Camera Costume Ideas for Halloween
Want to create a photography-related costume this halloween? Here are some fun costume ideas to give you some ideas. The above is a standard Canon point-and-shoot that has a tiny camera in the lens.
Polaroid “Dua” Flashes: Designed for Both Photo and Video
At the Photo Plus Expo happening in NYC right now, Polaroid is showing off its new Dua Flash, a flash unit that also packs a strong LED light source for video recording. They're already available for both Canon and Nikon DSLRs on Amazon, and cost between $160 and $200.
12-Year-Old Becomes Youngest to Earn Royal Photographic Society Distinction
12-year-old Sam Kaye of Radlett, Hertfordshire, UK has become the youngest person ever to earn a distinguished membership to the Royal Photographic Society, the world's oldest photographic society. Kaye became a Licentiate of the RPS by submitting ten of his photographs anonymously to a panel of judges, who were shocked to learn of his age after awarding him with the distinction.
Canon Commercial for Thailand is a “Love Story” with a Dash of Creepy
Here's a "2 minute love story" Canon commercial that aired in Thailand. In other parts of the world, this would probably be categorized as a "thriller" rather than a "romance". The comments for the video on YouTube are dominated with the words "creepy" and "stalker".
Volcano Casts a Giant Shadow Across Clouds at Sunrise
Tumwater, Washington resident Nick Lippert captured this amazing photograph of Mt. Rainier casting a long shadow across low hanging clouds. It was shot at 7:40 in the morning using a Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3. Talk about being in the right place at the right time...
Focus Stacking for Speed: Researcher Invents Light-Efficient Photography
Google scientist Sam Hasinoff has come up with a technique called "light-efficient photography" that uses focus-stacking to reduce the amount of time exposures require. In traditional photography, increasing the depth of field in a scene requires reducing the size of the aperture, which reduces the amount of light hitting the sensor and increases the amount of time required to properly expose the photo. This can cause a problem in some situations, such as when a longer exposure would lead to …
Grndctrl Will Tell You How Long It’ll Take to Save up for That Gear You’re Eyeing
Want to know how long it'll take you to save up for that camera or lens you've been dreaming of buying? grndctrl, an uber-simple personal finance web app, can tell you. It doesn't take any personal details, but simply asks for your income, expenses, and savings amounts. You can then provide it with a list of "rewards" that you'd like to save up for, and it will give you estimates of how long you'll need to wait.
Nighttime Locations Illuminated Through Light Painting on an Epic Scale
German photographer Berthold Steinhilber has an awesome technique for lighting expansive locations at night: he tediously paints in the light manually with a powerful 1.8-pound headlamp powered by a 12-volt car battery. Depending on the scale of the location, his large format film exposures last anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours, with the aperture set between f/8 and f/16. The above photo took 1.5 hours at f/16.
ACLU Sues L.A. Sheriff’s Department for Harassing Photographers
The ACLU of Southern California has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and several of its deputies, claiming that they unlawfully harassed, detained, and searched photographers simply because they were taking pictures. The suit asks the court to instruct the Sheriff's Department to stop detaining citizens on the basis of photography, and also seeks damages. ACLU attorney Peter Bibring tells the LA Times, …
Photo of Laser Pointer Through Rain Reveals Water Drop “Snowflakes”
On a rainy day recently, light painting photographer Jeremy Jackson was playing around with a green laser pointer when he discovered something interesting: all the out of focus raindrops in the photograph had a lined pattern in them -- and each one was unique! These "water drop snowflakes" were found in all of the photos he took that day.