tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095663986057601712012-01-02T09:46:34.959Z...some stuff on thoughts, experiences, photography, cameras, computers and all the other stuff that gets used in our line of work.edmond terakopianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716085879608014012noreply@blogger.comBlogger2821100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609566398605760171.post-91293150612992473872010-05-07T17:52:00.007+01:002011-08-09T14:37:14.491+01:00

THE NEW HOME FOR MY BLOG IS: http://photothisandthat.co.uk/ Greetings folks. This blog has been wonderful and I've had the joy of meeting a lot of new people from here and hopefully shared some useful or interesting things with you all. Ok, before anyone get's too sad, I'm not shutting down the blog but moving it to somewhere new as I've outgrown what I can do on the Blogger platform. I shall

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Bag ReviewAs a photographer, bags are almost as essential to me as the photographic equipment I use. Everything I use has to be absolutely perfectly designed with a clear purpose. Then, it has to be perfectly made, ensuring that it lasts in the field.I'm a lover of Think Tank Photo bags so much so, that I'm even on the design board. These bags cater for my photographic needs and using a roller,

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Jeff Ascough showing his workflow using Aperture 3. Watford. Photo: Edmond TerakopianWhat a fantastic week it's been. After filling in for Joe Buissink who was unfortunately marooned because of the ash cloud, I have met some extremely interesting people during our workshops in Watford and Edinburgh.Edmond Terakopian talking with a delegate after one of the presentations in Watford. Photo: Ian

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This volcanic eruption in Iceland has certainly messed up many peoples plans, causing air travel to cease in Europe. One person who fell victim to the ash cloud was colleague Joe Buissink who has been trapped for days and alas cannot make the "Ascough / Buissink" workshops in the UK. Ok, so that's the bad news.Good news is that all is not lost and when Jeff Ascough rang to see if I could help out

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Worldwide Free Creative EducationTop chaps, friends and colleagues Chase Jarvis and Vincent Laforet have teamed up with a host of other photographers and educators to bring to fruition the world's first live and free internet educational channel creativeLIVE.com Do pop by and have a look; it's well worth registering.

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Leica Making The World A Smaller PlaceFound a very neat website setup by Leica sharing images taken on Leica cameras by photographers from all around the globe. It's based on Google Maps and well worth exploring as there are some nice images on it.However, one thing did raise a question; in the text it says, "Each of them was equipped with the same Leica camera". The fact that it doesn't mention

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I'm so very saddened by this video. It shows how US Military Apaches kill over a dozen people on July 12, 2007, amongst which were two Reuters employees; photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen, 22, and driver Saeed Chmagh, 40.The Huffington Post article quotes some of the communications by the pilots responsible for thinking a camera was an AK47 or RPG (bazooka).Rather disgustingly, they open fire on a

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Leica M9; the Marmite of the camera world You either get it or you don’t! “You’re so lucky”. This was the greeting I got from a wedding photographer; someone I had never met. Alas she didn’t seem to be talking about me, my dress sense, my personality or my photography. She was talking about the fact that I had a Leica M9 around my neck. There are occasions when cameras spark off conversations

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It's always very exciting when evaluating a new product. Being one of the first on the planet to try something out that's going to enhance one's future workflow or a new tool which will add benefits is great. It goes without saying that this is how it felt when Canon asked me to evaluate their new 12 ink large format printer aimed at photographers; the iPF6300.However, it's not all excitement and

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Canon's European Launch of the iPF6300 from Edmond Terakopian on Vimeo.I've been fortunate enough to have been asked by Canon to evaluate their new large format printer aimed at photographers; the iPF6300 which had its European launch yesterday in Lisbon. I've been testing it for a few weeks now with various papers and still have a long road ahead my tests on lots of papers from Ilford,

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Doesn't time fly?! It's already that time of year where we all move up to Birmingham for a few days. It's Focus on Imaging at the NEC.I'll be at the show on the SnapperStuff stand (C41) talking about ThinkTank Photo bags; by far my favourite bags. Like them so much I'm on the design board! As a special treat we have the president of ThinkTank Photo, Doug Murdoch joining us, so do pop by and say

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Some photographs from the filming of Homage, showing the Olympus E-P2s in action. The microphone is the Rode VideoMic with a Rode "Dead cat" attached and mounted on a Manfrotto flash bracket.

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Homage from Edmond Terakopian on Vimeo.A thug with a hoodie breaks into an abandoned country manor house...A short film featuring Haylie Ecker (formerly of "Bond").Assistant Antje Bormann.Shot exclusively on Olympus E-P2 cameras and Olympus lenses.Edited using Aperture 3 and Final Cut Pro.Microphone by Rode.I'm delighted to say that I've finished another short film called Homage which was

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The biggest part of upgrading from Aperture 2 to Aperture 3 is that your library will need to be upgraded. The library file can hold many thousands of images (mine has around 350,000 referenced files) and all the data needed for showing edits, adjustments and metadata. All of this data, which is pretty complex, needs to go through the upgrade to use the superb new features in Aperture 3.You can

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No doubt most Mac users have been trying out Aperture 3.0. On Twitter and some forums, there has been the occasional users who have upgraded to version 3 reporting slower performance to what they expected. The majority of what I've read though is reporting faster performance, which is something I totally agree with.I have two tips to help out those who may be experiencing slow systems; before

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Regular readers will know that by far my favourite imaging program is Aperture; well, the best just got better.I've been very fortunate in having been included in the beta testing for Aperture 3.0 and I must say that the past few months have been an absolute joy. Version 3 brings a huge number of new features with it and It's even much faster and snappy, being 64-bit.The Faces FeatureAs a news

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Thought I'd share this rather fun and funny, yet accurate review of the Leica M9.You can read my own review in the BJP and view some photographs on my Flickr.

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The Story Beyond the Still - Behind The Scenes from Vincent Laforet on Vimeo.Friend and colleague Vincent Laforet has announced a fascinating and ground breaking film contest on his blog.In a nutshell, it involves films being made which take on the story from the end frame, a still image, on the film shot by the previous person. Watch the film and visit his blog for full details.

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Your Hard Drive Will Fail;It’s Just A Question Of WhenA yawn is the typical reaction from my colleagues when the topic of digital storage, archiving and backing up is talked about. That is, until one of them loses their work, because they weren’t paying attention to the need for a reliable back-up strategy. The yawns are then replaced by much shouting of obscenities and tears. In this day and

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Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today!I wanted to wish everyone a peaceful holiday season. A very merry Christmas to all who celebrate and a happy holiday season to all. I wish the new year to bring you all joy and good health; wisdom and luck too :-)Take care and keep well :-)

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I'm pleased to share the news that the Press Association (PA) have named one of my pictures from the London bombings as one of the ten news pictures of the decade. My thanks go to one of our industry's top picture editors Martin Keene at PA for including my image in his selection. I'd also like to extend my thanks to Phil Coomes for featuring this on the BBC's excellent blog on photography,

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Gaza demo, London. Photo: Edmond TerakopianNo doubt you've all heard of the Police's "War on Photography"; not so much Axis of Evil, but f-numbers and shutter speeds. I have to say, that its becoming ridiculous. Photographers, professional and enthusiast, are being constantly bullied and their rights completely eroded by the Police's misuse of Section 44. For those not in the know, this act is

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Workshop in progress at Jacob's Pro Lounge. Photo: Ghene SnowdonPhotography is alive and well, and talent and passion are in abundance. This is my conclusion after my first open workshop which took place at the end of November. It was kindly organised by Ghene Snowdon of Photosocialise and I'm forever thankful for the wonderful folks at Jacob's for letting us use the Pro Lounge in their New

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Photographer Edmond Terakopian trying out the new Olympus E-P1 with the 17mm lens and external viewfinder. June 27, 2009. Photo: Ghene Snowdon / www.gsnowdon.comThese are very exciting times for photographers. Admittedly, if the recession wasn’t on, it would perhaps be even more exciting as we would be able to afford these things, but nevertheless, in the past few months there has been a range

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Conservation Through Photographing DeclineDaniel Beltra, a photographer who has dedicated his career to documenting the inhumanity of man to his surrounds has been named by ABC News as their "Person of the Week". There's an excellent video showing just why this accolade has been afforded Beltra; to see the it, please click the link at the top of this article.

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It's a question often asked by people. Sometimes the answers are more predictable but occasionally they are completely unique and full of character. To mark the 15th anniversary of the National Lottery, I had the pleasure of photographing 15 lottery winners who have spent some of their winnings on the quirky to the life-changing. Its been a fascinating journey that has taken me all over England,

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A montage of images of me at work, ranging from 1994 to 2009I'll be having my first ever open workshop on November 28th, 2009. The general themes will be photojournalism and street photography. It's going to be most suited to intermediate and advanced photographers, both amateur and professional. Although having done many workshops, lectures and presentations in the UK and abroad, this is the

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Kew Seed Bank 2009 - Images by Edmond TerakopianKew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership celebrates banking its 24,200th species, a Yunnan banana seed - a pink wild banana from China which is an important staple for wild Asian elephants (Musa itinerans). Royal Botanical Gardens Kew is celebrating collecting, banking and conserving 10% of the world's wild plant species. Kew's Millennium Seed Bank,

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Press preview and soft opening of photographer Daniel Beltra's exhibition Focus on the Rainforest with The Prince’s Rainforests Project and Sony exhibition, Nash Conservatory, Kew Gardens, London. September 30, 2009.Daniel Beltra, Focus on the Rainforest from Edmond Terakopian on Vimeo.Winner of this year's Prince's Rainforests Project via the Sony World Photography Awards, Daniel Beltra, has his

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Leica M9Trying out the M9. Photo: Antje BormannYesterday I had the opportunity to have a look at the new Leica M9 and also the X1. The M9 was a final pre-production model, so it was pretty much what you would get if you bought one. However, the X1 was a mid pre-production sample so my comments should be taken lightly until I get a chance to try out a final sample.A small bit of background info on

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How does one cover a conflict? The conventional way is to show either frontline action with soldiers or the effects it has on human life by photographing death and suffering of people caught up in the conflict. Both, very powerful ways of documenting our inhumanity.I came across a third way, which had I not seen it, but only been described the method, I would have automatically have suggested

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This is well worth 4.5 minutes of your time. Its an extremely interesting breakdown of how social media like FaceBook and Twitter are changing the ways of the world. Check it out!

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Muse from Edmond Terakopian on Vimeo.In the best traditions of film award acceptance speeches, I never expected to get this award.My first ever short film, Muse, was invited to be shown at the International Independent Short Film Festival Donetsk 2009, held on July 30 in the Ukraine.I'm overjoyed to say that I just received an email from the organisers saying that it has won this award! The

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Today was 40 years in the making; the famous cover photograph by Iain Macmillan of the Beatles' album Abbey Road was taken 40 years ago today at 11.35am.I was given the assignment by Polaris Images (NY) and just knew it wasn't going to be a smooth one. The first thing is, that its just a zebra crossing if the Beatles aren't on it! Regardless, I picked up my gear and made my way there.The original

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*World Exclusive*Last year I found myself in San Francisco with work and I really wanted to catch up with my friend (a term I don’t use lightly) Doug Murdoch from ThinkTank Photo (he’s the president of the company and also the chief designer). I first got to know Doug via email after seeing the Speed Demon and the best memory card holder I have ever used, the Pixel Pocket Rocket. In fact, we

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We've come to expect organisations trying to steal your images through dodgy "rights grab" competitions where the small print always says you either hand over full copyright or a full license for usage. Its a disgrace, but its becoming commonplace. As a result, always read the terms and conditions of any contest you enter and value your work.However, one organisation which one would hope wouldn't

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Miss England 2009Originally uploaded by edopix Here's a quick post to let you know that I have posted a selection of images from the Miss England 2009 contest. You can find a small edit on my Flickr page and also a much larger edit with opportunities to buy prints and downloads for publishing on my Photoshelter page.It was an interesting job lasting two days; a day of rehearsals followed by

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253 to EustonEvery once in a while I come across a project or a set of pictures that stops me in my tracks. This is one of those instances. I first became aware of Przemek Wajerowicz images through Twitter; he started following me and after looking through his posts, I followed him back. He has a great blog with new pictures every day.9 to AldwychIts a genius idea, and as with all genius ideas,

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PPY, the Press Photographer's Year had its prize giving and private view on July 13th. In its fourth year it brought together the best in press photography and photojournalism from the UK, and photographers working internationally for UK publications.Winner of Photograph of the Year, Rosie HallamCo-founder of the awards, Tim BishopLeon Neal receives his award in the portrait categoryfrom Canon's

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The is stunning. A 42 second long short film (guess we might need to call this an ultra short?) called "Last Day Dream" by Chris Milk. Absolutely stunning. This is truly an education in how to edit and be to the point with your story.Last Day Dream [HD] from Chris Milk on Vimeo."Last Day Dream"a man watches his life pass before himQuicktime versionhttp://chrismilk.com/42/Produced for the 42

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I just came across this amazingly sensitive and very touching multimedia piece by Maisie Crow, the winner of the Ian Parry Scholarship. Its called "A Life Alone". Its well worth watching.A Life Alone from Soul of Athens on Vimeo.For 63 years, Tom Rose and his wife, Mary, built a life together on his family farm on Canaanville Road. Then last year Mary passed away, leaving Tom to face the future

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PPY (Press Photographer's Year) have announced this years winners.View the PPY Winning & Selected Images SlideshowA big congratulation to all the authors of the chosen works and specially to the author of the Photograph of the Year, the biggest accolade given in the competition, Rosie Hallam.I'm happy to say that one of my images, a shot of Barack Obama, has made it into the "Selected"

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Chase Jarvis CURRENT: The Consequences of Creativity from Chase Jarvis on Vimeo.An interesting presentation by friend and colleague Chase Jarvis from a talk he gave to the Art Director's Club of Denver. Although Chase's work is more commercial based stuff, his energy, enthusiasm and novel approach to his projects make this video a must see.

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Let me paint you a picture; I'm in London and we've got a heat wave on! Its been in the high twenties and low thirties (in centigrade that is!) and I'm stuck indoors working on several projects. I'm editing a huge portrait project in Aperture on my Mac Pro, doing office stuff, accounts, countless emails, Twitter and getting a presentation together in Keynote on my iMac and also in need of

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Every once in a while a product comes along, out of the blue, that you’ve been wishing for. For me, the Olympus E-P1 is this product. For years I’ve been spouting off to manufacturers and resellers about the need for a digital compact camera with interchangeable lenses. I’ve even gone into in-depth detail about exactly how this should be done, and alas, its all fallen on deaf ears. Thankfully,

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Its Fashion Darling! from Edmond Terakopian on Vimeo.Photo slideshow of several years of work from London Fashion Week.Technical Notes:Photos were edited and processed using Aperture. Audio was put together using Soundtrack Pro and the slideshow was done on Final Cut Pro.You can see all of the photographs used in this Flickr set.

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This is absolute genius. The biggest problem with the UK plug is that its huge. In laptop bags, its always the item that takes up so much more thickness than anything else and when travelling abroad, it takes up a huge amount of luggage space for all the mains adapters one needs.This design by Mr Min Kyu Choi is stunning. Lets hope it goes into production.

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The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cEnd Timeswww.thedailyshow.comDaily ShowFull EpisodesPolitical HumorNewt Gingrich Unedited InterviewThis is extremely funny, sad and then again funny.

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Just a quick note to let you all know that I'm now also posting my images onto Flickr.For professional purposes and ordering prints, my Photoshelter site is still the one to use, but for browsing pictures and leaving comments, do check out my Flickr page.

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We spend so much time talking about how sharp a lens is. It may come as a surprise for me to then talk about a lens, in this case the Zeiss 50mm f1.4, and concentrate firstly on how it resolves the out of focus elements in the image. It does this so beautifully!As a newspaper photographer, I need to be able to cope with any situation. As a result, I need to carry a fair amount of equipment and my

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On the 20th anniversary of the tragic events at Tiananmen Square, The Guardian's Dan Chung has put together some spectacular films using footage from 1989 married to recent interviews and footage of the square yesterday. These are well worth a watch:Tiananmen Square: a night of despairTiananmen Square: days of hopeTiananmen Square todayThe New York Times has a couple of very interesting posts and

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The Canon 5D changed the landscape of digital cameras. It was cheap (compared to the other alternative, the 1DS MkII), small and full frame. It fast became the tool of choice for photojournalists the world over. So the 5D MkII had huge shoes to fill and had a tough act to follow.Check out my article on how the camera's been received by photojournalists from around the world. The article's called

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Apologies for the delay in bringing this to you, but I was having surgery when this was announced!Canon Enables Manual Exposure in Video on EOS 5D Mark IILONDON, UK, 27th May 2009:  Canon announced today it will release a firmware update for the EOS 5D Mark II allowing users to manually control exposure when shooting video.  The new firmware will be available for download from 2 June 2009 on

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5D Mark Free audio meters from Trammell Hudson on Vimeo.Well, its happened. The audio function has been hacked on the 5D MkII to allow an override on the automatic gain control. This is superb news and my congratulations go to Hudson for this.There's a thread on the Cinema 5D forum exploring this update to the camera's firmware.

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Although I'm usually pretty thorough with reading manuals and finding out helpful tricks with software and equipment, I must admit to stumbling on this very neat trick on Apple's Aperture just recently.If you hover the cursor where you want to zoom in on and then hit the zoom shortcut key, it will zoom in exactly there, using where your cursor is as the central point! Genius!

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EventDV TV // 5D Reel from StillMotion on Vimeo.Just watched this very interesting video and the author's tips on manually controlling the aperture, shutter and ISO on the Canon 5D MkII in video mode. Well worth a watch.

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Anyone who's used Mac OS X knows how quickly the OS starts up and is ready to use. Its stunningly quick. As always though, I'm looking at ways to shave off time and speed things up so I decided without even turning on the new Mac Pro, I was going to install a 300Gb WD VelociRaptor hard drive; what makes this drive special, is that it runs at 10,000rpm compared to the standard 7200rpm drives. This

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FaceBook & Twitter are a great way of keeping in touch and networking, both in a professional and a social sense.I've just set up a FaceBook page HERE for anyone who's interested in my work. There are already seven projects on-line to look at and I'll be updating it with more photographs as time goes on.Please feel free to pass on the link to anyone who is interested in photography, journalism

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His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales speaks at the Sony World Photography Awards 2009, and announces the winner of the Prince's Rainforests Project Professional Award, Daniel Beltrá. This video was shown on the night of the awards.As I mentioned in an earlier post, Daniel Beltra won the Prince's Rainforests Project Professional Award. This video is from the evening of the awards ceremony and

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We push ourselves to the limit; reach the highest peak, dodge bullets and land mines, badger PRs and argue with the Police...all because we have one agenda; that of making a great picture and communicating the story.So, after all this effort, sometimes whilst risking our lives, other times at the risk of damaging relationships with loved ones, we dump the pictures onto a hard drive and forget

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I remember the days when a desktop computer with a couple of internal hard drives would serve us well for years of storage and backups. Well, with all these huge megapixel cameras and most of our music and some video residing on our computers, gigabytes are no longer enough and terabytes are the order of the day.The Signum with a mains extender and AC adaptersOnce our computers are full, we then

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I-Movix SprintCam v3 NAB 2009 showreel from David Coiffier on Vimeo.This is astonishing! 1000fps full HD broadcast quality video from the SprintCam v3HD; just check out the detail and surreal quality of looking at things super slow.

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Fires burn the Amazon rainforest to clear the ground for cattle or crop farming in Sao Felix Do Xingu municipality in Para State, Brazil, August 13, 2008. Photo: Daniel Beltra/GreenpeaceCongratulations to Daniel Beltra for winning the Prince's Rainforests Project Award. I've had the pleasure of knowing Daniel for over three years now and a nicer and more dedicated photographer you could not

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National Geographic's infinite photograph which was made from over 300,000 pictures. Neat!

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A Nikon LS9000 connected to a Mac Pro.I've had such a nightmare. It all started out simply enough. All I wanted to do was to connect a Nikon LS9000 medium format scanner to my Mac Pro (Intel cpu running OS 10.5.6) to scan in several hundred 35mm and medium format colour negatives.I then discovered on the internet that many were having problems using Nikon Scan software on Intel Macs running

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BeachTek have recently announced a couple of video accessories for Canon 5D MkII users. The first is the DXA-5D XLR adapter which has a host of very interesting and useful controls on it. It allows the use of professional quality XLR microphones with the 5D MkII, but it goes a step further by allowing the user to override the camera's built in AGC and set an input volume manually and also to use

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I grew up shooting film and got into the profession when we were shooting black and white film for the papers. There was always the art of the darkroom where pictures were brought to life, but for colour, one had to basically reply on getting it right in camera for colour negative and much more so for slide film.Compared to Photoshop, the level of change one could bring to a black and white image

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Searching For Sonny: Elliot Teaser/Canon 5d Mark II from Andrew Disney on Vimeo.Ok, must admit, I had the idea of shooting a full length feature film on a Canon 5D MkII a couple of months ago and toyed with the concept a lot.....but alas, it just stayed in my mind! Well, congratulations to Andrew Disney and Jeffrey Waldron for making it real!It seems that the whole film, "Searching For Sonny", is

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Although I've been using Fring on my iPhone, I'm delighted to see that Skype will now be available on the iPhone and should be on the App store sometime tomorrow (Tuesday, March 31).CNET have had a first hand look and a bunch of screenshots, so check them out.

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Our good friend John D McHugh has his latest film "Afghanistan's Failing Army" on The Guardian's web site. Its a very interesting look at the subject of the ANA's ability to succeed as an army.For further reading, check out the post on John D McHugh's blog.

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Twitter?? For those who have yet to discover it, its a very quick and abbreviated way of blogging, or as its called properly, micro blogging.I've been using my iPhone a lot to update my Twitter feed with pictures and info, so if you'd like to give it a try, you can FOLLOW ME on Twitter.

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The title may seem a tad excessive, but I assure you its not!I had an assignment near Bristol a few days ago, involving a portrait of someone and several thousand trees they had planted. The best way to illustrate this was to get the subject in a helicopter and photograph them with the landscape below.Photo taken in the air on the iPhoneI got onto the helicopter and we made our way to the

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Anyone who knows me, will know that along with a few colleagues, I spent most of last year working on a book. After countless meetings with colleagues, calls to photographers, meetings with publishers and designers and our sponsor, its finally done.....and looks fantastic. I'm naturally talking about the new BPPA book called Unseen.Its a collection of great images taken by our members over the

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Some great photographs in the Norwegian Press Photographers' Club 2008 pictures of the year; definitely worth checking out.

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Rode VideoMic and 5D MkII in action during a Gaza demoThose who read the second part of my review of the Canon 5D MkII will know that my microphone of choice for this camera is the Rode VideoMic.I gave a little interview to Rode about my experiences with their products and why I have chosen the VideoMic as my preferred audio equipment. You can read it here.

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Ok, so this is pretty geeky, but it shows how fast a RAID 0 set-up using SSDs (Solid State Drives....basically using the same technology as your CF or SD camera card) can be.I have an SSD in my MacBook Air and I'm a huge fan of these drives. They are solid, quick, dependable and silent. As they have no moving parts, they should last longer than traditional mechanical drives and more so, they are

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It seems that the BBC have accused Daily Mirror photographer James Vellacott of ripping off their footage of a U2 concert and putting it on his blog. Actually, turns out that James was using a Canon 5D MkII from a nearby hotel room. The camera is so good (as is the operator), that the BBC can't tell the difference between what their crew (using much more expensive video gear) have shot, and a

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Just saw a nice set of pictures by Richard Nicholson (via Ben Curtis' blog) on darkrooms, called "Last One Out, Please Turn On The Light". As I looked through the pictures, I found that my eyes were slightly teary and that I was thinking of a more magical time in photography. When I started out in local papers, I was shooting Tri-X, using D-76 and making my own hand prints. In fact I can still

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Thousand Portraits from Carlo Nicora on Vimeo.Thousand Portraitstwo photographers - one cameraone weekend - a thousand peopleA neat project by Carlo Nicora and Eamon Lane, looks at 1000 faces of London.

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Will The Competition Be “Red” With Envy? Canon 5D MkII Review - Part 2 - The Video Camera by Edmond Terakopian 5D MkII with the Rode VideoMicIntroduction Our industry is changing; newspaper photographers are being asked to produce multimedia content for web sites when on assignment. Part of the content asked for is video. Putting aside the fact that a good photographer won’t necessarily make a

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Chase Jarvis' 5 Secrets for Exceptional Photographs from SilberStudios.Tv on Vimeo.Commercial and editorial photographer, friend, diamond geezer and generally top man Chase Jarvis has an interesting interview on Photoshow (above).There are also a few more interviews on his blog post. Do check them out folks.

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Annie Leibovitz, the rather famous portrait photographer has done something which on the face of it, seems rather bizarre; she has pawned the rights to her work.Apparently, the rights to past, present and future work has been pawned by Art Capital for around £10 Million. To find out more, check out The Guardian article and audio piece.

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Paolo Pellegrin has a great set of portraits of actors who have been nominated for the Oscars, shot for the New York Times Magazine. They are kind of reminiscent of the old Magnum photos by Eve Arnold or Robert Capa of Hollywood actors just being chilled out and human, and not the managed and fake entities that they have become now days as they are managed by agents and PRs.

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The New York Times has a superb collection of multimedia stories called One in Eight Million by photographer Todd Heisler. The subjects of the stories are the unique and interesting characters of New York; its a weekly feature and one story is added every week.Its very nicely done and well worth a look.

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Well folks, its that time of year when Focus comes to town. For those who haven't been before, its a photography exhibition which is more orientated towards gear. Most of the major manufacturers and distributors have stands there, along with some of the smaller companies which often have some very interesting stuff to look at. The show runs from February 22 to 25, 2009.This year, I'll be there on

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New "anti-terrorism" measures came in to force yesterday. Alas, the wording is so loose, that it will allow Police to stop you taking pictures of them. This is a huge issue and completely tramples on the freedom of press. Two main issues come forth with this; firstly, if you are covering a demonstration or a riot, the Police can object to you photographing them and you can get arrested. This will

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John D McHugh's latest video, Combat Outpost, is now on the Guardian web site.McHugh goes on to say "This is without doubt the most difficult and dangerous place I have worked so far, but I think the film gives a good insight into the futility of the current strategy in Afghanistan, and the pointless dangers the soldiers are facing every day". It definitely is a good insight; do check it out.

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That was the sign hung by my bedside in hospital. I had to go to hospital by ambulance following severe abdominal pains, and spent most of last week there. I've now been discharged and recuperating.I just wanted to say a word of thanks to those close to me who have popped by, phoned and written.I also want to apologise for not keeping the blog up to date. There have been a few interesting things,

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There's a lot happening in the world of memory. Sandisk has just disclosed that they are about to start work on mass production of x4 flash chips. This means that it will soon start selling 64Gb SD cards. Whilst for photographic needs 64Gb is overkill, for video its superb news. Lets also hope that this technology is ported to CF cards.Toshiba on the other hand has announced that its wrk into

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"Muse" makes the top 10 rated movies of "The EOScars" website with a rating of 7.1. Many thanks to all who have voted for it. If you would like to vote for it, kindly give it a star rating here.

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A heads up folks on a special offer I just got. 50% off computer magazine subscriptions. In these days of recession, every penny helps, so I thought I'd share the offer.

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After a request from the website Openfilm, Muse is now available for viewing on their service.If you have yet to se the film, please do check it out. As its my first ever film, I'm very keen on feedback, so please feel free to leave feedback either there, or here on the blog.To date, the film has had over 28,000 views. To put this in context, this is more views than some classic arthouse films

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The Camera That Defies Light Canon 5D MkII Review - Part 1 - The Stills Camera by Edmond Terakopian Canon TS-E 45mm f2.8 (Tilt and Shift). F2.8, 1/60th shutter speed at 4000 ASA.The London Eye, London, UK. December 04, 2008. Photo: Edmond TerakopianIntroduction When Canon introduced the 5D it was a revolutionary camera. Although DSLRs had been around for years and Canon already had the full

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I recently discovered that "Muse" has been put on a website for "The Best of Canon 5D MkII Moving Images" called "The EOScars". If you've liked the film, please visit the site and vote for it by giving it a star rating. Many thanks.

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David Bergman, a friend from the States has made a superb image from the Presidential Inauguration using a Canon G10 and a GigaPan. The image was made up of 220 photographs and can be seen here. The level of detail is absolutely astonishing; give it a try and see how far you can zoom into the image.

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Its seems like only yesterday that I posted my first short film "Muse" topping 10,000 views. It has in fact now reached 20,300 views. Just wanted to say a word of thanks for all the support.Just a quick update; Muse has had over 30,000 views so far. As always, your support is much appreciated.

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The Washington Post has done something very interesting with photos from the inauguration of President Obama; its well worth a look.

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The Apple Mac's been with us for 25 years now; doesn't time fly?!CNET have a photos of the Mac through the years; it brought back many memories!

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Is it wrong to love a bag? Well, I do! Think Tank Photo’s Shape Shifter is the biggest revolution in camera back packs in the 19 years that I’ve been a news photographer. What makes this bag so revolutionary is quite simply that it can shape shift. It has an ingenious zip that expands the bag, turning it from a slim line laptop bag (3” deep) to a full professional size DSLR outfit carrying back

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