A while ago, I made a list of movies about photography and photographer. I wanted to make a list of songs about photography but didn’t really get a chance to do so. Now I have found a good list at Photo District News (PDN).
The songs have links to Billboard pages and in many cases you can listen to the full length songs. Alternatively you can go to Amazon MP3 to listen to samples or download the songs for $0.99 each. Direct links can be found below.
A quick scan of the Amazon’s new releases in Arts and Photography
40 used & new available from USD 14.43
25 used & new available from USD 21.62
29 used & new available from USD 16.99
44 used & new available from USD 18.74
35 used & new available from USD 16.99
33 used & new available from USD 18.66
Pete Zimowsky, an outdoors columnist of my local news paper Idahostatesman, shows some tips on taking photos of wildflowers. Check out this video here.
Once you got in the door of the wonderful digital photography world and learned the basics, you probably are hungry for more. If you prefer the old style learning, you could of course register an photography class locally or online. For self-learners, there are more choices: you can learn from photography books
Like most people, the first place I would start to look for information is typically Google. Typically I can find the information I need within a couple of pages of the search results. However sometimes it is frustrating to go through the millions of search results when they are filled with useless press releases, shopping pages, or irrelevant contents. Are there alternative ways of finding information? The Answer is yes.
There have been many horror stories of photographers getting into trouble with over zealous property owners and law enforcement officers even when the photographer is well within his or her legal rights to take the photograph. Knowing what can happen in such situations, what legal rights you have as a photographer, and where you can find legal information and help are all important aspects of your photography learning that can help you to enjoy photography with confidence and avoid getting into series trouble.
Here are some useful photography law resources:
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.When someone asked, “Which movie do you like best, where photography plays a major role?”, many people responded. The result is a fantastic list of movies in which photography or phographer plays a major role. Many are well known classics and most of them have good reviews. Read More…
Do you always believe what you see? Is a picture worth a thousand words, or nothing? Where is the line between being artistic and truthful? It could be fun to make fake photos, but it could also be dead serious if you lose your job for that. Follow this link for a list of famous fakes in the history and the stories behind them. Digg users have also chipped in some other great fakes in their comments.
It was full moon again the day before yesterday. I setup my Nikon D200 with Sigma 100-300 f/4 and a Sigma 1.4x TC on a tripod in my front yard and took some moon shots. One of the test I did was trying to find out if the “sunny f/16″ rule can be used for the full moon exposure.
Since I was shooting at ISO200, the exposure should be 1/200s and f/16 according to the “sunny f/16″ rule. However I didn’t want to shoot at f/16, so I opened up the aperture by two stops to f/8. Correspondingly, I increased the shutter speed by 2 stops from 1/200s to 1/800s. As shown in the picture above, the moon taken using the “sunny f/16″ rule looks a little bit dark but it retains the details of the moon surface. I then shoot an 1EV/step bracketing series. 1/500s and f/9 is a third stop stop overexposure than the “sunny f/16″, 1/250s and f/9 is 1 and 1/3 stops overexposure, and 1/125s and f/9 is 2 and 1/3 stops overexposure. Which one is the perfect exposure? 1/125s and f/9 is definitely not. The details in the highlight was blown out. The final conclusion may be dependent on personal taste. It is probably somewhere between the “sunny f/16″ and approximately 1 and 2/3 stops more exposure.
Just like all other “rules”, this test is only relevant to my specific test conducted at the specific time and location under the specific atmospheric conditions using my camera and lens. When it comes to your own full moon shooting, you may find that the perfect exposure is off more or less depending on various factors. For more detailed moon shooting tips, please read my previous post .
