Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category
How Shooting Film is Helping Me Improve My Photography
Why film? This year I hit a point in my photography where I had learned a great deal, but I realized that I needed something to challenge me. After seeing Chris Gampat shoot film and reading about the form, I finally decided to take the plunge. It felt like a fine way to refine my photography. The first roll, which recently got developed, came out better than expected. The camera, a used Nikon N2020 from B&H, worked much better than expected. It was an interesting learning experience. Film is not dead. It has been re-purposed for shooting when I want to slow down and wander the city looking for arty images. Which one do I prefer? For speed, convenience, and cost, digital. For getting back to the roots of photography, film.
New York City Comic Con 2011 Ends Today; Here Are Some Photos
For the past couple of days, Gevon and I have been at New York City Comic Con 2011 working on content geared towards photographers heading out to conventions. I’ve been testing the new Phottix Wireless TTL Radio Triggers for Canon EOS DSLR cameras. Additionally, I was playing around with the Sigma 85mm f1.4 EX, ExpoImaging Ray Flash, 35mm f1.4 L, and my Beauty Dish hack.
For the record: we’ve got a hands on review and a full review of the Phottix triggers in the works. Plus, we’re going to be comparing the Sigma 85mm f1.4 against the Canon 85mm f1.2 in a portrait test. Additionally, we’re going to compare the Orbis against the Ray Flash for Convention center use. Besides all this, we’ve got loads of reviews in the works and my list of articles that I need to write is enormous.
Either way, more content will be coming and I think you’re all going to love it. In the meantime, here are some of my favorite photos that I shot at NYCC 2011.
And the Winners of the Bokeh Master’s Kits are…
It’s time to announce the winners of the Bokeh Master’s Kit contest. To enter you had to submit a photo to The Phoblographer’s Flickr Group with the tag, “The-Phoblographer-DIY-Photography-Bokeh-Contest” and we recommended that you become fans of The Phoblographer and DIYPhotography on Facebook.
The winners of this contest are:
J.C Chang
Lionel Fernández Roca
tjs1963 (Terri)
Congratulations to all the winners and to all those that entered. This was a fairly tough decision to make.
If you’ve won, please email me at chrisgampat[at]thephoblographer[dot]com so that I can arrange for you to get your prize shipped to you.
This contest was sponsored by DIYPhotography.net. They are the creators of a great new eBook and also provided inspiration for our Beauty Dish hack.
1.15-Gigapixel Panoramic Photo of the Royal Wedding Includes a Sea of Low End DSLRs
The BBC has a high-definition, 1.15-gigapixel picture made up of 189 images and then stitched together. The full picture measures 81,471 pixels by 14,154 pixels with a field of view that covers 200 degrees.
I’ve found a couple of cool Easter Eggs that you may want to check out after the jump.
World Pinhole Day Reminded Me of How Much I Miss Instant Film
Today was World Pinhole Day, and I headed over to Dumbo, Brooklyn to meet up with a couple of fine folks to shoot with pinhole cameras. The meetup was organized by Gave Biderman, the guy behind Ruinism.com (and a co-worker of mine). Gabe reminded me of how much I miss and love instant film. The photos in the gallery above were shot with a pinhole camera using an instant back: which is totally different from the Hasselblads I’ve used before and the Fujifilm Instax that I reviewed. This camera seemed to be a bit more like the 20×24 camera that I toured, except a bit more pint sized (4×5 Fujifilm at both ISO 100 and ISO 3000. All the film was also expired.)
Either way, I just want to say that every now and then, we need to get out there and try something new to keep our brain fresh and also make sure that stay versatile. So with that said, shut up and screw up! I sure did today!
Show us what you did to celebrate World Pinhole Day in the comments below. If you’ve got a Flickr account, feel free to embed them in the comments. And also remember that we’ve got a contest going on using our Flickr group.
Three of You Will Win a Free Bokeh Master’s Kit
It’s contest time again! This time, we want to see that creamy bokeh goodness in your photos! To enter, you can submit as many photos as you want showing off that bokeh to The Phoblographer’s Flickr Group with the tag, “The-Phoblographer-DIY-Photography-Bokeh-Contest” without the quotation marks (and you can click on that to see how to do it correctly). All submissions must be made to The Phoblographer’s Flickr Group. While we’re on the subject, we’d also recommend that you become fans of The Phoblographer and DIYPhotography on Facebook.
The prize? The top three winning entrants will receive a free Bokeh Master’s Kit. If you don’t remember, we reviewed the kit a while back. The contest runs from April 23rd to 12AM Eastern (NYC) April 30th. The winners will be announced shortly thereafter.
This contest is sponsored by DIYPhotography.net. They are the creators of a great new eBook and also provided inspiration for our Beauty Dish hack.
