Photo curiosity

  • Wildlife photo the easy way

    It is not always easy to shoot rare animals, like a North Chinese leopard (Panthera pardus japonensis). These photographers found the solution at the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg (Germany). When wildlife photo meets tabloid-like photography.

  • Going through Customs with a photo bag

    When you’re traveling far in order to satisfy your complementary needs for exoticism and photography, you will have to go through the Customs and/or boarding controls of the airplane. A few things would be good to keep in mind in order to ensure this is a better experience. Here are mine: Pack everything really fragile…

  • Pencil drawing: Vintage cameras

    Christine Berrie is a pencil artist whose work can be astonishing. If you are in vintage cameras, you’ll probably love her vintage camera poster. And you can buy the poster at Etsy.

  • Canon EOS 1D Mark IV Press Release

    Just arrived, the new Canon EOS 1D MkIV.

  • Take YLovePhoto with you (in PDF format)

    A minor feature that may appeal to some of you: I found a way to present the web site in the form of a traditional newspaper in PDF format for easy handling (you can take it with you and travel far from Internet). You may be willing to test right now one of the two…

  • Naho Kubota

    A modern view of Japan, with a touch of classic light that could have been taken from the engravings of the old masters, Naho Kubota pictures. Let’s also visit Naho Kubota’s work: Naho Kubota: Japan photos Naho Kubota’s web site

  • All about backups for the photographer

    As a summary for the recent series of posts about options open to the digital photographer willing to protect his/her picture files (i.e. backup all photo files), here is a table of contents that should help you find again all solutions I presented over the last 4 weeks. Local backup options (External hard disk drive)…

  • Backup for the photographer – part 4 & conclusions

    Previously, we just scraped the surface of what can be done to archive and backup large amounts of photographic data. While the local storage (hard disc drives and optical drives) are fine, they are not solid enough to protect against all kinds of accidents that we want to be able to sustain. So, we started…

  • Sony Zeiss 16-35mm f/2.8 first impressions

    I just got a Sony Carl Zeiss 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM zoom (Mfr# SAL1635Z) and I wanted to share with you my first impressions. Obviously, this is a pro-level mechanical design. You immediately notice the weight of this zoom lens (at no less than 1.9 lbs (860g), this is not a cheap plastic lens). Some…