Magazine has been selected as World Press Photo of the Year 2009.
- US Economy in Crisis: Following eviction, Detective Robert Kole must ensure residents have moved out of their home, Cleveland, Ohio, 26 March
See the Winners Gallery 2009.
Via Dphotojournal.
Onexposure – 1x.com – In pursuit of the sublime
JJ van Heerden sent in this link, saying “Go and have a look at this site. Awesome, creative photography. Makes most other photo sharing sites look amateurish…”.
Onexposure – 1x.com – In pursuit of the sublime
Helderberg Photographic Society 