Archive for June, 2009

Nikon D300 video review

Nikon D300 digital SLR camera review The Nikon D300 is a semi-professional SLR camera for the serious amateur. The quality and price range is somewhere between the cheap entry level camera's (Nikon D40x) and the more expensive professional models like D2Hs or D2Xs. For a Nikon D300 you can expect to pay around $1800 for [...]

Photography Journal – Faces of Ulakan

by Yusuf Last week I went to Bali, and instead of going to Kuta, and getting lost in the mess of squirming bodies on Kuta beach like most tourists do, I rented a car, and opted to stay instead at Candi Dasa, 80 km east of Denpassar. I didn?t go to Kuta at all. With [...]

Photography Journal – Faces of Ulakan

by Yusuf Last week I went to Bali, and instead of going to Kuta, and getting lost in the mess of squirming bodies on Kuta beach like most tourists do, I rented a car, and opted to stay instead at Candi Dasa, 80 km east of Denpassar. I didn?t go to Kuta at all. With [...]

New Canon DSLR announced

Canon have today announced the 30d, an update of the 20d. You can read a detailed preview at dpreview. The new Canon 30d It's not as big a jump over the 20d as many people seemed to be expecting, the imaging technology, is unchanged for example. The price looks good, about $1300, and street prices [...]

$4k for a Underwater Camera Housing? Screw That.

$4k for a Underwater Camera Housing? Screw That. Most people are feeling the effects of the current economic crisis; certainly all the major manufacturers are feeling the pinch. However lust for new gear is ever present. Yesterday I was looking at the new underwater housing from Sea & Sea for the Nikon D700 and Canon [...]

Self Portraiture – Camera Always Points Both Ways

Every photograph we make is part of a learning process. We turn our lens on our respective worlds, on the people who inhabit it, on the new places we discover, and on the scenes we've created. We find truth and we create fiction with our cameras. It seems a natural thing to turn the camera [...]

Nikon D300 video review

Nikon D300 digital SLR camera review The Nikon D300 is a semi-professional SLR camera for the serious amateur. The quality and price range is somewhere between the cheap entry level camera's (Nikon D40x) and the more expensive professional models like D2Hs or D2Xs. For a Nikon D300 you can expect to pay around $1800 for [...]

Video as Photography

According to an article on PDNOnline more and more of the images you see in your newspaper could be grabs from high quality video rather than stills cameras. The Dallas Morning News won a Pulitzer prize for its photographic coverage of hurricane Katrina and several of its staff photographers now use HD video cameras as [...]

Aquarium Photography

By Liz Masoner Aquariums are a popular vacation attraction for families and photographers. Unfortunately, it is also one of the attractions responsible for the most failed photographs. Aquariums are deceptively difficult areas to photograph inside. However, with a bit of knowledge and some practice, your photos of your next aquarium visit can be great! Difficulties [...]

Aquarium Photography

By Liz Masoner Aquariums are a popular vacation attraction for families and photographers. Unfortunately, it is also one of the attractions responsible for the most failed photographs. Aquariums are deceptively difficult areas to photograph inside. However, with a bit of knowledge and some practice, your photos of your next aquarium visit can be great! Difficulties [...]