Knobroom is a free add-on for Lightroom that lets you use the knobs and sliders on a MIDI Controller to edit photos in Lightroom. Unlike PADDY, which we featured last year, Knobroom is also available to Mac users. The brief demo above shows Lightroom being controlled with a Behringer BCF2000. Freelance photographer Max Edin has written up an informative review on setting up and using the add-on.
Have a habit of losing your lens caps? Add a clip to them to keep them attached to your camera strap when not in use! All you need are a lapel clip -- the kind found on old wired cellphone headsets work great -- and some strong mounting tape. It's basically a DIY version of the Nice Clip, which we featured back in October.
Kurtis Hough of Portland, Oregon made this informative step-by-step video on how you can quickly lose $2,400 in just 24 seconds. It was shot using a Canon 5D Mark II.
Evolution is a series of photographs by photographer Ted Sabarese showing people with fish they resemble.
Here's another sign of the changing times: so many camera shoppers are turning to the Internet for deals that some cameras shops are now charging fees for customers who want to test out their cameras. The Daily Telegraph writes, …
Having trouble framing shots when "shooting from the hip" and not looking through (or at) your camera? Lifehacker suggests pointing with your left hand index finger to improve your accuracy. Simply press the finger against your lens, parallel to your camera's line of sight. The idea is that while we point at things all the time, aiming a camera isn't quite as intuitive (though it comes with practice). By making the camera an "extension of your body", you might be able to aim it more naturally!
Photographer Grover Schrayer captured this amazing photograph of a rainbow in candle smoke.
Ever wonder what National Geographic photographers go through to get the beautiful shots that appear in the yellow-bordered magazine? The Photo Society -- an interesting new website created by the magazine's Photographer’s Advisory Board -- recently surveyed 45 Nat Geo photographers about hazards they've encountered while on assignment. All the incidences were then counted up and turned into a fascinating table showing how "glamorous" the photographers' lives are. You can also read short …
