Monday, February 17, 2014

How to Create Great Photos without Leaving Home

How to Create Great Photos without Leaving Home: "So you want to take pictures; or do you want to be a photographer? I deal with a strikingly similar question every time I swing a golf club; I want to be a golfer, but with life events and time constraints the reality is I merely play golf. Fortunately, making a great photo doesn’t consume the amount of time 18 holes does and since you’re here reading this, it’s safe to say you want to be a photographer."



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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX400V - Digital cameras - CNET Reviews

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX400V - Digital cameras - CNET Reviews: "The camera uses the same main ingredients as last year's HX300: a 50x f2.8-6.3 24-1200mm lens, 20-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor, and a 3-inch tilting LCD. Sony sweetened the recipe by adding Wi-Fi with NFC, GPS, and a multi-interface shoe for adding an external flash."



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Sail Away From the Safe Harbor in 12 Photos – PictureCorrect

Sail Away From the Safe Harbor in 12 Photos – PictureCorrect: "Photographers love traveling and searching for an inspiration all around the world. How do you travel? Have you ever took a trip on a boat or cruised around for weeks or months searching for a perfect moment or a scene? If not, wouldn’t it now be the time to do that? Check out these photos! Maybe something inspires you to give it a try:"



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Using Light Painting to Assist With Sports Car Photography – PictureCorrect

Using Light Painting to Assist With Sports Car Photography – PictureCorrect: "Photographer Alex Glass recently completed the shoot of his career when he partnered up with The DuPont Registry to create a photo of epic proportions. The following behind the scenes footage of the photo shoot takes viewers along for the ride as Glass and his team test out their Westcott Ice Lights on a a super sleek Ferrari California:"



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Backlight Photography Tips

Backlight Photography Tips: "Most people when they first start into photography learn or are told that they should find the light source, position themselves with their backs against it so that the light falls on your subjects and snap the shutter.

This holds true for the majority of photography. But every once in a while we yearn to try something else " break the rules" as it were and this can result in some very amazing pictures."



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Sony updates Cyber-shot camera range

Sony updates Cyber-shot camera range: "Sony has revealed the latest cameras to be added to it Cyber-shot line-up including its new flagship mega-zoom HX400V, which adds Wi-Fi with NFC and GPS to its 50x optical zoom capability. Other notable new cameras revealed include the compact WX350, and the 63x optical zoom H400."



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PowerShot G1 X Mark II heads Canon's compact camera line-up

PowerShot G1 X Mark II heads Canon's compact camera line-up: "With its large 1.5-inch type sensor and 24-120-mm F2.0-F3.9 lens, the PowerShot G1 X Mark II is the latest flagship compact camera from Canon, and it could be something special. It also boasts built-in Wi-Fi connectivity, a tilt-able touchscreen and promises to deliver the sort of image quality normally associated with interchangeable lens cameras and DSLRs."



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Video: Gizmag visits "the most digitally advanced retail experience in the world"

Video: Gizmag visits "the most digitally advanced retail experience in the world": "Every year, IBM releases a list of tech trends that it predicts will have a major affect on our lives over the next five years. In its most recent list, the company made the rather surprising prediction that physical retail shops will become much more popular than internet-based stores."



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School Of Digital Photography: Tips for Photographing Shorebirds

School Of Digital Photography: Tips for Photographing Shorebirds: "Shorebirds are mostly long and slender birds with large flat feet, thin long legs and elongated beaks. The Oxford dictionary defines shorebirds as those birds that frequent the shore. Their diet consists of fish, crustaceans, insects and other small organisms found along a shore, in mud or shallow water. So they are mainly confined to the narrow strips of shore that lines the dams, lakes, rivers, wetlands and oceans where their food is plentiful."



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