Photo curiosity

  • Wildlife Photography Fail

  • Yaakov Asher Sinclair

    I found the photographs of Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair, through his book Seasons of the Moon and its eerily radiating pictures. But this is only the surface of his work and I selected on of his Portraits of greatness. You will find in his work a passionate love for Israel, its culture, its people.

  • Backup for the photographer – part 3

    After exploring the external hard drive and optical drive backup options available to photographers willing to protect their images from accidental damage, let’s see what on-line storage options we have. These all have the advantage of protecting your backup against one aspect of risk management: There is no longer a risk of seeing a local…

  • No Canon for PMA

    This is really recession time: Even Canon decided to cut expenses and will not go to the PMA fair in Anaheim, CA next year (in Feb 2010). This will leave Photokina (in Koln, Germany) as the only world-level photo trade show seeing all major players in the same location. Well, if nobody else tries to…

  • October for Canon and Nikon?

    There are a series of informations or rumors rolling in about a possible double announcement in October. Both Canon and Nikon would be readying themselves for major announcements targeting the highest end of the market. It would be a Canon EOS 1D Mark IV and a Nikon D3s (or D3x). But this is still to…

  • Sports photography

    Shooting good pictures of sports events is challenging at best. Rob Miracle is offering good advice about sports photography, grouped in several important categories: Location, Location, Location! The Decisive Moment Required Equipment Depth of Field — Isolating the subject Focus Composition Know your Sport, Know your Players Freezing Action Shots Giving the illusion of movement…

  • Timothy Allen

    While I am preparing myself to travel to Nepal in the coming days, I have the pleasure to show you photos from Timothy Allen taken during a trip to the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. In his story behind the image, Timothy gives us one of the best photo advice: Taking a photograph like this is…

  • Backup for the photographer – part 2

    We have been looking into the most obvious option for the photographer willing to backup its large amount of data: The local storage on an external hard drive. Nearly everyone of us at least tried to use this approach. But it is worth trying to understand that there are other very good options that I…

  • Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, review of rumors

    Since about two months, the web is ringing with a rumor about a possible new high-end pro Canon SLR camera soon to be disclosed: Canon EOS 1D Mark IV. Let’s summarize what we have and let’s evaluate the probability of each of the possible features. Launch date: Two possibilities, either September 29th, 2009 (Canon intends…