Develop Your Photography Skills Each Week with The Practicing Photographer
Written by Mike Rankin on May 23, 2013Article image:
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Take your photography skills to a higher level, each week with a new lynda.com series by Ben Long.
Photography Equipment
Mount July Camera Filters Take the Instagram Look to the Next Level (and into Real Life)
Written by Mike Rankin on May 16, 2013Article image:
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Kickstarter project to fund the production of the first multi-colored, radially-graduated lens filters built for universal use.
Adobe Ends the Creative Suite Era and Embraces the Cloud
Written by Mike Rankin on May 6, 2013Body:
One of the key questions in this digital age is that of ownership or access.
The Pop-Up Pinhole Project
Written by Mike Rankin on April 19, 2013Body:
They say necessity is the mother of invention, but it’s clear nowadays that Kickstarter is at least a favorite uncle. Case in point: When London-based designer Kelly Angood couldn’t afford a medium-format camera, she set out to make her own, and in the process discovered how many other folks shared her interest in pinhole photography and DIY camera kits.
Damn You, Art School
Written by Mike Rankin on April 17, 2013Body:
It takes more than a good education to succeed in a any field. It takes real-world experience to learn the practical lessons they don’t teach in school. And if you’re a creative pro it takes a great set of tools to use so you can get the best results for the least amount of time, money, and effort.
The Creative Zone: Taking Your Photography to the Next Level
Written by Jeff Carlson on April 14, 2013Body:
Excerpted from Canon EOS M: From Snapshots to Great Shots by Jeff Carlson. Copyright © 2013. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and Peachpit Press.
In addition to the HTML version of the excerpt below, you can also download the excerpt as a PDF as a PDF that retains the full design of the printed book.
The Photographer's Guide to Copyright
Written by Mike Rankin on April 4, 2013Body:
PhotoShelter offers several free, informative guides for photographers on a wide range of creative and business-related topics. The latest is a 37-page PDF called The Photographer's Guide to Copyright.
The guide starts with background information on what exactly copyright means, the six rights granted with copyright, what’s copyrightable, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA).
CreativePro is now part of Publishing Secrets
Written by Mike Rankin on March 25, 2013Body:
Every week, I post news stories on technology, trends, events, and resources for creative pros. I search far and wide for some of those stories, while others are delivered right to my inbox. But I didn’t have to search at all for today’s story. Because today’s exciting news is about CreativePro.com!
Photojojo University
Written by Mike Rankin on March 5, 2013Body:
Photojojo, the site that brought you such goodies as the camera lens coffee mug and film roll salt and pepper shakers, is now offering fun and inexpensive lessons in phone photography at Photojojo University.
Turn your iPhone into a pro-quality light meter with Luxi
Written by Mike Rankin on February 25, 2013Body:
If you ever struggle to choose the right exposure settings on your camera, but you don't want to pay for (and lug around) a separate light meter, you might want to check out a Kickstarter project called Luxi.
Luxi is small diffusion dome that clips over the front-facing camera of an iPhone to serve as a light meter.
