Poladroid

This is fun and interesting: Poladroid, a tiny app that creates faux-Polaroid images from any image you like. It gets a lot of the details right (10 images to a session, old-style textured frame, a pseudo-Lomo effect at the edges) and does a nice job. (Mac only)

Posted on November 19, 2008 11:25 PM | link to this entry

Flip MinoHD

FUCK, FUCK, FUCK. FUCKITY FUCK. God dammit, now there's a Flip MinoHD. Son of a BITCH.

Posted on November 12, 2008 3:22 PM | link to this entry

Color to Black and White

I've been looking for a good quick method for converting color images to black and white, and this article has the LAB color method I'd read about a long time ago. I just set it up as a Photoshop action for future use.

Posted on October 24, 2008 1:45 PM | link to this entry

Flickr Video.

Don't know why I didn't think of this before, but I added my first video to Flickr and replaced the shit YouTube version I'd posted earlier. Much better quality and embedding flexibility. I'll have to go back and dig out the original video files from my other two time-lapses and upload them too.

Posted on September 16, 2008 3:00 PM | link to this entry

Nikon D90 video footage

Wow. This is video footage from the Nikon D90. Beautiful.

Posted on August 31, 2008 9:41 PM | link to this entry

Kodak Zi6 review

Here's a glowing Kodak Zi6 Review, which pretty much seals the deal for me.

Posted on August 21, 2008 2:11 PM | link to this entry

Printerville

Printerville is a website which reviews photo-quality printers for amateur and professional photographers. (via)

Posted on August 6, 2008 10:36 AM | link to this entry

Kodak Zi6 Pocket Video Camera

Oh, snap... I just read about the KODAK Zi6 Pocket Video Camera, which is poised as a possible Flip-killer, via Daring Fireball: HD video at 60fps. I'm going to hold off until I read the review to see if Kodak can make a decent camera again.

Posted on July 24, 2008 7:24 PM | link to this entry

Flickr slideshow

flickrSLiDR is a nice clean Flickr slideshow with an adjustable size.

Posted on July 24, 2008 1:23 PM | link to this entry

How to buy a DSL camera lens

Macworld - How to buy a camera lens. A good primer without getting too technical.

Posted on June 23, 2008 10:08 AM | link to this entry

Panasonic PV-GS320

Because we're expecting soon, I'm looking at inexpensive camcorders—not for the delivery room, but for the wonderful days afterwards. The Panasonic PV-GS320 is MiniDV-based, has 3CCDs, a Leica F/1.8 lens with 10x optical zoom, 1/25-1/8000 shutter speeds, and optical image stabilization. All that for under $400.

Posted on May 10, 2008 3:29 AM | link to this entry

Arizona, Then and Now

Arizona Then and Now. I love this kind of stuff. (via)

Posted on April 28, 2008 11:14 AM | link to this entry

Nikon Wide-Angle Lenses Reviewed.

Four wide-angle (10-22mm) lenses for the Nikon reviewed exhaustively. I'm going to shoot panoramics this weekend with a stock 18-55 kit lens, but it would be fun to have a wide-angle zoom to play with.

Posted on February 22, 2008 12:48 AM | link to this entry

Luminous Landscape

I don't know why I haven't seen this before, but this is a site written by a pro photographer, and it's full of tutorials, reviews, and other fantastic reading for photography buffs. Loads of good stuff here.

Posted on December 19, 2007 11:50 AM | link to this entry

Flickr adds statistics

Flickr added statistics as a feature for Pro users. While it's not as in-depth as I'd like, it's still a fantastic new tool. They'll get my re-subscription next year.

Posted on December 14, 2007 10:33 AM | link to this entry

Photobooth in Baltimore

Through a completely random scan, I found a site which has a user-contributed list of photobooths by state. Apparently there's one in the basement of the American Visionary Arts Museum, which I would like to visit sometime soon.

Posted on July 29, 2007 12:11 PM | link to this entry

Abandoned Places

!!! Holy CRAP, I want to buy this place and live in it! (via)

update: I had no idea these were in Waldorf! Apparently, though, the gubmint wants someone to come and tear them down.

Posted on July 26, 2007 5:35 PM | link to this entry

A look back at the NC2000

Here's an article looking back at the first generation of professional digital cameras aimed at photojournalists. It's amazing to think of how different the playing field would be today if Kodak had made an effort to go digital sooner. $17,950 for 1.3 Megapixels...damn.

Posted on April 18, 2007 6:14 PM | link to this entry

Build a location photography laptop case

Build a location photography laptop case. I could have used this in Bimini, but I was too scared to carry my main production laptop on a 20' boat bobbing in the Atlantic Ocean. (via)

Posted on April 6, 2007 10:11 AM | link to this entry

Spamera

Make a camera out of a can of Spam. I have too many projects already, but this is cool.

Posted on March 27, 2007 1:54 AM | link to this entry

Shorpy, the 100-year-old photo blog

Shorpy calls itself the 100-year-old photo blog. A new picture each day, all from an age long past, all beautiful in their own way. (via)

Posted on March 22, 2007 8:16 AM | link to this entry

O'Reilly HDR Booklet

O'Reilly is selling a $7.99 PDF booklet which explains how to build High Dynamic Range photos. When the Software Fairy delivers my shiny new copy of the CS2 suite, I'm switching over to RAW format and trying this process out. Of course, that means I have to get out and take more pictures, something I've been very lax about for the past couple of months... (via)

Posted on March 2, 2007 8:24 AM | link to this entry

Panosaurus

I ordered the Panosaurus panoramic tripod head via Paypal this morning. It's (from what I can tell) the most affordable panoramic tripod head available on the market, and it's got some pretty good reviews. When it arrives, I'll write up a review and post the results here to see—I might be doing a lot of panoramic photography in the near future.

Posted on February 28, 2007 9:18 AM | link to this entry

Kodak DC3400 Legacy Support

This is a link to Kodak's legacy support page for the DC3400. At some point, I'd like to hook this up to an old iMac and set it up to take time-lapse photos with Boinx iStopmotion.

Posted on February 20, 2007 1:46 PM | link to this entry

Blink-Free photos

Here's a mathematically proven formula for taking blink-free group photos. "For groups smaller than 20, divide the number of people by three if there’s good light and two if the light’s bad". Who says math isn't fun? (via)

Posted on February 16, 2007 11:56 AM | link to this entry

Christmas Digital Photography Tips

16 Digital Photography Tips for Christmas. Lots of good stuff in here, from people shots to atmospheric hints.

Posted on December 23, 2006 6:04 PM | link to this entry

Nikon Linkdump

This is a linkdump of info about Nikon Lens Compatibility, Nikon D70 specs (Particularly lens information), a better compatibility chart and accompanying review, another review of the D70s.

Posted on November 16, 2006 9:30 AM | link to this entry

Using a legacy flash with a DSLR

I found a website that graphs the voltage in legacy flash units and makes recommendations for usage in newer DSLRs. (Older flash units use higher voltages in the trigger circuit.) I have a Vivitar 550FD, given to me by my father for my Minolta SLR, and I'd love to be able to use it with my digital cameras.

Posted on November 7, 2006 10:55 PM | link to this entry

High Dynamic Range tutorial

Our friend Dave hipped me to this technique: HDR photography, which is the process of taking multiple bracketed photos of the same subject and combining the data from all to produce a highly detailed, contrasted image.

Posted on November 7, 2006 11:49 AM | link to this entry

Ken Rockwell Photography

Ken Rockwell does a fantastic job of reviewing, explaining, and teaching about digital photography. I think I've linked here before, but I'm gonna link again for reference.

Posted on October 5, 2006 10:16 AM | link to this entry

Exhaustive Nikon Resource.

Jeebus, there's a lot of Nikon information here. I could actually consider a Nikon again with the help of a site like this. (via)

Posted on July 6, 2006 4:17 PM | link to this entry