Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years of Photography India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
Posted: August 23, 2010
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This landmark exhibition gives an inside view of how modern India, Pakistan and Bangladesh have been shaped through the lens of their photographers From the days when the first Indian-run photographic studios were established in the 19th century, this exhibition tells the story of photography’s development in the subcontinent with over 400 works that have been brought together for the first time at the Whitechapel Gallery London from 21 Jan - 11 April 2010
New DVDs preserve your digital photos for centuries
Posted: August 20, 2010
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The Cranberry DiamonDisc, a novel DVD disc, is said to store your digital photos, movies, music, documents, and ledgers for 1,000 years or more. Misled consumers have been backing up important family memories on DVDs to keep them safe. Now, after just a few years, instead of reliving memories, file errors and unreadable discs are being discovered. While recordable DVDs are unreliable and unpredictable, often failing in as few as two years, a new 1,000 year DVD made of high tech, diamond-hard stone promises to preserve irreplaceable digital files for the ages.The Cranberry DiamonDisc was designed by a team of scientists to store digital photos, movies, music, documents, and ledgers for 1,000 years or more. Unlike conventional recordable DVDs and CDs, the new disc has no adhesive layers, dye layer or reflective layer to deteriorate - thereby avoiding the “data rot” that quickly corrodes all recordable DVDs. The transparent Cranberry DiamonDisc can withstand prolonged temperatures extending up to 176 degrees Fahrenheit as well as UV rays that would destroy conventional DVD disks
CAMERA LENS BRACELET
Posted: August 11, 2010
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Craig Arnold is a photographer who broke a lens and began designing a unique line of jewellery. Display your passion with style, with this unisex camera cuff. Each item is one-of-a-kind, displaying the characteristic wear and tear from its previous life. Each cuff is hand finished, perfect for the photography professional or passionate hobbyist.
Size: small-medium only £ 114
Lady Gaga’s Polaroid
Posted: August 5, 2010
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Lady G has been appointed as creative director and inventor of specialty products for the resurrected Polaroid brand….
“The Haus of Gaga has been developing prototypes in the vein of fashion /technology /photography innovation — blending the iconic history of Polaroid and instant film with the digital era – and we are excited to collaborate on these ventures with the Polaroid brand,” Gaga, 23, said in a statement.
Adobe CS5 release
Posted: April 12, 2010
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Adobe today announced the release of CS5 so what’s new for photographers;
- The much hyped ‘Content-Aware Fill’ tool, users can select and remove unwanted detail or objects in images.
- a new Lens Correction feature under filters
- Adobe Camera Raw v6.0
- enhanced Refine Edge tool
- enhanced HDR with the ‘Merge to HDR Pro’ feature
IPAD runs MS windows CE
Posted: April 5, 2010
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Press release September 13, 2006 - The new iPAD also features an Intel PXA 270 processor with Microsoft Windows CE .NET 5.0 computing power; an 802.11 b/g radio that achieves up to 54 Mbps WLAN communications; and Bluetooth v1.2 for support of Bluetooth peripherals “We’ve packed many powerful new features into this iPAD,” said Vernon Slack, customer marketing, mobile solutions at Fujitsu “It sports a faster processor, more memory, a brighter screen with longer battery life and a faster radio.
Seems like Apple are in for a trademark battle………
The Oldest and Most Expensive Camera in the World
Posted: March 28, 2010
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WestLicht Photographica Auction in Vienna, Austria will auction a historical sensation: a ‘Daguerreotype’ - the first commercially-produced camera The wooden sliding-box camera was made in Paris in September 1839 by Alphonse Giroux, Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre’s brother-in-law. Daguerre, the inventor of the first practicable photographic process, signed the camera to verify its authenticity…the auction estimate is Euro 500,000 - 700,000
which RAW converter for 5d Mk2?
Posted: January 14, 2010
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Excellent article here comparing Capture One Pro 5, Adobe Lightroom 3 Beta, Canon’s Digital Photo Professional 3.7.2 and DXO Optics Pro 5 - concludes that Adobe Lightroom 3 beta performs best…
RNLI’s annual photo contest winner
Posted: January 9, 2010
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Howard Evans, an RNLI fundraiser from Western-super-Mare, won the Photographer of the Year crown.
Howard said afterwards: ‘I was surprised when I was told I’d been shortlisted as I didn’t know I’d been entered into the competition in the first place, but I was very pleased to win.’ Howard captured the pictures on an Open Day at the RNLI’s Weston-super-Mare station. ‘The crew were launching the boat in difficult conditions and I just caught them at the right moment. They did all the work really,’ he added.
Eleanor Driscoll, the RNLI’s Film and Image manager who helped judge the entries said: ‘The standard was very high this year, but Howard’s picture stood out because it illustrates perfectly the challenging conditions our volunteer crews have to deal with, as well as the teamwork that is needed, not only to launch a lifeboat but to save lives at sea on a daily basis.’
Lexar Pro 300x CF cards now to 32GB
Posted: January 8, 2010
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Lexar announced improvements to the Professional line of CF and SDHC memory cards increasing the capacity of Professional 300x (45MB per second) CF cards to 32GB
All Professional line cards include a limited lifetime warranty and free downloadable copy of Image Rescue4, In addition, the cards include exclusive, money-saving promotions from Adobe on popular photo and video editing products, including the latest versions of Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom®, Adobe Photoshop Elements, and Adobe Premiere® Elements software.
Canon new EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM
Posted: January 6, 2010
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Canon launched the new EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM telephoto zoom lens. The lens succeeds the immensely popular EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM, offering improved performance in every area.
True to the L-series’ heritage, the EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM delivers optical excellence in the most challenging situations. As well as a revamp of the internal optical system, the lens has also been structurally re-developed as a direct result of user feedback, making it as robust and reliable as it is optically advanced
Duncan Murrell : Humpback whales “macro”
Posted: January 5, 2010
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Former BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Duncan Murrell has been out in his kayak taking close up pictures of humpback whales in the Tenakee Inlet, Southeast Alaska.
“To me these were challenging subjects. When I was in Alaska most photographers would charter a boat but I didn’t want to just go out and take a picture – I wanted to go out and immerse myself in the outdoors.”
Duncan spent a lot of time in the 1990s sat in a small kayak drifting close to schools of humpback whales off Alaska. It allowed him to indulge his passions for nature, thrill-seeking and photography
see his work here
Police chief admits camera confiscation was wrong
Posted: January 4, 2010
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The confiscation of cameras from people gathered to see the Royal Family visit church in Sandringham was an ‘error’, admit police.
A Norfolk Police spokesman today confirmed to Amateur Photographer that it was wrong for an officer to demand members of the public hand over their cameras on 27 December.
Signs on the Sandringham Estate reportedly warn people not to take photos.However, the police spokesman said people should have been allowed to keep their cameras in accordance with a ‘longstanding agreement’.
Maldon Mud Race - December 2009
Posted: December 29, 2009
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WPY winning image being investigated
Posted: December 20, 2009
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Behind the scenes of the world’s largest nature photo competition looms a potential scandal. A member of the panel of judges, nature journalist Rosamund Kidman Cox, admits to Suomen Luonto (Nature of Finland) magazine that this year’s overall winner photo is currently being investigated because of a suspected fraud.
”I know what your’re talking about. It is being investigated”, Kidman Cox confirms.
The photographer has given the impression that the picture represents a wild wolf. Now, however, the competition organisation has received evidence indicating that the wolf would actually be a tame one and lives in captivity. The pieces of evidence are under investigation as we speak.
The rules of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPY) competition are very clear: ”Images of captive animals must be declared. The judges will take preference to images taken in free and wild conditions.” So: a wolf photo representing a wild wolf has better chances to win than a wolf photo with a captive animal in it.
let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Posted: December 18, 2009
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Woken up to 6 inches of snow, time to dig out the thermal clothing
and find some snowy scenes. Some tips for snow photography…
1 - let your camera and lens acclimatise to the cold and after
you’ve finished shooting take out your ds/ cf card but leave your
camera in its bag and take closed bag back into your house to acclimatise for at least an hour.
2- snow is wet ! - Cover the camera with a clear plastic bag with a hole at the front for the lens to shoot through and wrap an elastic band around the bag on the lens barrel to hold it in place. Screw a filter on the front of the lens if you’re using an SLR to protect the element from drifting snow
2- to avoid ” grey” snow increase your exposure settings by 1 or 2 stops
Canon 5d Mk2 firmware update 1.2.4
Posted: December 17, 2009
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This firmware update (Version 1.2.4) is for using the EOS-5D Mark II with the WFT-E4 II,
and for correcting the phenomenon described below.
Corrects a phenomenon that visible noise may appear in images taken by continuous Bulb shooting.
This firmware update corrects a phenomenon that if the [C.Fn II-1 Long exposure noise reduction]
setting is set to [2: On], noise may appear in images that are captured while the
previous image is still being generated
Airbrushed Twiggy Olay advert misleading
Posted: December 16, 2009
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An airbrushed photograph of the model Twiggy gave a misleading impression about the effects of an eye cream she was promoting
more than 700 people complained via a website campaign set up by Jo Swinson, the Scottish Liberal Democrat MP, after it emerged the image had been “digitally re-touched”.The Advertising Standards Authority ruled the advert was misleading . Procter and Gamble Ltd, which makes the product, said Twiggy was a “beautiful woman” but admitted adding some “minor retouching” around Twiggy’s eyes.
