Author: Yves Roumazeilles

  • UK: Kingdom of low-flying plane photo

    Did you know that the United Kigdom is certainly the country where photography of low-level flying military airplanes is the most developped? Hundreds of enthusiastic amateur photographers catch amazing pictures of flying planes seen from above on a background which is no longer the usual bright sky. Why United Kingdom, would you ask? Because this…

  • Nikon not financially desperate

    In these dire times, it is slightly refreshing to see Nikon announcing that they need to revise their forecasts of financial results for fiscal year ending 31st March 2009. They add first announced a big dip of turnover and profits. But they decided to smile a little more. Maybe they were a little over-pessimistic. Anyway,…

  • Cheap and to-the-point

    Sometimes, you just want a simple tool that is cheap and does exactly what is advertised. And only that. Today, here are two of these. PhotoPerfect Express is a freeware version of the $59.99 PhotoPerfect suite from Arcadia Software. What I like most: It does not do much, but it’s what 90% of us need…

  • Time lapse 6: Introductive lesson

    When I started writing a short series of posts about time-lapse photography, I thought it would be quick. But I keep getting information about good web sites and articles about it. So, I could not close this without mentionning the introduction to time-lapse photography just posted on Digital Photography School (an excellent web site, by…

  • Canon litterature

    The Canon Digital Learning Center has just published couple of interesting articles related to the Canon EOS 500D/ Rebel T1i: What’s New in the EOS Rebel T1i: HD Movie Mode What’s New in the EOS Rebel T1i: What’s New in the EOS Rebel T1i: Creative Auto Mode They could be interesting a lot of people,…

  • Sony Alpha 500?

    If you are waiting for one or more new SLR cameras from Sony this year, you are not alone. By far. But when you see Russian web sites pumping rumours, you may start beng suspicious. On photogenius.ru, there are a couple of photos and a feature list for a Sony Alpha 500 which would be…

  • Time lapse 5: Moon eclipse

    Sometimes, the time-lapse collation of images does not lead to a video, but to a complex picture. Like this one from NASA. A Time-Lapse Lunar Eclipse Credit & Copyright: Forrest J. Egan (Digital Astro) Explanation: During a lunar eclipse, our Moon appeared to disappear. As the Earth moved between the Moon and the Sun, the…

  • Canon EOS 500D, from the source

    Interview of Mike Owen, Canon Product Manager, taken from PhotoAnswers. He explains ut why this small photo camera, looking a lot like the Canon EOS 450D, is very important. For sure, if you want a good prix-performance for your SLR photo camera, you must check this Canon EOS 500D. BrightCove link

  • Learn photo

    The great Recession is here, you are depressed as I am and you do not know what to do. Change gears! Go and teach yourself photo and a lot of its techniques on web sites like Photojojo and Digital Photography School. I found there a lot of ideas, tricks and tips I use. But, above…