The Best Fstoppers’ Posts From May 2012

by Kenn Tam June 1, 2012 0 Comments

Your "Likes", "Tweets", comments and clicks all help us know which are our best posts of the month. And because we don't want anyone to miss any of Fstoppers' goodness we put "The Best of" in a monthly newsletter for you. So, if you think you may have missed anything this last month, check out the top 10 posts and don't forget to sign up for the newsletter if you haven't already.

Will Video Cameras Kill Still Photography? Red Epic Vs Hasselblad
...we thought it would be fun to bring a Red Epic video camera into his studio and test it against a traditional medium format still camera...

Erotic Imagery in the Everyday
Blommers and Niels Schumm are a pair of Amsterdam-based photographers that have the ability to take photos with shifting perspectives. What may seem like boring stills at first takes on a whole new meaning during a second glance...

1950′s Photoshop: Pin-Up Girls Before And After
Ever wonder about the process that went on behind the scenes of those classic pin-up images that adorned the noses of bombers and the walls of soldiers barracks in the 1940′s and 50′s?...

Tamron 24-70mm 2.8 VC VS Canon 24-70mm
I’ve been waiting a long time for a 24-70mm full frame lens with stabilization. Tamron was the first to create this lens and we got our hands on a Canon version. In this review we compare the Tamron 24-70mm 2.8 VC to Canon’s 24-70mm...

Smoking Kids Portraits by Frieke Janssens
I was really taken aback when I came across this series of images by Frieke Janssens. They’re so incredibly striking, and I imagine it’s difficult to look at them without being affected in some way. The video shows some behind the scenes...

$160,000 Nikkor 6mm 2.8 Fisheye Can See Behind You
It’s not everyday that you get to see a rare 1970s Nikkor 6mm Fisheye lens. It’s even more unlikely that you get to see one mounted to the rare Nikon D800 DSLR body!...

Blow Job That Will Blow Your Mind
Tadao Cern, a Lithuanian photographer based in Vilnius City, did this amazing set of portraits (100 of them!) of people getting hit by g-force winds – he called this project “Blow Job”....

Fstoppers Rated #1 Photography Website Online
We do what we do because we love it. We didn’t do this for fame, glory, or accolades. We are just a bunch of photo nerds, gear heads, and working pros who wanted to help others learn how to be better...

Elle Removes Clothing Via PhotoShop, And The Model In Question Is...
Anyone who has picked up a magazine with photographic content is well aware of the amount of retouching and massaging that goes into many of the photos displayed in advertisements or in...

Photos Shot From A Perspective That Will Make You Look Twice
These photos are almost like optical illusions. You won’t believe what you’re seeing for a while till you look twice. Some of them look downright wrong but thankfully there is a good explanation for each of them!...

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