Monthly Archives: September 2009
Olympus Corporation Olympus Zuiko Digital – zoom lens – 18 mm – 180 mm (261054)
The 18-180 mm f3.5/6.3 Ultra Zoom Zuiko Digital Lens from Olympus is designed to fulfill your digital photographic needs. Designed to enhance the joy of digital photography, the Ultra Zoom lens offers the control and versatility of a 10x ultra zoom, with an 18 mm wide to 180 mm telephoto. Weighing less than 16 Oz., … Continue reading
This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (20-26 Sep ‘09)
Weekly Assignment This week’s assignment was Contrast. Contrast can be found in visual design in colour as well as black and white, and it can also be found in textures and subjects. Our winner this week was villafane928’s Cowboy shot. The black and white of this shot had excellent contrast. The deep blacks in the … Continue reading
A Fly on the Wall – 10 Tips for Wedding Beginners
People often ask me if I ‘do weddings’. That’s a funny question for a photographer. Perhaps like asking a chef if he ‘does chicken’. I’m a photographer and I have the ability to photograph anything. Do I base my business solely around weddings? No. Can I do them? Certainly! And I love it. I’ve never … Continue reading
Nikon D5000 DSLR Review
I found the Nikon D5000 to be a most interesting camera with an impressive feature list. It sits between base-level and top notch models, so it should have wide appeal. Nikon D5000 Features The camera uses a DX-sized 12.3 megapixel CMOS sensor and 12-bit analog-to-digital conversion, backed up by Nikon’s EXPEED image processing system. The … Continue reading
Chase Jarvis Releases The Best Camera Book, Community and iPhone App
One of our favourite photographers – Chase Jarvis – this week released a cool new book and iPhone application called ‘The Best Camera’. You can see the book listed on Amazon at The Best Camera: Is the One That’s With You and can see the iPhone App here at iTunes. The concept is simple and … Continue reading
WIN this Hard Drive – ioSafe and dPS team up to give you space!
500GB of it to be precise! the good folk over at ioSafe have landed a 500GB ioSafe Solo on my desk and we’ve decided to give it to one of you! (How nice are we) But let’s tell you about the drive first! This isn’t just any regular external hard disk drive, it’s “special” – … Continue reading