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The Downfall of Flickr
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on May 16, 2012 · 0 Comment
Yahoo can’t catch a break. Within a week of their CEO being thrown out for lying on his résumé, Gizmodo just published an excellent detailed article chronicling Flickr’s turbulent history and continuous decline entitled How Yahoo Killed Flickr. Previously one of the most popular photo sharing services, it is quickly being left behind in the industry.
How Yahoo Killed Flickr (Gizmodo)
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Canon SLR Cameras Used to Film Stunts in The Avengers
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on May 16, 2012 · 0 Comment
SLR Cameras Placed in Pelican Cases to Film Stunts
1920 x 1080 HD Recording And 24p Frame Rate Enable Gripping Point-Of-View Shots for Theatrical Filmmaking
Canon is proud to announce that its EOS 5D Mark II and 7D Digital SLR cameras have been used on the set of Marvel’s latest movie, “Marvel’s The Avengers,” to capture thrilling point-of-view (POV) action shots that can be [...]
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Stock Photography Supermodel
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on May 11, 2012 · 0 Comment
He is probably one of the most recognizable people you have never heard of. The face of countless stock images, yet a name that means little to most people. Jesper Bruun is the “the world’s most downloaded man”. In this short video, Brazilian photographer Fernando Martins tracks down the man behind a million pictures.
Studio photographer, Fernando is increasingly concerned by the loss of [...]
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Amazing Photography & Video for Paralympic Ad Campaign
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on May 8, 2012 · 0 Comment
For their latest ad campaign, the Canadian Paralympic Committee pulled out all the stops to create a rather impressive campaign. The photograph, which you can see below, tells the story of how a Paralympic athlete came to be, starting with the car accident in which the runner lost his leg. The creative campaign tastefully tackles the tragedy by delivering a heartfelt tale of grit, determination, [...]
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Leaked News About Instagram: Photography May Never Be The Same
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on May 6, 2012 · 0 Comment
As some of you may have heard, Facebook recently acquired the angel of the app world, Instagram. Facebook dug deep into their pockets as they forked over a cool 1 billion dollars for the app. That’s $1,000,000,000 (US) for an app that, at the time of purchase was returning a profit of zero dollars. The purchase leaves one’s imagination to wonder about the future of the app and how Facebook [...]
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Skywalking: An Alarming New Photography Trend in Russia
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on May 1, 2012 · 0 Comment
By now, anyone using the internet is has seen some photographs of people stiffly laying across some rather unorthodox objects. The trend, known as planking, spread like fire across countless meme sites and included photos of people planking from all walks of life. Russian’s are now taking the trend to the next level as they have recently started an alarming new fad called skywalking. Daring individuals [...]
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The Wait is Over: Adobe Releases Photoshop CS6
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on April 22, 2012 · 0 Comment
SAN JOSE, Calif. — April 23, 2012 — Adobe today announced Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CS6 Extended software, major releases of the undisputed standard for professional digital imaging. B&H is the first to have them available for pre-order here:
Adobe Photoshop CS6 Pre-Order (Windows)
Adobe Photoshop CS6 Pre-Order (Mac)
Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 – 50% off for 24 hours
Packed with new [...]
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Pulitzer Prize Photography: 2012 Winners (Warning: Graphic)
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on April 18, 2012 · 0 Comment
The 2012 Pulitzer prize winners for photography were announced today and are truly heartbreaking. Both of the honored photographs document the unbearable trauma of war. Massoud Hossaini of Agence France-Presse won the award for Breaking News Photography with this photo captured moments after a suicide bomber detonated a bomb in a crowd at the Abul Fazel Shrine in Kabul on December 06, 2011. Tarana [...]
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Supermodels Without Makeup
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on April 16, 2012 · 0 Comment
An image has popped up recently showing side-by-side comparisons of supermodels with and without makeup which has caught the world’s attention and the internet is diligently doing their part in making it go viral. The image, which you can see below, sheds light on just how much make-up and creative photoshopping is utilized in the world of fashion photography.
Supermodels Without Makeup (Click [...]
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Rediculously Photogenic Guy Becomes Media Sensation for Unknown Reasons
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on April 16, 2012 · 0 Comment
While running the Cooper River Bridge Run in South Carolina, Zeddie “Watkins” Little had a snapshot taken of him by a random bystander. Now, instances like this probably occur all the time, but what makes this snapshot stand out above the crowd is how photogenic Watkins appears, having just completed a 10k race.
Rediculously Photogenic Guy
The man who took the photograph, Will King, [...]
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Nikon D4 Shutter Sequence Captured on High Speed Phantom Camera
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on April 10, 2012 · 0 Comment
Immediately upon unpacking their new Nikon D4, Jason Kolsch and Jayson Jordan, began filming the Nikon with a high speed Phantom camera. The film takes you on a short 360 tour of the Nikon body, stopping briefly to allow you get a good look at all of it’s finer details. The highlight of video is when the Phantom uses its monstrous 1000 frames per seconds capability to capture the Nikon D4 firing [...]
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Wet Plate Photography Studio in a Truck Touring America
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on April 10, 2012 · 0 Comment
When most people think cameras, they think of small hand-held devices that can easily be tucked away into a back and carried about. But, if you ask Ian Ruther about his camera, he’ll tell you it’s the size of a delivery truck, literally. That’s because Ruther converted a truck into a mobile camera and processing lab, in which he travels the country in creating large wet plate prints. [...]
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Instagram Acquired by Facebook for $1 Billion
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on April 9, 2012 · 0 Comment
Facebook announced today that it has acquired photo-sharing app Instagram. This huge deal is rumored to be in the amount of roughly $1 billion in a combination of cash and stock. A staggering price for a 9 person company that started only a few years ago.
Instagram Acquired by Facebook by $1 Billion
April 9, 2012—Facebook announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire Instagram, a fun, [...]
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Extreme Aerial Fashion Shoot at Terminal Velocity
Posted by photographer2 on April 9, 2012 · 0 Comment
As smartphone cameras improve, manufacturers are going to great length to prove how effective these little devices are at capturing and uploading images quickly. Far from being a gimmick, the image quality from these smartphones has become good enough to produce professional looking photos and video for next to nothing. This production is a classic example of what can be achieved with a smartphone, [...]
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Fauxtographor – Are You Healthy Enough for Photographic Activity?
Looking for a little comedic relief? Look no further than Fauxtographor, the 1-minute long parody that pokes fun at the life of a photographer in the form of a medication commercial complete with possible side effects. Have a look at the commercial here and see if Fauxtographer is right for you:
Ask your doctor if you are healthy enough for photographic activity
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Stop Motion Photography Hit: Fresh Guacamole
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on April 1, 2012 · 0 Comment
Stop-motion director “PES” gets creative as he takes his viewers on a visual ride through the process of making the tasty green dip one photograph at a time. This production has set a new standard for creative stop-motion photography shorts and many in the industry have taken note (over 4.5 million views in a few weeks time). Have a look for yourself here:
Besides the ingenious items he [...]
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Move, Eat and Learn
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on March 30, 2012 · 0 Comment
Some of you may have seen this amazing project already but it is well worth revisiting for it’s unique creative style. Rick Mereki used the themes of movement, learning and eating to create three compelling short videos that leave you wanting more. As a travel photographer, I was very fascinated and inspired by this even though it is in fact a video project and not photography (but it was created [...]
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Video Features on the Canon 5D Mark III
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on March 28, 2012 · 0 Comment
There’s been a lot of buzz about the Canon 5D Mark III going around the photography world lately and it’s no wonder why. Canon upted the ante on the latest 5D, packing it with new functions and time saving features, making it a photographers dream. Some of the cameras more powerful upgrades will also greatly reduce the workload of filmmakers. Photographer Richard Walch shows us how as he [...]
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Impressive Short Film Involving Framed Photos
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on March 27, 2012 · 0 Comment
The short film, Frame of Mind, by Ben Boutwell and Steven Alan is a creative look into the world of forced perspective photography. Frame of Mind was inspired by the opening credits for the sitcom Modern Family and borrowed techniques from François Vogel’s innovative filmmaking. At just over a minute long, the video is short, sweet, quirky, and compelling. Have a look for yourself:
Although [...]
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Following the Dream of Photography, Whatever Life Throws at You
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on March 26, 2012 · 0 Comment
Even for the able bodied, photography can require a certain amount of dexterity. Imagine trying to carry out that job with no arms. In this short video from ITN news, we meet an Indonesian woman who works professionally despite having lost both of her arms in an accident:
More significantly, what the video does not point out is that she is shooting on film, with a manual focus camera, so not only [...]
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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Released Today
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on March 6, 2012 · 0 Comment
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4
Innovative Shadow and Highlight Recovery and Enhanced Digital Photography Workflows Mark A Milestone Release
SAN JOSE, Calif. — March 6, 2012 — Adobe today announced the availability of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 software for Mac OS and Windows. Lightroom is the essential digital photography workflow solution helping amateur and professional photographers quickly import, [...]
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Canon 5D Mark III Has Finally Arrived (And it Looks Amazing!)
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on March 2, 2012 · 0 Comment
This highly anticipated DSLR features improved image quality, a 61-point high density reticular AF, six FPS high-speed continuous shooting and enhanced HD video recording features
On the 25th anniversary of its world-renowned EOS System, Canon is proud to announce its latest model, the new EOS 5D Mark III Digital SLR Camera. Positioned between the extremely popular EOS 5D Mark II and Canon’s [...]
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Remembering Photojournalists Documenting Violence in Syria
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on February 24, 2012 · 0 Comment
As unrest continues in Syria, there are a few courageous photographers risking their lives in an effort to report the truth to the world. Without journalists on the ground, the government would be free to manipulate the news and the facts about what is happening there. French photographer Remi Ochlik was killed this week along with another prominent journalist, Marie Colvin, in a barrage of gunfire [...]
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New Upcoming Photoshop Features
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on February 21, 2012 · 0 Comment
Over the course of the past couple weeks the Adobe Photoshop team has been rolling out a series of videos highlighting selected features of the popular photo editing software. Photoshop, well known for it’s vast array of time saving techniques, has established itself as the leader in image editing. Popular additions to the later versions of Photoshop have been the Content Aware options. In a [...]
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Airplane Window Time-lapse from San Francisco to Paris
Posted by PictureCorrect Contributor on February 20, 2012 · 0 Comment
In this two-minute long time-lapse, photographers from Beep Show, illustrate the cross-continental flight from San Francisco, California to Paris, France. The video starts at take-off and ends on landing; however, it is noted that the beginning and ending of the video are 3D models that were rendered because of restrictions that are set in place prohibiting the use of electronic devices during these [...]
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