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[News] Vogue Bans Skinny and Underaged Models
Nineteen Vogue editors have pledged to use only healthy models on their editorial pages and banned underage models, to maintain a healthy and realistic depiction of adult women’s bodies. The editors have agreed on six points, that will appear in Vogue’s June issue, which includes not knowingly work with models under the age of 16 [...]
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[News] Canon Fixed The 5DM3 Light Leak With Tape
As they received their first shipment of fixed 5D Mark IIIs the crew over at LensRentals.com couldn’t help but take a quick peak to see how Canon solved the light leak issue. They were not at all surprised by their findings but you may be. Apparently all it took was a little bit of tape. [...]
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[Video] How to Photograph a Funeral
Natalie Norton photographs the funeral of a 16 year old girl and then shares her insights about the experience with you. This video is a slideshow of Natalie’s work from that day but to get the most of her experience be sure to read her full post where she offers, “4 Tips I Hope you [...]
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[Pics] Erotic Imagery in the Everyday (Safe for Work… I Think)
Blommers and Niels Schumm are a pair of Amsterdam-based photographers that have the ability to take photos with shifting perspectives. What may seem like boring stills at first takes on a whole new meaning during a second glance. Or if you are like me, a part of the soil minded, you see the eroticism first [...]
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The Best Fstoppers’ Posts From April 2012
Your “Likes”, “Tweets”, comments and clicks all help us know which are our best posts of the month. And because we don’t want anyone to miss any of Fstoppers’ goodness we put “The Best of” in a monthly newsletter for you. So, if you think you may have missed anything this last month, check out [...]
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[BTSV] Behind the Scenes with The Agonist (Promo ’12)
There are only a few days left before Von Wong does Europe. But instead of spending that time ironing, folding and categorizing his underwear for the trip, Ben is doing what any proper photographer would, he shoots. Check out the behind the scenes video and Ben’s full commentary as he knocks out a rough and [...]
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[Video] The Idea Channel Wonders if, Instagram is the Best Thing to Happen to Photography
Recently on PBS’ Idea Channel they pose the question, “Is Instagram the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Photography?” I personally wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s the best thing to ever happen to photography but this entertaining video does a good job at pointing out the benefits of apps such as Instagram. [...]
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[Pics] The Many Possible Faces of Hitler
Towards the end of World War II, concerns that Hitler would flee Germany with a new identity, spurred U.S. intelligence officials to have New York makeup artist Eddie Senz to produce various portraits of Hitler as he might have altered his appearance. Der Spiegel, a German news site, published the images in the 1990′s, but [...]
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[News] A Camera that Produces Descriptive Text
Matt Richardson created a unique, prototype camera that actually describes scenes. “The Descriptive Camera works a lot like a regular camera—point it at subject and press the shutter button to capture the scene. However, instead of producing an image, this prototype outputs a text description of the scene. Modern digital cameras capture gobs of parsable [...]
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[Pics] Lighting your Shots with Explosions
Joschi Herczeg and Daniele Kaehr are the two artist behind this small series entitled, “Explosion”. They synced a camera with custom built detonators in order to capture explosions occurring in mundane surrounding, which seems to further the sense of stillness and peace in what is otherwise a chaotic process. I’m not sure if it’s the [...]
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[Video] “The Camera”: Modest Gear, $50 and an Inspired Mind
“The Camera” is a haunting short film by Peter Lewis about a girl who finds an old polaroid camera that produces some unique and unexpected results. Using modest equipment: Canon Rebel T2i, Canon 50mm f/1.4, Tamron 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 and a $50 budget, Peter knocked this film out while on vacation in Nags Head, North Carolina. [...]
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[Video] Time Lapse of Aging Children
Frans Hofmeester is the father of 12 year old daughter Lotte and 9 year old son Vince. Frans has been filming each of them on a weekly basis since birth and has recently compiled that footage into short, time lapsed films. Many of us have seen this concept before but any one who starts a [...]
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[Video] Indoor Fireworks and Other Insane Acts at 2500fps
“Dumt & Farligt” is a Danish TV show were two guys are given free license to do what ever dangerous thing that comes to mind, in and around the home. But the best part is they they document it all with a Phantom Flex capturing every ludicrous detail at 2,500fps. See what happens when a [...]
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[Video] Colored Powder + Phantom Flex @ 2,500FPS = :)!
The Holi festival in India has always been a colorful source of inspiration for photographers but New York-based production company, Variable, wasn’t equipped with a meager Canon 5D Mark III or Nikon D800 but with the awesome 2,500fps might of the Phantom Flex high speed camera. So impressed by the Phantom’s performance we decided to [...]
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[Pics] Striking Macro Shots of Bullet Impacts
My childhood was filled with shooting things and marveling at the aftermath but it took photographer Deborah Bay to capture the results for all to see. Deborah took striking shots (pun intended) of various caliber bullets, after being fired into bullet resistent Plexiglas. Armed with the support of professionals at the Public Safety Institute and [...]
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[DIY] How to Make Your Own Studio Track Lighting
Admittedly this DIY project takes a little more effort than some but the results are pretty damn cool. Benjamin Von Wong takes a page from DIY Photography and makes a pretty slick florescent light track system, turning a small one room into a photo studio. Check out the video and if you decided this is [...]
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[Gear] A Camera that Creates 3D Models of Rooms in Minutes
Creating 3D images of interiors, with furniture, colors and textures is a time consuming process to say the least. But now Matterport, a device prototyped from an Xbox Kinect, uses twin lenses on a hand held unit to render a three dimensional space. This tech obviously has a way to go but the preliminary results [...]
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[Gear] 5D Mark III vs. D800 (Part 2: low light, jpeg, buffering, ergonomics)
In this second installation, Chris Niccolls over at The Camera Store TV, compares the Canon 5D Mark III and Nikon D800, with photojournalist Mike Drew. Mike and Chris look at how these two cameras handle fast action in low light and how JPEG processing compares to the RAW files. What I really dig about this [...]
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[BTSV] An HDR, 35000 photo, 7 month Time-Lapse (for the love of it)
Here’s a brief behind the scenes video featuring Andrew Geraci and Drew Breese in a Q&A regarding their haunting video, “Asylum”. This HDR time-lapse was created from 35,000 photos over 7 months. If you missed this one, it’s here in the full post. As the BTSV reveals, Drew and Andrew made this for no other [...]
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[Gear] See Every Hair, Every Pore, Every Strand of DNA (A 4k Display)
If you are not a seriously hardcore, professional editor then I doubt you will give the Eizo FDH3601 a second glance. With it’s 4k display that supports a resolution of 4,096 x 2,160 pixels or the equivalent of four 1080p displays in a 36.4 inch frame, this monitor would be the perfect companion for Canon’s [...]
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[News] 16 Cameras in a Haunted House (an interactive story)
Is there anything new under the sun? Has it all been done before? Maybe… but the shadows are a different story. “Haunted” is a paranormal thriller that takes place in a haunted house over the course of 48 hours. This awesomely interactive narrative was filmed using 16 cameras spread through out the various rooms and [...]
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[BTSV] How to Shoot a Film With an iPhone
Ryan Connolly over at Film Riot, a how-to filmmaking site, just knocked out a short film using the iPhone 4s as his only camera. The best part is, he has also provided us with a very in-depth look at how he did. Everything from app set up, lighting, equipment, the works. See both the final [...]
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[Pics] Celebrity Camera Club
I came across this Tumblr blog today that features some classic people with some classic cameras. There is something about being a photographer and seeing these shots that makes me feel oddly connected. How many of these celebrities can you name or more importantly how many of these cameras? 1 point for naming the personality, [...]
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[News Discussion] Does your Nikon D800 Lock Up?
So many gear releases, so many bugs, glitches and freak outs. The Admin over at Nikon Rumors has just made a brief post about his new Nikon D800 locking up. In a picture, he provides, the D800 can be seen with the LCD on, even though the camera is off and apparently the only way [...]
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[Video] A Quick Tip: DIY Wind Machine
Have you ever wanted to give your models that wind swept look. This 56 second quick tip from our friend Benjamin Von Wong can save you from having to lug around a heavy and often expensive fan. So simple, most of us over look it and here is all you need. Also be sure to [...]
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