Do you need military training to become a better photographer? Probably not, but this rifle marksmanship video from days long past is a wonderful way to improve how you position yourself and hold your camera, especially in awkward spaces and tough situations. Posted to Reddit by SquigglesMcDeef, the twelve minute video looks to be footage [...]
Rumors were spreading fast yesterday that Nikon acquired Samsungs mirrorless technology, but an official statement from the Korean giant denies the NX tech will be changing hands. Skeptics will say its a standard denial that isnt necessary true, but a close look at the exact wording of the statements so far indicates Nikon and Samsung [...]
In a move that will no doubt make a lot of peoples holiday shopping a lot easier, YI has just announced its action camera is now available in a limited release version exclusively for the United States. The YI action cam will be sold via Amazon Exclusives, so dont expect to find it anywhere else [...]
Just because its winter doesnt mean we can only shoot indoors. It may be cold (and rainy if youre in London) most days, but when the winter sun shows its face, it fills the earth with a beautiful warm glow, especially late in the day. This bring us to what is known as the golden hour typically about an hour before sunset. The further you are from the equator, the more time you would need, in my case... more
Flickr has just released their new year in review statistics. Some statsare surprising, some are obvious. What is pretty obvious is that Flickr uploads is dominated by smartphones (42% of photos). Actually, it is dominated by iPhones. 4 of the 5 most popular Cameras on Flickr are iPhones, with one being a SamsungGalaxy. Second in [...]
When I was getting started with photography, I knew that I had to learn how to light a subject indoors, but I couldn’t afford studio strobes – or even a hot shoe flash. I ended up learning how to use artificial light by re-purposing a set of three 500 watt halogen work lights. They turned [...]
I have two daughters (11 and 4) and oneson (7). They wanna be: an actress, arobot maker and a dancer-chef-teacher-driver. I’ll let you do the match up. Actually many of us had “dream jobs” when we were growing up and for some, we never got to experience those dreams because life took us on different [...]
Are you a Nikon shooter? Do you have $10,000 laying around? Do you like to shoot REALLY wide? If you answered yes to all three of the above questions, I have good news for you. You can pick upyour very ownNikkor 10mm f/5.6 Fisheye Lens on Ebay. The lens is in mint condition, numbered 180470 [...]
Today seems to be about buyouts. Just a few hours ago we shared a report that said Nikon has acquired Samsungs NX camera technology. Now,Phase One has announced its bought out Mamiya Digital Imaging, giving Phase One full control of all Mamiya assets, including camera and lens production facilities. The two companies have a short, [...]
Day after day, observatories around the world hunt for extraterrestrial life. While many use telescopes to seek out visual-based evidence, there are still a select few that utilize radio astronomy, a subfield of astronomy that listens into the frequencies spit onto Earth from the last frontier. Three of these radio astronomy facilities were captured by [...]
