My 2013 calendar is now available for shipping via Open/Shut Calendars . This calendar features some of my favorite images and locations from the last couple of years traveling the world shooting with the world’s best freeskiing athletes. Readers in the UK will also be able to pick one up at any Snow & Rock store around the country but for all other readers Open/Shut will ship one to you. Pricing on the website is available in GB ponds, Euros, US Dollars and Canadian Dollars though they will ship to further locations. This is a beautifully printed A3 calendar with …
I just got this in the mail a coupe of days ago from Norway, featured in Fri Flyt magazine. You can see the printed version (courtesy of a slightly bad iPhone photo) and the original version as well. I shot this with a Canon 1D MK4 and a 70-300 f4-5.6 L IS and then composited all the frames together in Photoshop. A sequence of Sammy Carlson hitting a backcountry jump during a Poorboyz Productions filming session at Seagrams,Whistler British Columbia,Canada. February 24, 2011. Photo: Dan Carr (Dan Carr/Photo: Dan Carr)
I’m a big fan of the original Canon 300mm f2.8 L IS, it has served me well from covers to ads I’ve packed this thing around the world with me shooting up mountains and around race tracks with frankly stunning results. I’ve never once caught myself wishing for anything more from the lens, I even shoot it regularly with extenders and produce more than useable images. When Canon announced its replacement last year I wondered how much of an improvement they could really make. In reading the various press releases for all of Canon’s new Super Telephotos it became clear …
Apparently a camera labelled as Canon EOS 3D briefly surfaced on the B&H website earlier today (via Petapixel). It’s unclear at the moment if this is real or not, the camera no longer appears in the search and the manufacturer # listed on the search result is one that was previously used for a Canon ELPH point and shoot camera. I can’t think why they would re-use a number but it could have been a place holder.
Just a really quick tip for Photo Mechanic today that will help you stay organized with your IPTC labelling.
Finally we are starting to see Thunderbolt drives hit the market and give us some options. I few months ago I picket up a Seagate drive which I reviewed but there have been few other travel sized options. All my previous travel drives have been LaCie Rugged drives and today LaCie are launching new Rugged drives with Thunderbolt & USB3. To my knowledge this is the first drive to feature BOTH of the new fast interfaces and than makes it perfect of people with a Thunderbolt enabled laptop but lack Thunderbolt on their office machine like me. In other words …
There’s an interesting compositional trick used in this shot, and it’s NOT the “rule of thirds”. Can you tell what it is? Read on to find out why my angle to the bridge really mattered.
As well as the new Airport Navigator, Think Tank have also unveiled a new line of shoulder bags today at Photokina. The bags look to be somewhat similar to the Retrospective series but with a removable camera insert and a bit more of a modern and funky design. Available in three sizes, the 10,20 and 30.
We’re big Think Tank Roller fans here, just a couple of weeks ago I posted a long term review of the Airport Airstream that I use all the time. Today Think Tank have announced a new bag to the lineup called the Navigator. This is a really neat little design that allows you quick access to your cameras from the top of the bag as well as the regular front panel opening!
Quite simply the number of cameras announced this week is mind boggling. Over on ProPhoto Coalition I have written a summary of what I consider to be the important ones broken down into bite-sized chunks. Please click HERE to read the article.
With Canon’s introduction of the new EOS 6D comes a question that many people are going to consider. 5D Vs 6D. For full frame Canon photography there has never been this choice before in this price bracket and it is exciting that people who have been using APS-C cameras for some time, now have the opportunity to upgrade. The invention of APS-C sized sensors was purely down to the manufacturing costs of CMOS sensors when digital DSLRs were developed. The cost of the sensor represented a huge proportion of the overall camera cost but now, as that cost has come …
Well we all figured they would call it M10 but they just went with ‘M’ instead.
