Strobist – This website is about one thing: Learning how to use off-camera flash with your DSLR to take your photos to the next level. Or the next ten levels. Check it out!
Video Virtuosity ——
This in-depth tutorial shows you how to make the most of the lighting conditions in your shooting environment. For anyone wondering about white balance, in search of ISO info, or freaked out by f-stops, this one’s for you.
Zack Arias is an editorial and commercial photographer based in Atlanta, GA. He’s been working in the music industry for the past seven years and is now branching into more editorial work and advertising. Have a look through his blog and website – we guarantee, you’ll be entertained for hours!
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Amazing footage of the Northern Lights – shot in Norway on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II.
Light Painting Photography is the most comprehensive light painting (the photographic technique of “painting with light” in which exposures are made by moving a hand-held light source or by moving the camera) resource for the progression and promotion of light painting photography and light painting artists. It features photography, videos, artists, tools, techniques, tutorials, and much more. Go check it out!
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Over six months in the making and almost three years on from Lucky, their first light painting collaboration, Darcy Prendergast and the creative team at OH YEAH WOW have, again, paired with the beautiful music of ALL INDIA RADIO to bring you their latest music video, Rippled. Painstakingly animated frame by frame, the piece is all shot in camera, by real people, in the real world, using long exposure techniques.
Ideas, Inspiration, Information and Discussions for Emerging Commercial Photographers.Essentials for Photographers is a website devoted to photography and, more specifically, photographic lighting. With items of interest to all photographers, the site features tutorials, online workshops, assignments, fun shoots, show-n-tell and more. Check it out!
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3 Days in Dubai – filmed in Dubai over the course of 3 days on a Canon 5D Mark II with 24-70mm and 70-200mm lenses.
The Digital Visual started with the goal to create emotional experiences through the visual mediums of film and photography as well as educate and inform by way of a comprehensive blog detailing industry news and views. This site is geared around the aspiring digital visual maker and the growing community of independent creatives. Freelance filmmaker, photographer, cinematographer, and CAD designer Manuel Calle created The Digital Visual in order to showcase personal projects as well as connect with the thriving film and photography community.
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A young woman living in Los Angeles named Madeline did a 365 day project that’s a bit different than most: instead of taking a picture a day, she decided to document each day with roughly one second of footage. At the conclusion of 2011, she combined all 365 video clips into this beautiful 7-minute-long video that offers a glimpse into what her year was like.
Have you already slipped up with your New Year’s Resolutions? Why not make one that’s both creative and easy to keep (we won’t tell that you started a few days late!) The 365 Project is easy and incredibly fun: take one photo every day for 365 days. That’s it. You can upload, share, and check out other photographers’ work. Check out the 365 Project’s blog, too, for more year-round fun!
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If you’re thinking of jumping on the 365 Project bandwagon and need a bit of inspiration, check out this video from Jeff Harris – who started his project ten years ago… and is still going strong!
The Indie Photobook Library (iPL) was founded in 2010 by Larissa Leclair. In a nutshell, it’s an archive for Photobooks of every ilk and persuasion. It strives to preserve and showcase self-published photobooks, independently published & distributed photobooks, photography exhibition catalogs, print-on-demand photobooks, artist books, zines, photobooks printed on newsprint, limited edition photobooks, and non-English language photography books.
Having a specific collection dedicated to these kinds of books allows for the development of future discourse on trends in self-publishing, the ability to reflect on and compare books in the collection, and for scholarly research to be conducted in years, decades, and centuries to come. And the best part is that it was designed with the wish that collections be seen in person through traveling exhibitions and as a non-circulating public library. Which means that, not only can collections be viewed online, there’s a chance you’ll have an opportunity to see an exhibit at a gallery near you!
And If you have a photobook of your own, you can submit it to the IPL and become part of photobook history!
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17 Countries. 343 Days. 6237 Photographs. One incredible journey.
What is Guess The Lighting, you ask? In the blogger’s words: “Armed with only a wacom tablet, less-than-mediocre drawing skills and an acute sense of smell, professional photographer Ted Sabarese guesses how individual images were lit by other photographers and then sketches corresponding lighting diagrams. It’s what you always wanted to know but didn’t know who to ask.” In our words: A bit of awesome. Go check it out.
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Alex Prager is a force to be reckoned with in the fine art photography world. With her cinematic-style photography she breaks down barriers between still photography and film. If you haven’t heard of her before get to know her now. Her recent New York Times feature, A Touch of Evil, has created quite a sensation – and with good reason. Check out her “video gallery of cinematic villainy, inspired by nefarious icons and featuring the best performers from the year in film.”
With the holiday season in full swing, we’re bound to get a little nostalgic. And Dear Photograph is where nostalgia meets present day. Submitters are asked, simply, to “take a picture of a picture from the past in the present,” echoing a similar body of work by Michael Hughes, called Souvenirs. Check it out – it’s a very endearing and entertaining concept.
This short comedy has already garnered 900,000 views (as of today) along with features including the Huffington Post, Reddit, Gizmodo and the London Evening Standard.
Welcome to the first day of the final month of the year!
Photo Fabulousness ——
What a Face! by Joel Brochu
What looks like an image of a beagle is actually a high definition photograph of a 4’ by 1 ½’ board covered in 221,184 nonpareils sprinkles. At a distance of 16 feet, the sprinkles blur, tricking the human eye into believing that it is looking at a large photograph. Only when you closely examine the work do you realize that it has been created entirely with tiny spheres of candy. Taking 8 months to complete, only 6 colors were used. CBC’s George Stroumboulopoulos has a bit of background posted as his Awesome Thing of the Day for November 30.
Bloggy Goodness ——
NPR’s The Picture Show was named top pick in LIFE.com’s 2011 Photo Blog Awards – and with good reason. Sometimes serious (portraits taken in Italy’s triangle of death), sometimes playful (fire ants that float!), NPR’s The Picture Show is like a curious friend with big-time resources. You never know what you’re going to find on The Picture Show – and that’s meant as the highest compliment. The curators look around and ask questions: Why did that Cindy Sherman picture sell for almost $4 million? Who’s behind those photos of exploding potatoes? What does the inside of Antarctica’s Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory look like? (For the record, eerie and amazing.) The generous allotment of photos and text often comes with video and links to NPR stories. If you’re stuck eating lunch at your desk, you will have no better companion than The Picture Show.
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Strobist – This website is about one thing: Learning how to use off-camera flash with your DSLR to take your photos to the next level. Or the next ten levels. Check it out!
