Photographers... what they do

PetaPixel has a photo meme of hilarious images of photographers and what different people think they do.

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Planet Aurora

There are many "little planet" photographs, and finding something original can be challenging.  Swedish photographer  Göran Strand used a photo of the Aurora Borealis to create this  amazing “little planet” photo.

Light Painting basics

Ever wanted to try lightpainting? This video explains the basics in simple to understand steps.

Retouch your photos using art masterpieces

A link I saw on Petapixel for using classical art masterpieces as photo filters. Use the "Match color" tool in photoshop, select the painting as the source, and then adjust the sliders to you taste!

Portrait Crop Guidelines

I came across this link on PetaPixel. It shows the different crop zones that are acceptable when taking portrait photos. Really interesting to keep around.

Xume Quick Release Adapter

Are you tired of having to screw filters on and off your lenses? This may be the solution for you. The Xume Quick Release Adapter is a filter mounting system that lets you quickly change filters. It uses powerful magnets, and consists of a lens adapter and filter holder. Spotted at PetaPixel.

Jpeg quality in Photoshop

Here's an interesting "did you know" ... When you increase the quality setting in Photoshop, the actual image quality is decreased!. What?

Here is more info:
"What many people don’t know is that there is a quirk in the way that Photoshop defines its quality range. [...] Quality level 6 is the last point in which chroma subsampling is used. At Quality level 7 and higher, no chroma subsampling is used at all. With the amount of color information encoded now doubled, the file size would have naturally increased significantly at this level versus the previous level.

However, it is likely that Adobe decided to allocate the various quality levels with some relationship to the final compressed file size. Therefore, Adobe chose a poorer luminance and chrominance compression quality (i.e. higher level of compression) in Quality level 7 than Quality level 6! What this means is that the image quality of Quality level 7 is actually lower than Quality level 6."

I saw this at PetaPixel

Forced perspective

A cool video showing forced perspective. June Bum Park uses camera footage to control everything below him.

Our eyes are bad light meters

This simple optical illusion is proof that our eyes judge colour by its context. Seen at PetaPixel.

Inspiring video for all photographers

Watch it. Then watch it again, and again... Brilliant, inspiring and encouraging for all photographers.

Leica Lens Holder Lets You Use Your Backup Lens for Stabilization

Leica is offering a lens holder accessory for its M system film rangefinders that screws into the tripod mount, allowing you to store your extra lens on the bottom of the camera. The second lens then becomes a handle when inserted into its bayonet mount, helping to provide additional stability when shooting handheld at long exposure times. The setup could even be used as a miniature tripod. Seen at Petapixel.

Photographers Rights Gray Card Set

I just spotted this over at the PetaPixel store. Credit card sized grey cards that you can easily take with you everywhere, with one added advantage! Printed on the back of the cards you will find the Photographers Rights!
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Nikon patents lens cap that attaches to your strap

No more searching where you left your lens cap! Nikon has finally patented a lens cap that can easily be attached to your camera strap.
Seen at PetaPixel