video 2 zero

Faced with the continued threat of rock stars using video camera lenses as ash-trays, the techs at Nikon and Canon have both hit on the same solution - have the DSLR handle the video for you. Today Canon announced the 21 MP 5D MKII following Nikon’s introduction last month of the D90, both capable of […]

Platon fever has gripped the photography world. Reports of grown (camera)men swooning in the presence of the wickedly talented New York based Brit.

“If you’re never quite sure what your rights are when you’re snapping pics, photography web site Photojojo’s 10 legal commandments of photography should give you an idea of your legal leeway. For example:
Anyone in a public place can take pictures of anything they want. Public places include parks, sidewalks, malls, etc. Malls? Yeah. Even […]

Some months back I sold a series of photos to a national news organization. The photos covered a large festival in a local resort town. I sold around 40 photos and 3 or 4 were used in print and all made available in an online gallery.
Last week I received an email from a journalist informing […]

As mentioned before: “The secret to success is not being committed to success. The secret to success is being committed to preparing for success” - Tony Robbins.
Annie Leibowitz and her 11 assistants spent 3 weeks preparing for her 30 minute photo shoot with H.M Queen Elizabeth II. Despite the controversy the results confirmed […]

Back in August I linked to a video on “intelligent” photo resizing and wondered how long it would be before they could successfully port the same technology to manipulate video. The answer it seems was just a matter of weeks:

Size does matter. It’s not about pixels it’s about control.

Lily Allen thinks it’s an ash-tray - but I’m pretty sure that shiny object this photographer has bolted on top of his DSLR is a video camera.

In the days before digital tuners, tuning a violin or guitar was an imprecise science. Tuning the strings to one another is a skill anyone can learn - but tuning the E string precisely to E is not - at least in my experience. So if you have 3 guitars all properly tuned to […]

Taking image manipulation to the next level - “seam carving for image aware content resizing”. How long until this technology makes it to the video realm? via Strobist

As I blogged below video typically offers a lot less “wriggle room” than photography. What you see in video is often a lot closer to what was actually photographed. Photo enhancement services are widening that gap still further.

Rule One - Don’t suggest to a ruling monarch that they appear in ceremonial robes but lose the crown because “its too dressy”.