If you have money to burn and want to prove that “size matters,” here’s your chance. B&H is currently listing a used Canon 1200mm f/5.6L lens for just $180,000 with a condition rating of 9+. And it comes with free shipping, a lens hood, […]
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Professional Photographer’s Face a Hobson’s Choice – Local Laws Require Them to Get Permits to Take Photographs in Miami Beach 3
A Hobson’s Choice is having no real choice at all, it’s a “take it or leave it” situation. Thomas Hobson was livery stable owner in Cambridge, England in the 16th century. To rotate the use of his horses, and to […]
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Appropriate Behavior On Set and Off – Gary Cole 0
Paul Hamer, who oversees the STC Fan Group, recently had to remind the group that inappropriate remarks to or about the models are—just that–inappropriate. And I jumped in to make the point that the behavior line between photographer and model […]
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Learn In 10 Seconds How Aperture, Shutter and ISO work 0
For newbies to photography or for those just curious about technical photography terms, here’s an amazingly simple chart illustration from Daniel Peters/Fotoblog that gives you a quick overview of aperture, shutter speed and ISO. The higher the aperture/f-stop, the more […]
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American Photo Magazine Ceases Publication 7
It seems that more and more magazines are stopping print publication and either moving to a digital only format or going out of business all together. American Photo is the latest casualty in the on-going struggle for print publications. For […]
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Becoming a Better Photographer – Gary Cole 0
With Jarmo’s encouragement, I started writing this blog on the general subject of “The Business of Photography” a few months ago. And I will certainly keep plugging away in the weeks and months ahead on the nuts and bolts of […]
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Adobe updates Lightroom with facial recognition, GPU enhancements and more 0
Adobe is describing Lightroom CC as all new, with ‘lightning fast’ performance and new tools for editing, enhancing and displaying pictures. Mobile, ‘connected’ imaging is an increasingly large part of Adobe’s plans, and while users will still be able to […]
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Are You Shooting Video? If not, why not? – Gary Cole 0
My iPhone 6 shoots pretty decent video so I’m sure that most of you are using camera equipment that has video functionality. If not, you probably should be thinking about upgrading to a camera that does shoot high quality video. […]
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GoPro’s Nick Woodman – America’s highest paid CEO earns $285 million 0
Apparently GoPro’s “extreme” culture even applies to how much money it pays its founder and CEO Nick Woodman, the surfer turned billionaire, is about to become the highest paid executive in America. The 39-year-old GoPro (GPRO) CEO was awarded a […]
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Nikon Discovers Fraudulent Products 0
It is often said that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Camera manufacturer Nikon recently released a press statement that they have been finding imitation and fraudulently modified products coming in for service. These products […]
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