Blog Posts Across CameraCon

Are Photographers really a Threat?

What is it with photographers these days? Are they really all terrorists, or does everyone just think they are? Since 9/11, there has been an increasing war on photography. Photographers have been harrassed, questioned, detained, arrested or worse, and declared to be unwel… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on June 6, 2008 at 5:34pm — No Comments

Monthly TimeShoot - June 9th @ 9pm ET!

Our previous TimeShoots have been great - the Flickr page received pictures of moose, housecats, indoors, outdoors, lighthouses, beaches, beer, ice, at least one person in a bathtub and shots from four different continents! :)

The pictures come from all kinds of photographers - beginners, intermediates and pros - using all kinds of cameras.… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on June 5, 2008 at 11:00am — 18 Comments

Picture of the Day for Thursday

Our friend and the Original Switcher Aaron Adams has 2 cute little beagles. This is a great shot!

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Posted by Shawn King on May 29, 2008 at 12:25pm — No Comments

Photographer’s Rights - Your Rights When Stopped or Confronted for Photography

The Photographer’s Right is a downloadable guide that is loosely based on the Bust Card and the Know Your Rights pamphlet that used to be available on the ACLU website. It may be downloaded and printed out using Adobe Acrobat Reader. You may make copies and carry them your wallet, pocket, or camera bag to give you quick access to your rights and obligations concer… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on May 16, 2008 at 12:06pm — 5 Comments

Picture of the Day for Thursday

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Posted by Shawn King on May 15, 2008 at 9:34am — No Comments

When Volcanoes Spew Lightning

After 9,000 years of silence, Chile's Chaitén volcano (pictured on May 3) is erupting with lava, ash—and lightning (full story). Since the volcano awoke on May 2, it has continued erupting intermittently, blanketing the area in ash and forcing more than 4,000 people to flee. T… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on May 8, 2008 at 9:55am — No Comments

TIPA Photography Award Winners Announced: Nikon Goes Away Happy

The Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) has announced to results of the annual camera Oscars. The European awards are coveted by manufacturers, mostly because they get to stick the TIPA logo on the camera box and thereby shift more units. This year, Nikon scooped the Pro and Expert categories with the D3 and D300 respectively. We know that both are good, an… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on April 28, 2008 at 12:25pm — No Comments

Joe McNally on Kelby training

The excellent JoeMcNally now has a couple of classes on KelbyTraining.com. I just signed up for a subscription because of this alone. He talks a lot about lighting and flashes and it is great if you want to learn from the master Continue

Posted by Thomas Fitzgerald on April 24, 2008 at 7:38am — No Comments

Innocent Photographer or Terrorist?

Phil Smith thought ex-EastEnder Letitia Dean turning on the Christmas lights in Ipswich would make a good snap for his collection. The 49-year-old started by firing off a few shots of the warm-up act on stage. But before the main attraction showed up, Mr Smith was challenged by a police office… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on April 18, 2008 at 8:20am — No Comments

Shawn King has invited you to try out the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 beta

Shawn King has invited you to try out the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 beta. Download it from Adobe Labs: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom?trackingid=CCJHS Please use this serial number to enable your copy of the Lightroom 2 beta: 1160-4226-9758-6052-1415-4347 This is a time-based… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on April 11, 2008 at 1:19pm — No Comments

Last days of winter ...

I finaly had a bit of time to go shoot today: See the shots here I really do need to get out more :) Continue

Posted by Thomas von Hassel on March 26, 2008 at 6:00pm — No Comments

10 Confessions Of A Ritz Camera Salesperson

A Ritz camera salesperson writes in to give you the skinny on scanning, digital prints, and which memory cards are just a ripoff. Click here to read more "10 Confessions Of A Ritz Camera Salesperson" Continue

Posted by Shawn King on March 25, 2008 at 10:02pm — 1 Comment

Digitizing The Past

This year I set myself a challenge. Digitize ALL of my pre-digital age photos! To some this may not seem like much of a challenge but to a pro photographer its overwhelming. All of my pro-shot have been done...working for a magazine has some advantages in this area...they hire people to do this. And let me tell you, thats a lot of photos. My concern now is getting the 2 huge bins of photos and negs to a digital format. I'm sure you all know what I mean. Photo taken at family events, vacations,… Continue

Posted by Grapixeye on March 25, 2008 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Picture of the Day for Easter

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Posted by Shawn King on March 21, 2008 at 5:50pm — 4 Comments

Review: Sony Alpha DSLR-A700

Pros - Great build quality; good image quality; fast performance; beautiful LCD screen. Cons - No status LCD; no live view; cumbersome button placement; in-viewfinder status display doesn’t show ISO; rear LCD screen turns on at inappropriate times. Click here to read the review of the "Sony Alpha DSLR-A700" Continue

Posted by Shawn King on March 19, 2008 at 5:51pm — No Comments

Picture of the Day for Monday

This shot is from our latest TimeShoot and is my favorite of the bunch! Continue

Posted by Shawn King on March 10, 2008 at 12:43pm — 7 Comments

This Month's TimeShoot is Today!

Remember - you don't necessarily have to *be* in a particular place at a particular time - all you have to do is have your camera with you at that time. If you happen to be at your office, click away. At home? Take shots of your kids. On the bus? Take pics of the city streets. Here is a link to the (new) Flickr site where the pictures will be posted and where you can see… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on March 9, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

Very cool photo collage

I know a good portion of us are Macintosh fans, so I thought I'd post a link to a really interesting photo collage of Steve Jobs. It's very creative :) Continue

Posted by Lesa Snider King on March 8, 2008 at 2:52pm — No Comments

Shawn got a new bike

Nice bike Shawn. Ck it out here. http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/photos/2007models/2007models-Yamaha-FJR1300A.htm His is black. I owned many bikes "in my youth". Mark Continue

Posted by Mark Mervich on March 6, 2008 at 11:46am — 5 Comments

The Perfect Shot vs Post Production

Last week I was a panelist at a Symposium for Profession Photographers (and wanna-be pros) in Seattle. It was a lot of fun. There were a lot of questions during the Q&A but three of them stuck in my mind. !. How do I get the perfect shot in-camera without using Photoshop? 2. How do I get started in Pro Photography? 3. How do I find and handle models? In this post I will handle the first question and address the others in another post. The Perfect Shot vs. Post Production When I sta… Continue

Posted by Grapixeye on March 5, 2008 at 5:29pm — No Comments

Shameless plug for a photo exhibit that I'm part of

(Don't get too excited folks; I've only got one portrait in this show :-)

I'm part of a photography exhibit called "Darkness Darkness: An Exhibit of Contemporary American Night Photography", curated by Lance Keimig and featuring many prominent American night photographers as well as students of Lance Keimig's Night Photography workshops. The exhibit is from March 18-April 30, 2008 at the Three Columns Gallery, Mather House at Harvard University, with an opening reception March 19th fr…

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Posted by Myron Freeman on March 4, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Picture of the Day for Tuesday

Our newest member, Jules has the above image on her web site, "The Way I see It". Continue

Posted by Shawn King on March 4, 2008 at 12:36pm — 2 Comments

Learning Composition: The Rule of Thirds

Whether you’re feeling artistic or not, good composition is important for making images that resonate with viewers. Everything else being equal, poor composition can create an itch in a viewer—a subconscious and annoying one that can’t be scratched.

Composition in photography refers to the arrangement of elements in an imag… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on March 3, 2008 at 3:21pm — 4 Comments

Olympus Stylus 790SW

The Olympus Stylus 790SW (announced 23 August’07) is a shockproof (5ft), waterproof (10ft), freezeproof (-10C/14F) point-and-shoot digital camera features 7.1-megapixel image sensor, 3x optical zoom (38 – 114 mm equivalent in 35mm), Digital Image Stabilization, Face Detection, and a 2.5″ LCD screen. T… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on March 3, 2008 at 1:51pm — No Comments

Picture of the Day for Sunday

Hmmm...should we extract a message from this? :) Click here to read more about the "Picture of the Day for Sunday"… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on March 2, 2008 at 12:41am — No Comments

Picture of the Day for Leap Day!

Introducing Carlizina Jolectron, the latest Hollywood beauty. On closer inspection, the stunning actress appears rather familiar. In fact, Carlizina isn’t even a real woman - she’s a digital combination of Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron and Carmen Electra.… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 29, 2008 at 2:39pm — No Comments

The "Dirty Tricks" of Food Photographers

We’ve all seen the seductive photos of vividly colorful fresh vegetables, sumptuous cherry pies, and golden-brown roasted turkeys. These pictures, often found in glossy cookbooks and magazines, make us believe that if we follow the recipe we, too, can create such delectable dishes. And many of us can. Well, almost.

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Posted by Shawn King on February 28, 2008 at 2:38pm — 1 Comment

Member #100!

"I love it when a plan comes together" is a classic line from a (non-classic) TV show and is very appropriate in this case. "Ken Sklute is member #100 of CameraCon"

Not only is Ken a Canon Explorer of Light, he is also… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 27, 2008 at 11:41am — 4 Comments

Critique

One of our listeners, Kirk Aplin, sparked this idea. Kirk is having a bear of a time shooting a particular kind of photo and was asking for some advice on how best to capture what it is he sees. I though tapping the collective photographic knowledge of this group would be the way to go! I've started up a "Critique" Forum Where you can post the pics you'd like our Resi… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 26, 2008 at 10:49am — No Comments

Picture of the Day for Sunday

Congratulations to Michael Curtis for the above shot - It's the first one he's ever sold on iStockphoto.com! :) Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 24, 2008 at 1:52pm — No Comments

Mugs NJ present Shawn and Lesa King

The Gloucester County College and MUGSNJ present Shawn and Lesa King! A digital photography workshop with Shawn King, host/executive producer of YourMacLifeShow.com and Lesa Snider King of iStockphoto.com. Learn to Shoot and Edit Like a Pro! will take place on Saturday, March 29, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Sewell, New Jersey. Get further details at www.MUGSnj.org. Since seating is limited, you must reserve in advance! Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 23, 2008 at 8:21pm — No Comments

12 Things to Photograph before You Die

You’ll photograph lots of subjects and reel off tens or even hundreds of thousands of images before you lay down your camera for the last time. Some of those pictures will be memorable; a few will serve as milestones in your life. One or two might even change it. Here are twelve subjects we think you… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 23, 2008 at 2:03pm — No Comments

Nikon D60 Review

Fast, easy to use and able to produce excellent results at lower ISO settings, the D60x is worthy successor to the D40x and certainly worth a look for anyone wanting to get that bit more from their photography in a compact, responsive… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 23, 2008 at 1:52pm — 3 Comments

Picture of the Day for Friday

I'm a *huge* fan of Alfred Hitchcock and have seen all of the movies referenced in this spread. The cool part is seeing today's Hollywood actors recreating these classic Hitchcock scenes. Click to see more "Vanity Fair's Hitchcock Classics Photo Spre… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 22, 2008 at 12:00am — No Comments

Pet Paparazzi Camera

Ever wonder what your pet gets up to when he or she's out & about, patrolling the neighborhood? Wonder no more - thanks to Japanese toy and gadget maker Takara Tomy, you now have a photographic record of their adventures in the wide wild world!… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 21, 2008 at 2:31pm — No Comments

Picture of the Day for Thursday

After last night's eclipse, I've been looking for the "best" shot. I think this one (from a fellow Canadian no less) certainly qualifies! Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 21, 2008 at 1:43pm — No Comments

Photoshop World 2008 - Only 10 days left to save $100

If you're going to Photoshop World in Orlando in April and haven't registered yet, you still 10 days to save $100 on your registration. Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 20, 2008 at 1:52pm — No Comments

Camera Test: Pentax K20D

With rich features, a big 14.6MP sensor, and an estimated street price of $1,299, Pentax's super DSLR is a rare talent. At first, the K20D seems to be a twin to the K10D. Pentax kept what was outstanding in the K10D and improved it in all the right places, so the K20… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 20, 2008 at 10:27am — No Comments

The Moment It Clicks

The book is getting rave reviews and watching this little video shows why. Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 20, 2008 at 10:22am — 7 Comments

Picture of the Day for Wednesday

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Posted by Shawn King on February 20, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

My Love/Hate Relationship with the Canon Eos 5D

I have had my Canon EOS 5D for over two years now and in that time I have learned to both love and hate what was promised as the first affordable full frame sensor camera. I have battled with my emotions over this camera trying to decide if I liked it or not. I have gone from deep admira… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 19, 2008 at 6:41pm — No Comments

A 60 Year Old Camera

Fellow CamerCon member Charlie Sent me this story about his dad's "Balda Baldinette" camera:

Charlie says, "One of the things that turned up was an old German made Balda camera of my father’s that I believe was from ar…

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Posted by Shawn King on February 15, 2008 at 10:35am — No Comments

Picture of the Day for Friday

Always an incredible image and, interestingly enough, in the public domain. Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 15, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

Best Price Camera - Avoid!

It always starts innocently enough...
George Canellis has been looking to buy a DSLR. He did what most of us would do - asked the advice of friends and family and did he research on the IntraWeb.
In his searches, he came across a company called "Best Price Camera… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 13, 2008 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Picture of the Day for Wednesday

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Posted by Shawn King on February 13, 2008 at 2:13pm — 3 Comments

Picture of the Day for Wednesday

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Posted by Shawn King on February 13, 2008 at 3:00am — No Comments

Picture of the Day for Tuesday

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Posted by Shawn King on February 12, 2008 at 9:28am — No Comments

Pretty Pic of the Day

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Posted by Shawn King on February 11, 2008 at 12:19pm — No Comments

Pro shooting tips from Canon

Videos by Sport Illustrated photographer Peter Read Miller. It's obviously focused on sports (football), but you might find a tip or two--okay, probably one one :) Click here to watch the videos. Continue

Posted by Lesa Snider King on February 11, 2008 at 10:44am — No Comments

Joe McNally: The Moment it Clicks (Verdict: Awesome)

Joe McNally's new book, "The Moment it Clicks," is 256 pages of wall-to-wall photos, lighting and photography tips, techniques and war stories from a world-class shooter. And that's not even what makes it so special.

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Posted by Shawn King on February 11, 2008 at 4:30am — No Comments

First post

Doug Smith invited me to join. I don't have a blog, but maybe I do, now. The photos I just posted are a mix of old and new stuff. I applied for an "Advanced" Workshop at Rice University. The instructor asked for 11 to 20 pictures to judge for admission. These are the ones I sent in. Continue

Posted by Rick Roberts on February 10, 2008 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

Things I learned on my first sunrise photo shoot

Going out for a photo shoot is a rather new experience for Shawn and myself, and this one taught us several things:

1. Only shoot lighthouses in the summer, else you will freeze to fracking death!

2. Monopods are USELESS! In a fit of generosity, I let the husband borrow my new tripod because he was testing Nikon's new D300. Foolishly, I thought the monopod would help me in the…

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Posted by Lesa Snider King on February 10, 2008 at 3:14pm — 2 Comments

Fire Island Lighthouse and the Nikon D300

Thanks to the Suffolk County Long Island Photographers Meetup Group, Lesa and I went out to the Fire Island Lighthouse on Long Island for a photoshoot on Saturday and I brought the D300 I had on loan from Nikon!
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Posted by Shawn King on February 10, 2008 at 12:43pm — No Comments

Stone Bridge vs Broad Run Hockey

We shot the Stone bridge vs Broad Run hockey game, Friday Feb. 8, 2008. It was the last regular season game for these two, Ashburn, Va. high schools. There was a huge crowd at the Ice House, in Ashburn. The crowd was witness to another Stone bridge blowout. This time by a score of 6-0.

Please see some of our images at our Photo page.

Marc/Sportsshooter

www.sportsshooter.smugmug.com
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Posted by marc on February 10, 2008 at 11:32am — No Comments

Virtual Photowalk Today!

Today is the first of what I hope will be many virtual photowalks - I'm up at 4:30am ET just to play! :)

Remember, take photos wherever you happen to be under whatever circumstances this morning at 9am ET and send your best shots to "system94see (AT) photos.flickr.com".

Lesa and I will be at the Fire Island Lighthouse taking pictures with George Canellis and his photography group. I'm really looking forward to seeing what we all come up with! Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 9, 2008 at 4:43am — 10 Comments

Stole a Camera...

Well, borrowed is a better term. From David Pogue, a new Nikon D300! Woo hoo! No I have to learn how to use that bad boy by 6am Saturday morning. :)

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Posted by Shawn King on February 7, 2008 at 9:45pm — 13 Comments

Photography Geek Out

After our Fire Island Lighthouse photoshoot, we're going to the pub!

And, because we're geeks, we're going to broadcast it. :) You really should have better things to do but, in case you don't… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 6, 2008 at 2:36pm — No Comments

New Contender for Giant Lens of the Week

B&H has this *used* Canon 1200 mm f/5.6L USM lens for sale for $99,000!

The Canon 1200/5.6L USM is only built on a special-order basis and the ‘official word’ is there are “more than twelve but less than twenty” of them in existence. Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 5, 2008 at 8:32pm — 1 Comment

Photowalking - a Better Name/Description?

According to the web site Photowalking.org, "Photowalking is the act of walking with a camera for the main purpose of taking pictures of things you may find interesting" and they credit Robert Scoble as one of the "creators" - like no one has ever walked and taken photos before Scoble came along.

Let me be the first to say the above definition is *stupid* in the extreme. According to it, I "photowalk" all the time… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 5, 2008 at 11:02am — 28 Comments

Is it a Lens or a Torpedo Tube!?

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Posted by Shawn King on February 4, 2008 at 2:59pm — 9 Comments

Fire Island Lighthouse Tour

A new slim and trim George Canellis has invited Lesa and I to Long Island this weekend to shoot the Fire Island Lighthouse.

As a Nova Scotianer, I love lighthouses but Lesa has never be… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on February 4, 2008 at 10:45am — No Comments

Unphotographable

Unphotographable is a catalog of exceptional mistakes. Photos never taken that weren't meant to be forgotten. Opportunities missed. Simple failures. Occasions when I wished I'd taken the picture, or not forgotten the camera, or had been brave enough to click the shutter.

(Shawn's Comment: what an interesting concept!)

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Posted by Shawn King on February 1, 2008 at 1:02pm — No Comments

Meet Fritz, the Feline Photographer

Meet Fritz, the cat photographer. Every day, Ramona Markstein lets her cat Fritz wonder the neighborhood while wearing a camera that takes photos every fifteen seconds. Click here to read more "Meet Fritz, the Felin… Continue

Posted by Shawn King on January 31, 2008 at 4:05pm — 1 Comment