Rokinon Announces Xeen – An Affordable set of Cine Primes

Rokinon, just announced a new set of Cine Primes: 24mm, 50mm, and 85mm, all T/1.5. (or Samyang if you live outside of the US, or Bower or Walimex depending on your location). This is an interesting move on Rokinon’s part. up until now they were known for their very good dollar-to-value sub $500 lenses (in either their stills or [...]

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Easily Back Up Your Memory Cards To External Drives With This OTG Cable Hack

When you shoot multiple cards, usually the workflow is to unload them once you get back to home base. This is usually enough, but if you want to be absolutely on the safe side (or just want to empty your cards) you have two common solutions: use a laptop to transfer the files or use [...]

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Peek Inside The Mind Of Master Street Photographer John Free: Subjects Are Everywhere

Street photography has a special trait to it -You stage nothing. So how come when staging nothing good photos are taken? This 14 minutes clip follows master street photographer (or social documenter) John Free. It almost seems as John creates good subjects out of nowhere. Aside his very keen eye, John is just loaded with confidence [...]

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Annoyed Fisherman Casts and Hooks a Drone Flying Over Pier

We’ve had our share of both Animals and Humans taking drones out of the skies when they consider them a nuance, but I think this is the first time that we’re seeing a drone being lassoed and pulled in. Tice Ledbetter was flying his Inspire 1 over the San Diego pier when he caught the attention of [...]

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Crazy Wedding Photography with Dinosaurs, Meteor Showers and Giant Octapi

Last year saw the rise of epic wedding photo’s featuring bridal guests running away from dinosaurs, fighting zombies, be awesome Jedi’s and so on. A new trend was born and I decided to hop on this bandwagon and see if I could make images like these come true. I banded together with Aqua Libra Photography [...]

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These Are the Most Stunning Landscape Images from Google Earth

Google Earth is an incredible program with many practical applications.  For instance, I use it frequently for creating custom files for my handheld GPS and for mapping upcoming outdoor excursions.  One of the most powerful features of Google Earth is its stunning satellite imagery which covers the four corners of the globe.  This means that, [...]

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Turn Your Smartphone Into an Awesome Macro Camera With This Simple Hack

Smartphones are great, whether you’re grabbing quick snapshots of the kids smearing icing on themselves, making a low-budget film (they’re surprisingly good, actually), or immortalizing your visage in a selfie.  But, without interchangeable lenses, one area where they lack is in focal control.  Having this power over your technology is important for things like macro [...]

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