This is a very nice little tutorial on hoe to produce those nice high dynamic range photos that people like to go on about. This one uses Adobe Photoshop CS2, so if you have a copy your in luck. This tut even covers some basic work flow techniques that help when your trying to figure out how to start making your HDR masterpiece.
Category: Photography
A New Super 8 Film Camera
Long live the Super 8 film format! There looks to be a new movie camera coming out soon (with a little help from the faithful):
The A-Cam DS8 will offer the same features as its Super 16mm brother, including interchangeable C-Mount lenses (the camera ships with a wide-angle f/1.5 9mm Kinoptic lens), parallel viewfinder, 100 ft film capacity, and microprocessor-synchronized frame rates between 6 and 37.5 frames per second. The camera weighs a mere 1.5 kg complete with lens, batteries and film.
Double Super 8 (DS8) is a hybrid format that uses 16mm wide film to capture Super 8 sized frames. One half of the film is exposed, the reels are flipped, and the other half is shot. The 16mm strip is cut into two 8mm-wide reels after processing.
If you want to order one (they need at least 25 pre-orders, but you get a discount) check the info at the bottom of the page after the leap:
Retro Thing: A New Super 8 Movie Camera!?
DIY Nikon D70 Infra-red Remote Control
This is just the thing you need to have in your camera bag. I have one that I bought online but if your not in a rush and have the skills to solder this would be a clever little device to have around. Very handy for tripping the shutter when your doing macro work or your doing long exposures where camera vibration is a bad thing.
This is a replacement for the sparsely available Nikon ML-L1 and ML-L3 IR remote controls. Like the original remotes, this very simple circuit allows you to remotely release the D70 shutter or do a bulb exposure while avoiding camera shake. It should also work with other Nikon (d)SLR’s, provided they are supported by the ML-L1 or ML-L3. The IR sensor of the D70 is behind the round black plastic spot above the D70 logo on the body.
All About Time Lapse Photography
Most every question you have about taking time lapse photos can be answered here. Even is your camera didn’t come with an intervolmeter (way to take a series of photos at set incriments) you can find links to buy some (or links to build if your handy that way).
The Wizard of Speed and Time Short Film
This a wonderful short live action/animated (using stop motion) that was made by a very talented independent film maker named Mike Jittlov. If you can get a hold of a copy of the full length film you should watch it. It’s a remarkably accurate portrayal of the adversity that faces indy film makers. Even now its pretty much dead on.
YouTube – The Wizard of Speed & Time v2.0
Mike Jittlov’s WizWorld
Becher on Becher by Kahn
I’m fascinated by this derivation of a photographic study.
Idris Khan’s super imposed photgraphs, trade on the rigourous methodology of Bernd and Hilla Becher. The Bechers photographed and catalogued industrial buildings around Germany and the USA, maintaining a strict set of guidelines that encouraged objective analysis and comparison between similar built types.
Khan’s photographs superimpose each photograph from one of the Becher’s series onto one another to form a single photograph. Admittedly (and I don’t want to play chicken and egg here…) the method is similar as that used in Megan Gould’s “Google Averages”as well as Jason Salavon’s “Every Playboy Centrefold”. However in this case the effect not one of an abstract blur but an emphasis in the similarity of form and the minor discrepancies of detail.
You can find more examples of the work of Idris Khan here.