{"id":12600,"date":"2007-12-26T23:42:20","date_gmt":"2007-12-26T23:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2007\/12\/sharks-eating-cameras-infrared-shooting-more.html"},"modified":"2007-12-26T23:42:20","modified_gmt":"2007-12-26T23:42:20","slug":"sharks_eating_cameras_infrared_shooting_mo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/26\/sharks_eating_cameras_infrared_shooting_mo\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks eating cameras, Infrared shooting, &#038; more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Holiday break = catching up on photography online: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Nikon D80: Great camera\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.letsgodigital.org\/en\/17642\/nikon-shark-photography-bahamas\/\">delicious shark meal<\/a> (i.e. lousy shark-be-good stick). [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com\/underexposed\/\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>The NYT features a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytstore.com\/ViewLargeImage.aspx?id=NSAP1536&amp;frame=1&amp;NAME=Luis%20Aparicio%20-%201962\">great perspective on a slide<\/a>, showing ballplayer Luis Aparicio coming into third in 1962.<\/li>\n<li>Photojojo has a solid round up of <a href=\"http:\/\/photojojo.com\/content\/tips\/photographing-holiday-lights\">resources on shooting holiday lights<\/a> (with a camera, thankfully).<\/li>\n<li>Gear:\n<ul>\n<li>PopPhoto talks up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popphoto.com\/popularphotographyfeatures\/4923\/the-new-infrared-revolution.html\">The New Infrared Revolution<\/a>,  made possible by digital cameras.&#160; Too bad that for most cameras the process of removing the IR filter is somewhat expensive &amp; renders the cams unable to shoot regular photos.&#160; The accompanying <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popphoto.com\/gallery.aspx?section_id=46&amp;section_prefix=featurespop&amp;webtrends_section=featurespop&amp;article_id=4923&amp;window_id=1&amp;gallery_id=1251&amp;page_number=2&amp;seq=2&amp;cnt=2&amp;slide=on\">gallery of IR shots<\/a> includes some good (and some sorta marginal) stuff.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speedgraphic.co.uk\/prod.asp?i=16880\">Zigview S2 Digital Viewfinder<\/a> &#8220;clips onto the optical viewfinder of your DSLR, adding a swiveling live 2.5-inch LCD display that can not only be extended on a cable as a remote, but can also automatically trigger the camera when it detects motion.&#8221;   [<a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.boingboing.net\/2007\/12\/05\/zigview-s2-digital-v.html\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>&quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/terrywhite.com\/techblog\/?p=440\">Your popup flash doesn\u2019t have to suck<\/a>,&quot; reports Adobe&#8217;s Terry White in reviewing the $30 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightscoop.com\/\">Lightscoop<\/a>.&#160; My wife tried to score one of these for me for Christmas, but thanks to publicity from David Pogue &amp; others, they&#8217;ve been sold out. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Artistry:\n<ul>\n<li>Patrick Winfield achieves a kind of fragmented impressionism in his <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickwinfield.com\/composites.html\">Polaroid composites<\/a> (not <em>entirely<\/em> safe for work). [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2007\/12\/06\/patrick-winfields-po.html\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.we-make-money-not-art.com\/archives\/009860.php\">Nocturna<\/a> installation uses stereoscopic imagery to unusual effect (ditto on the warning). <\/li>\n<li>For whatever reason, gigantic &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hammergallery.com\/images\/peoplepictures\/people%20pictures.htm\">people pictures<\/a>&#8221; were all the rage in the early 20th century.&#160; [<a href=\"http:\/\/deputy-dog.com\/\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of large images, Nils Nova&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nilsnova.tv\/gegenue\/gegenue_1.html\"><em>Opposition of Memory<\/em><\/a> uses very large inkjet prints to create an interesting optical illusion. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/object_culture\/nils_novas_opposition_of_memory_8483.asp\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Matt Kloskowski shares an omnibus list of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.photographybay.com\/2007\/12\/17\/28-great-adobe-lightroom-resources\/\">28 Lightroom Resources<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightroomkillertips.com\/2007\/28-great-lightroom-resources\/\">Via<\/a>]&#160; On a related note, Carlo from South Africa writes in to note that he&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.640pixels.com\/articles\/free-adobe-lightroom-presets.aspx\">uploaded a set of B&amp;W presets<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>I get a kick out of Sony&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonystyle.com\/webapp\/wcs\/stores\/servlet\/ContentDisplayView?cmsId=content\/CamerasandCamcorders\/DigitalCameras\/DSLR-A700\/index&amp;hideHeaderFooter=false&amp;storeId=10151&amp;catalogId=10551&amp;langId=-1&amp;XID=O%3Aa700%3APopPhoto_14\">new ad campaign<\/a>, illustrating the importance of timing by showing famous photos ruined by some intruding object.&#160; Unfortunately I can link to just this one example, though others appear in banners, etc. \n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holiday break = catching up on photography online: The Nikon D80: Great camera\/delicious shark meal (i.e. lousy shark-be-good stick). [Via] The NYT features a great perspective on a slide, showing ballplayer Luis Aparicio coming into third in 1962. Photojojo has a solid round up of resources on shooting holiday lights (with a camera, thankfully). 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