Great source of camera and photography tips

Last year I was watching Scott Kelby's Nikon D-Town TV series which highlighted useful tips and suggestions for Nikon shooters. They covered a range of topics as well many of the Nikon camera models. After a successful first season they just launched season two and decided to open up the format to a wide range of subjects, no longer a Nikon only show.

Here is the link to KelbyTV.com/DtownTV (the first season)

Here is the link to the 1st episode of season two, D-Town TV

David duChemin Releases another Great $5 Ebook

Hey readers author David duChemin has released another eBook.

Now available is ‘Chasing the Look: 10 Ways To Improve The Aesthetics of Your Photographs’.
It’s available now on in David’s Bookstore (it’s the top one) for his regularly insanely cheap price of $5!

The title of ‘10 Ways To Improve The Aesthetics of Your Photographs’ pretty much sums up what the ebook is about but David describes what it sets out to achieve like this:

“CHASING THE LOOK is about making intentional choices about the use of our gear and the settings on our cameras based on their affect on the aesthetic of the image. It begins to answer the question we all ask at some point while looking at the images of others – “How come my photographs don’t look like that?””

It’s 48 pages long, contains some great imagery to help illustrate what David’s talking about and is written in an easy to engage with and understand style.

Grab your PDF downloadable copy of CHASING THE LOOK at David duChemin’s Bookstore (if you’ve not got his other books already they’re well worth the look too).

iPhone Photos

Sometimes I get tired of carrying around my big digital SLR with several lenses to capture images. Lately, I've decided to just use my iPhone 3G camera to take interesting photos. Since I carry the phone with me at all times (even while jogging) I keep an open eye out for things to shoot.

I ususally do minor editing to the iPhone photo with several iPhone applications.

The Best Camera Application

Photoshop iPhone Application

Paris

Amsterdam

Amsterdam

New StylePack from PhotoDex

I was one of three photographers asked to help put together a demo for ProShow's new StylePack Volume 3! HD. Follow the link to see the cool software and images.

Click to see the show, http://www.photodex.com/gallery/view&yt=2449

Just Published My First Travel Photo Book

I'm very proud that I just published my first travel photo book, A Photo Tour In Paris.



Also, I’ve entered it into a travel book contest. Besides from being extremely proud of the images and work presented I’d like to win the contest. Unfortunately, the first round of competition is a popularity contest. The top 15 books with the most votes will move on to the next level and be judged by a panel of photography experts.

I’m asking that you follow the link http://www.blurb.com/photo-book-contest/view_book/912596 take a look (you can review the entire book via full screen) and vote for my book if you feel it worthy of your vote.

I’m thanking you in advance and I hope you like the book.

Cheers,

Nikon Announces New D3s

Nikon just announced a follow up camera to the D3 model that was released in 2007, the D3s.

The Nikon D3s is a flagship follow-up to the Nikon D3. The D3s features a 12.1-megapixel sensor (as did the Nikon D3) but extends sensitivity up to ISO 102,400 and adds HD video capture in 720p resolution at 24 fps.

Nikon D3s Key Specs
12.1-megapixels
ISO 200-12800 (expandable up to ISO 102,400 equivalent)
9 fps (11 fps in DX mode)
720p HD video recording at 24fps
Buffer increased to 48 RAW images
Improved contrast-detect AF
In-camera RAW image processing
Same 51-point AF, 3D Matrix Metering and dual CF slots

Interesting Links with more information:

http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/nikon-d3s-takes-light-sensitivity-higher/

http://nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/Product/Digital-SLR/25466/D3S.html

Classic View from Place de la Concorde

One of the fountains at Place de la Concorde makes a perfect foreground to a iconic landmark.