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Earlier this month I started back in on my old favorite subject: abstracts. The challenge is the same as always and that’s finding the things I am interested in with the right light and having my mind open to seeing what I want to see. Easier said than done, sometimes. [...] Continue reading The shape of things 
Joe and I met up to enjoy some time wandering around downtown on the day before Thanksgiving and hopefully take a few photos. After a nice lunch we set off to see what our fair city had on display. This excursion went the way these usually go with a lot of aimless wandering, conversation and a few photos taken here and there. [...] Continue reading Brokedown Plaza 
Two weeks ago I took part in a group shoot at a studio organized by my friend Joe. Initially we expected to have too many photographers and not enough models but it wound up being the other way around, even though a couple extra photographers showed up. For Joe’s first foray in to hosting group shoots like this it went well and was a lot of fun. I didn’t get to work with all the models that were there but it was good networking and good to hang out with some of the other area photographers I have known for a while. I’m already working on some plans for future shoots with some of the models but I don’t know when those will come to fruition. [...] Continue reading October 10th group shoot at Studio 34 RED’s Jim Jannard has admitted to mistakes with the Scarlet system, and has now declared a change in focus. Instead of aiming at the prosumer, in a world where video shooting DSLRs or EVILs have taken over, the Scarlet will now have a more professional user in mind. [...] Continue reading RED’s Scarlet seems to have lost its way 
Walking around with someone who has a black eye, real or not, isn’t the most comforting experience. There are times where it seems like you can tell everyone is looking at you, wondering if you did it. [...] Continue reading Zaftigg’s black eye It might not be official Lego (it’s actually a Japanese Lego clone called Nanoblocks) but this Pentax with its Lego-like front is probably my favorite special edition camera yet. Imagine the crazy designs you could come up with for your own or the contraptions you could build the camera in to (or hide it in). [...] Continue reading Lego camera! You would probably have to be the ruler of Dubai to be able to afford one of these but it’s impressive either way. That tiny little spec to the right of the gigantic sensor is the embarrassingly small ‘full frame’ sensor found in a camera like the 5D Mark II, Nikon D3 or Sony A900. Canon makes no mention of the resolution of this beastly sensor but it certainly doesn’t sound like it’s that high considering the improvements in sensitivity. [...] Continue reading Canon demonstrates the largest CMOS sensor ever If you thought the resolution jumps were over you might want to brace yourself because Canon clearly doesn’t agree with that train of thought. Their latest and greatest exhibition of pixel packing shoves 120mp in to a sensor. You might be thinking that with such resolution it must be a “full frame” sensor, but no, it’s APS-H sized. If it were full frame you’d be talking over 200 megapixels. For comparison Canon’s current best full frame sensor rocks 21.1 megapixels and their 1D mark IV runs an 18mp APS-H sensor. [...] Continue reading Canon says “the more the merrier” and trots out 120mp sensor Pellicle mirrors are back, but this time it’s not just to allow higher FPS in continuous shooting [drive] mode. Sony has brought back semi-transparent mirrors to take a portion of the light and direct it towards phase detection AF sensors for use while shooting video. Compared to contrast detection based AF using the image sensor, phase detection is faster and more accurate. This should definitely help address many of the AF concerns found in DSLRs (which use contrast detection AF) when shooting in video mode. Sony’s three new cameras sporting this design are the A33, A55 and A55v (has GPS built in). [...] Continue reading Sony brings pellicle mirrors back with the SLT-A33 and SLT-A55 
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