The $199 Waterproof ContourRoam Shoots 1080p Handsfree
Posted by on September 8, 2011 · 0 Comment
If you're like our adventurous duo Lee and Patrick and can't help but want to capture every moment of your daredevil exploits be it wake boarding, rock climbing, snowboarding, etc, then this sleek little number just maybe what you need to put down your not so waterproof D7000. Contour's latest, entirely hands-free mountable camera, the ContourROAM can shoot 1080p 30fps video and 5MP still images with [...]
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Climbing Photographer On Assignment in Yosemite (Video)
Posted by on September 8, 2011 · 0 Comment
Jimmy Chin Cover Photo
This video (shown below) has been receiving a lot of attention recently. It follows professional climbing photographer Jimmy Chin on a daring assignment for National Geographic as he attempts to tell the story of climbers who are on the cutting edge of what is possible.
Some of the greatest climbing feats in history have been happening recently on the cliffs of Yosemite, imagine [...]
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Motorola Zoom Commercial BTS With Amazing Moving Sets
Posted by on September 8, 2011 · 0 Comment
Telstra, an Australian wireless carrier, recently produced an ad for the Motorola Zoom tablet. Instead of creating everything with computers in post, the team created most of the moving sets by hand. The question then becomes; was their effort worth it? Can consumers even tell that much of this is real or does the average person consider everything to be fake these days?
Although this was an amazing [...]
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Racquetball Filmed From The Racquets Perspective
Posted by on September 8, 2011 · 0 Comment
I just stumbled upon another interesting video filmed with the GoPro HD video camera. It's not really an informative video but hopefully it will give you guys some inspiration. You can easily film things with these ultra small/light cameras that simply were not possible a few years ago. What could you film in a different way?
Update: Sorry about the title. I've not heard of "squash" before.
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TN3 Gallery Giveaway for Graphic Mania Premium Members
Posted by on September 8, 2011 · 0 Comment
Having a slideshow gallery on your website can affect your business enormously. A website slide gallery can help you to show your work examples, showcase photography and other visuals need you to display on your website in an attractive way. TN3 Gallery is one of the premium images gallery solutions that provides a large number of slideshow gallery options and skins.Today we have a generous giveaway [...]
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How to Take Stunning Abstract Pictures With Movement & Zoom
Posted by on September 8, 2011 · 0 Comment
Camera movements have been used a lot to create an abstraction from a scene. The recipe is very simple: in a long exposure time move the camera while exposing. The result will look similar to the scene but in a more abstract way, in this small article I will discuss how to do it and what kind of results you can expect.
Equipment
Many of these images can be done handheld but it will be [...]
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Wallpaper Pack #37
Posted by on September 8, 2011 · 0 Comment
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It has been a while since we’ve posted a wallpaper pack collection but we havent forgoten this series. We showcase today mostly landscape wallpapers and sceneries from artists and photographers on deviantart. If you wish to download a wallpaper simply click on the one you like and you be redirected [...]
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Shutter Lag in Compact Digital Cameras
Posted by on September 8, 2011 · 0 Comment
If you’ve ever tried to take photos of your kids whilst they’re running about you will probably have experienced this. You wait ’till they are perfectly positioned in the frame, press the shutter, and end up with a shot of the back of their heads leaving the picture. That’s shutter lag and most digital cameras have it to some degree or another.
"Day 116. When Harry Met [...]
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Interview with the Owner and Creative Director of Artentiko Marcin Kczmarek
Posted by on September 8, 2011 · 0 Comment
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In this weeks interview series we have as a guest Marcin Kaczmarek the owner and creative director of Artentiko. This website/company is making use of their knowledge, experience, education and imagination in order to effectively build [...]
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How To Light And Photograph A Glass Bottle
Posted by on September 7, 2011 · 0 Comment
In this weeks episode of The Slanted Lens, Jay P. Morgan shows us how to light and photograph a glass bottle. This video is also about superimposing products into real scenes so that the product looks it's best. Tutorials like this are priceless for anyone who is interested in product photography. Glass can be extremely tricky but Jay makes things super simple for us.
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What If Kinect And Photoshop Were Merged?
Posted by on September 7, 2011 · 0 Comment
We've all seen huge gigapixel images and their boring sidebars that allow us to navigate through them. But what if you could scroll through a photograph Minority Report style? The good people over at the University of Lincoln in the UK have put together an exhibit that combines huge gigapixel images with gestures based on the Xbox Kinect gaming console. The next step seems obvious: combine this [...]
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Swedish Nature Photographer of the Year Exposed as Fraud
Posted by on September 7, 2011 · 0 Comment
Nature photographers worldwide are watching a scandal that has come to light in Sweden over the last few days. Terje Helloso, a widely regarded nature photographer, was exposed and subsequently admitted to publishing multiple photographs in which endangered (hard to find) animals were inserted into nature scenes using Photoshop. It was due to some of these photos that Helloso was named Nature Photographer [...]
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HTML5 Apps: 10 Cool HTML 5 Web Apps
Posted by on September 7, 2011 · 0 Comment
HTML5 apps are quite possibly the future of the web. Instead of relying on local desktop applications for tasks such as calendar management, code generation or photograph editing, HTML5 allows for developers to create applications that run within the browser. These HTML5 web apps have a variety of possible functionality, and it’s not even fully known what the possibilities for HTML5 apps are.
In [...]
Smart objects 3D book mockup (PSD)
Posted by on September 7, 2011 · 0 Comment
Friends, today’s design download is a 3D book mockup with smart object in PSD format. This PSD mockup file allows to add images and artwork to create your own beautiful 3D realistic hard-paper book.
The download comes as a PSD file containing two smart objects for book-cover and spine of the book. You can double-click the smart object that will open up in a new file where you can add your [...]
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Day to Night Photos by Stephen Wilkes
Posted by on September 7, 2011 · 0 Comment
Award winning photographer Stephen Wilkes has put together an amazing “Day to Night” series of photographs which capture the changing time of day into one scene. Each image was photographed throughout the day and a selection of photos from hundreds taken were blended together to create a very interesting picture.
See more of Stephen’s work on his website.
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15 Creative Examples of HTML5 Websites
Posted by on September 7, 2011 · 0 Comment
While HTML5 is in its early stages in the market, it shows great potential and many experts expect it to have a promising future. HTML5 is an upgrade to its predecessor and incudes many advanced features, such as a video streaming feature, animation and interactivity support. These new features promote HTML5 to be one of the next powerful trends in the web market. Many HTML5 websites have already [...]
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Top 10 Qualities of a Great Photographer
Posted by on September 7, 2011 · 0 Comment
What are the top 10 qualities of a great photographer? It takes more than just a nice camera and a desire to take pretty pictures in order to be successful in this creative yet technical professional field. Whether you want to work for newspapers, magazines, portrait studios or as a freelance event photographer, there are a few qualities that you should try to cultivate as soon as possible.
"Through [...]
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Nikon Coolpix S1200pj Projector Camera
Posted by on September 7, 2011 · 0 Comment
Building off of the award winning innovations from its predecessors, the COOLPIX S1200pj encourages a new level of content sharing with a powerful and brighter 20-lumen built-in projector. For added versatility, the COOLPIX S1200pj works with an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch allowing users to project images and movies stored on these devices as well as online content. In addition, the camera maintains [...]
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Nikon Coolpix AW100
Posted by on September 7, 2011 · 0 Comment
Nikon’s Newest COOLPIX Camera Goes Extreme with Compact Rugged Body, CMOS Sensor for Superior Image Quality and GPS Capability
MELVILLE, N.Y. – Today, Nikon Inc. announced the new COOLPIX AW100, a camera that can stand up to the rigorous expectations of those with an appetite for adventure who demand incredible image quality within a strong, durable body. The waterproof, freeze proof and shockproof [...]
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Fine Shots By Self-Taught Photographer Mikko Lagerstedt
Posted by on September 7, 2011 · 0 Comment
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Mikko Lagerstedt is an interesting case of graphic designer who is also a self taught photographer from Finland. He have started photography back in 2008 and since then he cant stop capturing landscapes and sceneries that looks unique and inspiring. You can check [...]
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Beautiful Examples of Expressive Photography
Posted by on September 7, 2011 · 0 Comment
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Expressive photography captures the emotion of the people that in the photography. Here is the definition, Expressive photography involves photographs that express a feeling or a mood — photographs that draw the viewer in and make them feel what you felt when you were making [...]
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The Wednesday Rundown 9.7.11
Posted by on September 6, 2011 · 0 Comment
Howdy and welcome to the Wednesday Rundown. This week we have a video from Dave on Astro Timelapse. A very cool instructional video that everyone should try out. We also have one of the best light painting videos I have seen. Check out the videos being posted for the contest BTS Contest forum. If you have a video that you think we might like to post, please click on "submit content" above.
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The Best Way To Get Assaulted With Street Photography
Posted by on September 6, 2011 · 0 Comment
Recently Petapixel featured a rather amusing video of photographer Fabio Pires out of London. Fabio is a street photographer who shoots spontaneous photos off the cuff. Unlike the video we featured of Clay Enos's street setup, Fabio's approach is more in your face, candid, and potentially more risky. In Fabio's opinion, the best shots come from strange and interesting people who aren't expecting [...]
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Master Of Illustration Portraits – Cristiano Siqueira
Posted by on September 6, 2011 · 0 Comment
Advertise here with BSAThis is a new tradition I’m hoping to continue on Creative Nerds, which is where we dedicated a showcase design post to a specific artist. The first design showcase will be Cristiano Siqueira a designer who speciality is creating illustration portraits Cristiano Siqueira is a talented illustrator based in Sao Paulo, Brazil who has done work large for global brands [...]
10 Design Cocktail 6 Bundles ($946 Value Each) for 10 Lucky Winners
Posted by on September 6, 2011 · 0 Comment
Designious.com is back with another ridiculous bundle of awesome design resources. They just launched another mind blowing design bundle – Design Cocktail 6 includes an awesome collection of high-quality resources for creative professionals at an unbeatable price! However, exclusively for CreativeFan readers, we’ve teamed up with Designious to give away 10 Design Cocktail 6 bundles for 10 [...]
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