Build a DIY highspeed photography trigger

If you’ve ever wanted to try shooting high-speed photography like balloons popping, drops of water, glasses shattering, you’ll probably appreciate the following tutorial from Matt Richardson. In the video embedded below, he shows you how to build a simple audio sensor for your DSLR using an Arduino controller that allows you to trigger the camera fast enough to freeze incredibly fast action. Not only that, he takes it a step further to automatically cut his room lighting once the controller is armed (ok Matt, now you are just showing off). It’s a really cool tutorial, watch below…

Stunning DSLR Timelapse of Shuttle Launch

Awesome timelapse of the weeks of NASA preparation before a shuttle launch, culminating with the launch sequence. Watch below.

ShutterSnitch app links iPad & iPhone to your DSLR

ShutterSnitch is an exciting new app for the iPhone and iPad that offers an FTP server that can interface with standard Eye-Fi cards or Canon & Nikon DSLR wireless transmitters. Link the two, and you can transfer images over wifi on the fly as you shoot, using your Apple device for review, or to notify you if an image doesn’t meet a certain set of criteria.

The Stages of a Photographer

Over at Clusterflock there’s a funny graphic that charts the main stages in a photographer’s development. Ah, photographer humor.

PMA and WPPI Video Coverage Wrapup

FreshDV was on-site at PMA in Anaheim, CA and also WPPI in Las Vegas, NV to get some video coverage from the tradeshow floors. This small series of video coverage is a mix of photo and video topics, and should be of interest especially to those who are embracing the HD/stills convergence offered by the new breed of video-equipped DSLRs.

Watch our PMA / WPPI coverage here, and you’ll find notes and product links below the video playlist.

Canon L-Series Coffee Mug

PDNPulse reports that Canon handed out these L-series lookalike coffee mugs at the Vancouver Olympic games. What a brilliant idea! Here’s hoping they are available to the general public at some point, I’d love one of these.

Lifehacker’s Top Photography Hacks of 2009

Lifehacker has posted their Top Photography Hacks of 2009, a collection of DIY tutorials and tips mainly for amateurs, but with some wisdom and creative ideas there for professionals too. From bokeh hearts to a fiber-optic DIY ringflash on the cheap, it’s all here. Check it out.

Super slo-mo shows how a DSLR shutter and mirror work

Ever wonder what exactly happens when you press that shutter release button on your DSLR camera? The following video shows the sequence of events in excruciating detail. It’s video shot at 5000 frames-per-second, looking at the internals of a Nikon D3 camera shooting 11fps continuous. As an added bonus, they show the lens stopping down to f/16 in tandem. The result is beautiful, and surprisingly violent. Watch below.

40 Inspirational Bokeh Photographs

Looking for a little simple inspiration? These 40 beautiful examples of bokeh-heavy photography should do the trick. In these shots, it’s the out of focus area that draws the eye. Very cool.

Black Friday Deal - 50% Off on David duChemin eBooks

David duChemin is offering 50% off his Craft & Vision photography ebooks until December 7…use discount code BLKFRIDY to make these $5 titles just $2.50. Titles include:
Drawing The Eye - Creating Stronger Images Through Visual Mass
Chasing The Look - 10 Ways to Improve The Aesthetics of Your Photographs
TEN – Ten Ways To Improve Your Craft. None of Them Involves Buying Gear
TEN MORE – Ten More Ways To Improve Your Craft
I’ve purchased Drawing The Eye and Chasing The Look and am loving them. They are beautifully laid out, and the info is fresh and relevant. A steal at $2.50.
Get ‘em while they are hot!

Five Simple Steps to Growing Your Photography Business

Photographer and blogger Scott Bourne has posted a nice list of five things you can do right now to grow your photography business. It’s good advice, check out the article here.

Sneak peek at new Adobe Photoshop features

Over at the Adobe Photoshop Facebook Fan page, they’ve posted a nice preview clip of beautiful new advancements in the fill tool, using a tech tool called PatchMatch. What it is, is an algorithm that is content-aware, allowing you to intelligently remove objects, wires, hair, etc from an image even easier than ever before using the fill tool and spot healing tools. Really cool tech, check it out for a taste of what’s (hopefully) coming in the next revision to PS.

Stunning Posing Examples for Couples Photography

As a learning photographer, orchestrating subject poses is consistently one of the most difficult things for me to do. I have extensive experience with documentary-style videography, so directing posing is not a natural thing for me. It is particularly difficult when you have a subject or couple that doesn’t move organically with each other, and seem apprehensive about interaction in front of the lens. So I’m always on the lookout for tips and advice on poses, posing guides, etc. And today I just stumbled across an excellent resource on the subject…this one in the form of a simple blog post by photographer Laurence Kim. It’s a great resource…there are example images and a quick text blurb that talk about the shot. Simple, effective, and beautiful imagery. I’d recommend taking a look at this one.

DSLR Remote App for iPhone

There’s a new program coming to the App Store for iPod Touch and iPhone users. This program by Mike Wong enables complex remote control and triggering of Canon DSLR cameras (the developer is working on a Nikon version as well). The app runs on your mobile device, and communicates over wifi with a laptop connected to the camera by USB. I’m not just talking about triggering the shutter release, this app can do it all; shutter speed, aperture, white balance, intervalometer, review shots, and even stream Live View to the iPhone display. I understand that they will enable video record start/stop in a future update for cameras like the Canon 5D MKII. Read more below for the full scoop and links.

NASA’s Hubble Servicing Mission: A Story in Pictures

The Boston Globe has an excellent story-in-pictures of the current space shuttle mission to service the Hubble space telescope. The images are inspiring.

Photography is Not a Crime

Bostonist is running an article about a photographer who was taking stock photos at a public park, and was harassed and questioned by local police. They informed the photographer that he had to delete the pictures he’d taken. The photographer was aware that their demands were not lawful, but he felt he had no other choice and deleted the images. It’s another sad, chilling account that shows the continual erosion of our Constitutional First Amendment rights. More details below…

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