- The Adventures of BeetleCam, and how sending a remote controlled 4-wheeled DSLR to lions cannot end well.
- Philip Bloom interviews Greg Yaitanes about the decision to film the season finale of House M.D. on a Canon 5DMkII.
- Ghost Towns: WebEcoist has gathered photographs from abandoned towns and cities from around the world and adds a bit of background info. This might interest the Urbexers among you.
Category: speedlinks
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Speedlinks April 2010
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Speedlinks March 2010
- Shoot-out: “What do you get when you challenge David Hobby, Zack Arias and Joey L to make an image of a surprise model(s) in 25mins in a packed auditorium.” A fun video, spiced up with comments by Joe McNally.
- BBC Wildlife Photography Masterclasses. The BBC has published a series of wildlife photography classes online, filled with a wealth of info.
- Greg du Toit takes the meaning of endurance to a new level: he spent months in a puddle to get some breathtaking phots of wildlife animals at their water hole.
- DIY rain cover. diyphotography.net has a how-to on turning a pair of old rain trousers into a protective cover that protects your camera from the elements.
- LADIG have put together a nice and easy bounce card to use with external flashes. I think I prefer this design to the one by Gardner which I’ve used so far, mainly because this one does away with the need for velcro at the top end.
- CS5 Sneak Peek: Adobe has posted a YouTube preview of a new feature for Ps CS5: content-aware fill. Looks very useful for photo manipulation.
- Shoot-out: “What do you get when you challenge David Hobby, Zack Arias and Joey L to make an image of a surprise model(s) in 25mins in a packed auditorium.” A fun video, spiced up with comments by Joe McNally.
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Speedlinks February 2010
- After I uploaded some photos from the Pimpamelen blogpost to Photogen I half-jokingly said that the next step would be 3D macro photography with flash. Well fotoopa on flickr has been doing just that for a while, check out the photos of his setup(s) and his insect and water photographs in his sets.
- A trawlerman recovers a digital camera from the Atlantic with its photos still intact and now tries to find the owners. You can read more on this over at BBC News.
- The Mostly Color Channel has a neat tutorial on how to ceate a light tent out of nothing but paper and binder clips. Cheap and disposable! A Paper and Binder Clip Light Tent.