2009 December | The Digital Photo Experience

2009/12/09 7D Performs Under Adverse Conditions in the Antarctic

December 9, 2009

Photographer Ole Jørgen Liodden of Norway recently tested the weather sealing performance of the Canon 7D & 5D MarkII under incredibly harsh weather conditions in Antarctica. Jørgen claims that both cameras came thru with flying colors. Read about it at his website: http://canonfieldreviews.com/7d-1-weather-sealing/ Thanks to @jeremypollack for the heads up on the story.

What Does Your Photography Mean To You?

By Rick Sammon

December 9, 2009

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Several months ago I had the pleasure of giving a short lecture at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in NYC. One of my Photoshop heroes, Katrin Eismann, Chair of the Masters in Digital Photography Program, had invited me to share some of my photographs and travel adventures from my books, as well as my [...]

Rick & Juan Pack Their Gear

By Juan Pons

December 8, 2009

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One of the questions that we most often get asked is about our gear, what kind of gear we have and what do we take out in the field. While gear alone does not make an image, gear is an essential part of our craft. Rick and I wanted to share with you the typical [...]

Keeping YOU engaged

By Juan Pons

December 8, 2009

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By now you have noticed our tag line – our motto . . . our creed: “where YOU are the focus”. Here at DPE we take that tag line VERY seriously – although we have fun at the same time, because we like to make learning fun. When we built DPE, we wanted to ensure [...]

Color Calibration in Lightroom

By Rob Knight

December 8, 2009

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There is a question that a lot of people ask when they decide to start shooting RAW… “why do my jpegs look so much better than my RAW files?” And a related question, “why do my photos look so much better on my camera’s LCD than they do on my computer?” The answer to both [...]

Creating an Eye-Catching Image

By Rick Sammon

December 7, 2009

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Rick here before Paul gets going. I found this dude quite by accident on twitter, after reading an interesting tweet, clicking on his avatar, and then by going to his web site. This image was on his homepage and caught my eye immediately. I guess it pays to tweet about cool stuff. Take it away [...]

Spread the Word About DPE on Twitter and WIN!

By Juan Pons

December 7, 2009

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All of us here at The Digital Photo Experience are thrilled that you are enjoying all of the articles, podcast and videos that we have produced in our quest to help you make better images. We also appreciate you spreading the words to your friends about DPE. Thanks for the tweets, blog posts and emails! [...]

Must-Know Color Management Info

By Eddie Tapp

December 7, 2009

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For my first article on The Digital Photo Experience, I thought I would start with an introduction to what is color management, via this screencast. Enjoy.

2009/12/06 Bill Atkinson releases PhotoCard iPhone App

By Juan Pons

December 6, 2009

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In Apple and Nature photography circles the name Bill Atkinson requires no introduction. As one of the early developers at Apple and creator of Hypercard and many of the computer user interfaces we now take for granted, Bill has spent more than 40 years photographing nature. It seems that now he has married the two [...]

Cool Creative Lighting Accessory

By Rick Sammon

December 4, 2009

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While driving home from NYC recently, I was stopped at a traffic light next to a Lamborghini. There I was, sitting in my cozy Honda Civic Hybrid listening to some nice original acoustic guitar music on my iPod. I thought, “Man o’ man that’s a nice car. But what the heck, if I had that [...]