Archive for January, 2009

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Inauguration slideshow

Worth watching. Bill Cunningham, who was not officially photographing for the Times, just bought a ticket and went, and shares a maahvelous slideshow of street photography during the inauguration.

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Lego Camera & Pinhole Cameras Your Kids Can Make at Home

If your looking for a cool looking camera to get your kids enthusiastic about photography Lego may soon be able to help you. They recently announced that they've teamed up with Digital Blue to produce a range of children's electronics, including a camera. Dad's might be pleased to hear you [...]

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Reviews

Picasa for Mac

Picasa, Google's free photo-editing software, recently became available for Mac users (running OS X 10.4.9 or above). It has a few nifty features that iPhoto (or iPhoto '08 at least) doesn't and is very easy to use. It's got all the basic editing tools - crop, straighten, remove red eye, [...]

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Review: Odysseys and Photographs

I finally had a chance to sit down with this book over two nights and read it through. And I'm bummed out that I didn't do it sooner. Odysseys and Photographs: Four National Geographic Field Men is fantastic. Read the rest of the review and find out how you can get [...]

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Official presidential portrait EXIF data

Image Type: jpeg (The JPEG image format) Width: 1916 pixels Height: 2608 pixels Camera Brand: Canon Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Date Taken: 2009:01:13 17:38:39 Exposure Time: 1/124 sec. ISO Speed Rating: 100 Flash Fired: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode. Metering Mode: Pattern Exposure Program: Manual Focal Length: 105.0 mm Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh Description: Official portrait of [...]

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