Need to hold down the shutter release for extended periods of time, but don't want to shell out money for a remote shutter release? Flickr user Dennis Calvert found that a pencil eraser and hair tie do the job well, allowing you to do star trail photographs with bulb mode.
It's been a while since we've done a giveaway here, and we haven't done one yet in 2011, so here goes: we're giving away a Photo Urban Disguise 70 bag by Think Tank Photo worth $189. This is a briefcase style bag that can hold up to two DSLRs with lenses attached without drawing attention to itself as a camera bag.
Canadian artist James Birkbeck shot this creative photo wearing paint to look like a van Gogh self-portrait painting.
Update on 12/18/21: This video has been removed by its creator but it can still be watched over at The Guardian …
CES is over, but Panasonic has no plans of letting the camera announcements end -- they've just announced four new Lumix compact cameras in addition to the eight they introduced at CES earlier this month.
