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I know we got a ton going on in the #cjLIVE world this weekend. But don’t get distracted, cause we’ve caught another big kahuna. My guest on Wednesday of next week is the web’s most influential gear + tech geek–bar none. It’s Robert Scoble. He’s a gadget lover, an technology savant, a Silicon...

Here’s a little interesting piece of Canon news regarding the EOS-1D X.  Canon has launched a series of videos guides which are designed to be played back on the camera.  You can download the videos right HERE and then load them onto a memory card to keep out in the field with you or on a trip. ...

NYC-based artist Danny Evans has a hilarious project titled Planet Hiltron in which he performs “make unders” on celebrities. Rather than use Photoshop to achieve unattainable beauty, Evans does the reverse, using his ‘Shop skills to transform high-powered stars into rather ordinary-looking...

For his surreal series titled “Beibeees”, artist Alberto Seveso blended photos of women with smoke-like photographs of ink in water. To recreate this kind of look, try shooting smoke or ink against a pure white background and then use the cloudy formations as a layer mask on a portrait...

Of the 5 people to take over the job of Yahoo! CEO over the last 5 years, Marissa Mayer is making the biggest splash. Maybe it’s because she’s six months pregnant and firing up the “working moms” debate, maybe it’s because she’s worth an approximate $300-million, or maybe it’s because she was...

A Guest Post by David Salahi from The Photo Performance I use Nik Software filters in Photoshop a lot but when I first started using them I would often find that after applying a filter I would later want to go back and make changes. If you just apply the filter normally there’s no way to go...

Another M4/3 camera has joined the fray today from Panasonic.  Those hoping to see some modicum of weather sealing to match the new Lumix X lenses will be disappointed though.  So it remains then that if you shoot Panasonic you can only weather seal the lens and not the camera which is very...

There was a lot of excitement recently as Canon launched its EOS 5D Mark III, which answered many ‘wants’ that arose from the previous Mark II model and, while not replacing the earlier camera, the newcomer still kept the excitement going. Similarly, I feel, with the Canon EOS 650D/Rebel T4i...

Okay — maybe it’s trying to reinvent the wheel, er, ring flash, but this could be an interesting gadget: Chinese company CononMark has unveiled a flash system that looks like a cross between a ring flash, speedlights, bracket flash and modeling lights. Some of the flash highlights include four...

Why My Photographs Are Bad is a photography book for beginners first published in 1902 by a man named Charles Maus Taylor. The book contains many of the same basic tips that can be found in introductory books these days, but also many that are very specific to the way photography was done at the...

This may be a rare case in which a $695 class might actually save your life: Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is offering a safety course for journalists who cover war, conflict and disaster zones. Included to the course description: Journalist Judith Matloff, who has over 20...

My friends at Think Tank Photo have just announced that they are launching one of their popularhttp://www.thinktankphoto.com/test-drive-slingomatic.aspx?code=AP-316] Test Drive programs[/url].  http://www.thinktankphoto.com/test-drive-slingomatic.aspx?code=AP-316]This one is for their...

Aerial photography isn’t something just anyone can afford to do; even the “cheaper” systems out there have you spending quite a bit of money to make it happen. Fortunately, a company that goes by the name Rotary Robotics is trying to remedy the situation with a project they’re calling “Drones...

In 2000, photographer Noah Kalina started his everyday self-portrait project that spawned a viral video (and countless copycats) six years later. He’s now twelve and a half years into the project now, and shows no signs of slowing down. The image above shows the 4,514 pictures he snapped of...

A week ago, a short TED talk by Duncan Davidson called “Why do we hate seeing photos of ourselves” went viral in the blogosphere. While I agree with Duncan’s main premise that part of the issue is that we are used to seeing a mirror image of ourselves, I think it goes deeper. Some of the...

Copyright moonsheep Being one of the most unpredictable forces of nature, lightning storms present a unique challenge for most photographers.  We’ve all seen powerful photos of lightning in action and you may be wondering how you can capture the majesty of a storm the next time you’re fortunate...

World class athletes eat huge meals to provide their bodies with fuel during training (you might have heard that swimmer Michael Phelps gobbles down 12,000 calories every day while training). Reuters photographer Umit Bektas recently decided to do a photo project exploring this fact by shooting...

While sightseeing in Washington DC, Angila Golik saw a man in military uniform and a woman in a white and black dress standing in the center of the rotunda of the War Memoria. At that moment she somehow just knew that he was about to propose. So when he pulled out a ring and slid it onto her...

Photo: Paul Octavious Im going to let you in on a secret. It’s a crazy week for our crew – a perfect storm of several jobs/productions happening all at once. [Including the upcoming 3-Day cjLIVE Broadcast from Capitol Hill Block Party - Tune in! Starts on Friday at 3pm!] It’s just plain...

Here’s a humorous What The Duck comic that perfectly captures the general public’s perception of photography. Soon photographers will be paying clients to make pictures.