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Jennifer: I'll Lease Ya! | 
Alicia Silverstone's career continues to enthrall the world. Her new thrilling (and probably illegal) link-up with Jennifer minimizing briefer marks an exciting departure into the racy world of dollar-store underwear. Two thumbs up!
Props to VRN! | | 9/3/2010 3:10:00 PM - Photoshop Disasters |
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How to set up a great Photoshop machine | | At Photoshop World this week, performance testing lead Adam Jerugim presented a performance guide with hardware recommendations and information about the CS5 performance preferences. I’ve put his notes in this post’s extended entry. Operating Systems: Mac OS 10.6.4 and Windows 7 64-bit CPU: Intel Core i7/Xeon or AMD Phenom II/Opteron with 4 cores. More than [...] | | 9/3/2010 2:10:33 PM - John Nack |
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Introducing Photoshop’s new PhotoBomb tool (parody) | | Heh heh. This is doubly funny as I watch this in a hotel room with the actual Bryan O’Neil Hughes. (Note: Contains some minor nudity & dirty hand gestures, in case that sort of thing offends you.) In case the embedded video doesn’t work for you, here it is on its original page. | | 9/3/2010 12:04:00 AM - John Nack |
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Bicycle Portraits – Part 2 | | Bicycle Portraits / Part II from Bicycle Portraits on Vimeo. I wrote about the “Bicycle Portraits” project a few months ago when they were trying to raise the initial $15,000 for their book project. Well, they met their goal and it’s on to part 2 where they need to raise an additional $7,500 by September [...]
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Shots from Photoshop World Day 1 | |
Hey everyone, Brad here again with some more shots from the first day of Photoshop World Las Vegas. Images from the opening Keynote, various events throughout the day, and the After Hours Party at House of Blues (photos by Josh Bradley, Drew Gurian, and myself):
RC Concepcion getting the crowd to their feet with a t-shirt [...] | | 9/2/2010 6:17:27 PM - Photoshop Insider |
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Control Your Flash Settings With a TV Remote Control |  Controlling your strobe from a distance has always been a priority for off camera flash photographers. If TTL works for you, you can extend your TTL cable quite a bit using a simple Cat5e hack.
But what if you could do this remotely. and I mean skipping the whole walking to the flash and adjusting it bit. (Or asking your assistant to do so, assuming you have an assistant). Up until now remote controlling your strobe like this was a benefit saved for Profoto Air Remote ($325 remote only) and profoto heads, or Radio Popper Jrx owners (Strobist review here). Now this very exciting feature is available for the oh so cheap YN460 manual flash ($69 + about $10 in remote parts) - read the howto after the jump. read more |
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Apple: Logo No Go | 
Breaking news: Someone inside Apple's graphics studio sends in a bit of flaky comping
Next up: Someone fired at Apple!
Thanks to Ms X! Original is here! | | 9/2/2010 3:03:00 PM - Photoshop Disasters |
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List: Lens profiles available in LR/ACR | | A reader recently asked whether there’s a running list of lens profiles (enabling automatic correction of distortions) included in Lightroom 3.x & Camera Raw 6.x. Why yes, yes there is. [Via Tom Hogarty] | | 9/2/2010 2:10:22 PM - John Nack |
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Photography from Iraq: Drawing down & looking back | | As President Obama announces the official withdrawal of US combat forces from Iraq, the NY Times presents an interactive photography retrospective, Drawing Down and Moving Ahead in Iraq. The Denver Post starts with images of the withdrawal, then moves back to feature photography from the course of the war. Rough and gripping, and essential to remember. | | 9/2/2010 1:59:50 PM - John Nack |
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David Ziser’s Captured By The Light Tour | |
Hey gang, Brad here with a quick bit of news on David Ziser’s Captured By The Light 2010 Tour.
David is kicking the tour off in just a few days in Phoenix on September 7, then heading to Dallas, Houston, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, and a bunch of other cities between now and November 4.
During the [...] | | 9/2/2010 8:36:28 AM - Photoshop Insider |
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Gregory Heisler Whiteboards Guiliani Time Cover |  Any time Gregory Heisler gives one of his iconic photos the BTS treatment we pretty much pre-empt the regular programming and turn the joint over to him. And his photo of NYC mayor Rudy Guiliani for the 2001 Time Magazine Person of the Year cover certainly qualifies.
I love this photo, and actually carry it around on my iPhone in my inspiration folder.
Before you make the jump to the very cool video inside, take a moment to reverse what he did with the lighting. And more important, why he did what he did...
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I love how the environment drives the lighting in this photo. Every full-strength light comes from below, because that is where the ambient is coming from. Every full-strength light (key or otherwise) is green, because that's what color the lights in the buildings were at dusk.
It is only the fill that is soft and co... | | 9/1/2010 5:41:00 PM - Strobist |
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Shots from Photoshop World Pre-Con Day | | Brad here with some shots from yesterday’s Photoshop World pre-conference day. Hope you enjoy!
Tony Llanes performs during the Real World Concert Photography class. (Photo by Josh Bradley)
Tony Llanes and Scott Diussa perform during the Real World Concert Photography class. (Photo by Josh Bradley)
Scott Kelby, Felix Nelson, and Scott Stahley (drums) perform during the Real World [...] | | 9/1/2010 2:31:48 PM - Photoshop Insider |
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Reminder: Today’s The First Ever Photoshop World Keynote LIVE Stream | | Larry here. Scott’s busy behind the scenes here at Photoshop World, but we just wanted to post a quick reminder that today’s the big day to watch the Photoshop World Opening Keynote presentation LIVE, as it streams from the Photoshop World site.
See you there at 9am Pacific time!
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Locking in Your Clients and Buyers | | Photography: AtomicShed Once you’ve made contact with a buyer, shown him that you produce images that he needs, demonstrated that your pricing is competitive, and proven that you can be relied upon to deliver great shots, you’ll have put in a lot of work. You’ll want that work to keep paying you by keeping that [...] | | 9/1/2010 1:09:47 PM - Photopreneur |
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The Guardian: Cutout Of The Year 2010 | 
We've all been in this situation. You have a huge pile of cutouts to do and the first few are fine but then you get one with lots of difficult hair or a dog on a piece of string and then there's one where the shoes don't look right and what the freaking hell am I supposed to do with this one his mom is holding his hand and oh great his legs look like a fairground mirror seriously what the but yes okay alright just get the thing done-so-we-can-get-paidbutohgodthissucksserslynvrevragn.
Thanks to Marion! Original is here! | | 9/1/2010 11:42:00 AM - Photoshop Disasters |
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DIY FlashBender |  In this post reader Bob Jordan walks us through a DIY one-piece, strobe modifier, which is kinda like a FlashBender. Which in turn kinda remind me of the Honl system (which also has a Honl DIY version).
I am a big fan of the Honl speed strap system and have been using it along with my DIY straps and other additions for a long time. The high control along with the very light weight serve as an excellent on the go modifier system. While I have never tried the Bender, it looks like a worthy alternative. <switching to Jondan> read more |
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It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring John Loengard! | |
The Role of the Picture Editor
It is not important if photographs are “good.” It’s important that they are interesting. What makes a photograph interesting? I’ll count the ways: It can be our first look at something. It can be entertaining. It can evoke deep emotions. It can be amusing or thrilling or intriguing. It can [...] | | 9/1/2010 4:01:24 AM - Photoshop Insider |
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Yongnuo "John Snow" ST-E2 Punches Above Its Weight | 
For those of you who are Canon shooters and use optical remote flash, you may want to look at Yongnuo's version of the ST-E2 transmitter.
Highlights:
• AA-powered (no more 2CR5s!)
• Greater range -- like, a lot
• Swivels 135 degrees
• Thus, can control flashes behind the camera
• About half the price (est. street, China)
So what's the deal with the "John Snow" part? That's how Google machine-translates the name on the detailed review on our Chinese language partner site. So, John Snow it is.
Okay, Canon shooters, is this thing interesting enough to take a flyer? What about you current ST-E2 owners -- are the extra features enough to make you reach for you wallets?
Sound off below.
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Episode 241 | | Matt has a tutorial on using a clipping group to create a grid design for displaying a photo as well as a tip on setting the number of undos. Dave experiments with the new Puppet Warp tool and shares a shortcut for resetting preferences. 
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Lightroom 3.2, Camera Raw 6.2 arrive | | The Lightroom 3.2 update (released in preview form a couple of weeks ago) is downloadable for Mac & Windows and adds direct publish functionality to Facebook. Along with the latest release of Camera Raw for CS5 (Mac|Win), it adds new camera support: Casio EXILIM EX-FH100 (DNG*) Leica S2 (DNG*) Panasonic DMC-FZ100 Panasonic DMC-FZ40 (FZ45) Panasonic [...] | | 8/31/2010 3:31:23 PM - John Nack |
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Blue Village: Beach Erosion | 
Bamseklubben har ✥ppet tv◤ timm❤r om Ɗagen: You'll come for the beaches but stay for the women cruelly chopped in half.
Thanks to Hanna! | | 8/31/2010 2:31:00 PM - Photoshop Disasters |
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A DIY 9Shooter: Shooting Stills & Video Simultaneously & Audio Too! |  The post below shows a simple way to capture video while taking still pictures. Sure, there is some added weight and yea, video will not get a dedicated person and will just "follow along", yet, this is a neat way to achieve video with just one person shooting, This is also a great instructional tool for yourself to see how you interact with your model, what things work and what makes them shrink.
There are two versions for this mod - a dueler which mounts a DSLR with a video camera and a 9Shooter that also has sound attached. From now on it is all Elliot McGucken. read more | | 8/31/2010 2:06:51 PM - DIYPhotography |
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Here’s that “Shooting Long Exposure” HDR Video Tip I Mentioned Last Week | | Hi Gang, and greetings from Photoshop World Las Vegas!!!
I’m pretty swamped today, but I wanted to share this video tip with you that I mentioned last week in my report about my trip to Maine. In that post, I mentioned how I went shooting with Scott Eccleston from WeeklyPhotoTips.com, and that I did a tip [...] | | 8/31/2010 6:14:51 AM - Photoshop Insider |
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Catch my “Pre-Photoshop World” Interview with “The Photoletariat” | |
I loved doing this interview, because the Interviewer (Sophia Betz) asked some really great questions. We went into stuff like:
Q. What do you find is interesting to talk to photographers about these days in terms of new technologies that didn’t exist even three or five years ago?
Q. What tips do you have for [...] | | 8/31/2010 6:01:39 AM - Photoshop Insider |
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Interview with Tracey Halvorsen - Part 2 | Last week, I posted part 1 of an interview with Tracey Halvorsen. Tracey is a blogger, painter, author, speaker and Principal and Creative Director at Fastspot, a Baltimore, Maryland-based interactive agency. In the second part of my interview with her, we cover building a portfolio (without existing clients), tips on project pricing, dealing with client requests, the importance of failure and more. - On Pricing: "Budgets are complicated, especially when you are getting started. The value something has in dollars may be outweighed by the value a project presents in terms of your portfolio, connections, future work, etc. I recommend doing a pros / cons list for every prospective project and ask yourself the following questions, before you think about budget..." Read more
- On Portfolios: "Feeling uninspired? Do a search for local non-profits. Believe me, there are hundreds of organizations that are dying for some website assistance. You just have to reach out to them. Don't be disappointed if you don't hear back, because people working at these non-profits are incredibly busy and wearing multiple hats..." Read more
- On a Happy Studio: "Yes, great design is the goal, and profits, and stability and health benefits and all that good stuff. But NONE of the good stuff matters if people aren't happy. Being a creative person means you need to be challenged,...
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Talking tablets & the future this Wednesday | | If you’ll be at Photoshop World, please come join brainstorm with Adobe and Wacom about how tablets (both desktop & iPad-style) can evolve to help capture your artistic vision. We’ll be meeting Wednesday at 5pm in Wacom’s booth (#403). | | 8/30/2010 9:23:30 PM - John Nack |
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15 Examples of Environmental Portraits | | Here are the results from another great round of Epic Edits Flickr Challenge! #5 was all about “environmental portraits” (chosen by the winner of the last round), and we had another great set of entries. This round was difficult for me to choose photos because environmental portraits share a blurry line with traditional portraits and street photography. Read on to see the winner and the topic for the next challenge.
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Big money (literally) | | What’s the name for those fine, moiré-looking swirls often found on banknotes? Guillochés, it turns out. Aegir Hallmundur features a nice set of them, plus info on how they were created. See also his Future of Money designs. [Via] The folks at the GigaPan project provide close-ups of guillochés, pennies, and much more with their new [...] | | 8/30/2010 7:41:34 PM - John Nack |
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A DIY Clip Gel Holder |  We have featured some awsome gel holders on the site before. But never one with this simple approach. It is fast to mount, easy to use and leave no residue on the strobe.
It also fits any size flash and any size gel, how cool is that? Thanks, Jerry R Hamby, for this awsome build. read more | | 8/30/2010 7:16:27 PM - DIYPhotography |
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