How To Get Way Better Images From Your Smartphone’s Camera

I am currently using an HTC Thunderbolt. It has an 8 megapixel camera. The images look like utter crap after the stock “Camera” app compresses an 8 megapixel file down to a couple hundred kilobytes. And there are no settings to reduce the amount of compression. I decided to do something about it, and I found a fantastic solution.

Microstock CEO Calls For Photographers’ Union

Linda Johannessen, CEO of microstock website YAY Micro, realizes something that most microstock photographers don’t. That the photographers are getting a very unfair deal.

One of the best reasons to have an eReader

I carry some of my owners manuals with me. Depending on the gear I’m carrying, the complexity, etc., I usually have a few with me. As much of a tech geek as I am, I’m still a little old school about some things. Speedlights, for example, have features I rarely use, and the menus can be difficult, and some of the symbols aren’t as descriptive as they could be, so the manual can be handy.

A Camera I Can Forget Is In My Pocket, Even Swimming At The Pool

I had a chance to spend a little time playing with Sony’s TX10 waterproof digital camera. I had a total blast with it!

It’s small, it’s VERY easy to use, and it’s virtually indestructable for most mortals. It’s waterproof to pool depths, dustproof and shockproof. The latter means that if you drop things often, this one will likely survive.

Playing around with high speed sync

I’m playing around with and pushing limits on the new PocketWizard MiniTT1 and FlexTT5 units. Had a chance to work with a gymnast on a trampoline this week, this was shot at 1/3200th of a second at F/5 using Dynalite packs and heads. Rare partly cloudy skies over Los Angeles were underexposed to show all the texture and darken the blue sky. I lit the model, Leila, with two heads and the action, including her hair, froze nicely. It even worked well on more active stuff, like backflips.

Getty Really Makes Me Mad

Today the APA sent out a press release outlining Getty Images’ planned changes to Contributor Agreements. That press release can be read HERE or below.

Field review: Wiebetech ToughTech Duo QR

I’ve had a chance to try one of Wiebetech’s new ToughTech Duo , and I was impressed. It lives up to it’s “Tough” moniker and provides the support and security I like in the field. It really has everything you could want in an external storage unit for location work. It’s a tiny RAID case, using two laptop drives internally, so it fits in almost any bag or case next to your laptop.

Should I work for free?

We all get approached to do work for free or at a reduced fee. How do you decide whether to take the gig or not? Here’s a brilliant chart to help you make that decision and understand how to improve your business.

What to do when you discover your images used without permission.

You’re browsing through a website and you see a great looking image. One that is awfully familiar. Heyyyy… Wait a minute! That image is YOURS! And you know you never authorized that use.

I’ve just been talking with a friend who is dealing with this now. We’ve all experienced it. But what do you do about it?

Interview: Wayne Belger’s “Untouchable” camera with HIV positive blood coursing through it’s veins

I read a lot of articles about all kinds of interesting things. Sometimes these things are the springboard to something else entirely. I was reading a story in the British Journal of Photography on do-it-yourself photographers who build their own equipment for their specific needs. That’s awfully familiar, I’ve done quite a bit of that myself. But that wasn’t the most interesting part. That came not from the article, but from the comments left after the article. There was one about a one-of-a-kind camera that was as much a part of the art and artist as it was a tool to create interesting art.

Sexy Shoot With a Playboy Playmate

I was recently hired to shoot a cover and inside article for a new magazine. It’s my favorite kind of shoot, beautiful, sexy images to go with an interview. To make it even better, the subject was a beautiful one, former Playboy Playmate of the Year Julie Cialini. I have a few friends who are Playmates, they’re usually as beautiful on the inside as they are on the outside. Julie is no exception. She proved to be both experienced and professional and a downright riot, joking around the whole time.

Observations from CES 2011

I went to CES this year for the first time. Yes, the first time. It was time, I now cover technology for another blog, and that team and I went to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The biggest showcase of technology, both new and what’s not even here yet.

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