Category: Use

  • Jim Patterson

    Jim Patterson

    Jim Patterson‘s photography is a colorful one, a joyful one. The eye is pleased be it in front of his landscape portfolio or in front of his underwater photography portfolio. Technically speaking, for the Joshua Tree National Park picture displayed here, he used “a 30 second exposure at ISO 800 in order to get the…

  • Without the user manual

    As if it was still possible to use our cameras without the user manual… YouTube link Thanks to PetaPixel.

  • Widen your horizons with Aperture

    The Apple software program, Aperture, has many fans. But, it had been a long time since I last grouped and presented my prefered links toward tutorials, tips-and-tricks and idaas. So, here is a full shipment of them to go further with Aperture: Tipp Aperture 3: Thumbnails kompakter machen spart enorm viel Speicherplatz (in deutscher Sprache)…

  • Laurent Baheux

    I don’t doubt that some of the readers here already know Laurent Baheux. But I really wanted to bring his work back to the front and help some people discover it too. French sports photographer, Laurent has been working relentlessly on a very personal research that I consider as quite different from the most usual…

  • Goodbye Discovery

    As you certainly know by now, the Discovery space shuttle is currently flying its last mission, during which it will rendez-vous with the International Space Station (ISS) which has been assembled by several countries in low Earth orbit in the recent years. To honor it, I have the pleasure to present a few stunning pictures…

  • Venice carnival

    Today starts the Venice Carnival. We already saw a lot of these photos, but they are still really marvelous, aren’t they? photo © 2010 US Army Africa | more info (via: Wylio) photo © 2008 Nicolò Bonazzi | more info (via: Wylio) photo © 2010 US Army Africa | more info (via: Wylio) photo ©…

  • Don’t take photos, make photos

    This lovely quote from Ansel Adams, famous American landscape photographer of the XIXth Century,must drive us from being passive in front of the photos. Not taking photos is refusing to simply press the shutter button because we have seen something. Making a photo is a matter of attitude, being constructive in front of all pictures.…

  • Apple Digital Camera RAW enhances compatibility with new cameras

    Apple Digital Camera RAW enhances compatibility with new cameras

    This update adds RAW image compatibility for the following cameras to Aperture 3 and iPhoto 2011: Canon EOS Rebel T3 / EOS 1100D / Kiss X50 Canon EOS Rebel T3i / EOS 600D / Kiss X5 Olympus E-5 Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ100 Pentax K-r Pentax K-5 It also addresses processing issues for the following cameras: Nikon…

  • 6 tips for Winter Photography

    Cold weather is back and if you have fortitude, you will go out and shoot in the frozen light of Winter. Animals are slow, easier to approach (but limit yourself to reasonable distances to avoid frightening the animals out of their nest; By this weather, it could be a death sentence on your conscience). Landscapes…