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The Present of Photography

Thich Nhat Hanh “Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.” “People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a [...]

A love story

Some times you find a lens that is so relentlessly delicious that you simply have to write it a love poem. Since I'm not a poet, I fear it may merely have to be these words. Think of it as short prose, perhaps, masquerading as free-form poetry. This photo: [...]

2012 Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day - Magic

Amazing iPad Magazine

Photographer's i is a brand new state of the art interactive magaizine built for the iPad and other tablet devices. Here is a look at it's pilot edition which can be downloaded from the App Store. This app features interactive media and articles by top name [...]

Canon's complement of compacts

'Tis the season for compact camera announcements, and today Canon has added eleven to the, ehm... canon. They range from the entry-level A-series, through superzooms, to touchscreen-tastic numbers, and a rugged camera. Just the same as with other extensive new [...]

Three delicious new lenses from Canon

Credit cards at the ready? Canon has just announced the 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens, which is an upgrade on the 24-70mm f/2.8L USM, and two wide-angle primes that both come with image stabilisation (which Canon reckons is a first): a 24mm f/2.8 and a 28mm [...]

Super Performance Tamron 24-70MM F/2.8 Lens - Announced

TAMRON DEVELOPS WORLD'S FIRST [1] FULL-SIZE, HIGH SPEED STANDARD ZOOM WITH BUILT-IN IMAGE STABILIZATION - SP 24-70MM F/2.8 DI VC USD (MODEL A007) New Super Performance full-frame zoom lens features class-leading resolution and Tamron's proprietary VC [...]

Zork Zörk Zoerk Tilt + HDR

© John Neel Zork Zörk Zoerk Tilt + HDR My newest toy! The proper spelling is the one with the umlaut over the o. The most common spelling seems to be just Zork.  The gallery shows examples of a popular technique called tilt shift. Each of these [...]

Inspiration - StopMo and Time Lapse

Inspiration can come from many places and from many other types of media. •  Although stop motion and time lapse photography might seem to be more like motion video techniques, they can both be accomplished with most higher end digital cameras. [...]

HDR - Garish? Realistic? Kitschy? UGLY?

The gallery above, contains a few examples of my personal HDR images. In a recent fine art photography forum, I asked a question regarding HDR.  My Question: Are there any people here that are using HDR in their work? Why? or Why not? Responder [...]