Monday, November 30, 2015

Transcend’s New SD Cards Are Meant to Literally Go Through Hell and Back

Transcend, a lesser-known manufacturer of storage devices, has recently unveiled a new lineup of Industrial strength SDHC and MicroSDHC cards capable of withstanding extreme temperatures. They’re called the Wide Temperature lineup and as their name suggests, these SDHC and MicroSD cards are meant to be pushed to the limits. How far? Transcend claims these MicroSD [...]

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Capture One Pro 9’s New Feature Set Looks to Take On Lightroom

It might not be as ubiquitous as Adobe Lightroom, but Capture One Pro is arguably a better piece of software for those wanting to truly get the most out of their images. Today, Phase One has launched Capture One Pro 9, the latest and most advanced iteration of its post-processing software. Along with the fancy [...]

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Use These Practice Files To Improve Your Retouching Skills

Over the last few weeks, we shared a few retouching tutorials, there was one about color and one about masks (and a few others here and there). If you are shooting for yourself then practice comes easy, you use the files you shot. But if you want to practice retouching (and leave photography for another time) you [...]

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Why Did It Change?

(And then Missy took it way down regarding photograph–so far down, that she referred to herself in the 3rd person. xoxo) I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed. I have no idea how to wear a scarf without looking like it’s 1974 and I am constantly changing my online passwords because I can’t remember [...]

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This is What it Looks Like When You Strap an Action Cam to a Boomerang

We’ve seen our fair share of interesting stabilization rigs, but this one might just take the cake. It’s a Mobius action cam strapped to the top of a tri-blade boomerang. Created by Victor Poulin of Boomerangs by Vic, this contraption uses a freely rotating swivel in the dead center of the boomerang and keeps the [...]

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Epic Portraits Taken While Storm Chasing Show The Impact Of Climate Change

I remember chatting with Benjamin Von Wong on Facebook one day, and him inviting me to this Facebook group that would involve his next adventure. Months later, this story came across my desk and I had to jump on it and made sure I got to share it with all of you! If you are [...]

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Rembrandt Lighting Made Easy

Normally, Glyn Dewis is behind a computer, showing us photographers how to get the job done. However, for one of his latest video, he puts himself behind the camera, where he shows us one of the most common lighting techniques out there – Rembrandt lighting. Named after the Dutch painter Rembrandt, who often used this [...]

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Sunday, November 29, 2015

Dear TSA, This Tip Can Save Your Project

If you are doing projects that require traveling with gear, props or costumes you know that a major risk is getting your gear inspected and messed up by the TSA. Especially the gear that goes in the belly of the plane, where you can’t explain fist handed what it is. Most “regular” bag content can take [...]

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DIYP Reviews The Revolve Motorized Slider

The revolve RAM (Revolve Automated Motion) is a simple motor for adding motion to a slider. It sits right there in the middle of the price range at $400, right between the $200 DIY solution and the higher end motors like the $600 Rhino motion or the $800 Syrp Genie. How It Works? The idea behind [...]

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