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There are a lot of misconceptions about photography and copyright. Some of the more common questions (and wrong answers - at least on the net) concern copyright ownership, photo usage, online usage, fair use and licensing.

Others concern model releases, invoicing & payments (and their relations to copyrights) and legal documents and wordings.

Jack Reznicki and Ed Greenberg A.K.A The Copyright Zone (and authors the Photographer's Survival Manual: A Legal Guide for Artists in the Digital Age) have a great lecture on B&H indepth blog.

It is a one hour and fifty minutes long lecture, but it clears a lot of the questions and misconceptions around the subject of copyrights and well worth the time watching it.

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About three years ago Vincent Laforet released Reverie which was the first proof of concept that quality films can be shot with a DSLR, the Canon 5Dmk2. The movie stirred a huge commotion on the web. The thing is that even before releasing it, Vincent knew it was going to change the game with video and dSLRs.

Now Vincent is declaring what he thinks may change the game again - a hand held gyroscope power stabilizer - MōVI by Freefly Systems.

MōVI is a handheld 3-axis digital stabilized camera gimbal. This means that you shoot hand held, no tripod, no body mount, no jib, Steadicam or dolly and can still get smooth, great looking shots.

In fact, Vincent is so sure that he says it would be easier to use the MoVI and shoot a scene rather than trying to describe it: Click to continue ›

In this post Andy Pearson solves one of the most annoying issues for DSLR shooters - the location of the record button. The default "start video" button is placed in the most inconvenient location ever. If only you could operate it from the rig....

While filming the other day with some of my colleagues for a short project we’re producing I noticed that the cameraman was having to balance the DSLR Camera rig with one hand while trying to press the record button on the back of the camera.

I had a little research on the internet and searched for how the pros do it with their camera rigs. It became apparent that unless you paid a ton of money for bespoke remote triggers for the model camera and rig you owner, it was something that most people lived with… Click to continue ›

Time-Lapse | Earth is a time lapse edited by Bruce W. Berry Jr, and it is one of the most beautiful timelapse sequences I have ever seen.

Here is the thing though, Bruce did not take a single shot to create this movie, nor are they digitally rendered. It was all done with pictures shot by the ISS team and made available for public use by NASA (Here, here and here).

I am placing the movie (and some info) after the jump to make sure you sit back, go full screen and turn up the audio before you continue. Click to continue ›

Spoiling your camera is fun. It also shows her you love here. We've shown how to spoil your camera with a DIY Carbon Fiber lens hood and a DIY Waxed bag, but never actually showed how you can treat that special medium format camera that means so much to you.

Matt Bechberger over at Instructables has just that missing piece, a tutorial about treating your Mamiya 645 (or other medium format camera) with a custom-made wooden shutter grip. Click to continue ›

A few years back we were first introduced to Benjamin von Wong with a creative flour and dancers shoot. We thought it was quite Epic back then. How little did we know :)

If cleaning up after a flour session seems like a crappy job, how about the mess after doing a session with colored pigments.

Ben took a visit to Place Cliché to collaborate on a high end pigment based shoot. The results are exploding with color and creativity. Video and some tips after the jump Click to continue ›

LED technology is currently developing at a rapid rate and in this article we look at how you can utilize the latest LED technology to light your images until the photographic lighting industry catches up. See how for under £20 you can make a portable, rechargeable light that can produce results like this in a totally dark room:

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The folks over at HDSLR now just shared what might be the easiest rain camera rain jacket ever.

It's easy because it doesn't use anything but a Gore-Tex sheet and a pair of rubber bands.

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A few years back we released what was then a revolutionary product called the Bokeh Masters Kit. It is a revolutionary device (or at least it was back then), that transforms light into shapes with the spirit of Create Your Own Bokeh.

Just in case you need a refreshment, Bokeh® is a Japanese word with a close proximity to the English word blur, and in photography it is used to describe the blur (or out of focus area) quality. This made it perfect to describe our product which changed the shape of out of focus specular highlights. Click to continue ›

So, you’ve got the shoot planned to perfection, you’re all good to go and the subject walks in the door. But how do you make someone smile, and how do you dig out those genuine expressions? That is what we’re going to be talking about today. Well, what I’m going to be writing about anyway. From the pre-shoot planning and meeting, to how you act on set, and a few stern words on not being a damn creep. So let’s get on with Communicating with your subject Click to continue ›