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Freelensing is a form of photography where the lens is hand held in front of the body and is not inserted into the bionet. If you ever tried it, it is pretty cool and creates tilt/shift like effect, only with a random aspect to it because you are... well... hand holding the lens. This is why it's called Freelensing.
If you are new to the subject, or just want a refreshment, Luke Roberts has a great introductory tutorial on freelensing (which is where the title sketch was taken from).
One of the harder things to do while freelensing is focusing, you are constantly moving, the camera is moving in relation to the subject, and the lens is moving in relation to the camera. This is where Magic Lantern can help. Magic Lantern is a custom firmware pack for Canon DSLRS which adds features to the camera. Click to continue ›
Today we have something a bit unorthodox. We'll be sharing the live view from KameraKind & Benjamin Von Wong's largest photographed Where's Waldo? ever made. If you want the live on-location feed, just hit the jump. (a detailed account will follow in a dedicated post)
While we have featured quite a few home made gridspot before I don't believe I have ever seen a gridspot based on a Quaker Can. This is a fairly easy build, You will need an empty can (preferably Quaker oats) with a plastic cap and some black straws. Click to continue ›
"What Inspires me" is a short film inspired by Henri Cartier-Bresson's Decisive Moment interview given to Cornell Capa in 1973.
Director Eli Sinkus of 522 productions created a new interpretation on the words of the iconic interview.
Watching and listening to the original DVD is an amazing experience. Almost every second sentence feels like a cosmic truth and resonates very well.
This new short takes the words of part of the movie and pours a new meaning into them while describing a story of a young boy falling in love with a young girl through a camera. Click to continue ›
I was not always a photographer. I used to be a project manager and before that a coder. (If you are you using Skype, Comcast voice or TimeWarner cable modems, you are probably running my code daily). One thing that we were thought as coders is that it is a pain to memorize keyboard shortcuts, but once memorized, it is significantly faster to work with keyboard only than with mouse and keyboard combined.
This is especially true for programs like Lightroom where items are hidden in sub-menus and issuing a command looks kinda like this: take hand off keyboard; find the right menu; the right sub menu; click command; regain hands-on-keyboard position.
In fact, there is an Apple study by UI guru Bruce Tognazzini saying just the same. So is how to get your Lightroom workflow mojo on: Click to continue ›
GoPro cameras have became almost synonymous with low-risk-stick-it-anywhere cameras. And they can really be stuck almost anywhere given the proper mounting solution. The black edition ability to record 1080p videos @60fps (or 720p @120fps) without worrying too much about killing the camera makes is a great tool for sport-extremists and movie makers alike.
But, as we said before, given the proper mounting solution is key to paling the camera in weird location. Here are 11 DIY solutions to sticking a GoPro practically anywhere. Click any of the titles after the jump to read the full tutorial. Click to continue ›
The steadicams building tutorials are among the more popular builds on the blog. No wonder, as using a Steadicam produces significantly smoother video than just holding a camera by hand.
Chad Bredahl over at krotoflik has a new tutorial (and his tutorials are top notch - see his Jib and Travel Jib tutorials). This time it's a $30 steadicam based around a half shaft and some double flash brackets. (A full fledged system is about $799 if you were wondering).
For a build tutorial a demonstration short and some musing from me hit the jump. Click to continue ›
This beautiful timelapse of New Zealand by Bevan Percival was entirely taken on its Northern island and features some of the most breath taking shots I've seen to date.
It was shot over a period of six months with a Canon 5DmkII, various lenses and a Dynamic Perception 6' Stage Zero motorized dolly.
Seeing the clip, I am not one bit surprised that Percival's description is all inspiration and zero tech-talk: Click to continue ›
First major win for the Nikon Hacker team - removing the 30 minutes (or 29:59 if you wanna be picky) video recording limit on Nikon DSLRs .
Ever since DSLRs introduces video capabilities, there has always been a recording time limit for 30 minutes. Interestingly enough, this limit is not coming from hardware of software restrictions, but rather from a regulatory requirement that classifies devices recordings over 30 minutes of video as Camcorders, thus increasing their custom duty rates.
While Nikon's hacked firmware is not nearly as advanced as CHKD or MagicLantern, it is slowly making its moves into becoming a reality. (Why make it so hard Nikon? Why? See what MagicLantern did to Canon and how it helped embrace the 5D +ML as a beloved tool for videographers). Click to continue ›
