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[Video] Patrick Boivin's Interactive Prime vs Prime and Other Lessons in Stop Motion Animation
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In this post you will see two awesome examples of homegrown stop motion animation by Patrick Boivin. Patrick has done some amazing work such as, "AT-AT Day Afternoon", which we featured awhile back. For the first video, you get to shape the outcome of a battle between the first generation Optimus Prime and the latest generation Optimus. I hold this up as a fun example of what patients and creativity can yield with todays, easily accessible technology.

[News/Video] Police Diligence or Harassment?
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I'm not sure if I'm over reacting but this kind of thing get's my blood boiling. What kind of thing? Picture being on an over pass, late one night, shooting a time lapse video (maybe to win the next big Fstoppers contest) when you are approached by a police officer. The officer questions what you are doing and why and then demands your ID. You know that you are observing all the laws and regulation, have commited no crime and are not obligated to justify yourself. What happens next? Well,Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania-based photographer Jason Macchioni can tell you. Better yet, he can show with this video.

[Video] 12,000 Sheets of Paper: 1 Awesome Video
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The music video for Josh Ritter's "Love Is Making Its Way Back Home" was created with over 12,000 pieces of laser cut, construction paper. Directed by Erez Horovitz and conceptualized by Sam Cohen and Erez Horovitz, this video didn't utilized any effects in post production. Everything you see in the final video is purely a physical set of frame by frame photographs, of the paper cut outs, with no effects added.

[News] Photoshop Touch Now Available for iPad 2
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Adobe has finally let iPad 2 users in on Photoshop Touch (Android tablet users have had this for some time now). Having impulse buy issues I just dropped the $9.99 that it costs for the app but being so excited to share the news, I've yet to review it. Some of the highlights Adobe is boasting are: being able to work with core Photoshop tools designed for tablets, using your tablet camera to fill area on layers, select parts of an image to extract by scribbling, and being able to sync files to Adobe Creative Cloud and open in Photoshop.

[News] Canon's 5D Mark III: First Pics in the Wild
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The rumor is that March 2 will be the date for the 5D Mark II replacement. And Canon Rumors believes these to be the specs :22mp, 61pt AF, 100% VF, 3.2″ LCD ,Dual CF/SD Card Slots, $3500 USD. Far from being written in stone but the photos that turned up on their forums seems quite legit. For me, I hope to see something a little more impressive than what I'm seeing here or I may have to bite the bullet and step up to the 1D-X.

[News] Fake Gear Alert: Are Your Nikon Filters the Real Deal?
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Well it looks like they are at it again. Who are they you ask? The parasites that produce knockoff gear and sell them as the real McCoy, of course. Our very own Lee Morris brought you the news about knockoff battery grips and now 1Kind Photography has brought counterfeit filters to our attention.

[Video] Kai Man Wong & Eric Kim Dress Up for Some Street Action
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Ironically, DigitalRev's Kai Man Wong hits the streets of Hong Kong with well known analog street shooter Eric Kim. Kai and Eric end up kicking it old school with film cameras, Leica M6 & M2, and even try to get into the spirit of their camera's time periods by dressing up. As always Kai's video is humorous, entertaining and litered with nuggets of good to know info.

[BTSV] Set Your Model Ablaze: Playing With Fire, Not Photoshop
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Photographer Benjamin Von Wong is at it again! I'm starting to think he hates his models as he can't seem to resist setting them on fire. All in the name of art, right? Well I guess we should be thankful, cause as usual the results are nothing short of freaking awesome. This isn't photoshop work guys. Do I have you fired up yet? Then check out Benjamin's latest BTS video.

[Pics] Child Portraits Inspired by Funeral Photography
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At the age of 13, Moscow born photographer Oleg Dou was already playing with Photoshop but it wasn't until 2005 that he bought his first professional camera. Looking at his work, it's not hard to see how learning in this order greatly influenced his style. But that wasn't his only influence. See Oleg's work and learn more here.
[Gear] Exciting New Strobe Boasts 1000 Shots w/o Overheating
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Japanese manufacturer Nissin Digital have announced a newly designed speedlight, the MG8000 Extreme, and claims it's capable of 1,000 consecutive flashes without overheating due to it's ceramic insulation, a quartz-based flash tube (more like those found in studio lights), a glass screen to protect the lens from heat and it's use of air vents. More inside.
[Video] Become a Professional Photographer in One Week (or not)
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Another humorous video from Kai over at DigitalRev has him training a complete newbie to try and pass him off as a pro photographer in under a week of not so intense training. Then they face him off against a real pro in a final challenge with Hasselblad Master Eric Wong as the judge. Will the judge know the difference? Can Kai's fake pull it off? Watch to find out.
[Video] A Dynamically Lit Elegiac Nighttime Short (a must see!)
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Fashion photographer and filmmaker Jacob Sutton teams up with Artec pro snowboarder William Hughes and designer John Spatcher, to make this stunning short that features a very unique light source, an LED suit. Just picture it, a lone surfer illuminating his way down the slopes of Tignes in the Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France, captured on a Red Epic camera. Can't? You don't have to. Just watch!
[Video] MyAngryGirlfriend on: How to be a Pro-Photographer
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If you don't get sarcasm then this video, from photographer and YouTube poster MyAngryGirlfriend, is not for you. She's been "pissing people off since 1983" and her latest video maybe aimed straight at you. It's a sarcastic take on the DO's and DON'Ts of shooting. Although it's meant to be a humorous guide, you should take it seriously if you find yourself guilty of any of these points.
[Video] How to Lure in the Curious for Great iPhone Footage
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This simple trick to get up close and personal with primates at the Los Angeles Zoo may not be rocket science but it did take a rocket scientist to come up with it. Mark B. Rober is an engineer with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California and he seems to have a propensity for coming up with clever ideas. See a couple of Mark's videos after the jump.
[Pics] Gods and Beasts: Striking Portraits From Mongolia
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If you had 4 months in Mongolia, would you make the best of it? Well French photographer Remi Chapeaublanc sure as hell did. Check out this magnificent series entitled, "Gods and Beasts". For the gear geeks: My french isn't what it use to be but if I read correctly, when not shooting film, Remi's cameras of choice are Minolta Dynax 5D. Update: Remi tells us he took these shots with a Sony A77 prototype on loan from SONY.
[Gear] A Camera Strap That Makes One Hand Adjustments a Cinch
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I know, I know. The Cinch camera strap isn't as exciting as the Nikon D4 or Nikon D800 release but having a strap that easily tightens and releases with one hand sure would come in.... handy. See Luma Labs promo vid for this strap or better yet, if you have one, let us know how it performs.
[Discussion] A Whole New Camera: Are Our Cameras Outmoded?
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Designer Jean-michel Bonnemoy believes that a traditional camera's design is dictated by the need to hold a roll of film in the back. But with the advent of digital tech there is no longer a need to maintain a form factor that is inherently contrary to smarter ergonomics. Enter the D-CAN. What are your thoughts on this new camera design? Should we shake off the shackles of design's past? Do we even want to?
[BTSV] The Lies Behind the Lens: Will You Shoot Anything for $?
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Check out this clip from, "Bigger Faster Stronger", where photographer Rich Schaff explains how some companies hire him to take before and after photos on the same day, for misleading supplement advertisements. Is this why some photographers get into photography? Is this even legal? I mean, how far are you willing to go to make a buck? Please leave your comments, thoughts and rants in the full post. UPDATE: Looks like this video got pulled. Can't imagine why but that's ok, we found another source.
[News] How Peter Hurley Shut Me Up (a lesson in jawlines)
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Do you have have a lot of photographer friends? Well if you do then you will know what I'm talking about when I say that, we spend a lot of time arguing about techniques, lighting, gear and each other's individual style/aesthetic. It's all in the name of good fun and education. I've personally taken more than my fair share of pot shots at friend and fellow photographer Peter Hurley, while sitting across the bar or poker table. But he has shut me up with his lastest video, over on Scott Kelby's, "Guest Blog Wednesday Featuring Peter Hurley". In 15 short minutes Peter demonstrates what it means to accentuate your subject’s jawline in a portrait and I gotta say, it's 15 minutes well spent. Get sample pics and a link to the video in the full post.
[News] Photoshop 6: New Content Aware Functions (a sneak peak)
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See Photoshop Senior Product Manager Bryan O'Neil Hughes as he runs us through some of PS6's new advanced features in their Content-Aware technology. Is it just me or did Photoshop make it sickeningly easy to recompose shots, doing away with the need for any of those pesky composition and distracting element considerations, while shooting. Damn!