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Apple’s iOS 4.1 to Intro HDR Photography

Apple’s iOS 4.1 to Intro HDR Photography

Steve Jobs announced during Apple’s new product announcement that iOS 4.1 (which we’re expecting today) brings HDR photography to Apple’s mobile platform. HDR is a technique of taking several photos of varying exposures and combining them together in order to create a photo with a greater range of tonal detail. There are numerous apps that can ... read more

September 1, 2010 in News by David Schloss 0 comments

NASA Images Come to Flickr

NASA Images Come to Flickr

The good folks over at NASA have taken a “giant leap” in image sharing by making their image archive collection available on Flickr. The image-sharing website has long hosted historic image collections in a section call The Commons and the NASA on the Commons section contains an astounding array of historical photos. The entire archive isn’t ... read more

August 31, 2010 in News by David Schloss 0 comments

Joe McNally’s Moon

Joe McNally’s Moon

Our good friend Joe McNally has a nice blog post about long-lens portrait work with the moon as a backdrop. Joe never ceases to amaze me with his portrait work, and the fact that he’s doing moonlight shots where the actual moon is a major part without multiple exposures, well that’s just great. Jump on over ... read more

August 29, 2010 in News by David Schloss 0 comments

OnOne Offers $150 Savings on Software

OnOne Offers $150 Savings on Software

Looks like it must be the week for savings on Plug-Ins because OnOne just announced a $100 discount on PhotoTools 2.5 Professional Edition. LIMITED TIME OFFER Get Over 300 Stunning Effects for Photoshop Save $100 Now   Expires September 1, 2010Save Time and Instantly Add Effects in Photoshop.PhotoTools 2.5 Professional Edition is the fastest and easiest way to add ... read more

August 27, 2010 in News by David Schloss 0 comments

Nik Announces HDR Efex Pro – Discounts for Mac Create Readers

Nik Announces HDR Efex Pro – Discounts for Mac Create Readers

Nik Software has officially announced HDR Efex Pro, the latest addition to our digital photographic tools. Scheduled to release in October 2010, HDR Efex Pro will retail for $159.95. Mac Create readers receive a discount on this title and all Nik software by using the code AUN4Nik at checkout.You can find out more about the product and ... read more

August 26, 2010 in News by David Schloss 2 comments

Canon Launches 60D and New Lenses

Canon Launches 60D and New Lenses

CANON’S NEW EOS 60D DIGITAL SLR CAMERA UNLEASHES THE CREATIVE POTENTIAL OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND EOS FULL HD VIDEO WITH NEW IN-CAMERA IMAGING FEATURESNew EOS 60D Offers a Vari-Angle LCD Screen, EOS Full HD Video Recording, In-Camera RAW Processing and Creative Filters and 18-Megapixel Resolution Among Class-Leading SpecsLAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., August 26, 2010 – High-quality digital capture ... read more

August 26, 2010 in News by David Schloss 0 comments

Sports Illustrated’s Bill Frakes Nikon Video Workshops in LA and Dallas

Sports Illustrated’s Bill Frakes Nikon Video Workshops in LA and Dallas

Sorry for the late notice, but we just found out that Sports Illustrated shooter, Aperture-user and MacCreate friend Bill Frakes will be doing two upcoming seminars on Nikon D-Movie and Multimedia. The classes are free and you can register for Los Angeles (August 24th) here and for Dallas, TX (August 27th) here. The classes are filling ... read more

August 23, 2010 in News by David Schloss 0 comments

Nikon Announces 4 New Nikkor Lenses—85 f/1.4 Arrives

Nikon Announces 4 New Nikkor Lenses—85 f/1.4 Arrives

In addition to the new Nikon D3100 camera, Nikon has also announced four new Nikkor lenses. We had the chance to play with these lenses at a meeting with Nikon and they’re all welcome additions to the Nikkor line. The superstar lens is the AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G, priced at $1699. We compared this lens to ... read more

August 19, 2010 in News by David Schloss 1 comment

Nikon Unveils D3100—1080P Video in 14.2 MP Body

Nikon Unveils D3100—1080P Video in 14.2 MP Body

Nikon has officially announced the D3100, and update to the D3000 camera design that adds full HD video and numerous other advancements to the already popular D3000. Recently we had a chance to sit down with Nikon to look at the D3100 and it’s an impressive little camera. The new EXPEED 2 image processing engine should ... read more

August 19, 2010 in News by David Schloss 0 comments

ThinkTank Retrospective Bag Reivew

ThinkTank Retrospective Bag Reivew

One of the worst features of a camera bag is that they look like a camera bag. The other day while assisting my friend the Sports Illustrated photographer David Bergman at a football game the stadium employee checking press passes looked at his bag and said “that’s the third one of those I’ve seen today.” ... read more

August 18, 2010 in Reviews by David Schloss 0 comments