Barriers to Entry - An FP Slide Show. The Promised Land - A Photo Essay By Amnon Gutman. In June 2002, at the height of the Second Intifada, the Israeli government began erecting a barrier separating Israel from the West Bank in an attempt to curtail the entry of Palestinian terrorists into the country. This fence, some 456 miles long, has significantly cut down on terrorist infiltration and suicide bombings within Israel, but at the cost of freedom of movement for many Palestinians who live in its shadow. The daily commute of Palestinians coming into Israel to find work has been cruelly disrupted by checkpoints. But with sky-high unemployment in the West Bank, there's nowhere else to find work. Determined to keep providing for their families, men risk danger and terrible conditions to find work illegally in Israel -- sleeping in river creeks, under bridges, on building sites, and under highways.
Those who are caught sneaking past the barrier are arrested; once it's determined that they pose no imminent threat, the men are sent back to their homes in the West Bank. Photography Tutorials. Second Picture is devoted to Photography Tutorials Photography Composition Photoshop Tutorials 3D Tutorials Web Design Tutorials Here you find all my photography tutorials. Many of the articles are not exactly Photography tutorials but rather photography case studies. If you have any suggestions about my photography tutorials, please let me know. Photography Tutorials Tone Mapping in Photomatix 17.02.2009 Category: Photography tutorials In this HDR tutorial I concentrate in tone mapping in Photomatix. Besides the tone mapping I do some preprocessing and postprocessing in Photoshop. Continue reading... HDR Photographing 14.02.2009 Category: Photography tutorials In this HDR tutorial I discuss photographing for HDR images. Continue reading...
HDR Photography & Processing Work Flow 09.02.2009 Category: Photography tutorials In this HDR photography tutorial I describe the HDR photography and processing work flow. Continue reading... The Meaning of HDR in Photography Continue reading... Family Photos. Flickr extends deal with Getty Images (update) Steve McCurry: Steve Mccurry (9780714846644) Premiere Pro CS5 Time Lapse Test With the T2i 550D. This video is as “fun as watching paint dry”. I want to get in to the habit of doing at least one time lapse each month. Since I have been using Premiere and had no idea how to do a time lapse using this program (like I did with Sony Vegas) I thought it would be a good exercise to see how it was done.
In the future I will do a video on how I created this video, but since I am high on paint fumes right now I will save that for another day. For an extra bonus, I tried to key out the green paint for a little bit of this test, but as the paint drys quickly so does it color so it didn’t work that well. Oh well. Drag the Shutter I am trying to get better at dragging the shutter. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L USM - The Keg - Page 543. More shoes Yagit? Wow.. but for me.. more wedding stuff..
Aurielle and Josh ~ Romance in the Hallway another romantic wedding shot of Aurielle and Josh. lighting was held by Ryan O Hicks with radio poppers in Ettl mode. It took us about 2 mins to set up to shoot this shot.. Radio Poppers made this pretty simple and fast Softbox was camera left about 5 feet away CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark IIExposure0.005 sec (1/200)Aperturef/2.0Focal Length85 mmISO Speed800Exposure Bias0 EVFlashOn, FiredImage Width2574Image Heigh 3861 [IMAGE'S LINK: Bokeh -post your best pls - Page 502. The basics of nature photography. How To Build The Smallest Intervalometer In The World.
If you are into time lapse you must have checked the option of getting an Intervalometer. as you can see from the Canon and Nikon links an Intervalometer is not cheap. Not really expensive either, but definitely not cheap. So As usual I ask: what can you DIY about it? Some cameras already have the time lapse feature built in, and Canon photographers can turn to CHDK for adding a time lapse feature. But there is a third, cooler version if you are into electronics (which I know lots of site readers are not afraid of). Achim Sack – a super electronics engineer – has a project for building an intervalometer the size of a finger nail. There are three parts for this project: making a PCB, Soldering the PCB and loading the PIC (a small, cheap, stupid CPU) with software.
Creating the PCB The PCB schematics are available for personal use here along with a PCB making tutorial. Downloading the Software to the PIC You download a software to a PIC using a kit called PicKit3. Soldering Shooting Link Recap. Photography Equipment Rentals - Toehold | Travel & Photography. Hiring equipment from Toehold™ is a simple and hassle-free process. There are no time-consuming procedures or deposits when you hire. Here's how you can start enjoying your dream gear in three easy steps: Before you can hire equipment, we need you to register with us - just once. This is simply a way for us to get to know you better.
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Monsoon: Steve Mccurry (9788187107118) 35 Beautiful Examples Of Rain Photography - Smashing Magazine. Advertisement Most photographers do not feel comfortable in taking photographs in bad weather. Yet bad weather sometimes presents the perfect opportunity to get most out of our skills. In particular, in the beginning of autumn rain can provide the perfect opportunity to capture wonderful photos. Shooting in rain produces dramatic atmosphere and soft romantic scenes. Below we present over 35 beautiful examples of rain photography. All photos are linked and lead to the sources from which they were taken. You may want to take a look at the following related posts: Rain Photography Marcel Germain Maria Sauh vijayal Tim Hearud muha Dreamer-Soul Cody26 Muha J Rutledge black&white Victor Eredel Ben Visbeek Agnieszka Borkowska unknown Artem Tschaikowsky unknown Cody26 Time Magazine Curtis Forrester Zasu Yauheni Attsetski Séverine Cousot aka Sey DeDaniel Ahmed Zahid 3amfromkyoto Hau Si Yuan Julian Borbély Márk Zaniac Suketoketchi Chospatis Soumya DenesG1 Max Further Articles and Related Resources Related posts It's done.
Yay! Canon EOS Beginners' FAQ III - Lenses. Canon EOS Beginners' FAQ III - Lenses. DSLR Tips Workshop: How to take portraits with blurred backgrounds. DSLR Tips Workshop: How to take portraits with blurred backgrounds Professional portraits often have a blurred background which really makes the subject stand out. It’s actually an easy effect to achieve with any DSLR and in this workshop I’ll show you how.
In the portrait below left, I’ve used the camera’s automatic settings and both the person and the background are in sharp focus. In the photo below right though, I’ve adjusted the camera’s ‘aperture’ setting which has ensured only the person in the foreground is sharp, while the background is blurred. In my video tutorial below, I’ll explain how to achieve this effect, and at the bottom of the page you’ll find a reminder of the steps you’ll need to take. Checklist: How to take portraits with blurred backgrounds 1: Switch your camera to Aperture Priority mode by turning the mode dial to ‘A’ or on Canon models, ‘Av’. 2: Stand back a little and zoom-in your lens – this will accentuate the effect.
Equipment tip. Photographic Composition | What is composition? Position your subject at the intersection of those lines and it will be placed one third of the way from the sides, both top and bottom. This is illustrated in the image above of an old abandoned windmill in France. Some cameras have a means whereby you can actually see a grid in your viewfinder which will help you position your subject. If not, you can easily find it with a bit of practice. Another way to apply the Rule of Thirds is by cropping the picture afterwards. The shot below was the original shot I took of the windmill but with a wider view of the scene.
Here is the shot again (below) after being cropped but without the grid lines. Note that when cropping it helps to keep the dimensions in the same ratio as the original otherwise you end up with a series of photographs of odd sizes which tends to look a bit amateurish. The last shot below is of a second windmill which I took after moving around the field a bit. Top of Page. Recommended Canon lenses for Portrait, Wedding and Low Light photography. Recommended Canon lenses for portrait, wedding and low-light photography The classic portrait shot places a flattering view of the subject against a blurred background. This is very easy to achieve with the right lens and all the models below will do the trick. The key behind a blurred background is having a lens with a large aperture, indicated by a small f-number. The best portrait lenses have an f-number of 2.8 or smaller, and the lower this figure, the more blurred you can make your background.
Lenses with smaller f-numbers also gather more light which makes them ideal for taking photos in dim conditions without resorting to flashes or increasing the camera’s ISO sensitivity. See my Portrait Tutorial for more details. The flattering view is achieved with a lens sporting a slightly magnified view, which typically means having an equivalent focal length of between 70 and 135mm. Note when I mention full-frame bodies I'm referring to models like the EOS 5D Mark III and 6D. Canon EF-S 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS lens review: coverage and stabilisation. Canon EF-S 18-135mm IS coverage and stabilisation Canon's EF-S 18-135mm IS is designed as a general-purpose lens for cropped-frame bodies delivering equivalent coverage of 29-216mm.
To illustrate this range in practice we fitted the lens to an EOS 7D body, mounted it on a tripod and shot the same scene fully zoomed-out, then fully zoomed-in. Zoomed-out, the EF-S 18-135mm IS delivers fairly standard wide-angle coverage that's equivalent to 29mm. This matches the capabilities of the basic EF-S 18-55mm IS kit lens, so if you're upgrading from that model, you won't be enjoying anything wider.
Likewise if you were considering upgrading to the EF-S 18-200mm IS. For wider coverage in a general-purpose zoom, you'll need to go for the EF-S 15-85mm IS USM, or its predecessor, the EF-S 17-85mm IS USM. Where the EF-S 18-135mm IS really scores though is when zoomed-in, where, in Canon's general-purpose range, it's only out-gunned by the EF-S 18-200mm IS super-zoom. How To Create Time Lapse Movies With Lots Of Open Source Software. Time Lapse movies are really cool. Really. I got a nice shot of creating a time lapse movie when I moved to a new place. Here is how I did it.
WARNING: This is going to be a geeky post with lots of software downloads, hacks, and tweaks. WARNING 2: Once you time-lapse, you can never go back (only fast forward). UPDATE: the G10 has a CHDK build here. Get a Canon Point & Shoot (Like the excellent Canon G10) that works with CHDK (or get an intervalometer (either dedicated or general) for whatever camera you want); If you don’t use Canon/CHDK just skip the boring tech loaded section about loading your Canon with a new firmware. Location One of the nice things about a time lapse video is the contrast between static moving objects. Try to select a spot (and framing) that will show some static objects and some moving ones.
Of course all the “regular compositional rules” still apply here, so framing, thirds, foreground and background all play a part. Size and Intervals Mount your camera 1. 2. 3. Visual Weight and Room Size - How visual weight affects how small your room appears. Have you ever encountered two pieces of furniture that are approximately the same size but one seems heavier that the other? In fact, one seemed to take up more space than the other. I am not talking about actual weight or size. I am talking about visual weight - heaviness and size perceived by the eye and sent to the brain as truth. And your eye can fooled with color!
Dark vs. Light. By keeping visual weight in mind, you can fool the eye into thinking rooms are bigger or smaller and more or less crowded - a good thing to keep in mind when you have to come up with a design for an 8 foot by 8 foot room!