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Nikon D800/D4 troubles, and Nikon's response
Canon's fix for the 5D mk III light leak issue is a bit of black tape.
Olympus E-M5 review by DP Review
Adobe Lightroom 4.1 Rc2: Still buggy according to many users.
Nikon D800 VS Canon 5D Mark III: DXO verdict is out, Canboys hide themselves in shame.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Field review by Michael Gakuran
Nikon D800 Review by Nasim Mansurov
Adobe Photoshop CS6 compatibility: Windows XP yes(!), Windows Vista no, Apple 64 bit only.
Patrick Butler reviews the Canon 5D Mark III and shoots a wedding with it.
Canon 5D Mark III review roundup part 1
Fine Art Photography, by John Maxymuik
Fine art is in the eye of the beholder so to speak. Being a critic is way to easy nowadays. This finely written essay gives us the pont of view on the subject, of photographer John Maxymuik. You can see more of his fine work at the slightly cheesy and hopelessly dated site Ambient Images
"The fine art photographer’s thinking and efforts to visually arrange a picture’s various elements within the camera’s view-finder, according to the principles of visual design to effectively communicate what he sees, feels, and thinks, in connection with the subject matter, doing so simply, freshly, and to as many as possible.
Elements: The graphic components, basic visual things, that make up a picture. Keep in mind that each of these elements not only contributes to the ‘impression’ of a picture but also to the ‘expression’ and ‘meaning’ as well. The components are: Lines, Shapes, Tones, Colors, Mass, Space, Texture, PerspectivePrinciples: The basic guidelines that need to be applied in making a fine picture:Subject Theme: The paramount principle. At the very outset of making fine art photographs the selection of an appropriate ‘subject theme’ is essential. It is a thematic idea which can readily underlie the subject matter, and is developed or elaborated upon in a picture of the subject matter. Making an extended,detailed, and specific word description of things is the quickest, most helpful, and practical means of deriving an appropriate subject theme.Order: Organization of the picture to bring about simplicity and clarity to the overall impression,expression, meaning and subject theme.Dynamics: contrasts of any sort produce tension, and bring dynamics into a picture; a sense of force,vitality, life, etc; much of it is already present in the the subject matter with all of it’s inherent contrasts (inlines, shapes, tones, colours, etc) – the challenge is simply to control, direct and organize them."Thumbnail image credit: "A.L.O.N.E" by Donald Jusa(Maybe) Related articles
Just What is Sharp? by Moose Peterson.
These are the vast interwebs. There are 'articles' and articles about every aspect of photography written every hour. Most will be forgotten within minutes after they've been read. Some will be bookmark worthy good. But very few of them will reach the pinnacle of absolute essential reading for aspiring-or not photographers. The Insight blog just published one such article, a discussion, bookmark, print-out and memorizing worthy article written by Moose Peterson on the subject of, Sharpness.
Nikon releases an upgrade to its fast 85mm f/1.8 lens
press release:
January 6, 2012
A fast, medium-telephoto fixed focal length lens with a focal length of 85 mm and a maximum aperture of f/1.8 compatible with the Nikon FX-format
moving time-lapse photography tutorial by Victoria G.
A nice little tutorial that includes well made hands-on videos, written by Victoria G. Also, most of the equipment involved in moving timelapse photography (except for the camera and lens of course) can be readily made from scratch, scrap and leftover bits. All you have to do is read some of the DIY tutorials that float around the interwebs (Google is your friend) and have some common sense...and patience.
