Tips, Tutorials, Hacks
A light box is basically a miniature photography studio. Lit from the sides, front, top or any combination, a light box provides even illumination of any subject which can fit inside of it. Boxes like this are perfect for product photos (think eBay) and general macro and closeup photography. There [...]
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Essays
As Flickr has grown in both size and popularity, it is increasingly becoming a "go to" source for photographs and photographers. Photo editors, galleries, newspapers, magazines, authors, ad agencies, artists, and more are all browsing Flickr every day looking for interesting photos, photographers, and inspiration.
Yesterday on the Flickr blog, Heather [...]
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Grab bag
Stephanie over at i speak film wrote about a funny prank played on people who aren't familiar with photography terminology. This makes me wish I had a noob assistant.
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News
Zeiss announced that they have created the world's largest telephoto lens, a 1700mm f/4 weighing in at 256 kg (564 pounds). It was developed for long-distance wildlife photography. No kidding---you wouldn't even have to leave your apartment. No word on how much this custom-made lens cost. But if you have [...]
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Surveys
Back in December 2004, I wrote about my experience creating a coffee table photo book with MyPublisher.com and Shutterfly.com. I preferred Shutterfly because MyPublisher simply didn't work:
At first it said it couldn’t connect to the server. I clicked retry several times with no change so I stopped and restarted the [...]
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