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| MORE FSTOPPERS, MORE FREE GEARFstoppers would like to introduce the latest addition to our arsenal, Corey Melton. Corey is currently a contracted freelance photographer for the New York Post and will be running the Fstoppers Flickr Group. Now that we have Corey, expect to see great thing coming out of our Flickr group. Discussions, critiques, contests, collaboratives, meet-ups and as always FREE STUFF! The first of which is the latest addition to the Lowepro line up, the Photo Sport 200 AW Backpack so join the group and keep your eyes open for more details. |
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HOW TO: INSURE YOUR GEARTruer words were never written when Gary Miller typed, "It pays to keep your stuff protected, even if you're not a pro". Gary continues in his post by weighing all the best options for insuring equipment for both amateur and pros alike. Read Gary's post on PopPhoto and learn how to cover your @$$.
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CREATIVE WAYS OF BLOWING THINGS UPI remember the first time I saw samples of high speed photography; projectiles erupting through everyday household objects. It was a whole new perspective. Wondrous and almost magical. But over the years I found myself asking "How many times can we be subjected to high speed photography of a balloon popping, a light bulb cracking or an egg being shot with a pellet gun?" I'm sick of it! Bored to tears. If I see one more "unique" photo of a water droplet on the rebound I'm going to... Oh wait... hold on a second. What's do we have here now?
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IT'S MORE THAN HELPFUL, IT'S A MUSTSchool maybe out but for the working professional the learning never ends. That being said, memorize your Photoshop shortcuts or remain a hobbyist forever. Cause in this business time really is money.
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| ONE WAY TO FIND YOUR STOLEN CAMERAEvery photo you take with your digital camera contains hidden information. This information, called exif data, can also include a unique serial number which identifies your camera. When you use the drag & drop feature, stolencamerafinder reads the serial number from the exif data and attempts to match it against serial numbers it finds on the net. Neato. |
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SHOOTING KIDS MAY BECOME A CRIME Ok, the title is a bit misleading but it was fun to write. It should read, "Photographing Children Without Parental Consent May Become A Crime In NJ". A hot topic since a 63-year-old man was questioned, by Police, for taping kids at a swim meet. When questioned he said he found girls 8 to 10 sexy. Having nothing to hold him with, he was released. Similar situations have led legislators to propose a bill that would make shooting photographing kids, without parental consent, punishable by up to 5 years in jail and/or a fine of $15,000. In my opinion such a bill would set a bad precedent and could easily be abused and twisted to seriously hinder the rights of legitimate Photographers. Would you be for or against such a bill? Leave your comments. |
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CANON'S NEXT LINE OF FLASHESIt is rumored that Canon has prototype flashes with radio receivers built in, to be triggered with updated ST-E2s.
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FOR THE SHOOTER THAT HAS EVERYTHINGFor the photographer that has everything you may want to buy one of these: Rolleiflex 24611 Mini Digi AF 5.0 Camera. That's right it's a tiny digital camera designed to look and operate just like the Rolleiflex 2.8F 6x6cm twin lens reflex camera.
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| THE ART BEHIND THE HEADSHOT Don't let the title fool you. A complete understanding of how to get the perfect headshot from your subject is not the only thing you'll learn from this quintessential DVD. It's overflowing with tips, tricks, techniques and advice from world know Photographer, Peter Hurley. This DVD will educate and entertain even the most seasoned shooter and if you pre-order now you will receive a $300 credit towards any of Peter's future workshops. This effectively makes this invaluable DVD free. Peter is also going to personally sign all of the pre-ordered DVDs which has an estimated release of summer 2011. Details for Peter's two day workshop can be found through the link below. |
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| 13 LINKS FOR EDITORIAL INSPIRATIONWhen it comes to fashion photography and editorial inspiration Melissa Rodwell is my goto girl. In her latest post, "Links That Will Visually Inspire You", she highlights some of her goto sources for inspiration. If your aim is to shoot fashion editorials then every one of these links are worth bookmarking. |
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| SITES AND APPS ARE STEALING YOUR $#!^The ToS for popular photo-sharing sites and apps such as, picplz, Color, yFrog, Instagram, Flickr, Lockerz, Twitpic and Facebook, allow for them to profit by selling your images. For some people this may not be a big deal, especially when you consider that many of these services are free and we use them to promote ourselves. But as a working Photographer this doesn't quite sit right with me. These days I'm reluctant to post my work anywhere, including my own home page. Which often has Lee exclaiming, "Dude, whens the last time you've shot!?". Read the post on TheNextWeb and then leave a comment telling us how you feel about these kinds of ToS agreements. |
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| GET YOURSELF PUBLISHED IN FS WEEKLYFstoppers is driven by our friends, fans and peers. We define ourselves as a community and being apart of any good community is a two way street. So this week we are featuring one of our readers. Alex "the Photo Guy" Arnett and his fiancee Keri, wanted to save a bit of coin on their Save the Date invites. So, they decided to make a stop motion animation video. Now, not to sound unmanly or anything but this video is cute and Alex even went a step further and provided us with a behind the scenes post.
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MAY MEANS MORE FREE STUFF!This month we're giving away a 42" Multidisc Reflector by PhotoFlex ($100), a RS-Sport Extreme Sport Strap from Black Rapid ($70) and a Fstoppers' Custom Banner linking to one lucky winner (Priceless!). Simply take the best photo you have with the theme "Underneath" and submit it to our contest forum using the link below and you have a chance at hauling in all that wonderful loot.
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"A photographer went to a dinner party where he showed many of his photographs. The lady of the house said, those are very nice pictures, you must have a great camera. He said nothing, but when leaving for home offered the following compliment to the lady of the house “The meal was very nice, you must have great pots and pans."-Anonymous
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From The Editor: Hey Kids! Kenn Tam here. Do you have an article, artist, subject, comment or anything you think your fellow readers would like to see on FS Weekly News? Then send it along to: kenn@fstoppers.com. And remember, if you ever feel like hitting that "unsubscribe" link, instead, drop me a line with your suggestions, comments or deepest most darkest desire and we will see what we can do. Enjoy the read.
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Once again you have me looking way too long for that damn easter egg. Classic video, although I've heard its fake. Either way, still good.
They actually ended up being featured on TV news because of that video. Apparently it wasn't fake. But after saying that I am sure people will dig up all kinds of evidence. Either way, it made me laugh. :) Last month I focused on shopped Fstoppers pics for Easter eggs so this month will be humorous, classic vids off YouTube.
I watched the part of him slipping over and over. Too funny...
Found this weeks easter egg super quick. Officially offering my services as a Professional Easter Egg Finder.
i love how you put a photo of a gun pointed at a kid beside the title "shooting kids may become a crime" great job
I get bored :)
i love that you just created a flickr group after reading the above article are you going to contribute lol
Who created what now?
Thanks for re-tweeting the newsletter Joshua. I see you're in Okinawa. I lived in Japan for 4 years and spent a few weeks in Okinawa. Have you ever been to the "haunted" Royal Hotel near the Nakagusuku castle ruins. It has an awesome story behind it and is one of the best urban-ex spots ever. I really wish I had some lighting gear with me when I was there. You could turn out some mad work from that location.
I lived there visited the castle never heard about the haunted hotel. I did visit a haunted amusement park in Korea. It was really freaky the event room was all set up for a wedding. White china and white cloth everywhere totally abandoned and a creepy water slide. Found some graves in the back as well.
Really? The walk way to the ruins branches off to the right just before you get there and thats where the haunted hotel/amusement park is. It also has a very spooky overgrown waterslide and lots of rooms that were never used but furnished.
LOL, I cant imagine we will get our Flickr contest back now after seeing a giant NO sign over the Flickr Logo HAHA! Classic
Meh... they bug me :P
Kidding.
Even though some of their policies bug me, I'm totally a Flickr fan.
Blame Yahoo. They've been holding Flickr back for years and have talked about disbanding it for financial reasons. The latest Yahoo CEO is dumb.
FYI Flickr pulled our contest for some unknown reason. We are trying to figure out why
My thought was we should ask them why on Twitter but Corey held me back. Such a strange decision on their part :/
Good video. You should find the video of the aftermath with the bride's mother.
yahoo hasnt had their stuff together since the mid 90's. their messenger, mail, everything has lacked behind in technology. Them holding back flickr is horrible. If instagram would of went non web based i think it would of swept flickr off their rocker. im not a big instagram fanatic because its not as simple as flickr to upload and share my stuff. now im not sure if i want to post my images on any social site (besides forums like fstoppers) because everyone wants to use your work for their gain. ive heard of companies using flickr to contact the actual photographer and use their work. i can only imagine how many companies just use sites like this as a stock image farm. i am going to keep my fingers crossed for flickr and just keep uploading portraits because only i have the model releases hahahaha. its not much of a deterrent but its something lol (grr this logged me into the wrong twitter lol)
Flickr doesn't think they're stealing your images: http://blog.flickr.net/en/2011/05/13/at-flickr-your-photos-are-always-yo...
You have to consider the fact that for any of these photo sharing sites to function, you have to grant them the right to your pictures. Seriously, the idea is that these are photo "sharing" sites. And I'm not talking about them selling your pictures to advertisers, I'm talking about Flickr having the right to put your picture on Explore or use on some other part of the site. Kinda defeats the purpose of a photo sharing site if there is no license to do so.
what bugged me about the article is that the word selling. Selling pictures without my go ahead is stealing point blank. if you are making a profit from my images without my consent then yes that, to me is stealing. Moving them around flickr, such as the explore page, and so forth is not what im considering stealing. Lets say i take an amazing shot of a bald eagle snatching a baby and they sell that image to a magazine or a publisher without my consent that would make me want to e-pimp slap some people.