2010 January | The Digital Photo Experience

Distilling the Scene

January 14, 2010

One of the differences between snap-shots and great photographs is what is NOT included in the frame. New photographers tend to include everything they see in their pictures, while experienced photographers are more deliberate about their composition. I don’t mean that experienced photographers always think about the rule of thirds or leading lines, but they [...]

Preparing Your DSLR Videos for Editing

By Juan Pons

January 13, 2010

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With the introduction of the Canon 5D Mark II and its true High Definition video capabilities, the Digital SLR landscape was changed forever. You can now expect every new Digital SLR to have similar capabilities. As photographers, we find ourselves having to learn something new, not just artistically, but also technically. One of the main [...]

2010/01/13 See what BBC Nature goes thru to create just one sequence

By Juan Pons

January 13, 2010

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Truly amazing the amount of work the Natural History unit of the BBC goes thru to make just one 60 second sequence! Truly AMAZING! Click here to watch in High Definition.

2010/01/13 The Big Picture Posts Images from Haiti

By Juan Pons

January 13, 2010

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The always excellent “The Big Picture” from boston.com has an excellent gallery of images from the Haiti earthquake; most definitely worth a visit. Check it out: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/earthquake_in_haiti.html Warning, there are a few mildly graphic images

Top Tips for Choosing a Tripod

By Rick Sammon

January 13, 2010

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I made the opening picture (an HDR image) for this post with my 17-40mm lens “nested” in my sturdy lightweight tripod. So, it was a tripod that inspired this post. For many, choosing a tripod is almost as hard, or even harder, than choosing a camera bag. Decisions, decisions, decisions! I’ll cover camera bags in [...]

1/12/10 Tuesday’s Talented Twitter Find: Serge Ramelli

By Rick Sammon

January 12, 2010

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1/12/10 Tuesday’s Talented Twitter Find: Serge Ramelli

We have a cool feature here on DPE: Tuesday’s Talented Twitter Find. Each Tuesday I choose a talented photographer I find on Twitter. I find ‘em by reading an interesting tweet and then by clicking on their web site. This week’s find: Serge Ramelli – all the way from Paris! Check out his wonderful work! [...]

Species Profile: American Oystercatcher

By Juan Pons

January 12, 2010

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As we strive to bring attention to conservation efforts in photography in 2010, we are starting a regular series of conservation related articles. Some articles, like this one, will highlight a species that may be threatened, or nearly so, while others may take on topics related to actions we as photographers can take to preserve [...]

Make the Shot

By John Williamson

January 11, 2010

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Great shots don’t just happen, they’re made. For this wedding in Arizona, the bride and groom already had a specific park selected to shoot their environmental portraits. The morning before the wedding my assistant and I scouted the park and found several key locations. Then, at the same time of day we were going to [...]

DPE’s RS on HDR on 1/25 in FL

By Rick Sammon

January 11, 2010

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Hi Gang I’ll be giving a free talk on HDR photography at the Orland Camera Club on January 25th. Hope you can join the fun. Here is the info. And.. here is the info on this new HDR photo: – created from 3 images – 0, +2 and -2 – crunched in Photomatix – Canon [...]

Video: Bird Photography Tips Part II

By Juan Pons

January 8, 2010

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Part II of my Bird Photo tips from Puerto Rico. As some of you know I am originally from Puerto Rico, and my family is all still there. This holiday season, like many others I spent down there visiting, and as I always try to do, I went out many mornings to make some images [...]