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Photographer captures time by compositing an entire day in a single image

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Unless you’re shooting really really long exposures, a photograph captures just the tiniest slice of time.  Timelapse can help to speed up time and show us great durations in just a few minutes.

For fine art photographer Stephen Wilkes, shooting hundreds of photographs over the course of up to 30 hours at a time perched in a cherry picker and compositing elements from different frames together in post over several months is how he created each of these day to night sequences that show a full day in a single image.

Nikon accused of false advertising in Germany over D500 Wi-Fi claims

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German website Fotografie is reporting that Nikon have received a “cease and desist” from disgruntled German D500 owner, Andreas V., for falsely advertising the camera’s Wi-Fi abilities.

While the camera does indeed offer Wi-Fi, it can only be utilised via Nikon’s new Bluetooth connected SnapBridge system. At the moment, SnapBridge is only available to owners of compatible Android devices, with an iOS version not scheduled for release until later in the year.

The “First Universal Panning Tool” lets you pan the camera with virtually any slider on the market

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Adding camera movements to your video or timelapse footage is one of the simplest ways to add some more interest in your footage, bump up production value, and take your work to the next level.  It’s why many of us buy camera sliders in the first place.

But sometimes a simple slide move isn’t enough, and we want to be able to pan the camera while it’s sliding across the rail.  This is where the ShooTools AutoPan steps in.  Best of all, it will work with pretty much any slider you care to put it on.

This amusing image puts unrequited love in terms photographers can understand

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This image, which puts unrequited love into a context that photographers can understand, seems to have been doing the rounds on Facebook today, although I’m not sure who put it together.

The lens choices for the image are quite interesting. It’s easy to see how somebody could get worked up over the 200mm f/2, especially when one looks at the work of folks who use it, like Keydrin Franklin. You’d better stop eyeing up that 50mm f/1.4, though, no matter how cute it may be.

Use wide shots and extreme close-ups to enhance the mood and drama of a scene

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Whether it’s a big budget action movie or a regular location photo shoot, the wide shot can be used to add some drama and interest to your scene. Environment provides context. The exact opposite of the wide shot is the extreme close-up, which focuses in on the small details while still providing some of the same effects.

In these two videos, put together by Jacob T. Swinney, we see a study on both the wide shots and extreme close-ups of Hollywood director David Fincher.

How to photograph under moonlight and calculate long exposure times

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Photographing landscapes under moonlight can be tricky, there’s no doubt about it.  You’re fumbling around in the dark trying to get everything ready to take the shot, and your exposures can often be so long that you might only get one or two chances to actually capture the scene you want.

In this video, Karl Taylor shows us how we can meter a moonlit night scene to figure out a good exposure quickly and then how to turn that into the exposure we really want.

This deep 24″ collapsible beauty dish folds down to just 6″

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Designed by portrait photographer Joel Grimes, the new 24″ Rapid Box Beauty Dish from Westcott seems to tick all of the boxes when it comes to location photography.  It’s small, lightweight, and can also double up as a regular 24″ round softbox by adding the diffuser panel on the front.

Having lightweight and portable kit is important when you’re working on location, especially if you don’t have assistants or other crew with you to help you lug it around.  In this video from Joel & Westcott, we’re going to see how this one works and how it can be used on location.

Taking photos actually increases the enjoyment of an experience, research says

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Adele might disagree with this one, but a team of researchers at the American Psychological Association have published a study reporting that taking photographs of an experience can actually increase the enjoyment of that experience.

With several lab and field studies conducted, each of the over 2,000 participants were either banned from using or allowed to use a camera while on safari, at a concert, museum or restaurant.

Enormous and rare Canon mount 1000mm NASA lens goes up for sale

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When it comes to photography, there are many out there who believe that size matters. For photography collector Jim Headley, it definitely seems true.

Built to record space launches from a safe distance, this monster of a lens is a NASA-made Birns and Sawyer 1000mm f/4.5. It’s 25cm in diameter (10″), 1.3m long (4’6″) and weights around 32kg (72lbs).

Panasonic unveil the super fast wide angle Leica DG Summilux 12mm f/1.4 lens

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Panasonic have announced a new ultra fast, wide lens built for professional daily use.  The Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 12mm f/1.4 ASPH lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras seems built to meet the needs of demanding photographers and filmmakers who need maximum resolution and low light performance.

Giving the equivalent field of view as that of a 24mm lens on a full frame DSLR, the fast f/1.4 aperture lets in a lot of light for shooting in darker conditions, and also offers a very shallow depth of field for more cinematic environmental portrait shots.

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