The photos of Sebastiâo Salgado

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Joe

This an interesting TED talk from Sebastiâo Salgado, a brilliant photographer from Brazil. He didn’t start out in photography, had a number of high flying careers before he found the camera. Worth a watch.

Dodge and burn in photoshop

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Joe

If you’ve ever wondered about how to effectively use the dodge and burn tools in Photoshop, then have a watch of this great little tutorial. I guess that’s how the experts post process their shots.

Andy Biggs “Wildlife Photography”

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Joe

Andy Biggs is an african wildlife photographer, and here he talks about his journey as a photographer, how he first got into photography and deconstructs some of his excellent shots. Again Andy isn’t somebody who started off in photography, he says in the video being a photographer was his fourth career. It’s never too late to switch

Nice cameras and lenses hanging on the wall

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Joe

Ok, so this strictly isn’t a photography video, it’s another one from the International Space Station, but look at all that expensive camera gear stuck to the wall at the beginning of the video!

Nevertheless this is a riveting watch to gain a better understanding of life on the ISS. It is ever so slightly cluttered though, maybe they need a cleaner

A short history of photography

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Joe

Ted have come up with a rather cute educational video on the history of photography.

The dangers of photographing a randy parrot

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Joe

The Kakapo, a native bird of New Zealand is an endangered species. This is a clip from the BBC documentary series ‘last chance to see’ with Stephen Fry and well, I guess the Kakapo must be getting rather desperate!

New camera shake reduction tool from Adobe

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Joe

It looks like the latest version of Photoshop will have a cool camera shake reduction tool. Say goodbye to all those lenses with expensive image stabilisation and hello to a copy of Photoshop

Chris Hadfield, photos from space

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Joe

Astronaut Chris Hadfield takes us through what it’s like to take photos from space. A great video to watch and some stunning photos to boot. Looks like his camera of choice is a Nikon. Perhaps that’s a Nikon D3X?

Your best shot April 2013 photography competition

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Joe

Pop photo run a monthly photography competition where the best shot wins a princely $300. As they mention on their competition page, there are no category restrictions, just submit a cracking photo. The deadline is May 1st so get entering.

New Sigma 18-35mm

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Joe

Well Sigma have a new lens out, the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM. It has a maximum aperture of F1.8, which is quite handy. I wonder if this could be a competitor to the Canon 17-40mm F4L.

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