I captured this image from a trip I made to Peru. This young boy was playing in the streets of Pisac when I happened to walk by. He was quite intrigued by my camera and my backpack that he came over to me and started chatting it up. I really liked the look in his face – his wind chapped cheeks and the slight dust and dirt from playing on the unpaved streets. Knowing a little Spanish, I asked him if it would be okay if I took his photo. In return, I would give him a KitKat bar. He agreed. I took two frames. The first one was slightly blurry but to my delight, the second frame came out sharp and crisp. I dream of the day when I can travel back to the land of the Incas.

This is an incredibly amazing 3D video of San Francisco. Do you enjoy watching the new 3D technology? Then this is definitely one to watch! This was a stereoscopic 3D motion-controlled (moco) time-lapse test for an upcoming project. This video, called “Deus Ex Homine,” is a stereoscopic 3D motion-controlled time-lapse by artist Peter H. Chang. Ideally, it should be viewed in S3D.

Grab those 3D glasses you’ve received from the movie theaters. Put them on, sit back, and relax and be prepared to be blown away by this amazing 3D stereoscopic video of San Francisco!

To watch it in regular 2D, click here.

Browsing through the Flickr galleries, I stumbled upon the work of a Canadian photographer – Daniela Majic. She focuses on fashion portraits and her work is stellar! A quick browse through her portfolio galleries reveals that she has the eye for creating images that has a fairytale spin to them. The props, background, and even processing style is distinct and truly her own.

You can check out more of Daniela’s work over at Flickr by clicking here.

A  photographer known via her Flickr alias AppuruPai has created these beautiful long exposure shots while traveling on Japan’s new transit railway Yurikamome. The results of her efforts are absolutely beautiful and abstract.

It’s hard to believe that the infamous Berlin Wall fell 22 years ago. I still remember that time, etched in my memory forever, as I saw the news feed coming in “Live” from East Berlin. The triumph and jubilation of the topple of communism was electrifying. It definitely made top headline of the decade! However, few people can remember when the Wall was first built nor the first few years that led to the building of the Wall.

Time searched through their archives and brings us this very poignant display of how life was before and during the rise of the Berlin Wall. These photos by Don McCullin shows us his perspective inside the Berlin Wall. These photos were never published until today.

“It could almost have been as if I had wandered into Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin. I met up with the correspondent but we didn’t work together. In the evenings we’d meet and I’d tell him what I’d photographed. I went straight down to Friedrichstrasse and started working with my Rolleicord of course, I was sitting on the biggest story in the world. I saw the East Germans drilling the foundations and building the Wall breeze block by breeze block.”

Read more on the article here.

Timelapse I shot in and around my hometown of Quebec city from January to April 2010.

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Music is from Bernard Herrmann.

I shot this timelapse montage from late 2010 through early 2011.
One year in the making.

My goal was to show the duality between city and nature.

Locations include :

- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Quebec city, Quebec, Canada
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Chicago, Illinois, USA

You can visit my website at dominicboudreault.com

3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food ….into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films…..

= a trip of a lifetime

3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food ….into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films…..

= a trip of a lifetime

It’s always fun creating composites such as these. While it might look rather tricky and hard, it’s actually quite simple. And best of all, it’s fun for everyone.

So how did I do it? What were the camera settings? Did I have a tripod? Photoshop? Yes to all of the above except the part about the tripod. The trick here is to keep the camera settings the same throughout the entire shot. So setting the camera to Manual (M) then adjusting the Aperture to f8 and ISO 200. I first bracketed the shot to see the light levels and decided to up the exposure value by +2/3 stops. This allowed me to bring out the darker areas of the scene and thus equalizing the light throughout.

With a little coaching prior to the actual shot, I told my nieces to do random poses as if they were conversing with themselves. It so happens that there were 5 chairs at the time so it made it a lot simpler for them. I didn’t have a tripod that day so I simply braced myself to keep the camera in the same plane for all 5 frames. When I got home, I simply clipped and pasted each frame together and achieved this FUN image of the girls. You should try it out someday.

Ciao!

On a recent visit to Moss Landing for the annual Antique Fair, my family and I went down to a local restaurant to grab some lunch. On our way way, my niece decided she was going to have some fun with her sister’s scarf by wrapping it around her head like a turban.Seeing the opportunity for a quick shot, I asked her to look up at me and just give me her biggest smile. Here’s the result. This was taken with my most versatile portrait lens – the Canon 50mm f1.4 ( I can’t leave home without it).

I’ve always been a fan of the greatest bike race in the world. The Tour de France is the queen of all grand tours. It’s an amazing feat and testament to human determination. It wasn’t oo long ago that we saw Lance Armstrong won 7 Tours de France in a row – a record that may never be broken. This years’ edition proved to be a spectacle that kept everyone in suspense until the second to the last day of the three week bike race.

With a lead of 57 seconds over second place Cadel Evans, Andy Schleck seemed to be the improbably Tour winner for 2011. However, Andy’s weakness was the time trial. in the end, he conceded more than 2:30 minutes to eventual winner Cadel Evans.

With Cadel’s win, his first, it marks Australia’s first Tour de France champion. Will Andy get stronger and win next year’s Tour? Only 11 more months before the 2012 edition of the Tour is upon us. So sit back and enjoy these images from The Big Picture. Be sure to check out the link for more images from the Tour.

Check out the rest of the Boston.com’s “The Big Picture” photos here:

Part 1

Part 2

©2011 The Big Picture

Oh the many lengths a photographer would go to get the perfect shot. Reuters photographer Mark Blinch did just that – hovering over 1200 feet from the street to capture that priceless image. Where did he do it? It’s none other than the tallest tower in North America – the CN Tower in Toronto. Apparently, an attraction atop the tower has been garnering much rave reviews from daredevils and crazy (you have to be nuts to be this high without a railing) folks alike.

Here’s what Mark had to say about the experience:

I am not afraid of heights, but at first it was hard to get to the edge, even to look over. I found that my brain would just not allow my body to trust the harness. But after about 5 minutes, I began to feel comfortable. The other journalists were braver than me, and we began to take pictures of them hanging over the edge.

Check out the rest of Mark’s story here.

She’s barefoot, wearing her own clothes, no makeup and toting her own elegantly weathered monogrammed Alto bag. Yet Angelina Jolie looks radiant and completely in her element, reclining on a wooden boat in a verdant, lakeside landscape in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province. Jolie discovered the country in 2000 when she filmed “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” and it sparked her humanitarian activism.

Photographs by Anne Leibovitz

The promise of a four day weekend was too good to pass up. With Melissa getting the Friday before the long weekend off, I decided to do the same and we headed down to one of our most favorite places, one that means so much to us – Monterey, CA. With sunny skies in the forecast, we drove down to Monterey and visited the aquarium. To this day, a visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium does not disappoint. With literally hundreds of images taken this past weekend, here are some to share. I hope you enjoy!

With the beautiful skyline as a backdrop, I took this chance to take some shots of Melissa after visiting some friends at Treasure Island. This image is a first as far as processing a photo with textures. I feel it kinda gives the image a bit of an old look, nostalgic appeal. What do you think?

You can visit Melissa at her blog here.

I never really knew who his guy was until Melissa told me about him one evening. The video link below is a great way to see the world through the eyes of a fashion photographer. I love the way he approaches ordinary people like you and me. For one thing, he already has the reputation of being “The Sartorialist” behind him. On the other hand, he’s not afraid to fail when asking people if he can take their photos. I love the feel of his images. The “free” notion of capturing the essence of fashion through normal folks like you and me is absolutely wonderful and captivating.

Scott’s video is now a part of Intel’s new project, VisualLife.

Of all of them, including my own, I think this is the most unique.

Emily and I had the day off so we decided to have a movie date and watch Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. We kind of got bored with it about 3/4th of the way through and decided to watch it later. I had my MacBook Pro with me and I asked her if she wanted to see something I had been working on. I showed her the video, and when the words “Emily, will you marry me?” came up at the end I was down on one knee with the ring in hand.

(I seem to recall her answer being yes; but you’d have to ask her to confirm)

This long exposure, and the making of footage, were shot over three nights in Raleigh, North Carolina as a proposal to Emily Kern.

The words “Emily, will you marry me?” Were spelled out in light writing. The final image is made up of approximately 800 individual 10 second exposures.

Both the Time lapse and video were shot with Canon 7Ds.

Light Writing Proposal from Derick Childress on Vimeo.

Samsung’s new ST6500 has a unique little offering most point and shoot cameras currently don’t have – the body hugs the lens closely meaning, easier self-portraits and a more ergonomic design compared to the usual cameras out in the market today. This 16 megapixel also boasts a 3 inch touch screen that controls most of the cameras features and menu options. As is becoming the standard these days, this mighty point and shoot also packs with it 720p video mode recording.

The ST6500 is available in March and retails for $229. Pretty cool!

Check out dynamicperception.com for info on the dolly rig that was used in this time lapse. Equipment used was a Canon 5DMkII – 14mm 2.8L, 24mm 1.4L, 50mm 1.2L, 70-200 2.8L.

Soundtrack: Xibalba by Clint Mansell

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The Ego-Kits E-Powered Downhill Bike Kit is a mountable motor that’s compatible with 70% of bikes out there. So what do you think? Your new question will now be – “How high”?

This is absolutely incredible! Thierry Legault traveled from his native France to the Sultanate of Oman to take pictures of the eclipse. So why did he make the trek? He wanted to see the eclipse better and photograph it since it appeared larger in Oman. See that little speck on the upper left? That’s the International Space Station (ISS). Crazy!

“Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.” (Ansel Adams)

“There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.” (Ernst Haas)

We woke up at 4am just to see this marvelous spectacle. It’s definitely a not-to-miss moment when visiting Cambodia. The colors are amazing and the stillness of the water adds yet another dimension to the composition.

We’ve all heard about our “bucket lists” right? If you haven’t heard of what a bucket list is, you simply need to watch that movie with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson aptly called “The Bucket List” to get the idea. It’s the light-hearted spirit in all of us I suppose, that wants to accomplish certain things before we die or “kick the bucket”. I have my own running list for things to do or places to go before I pass on. I believe I’ve got 25 things on the list already, some of which I’ve already done.

This post looks at a different angle of our bucket list. As a photographer, what do you want to do before you’re not able to do the thing we love the most? I thought it would be easier if I posted images here, that I found on the web, of places or things I would like to photograph. You’ll notice I don’t have numbers associated with them. I don’t think it matters what sequence them come in as long as I’m able to fulfill them. So here they are, in no particular order. This list will continue to grow so come back and check in every now and then.

What do you have on your photography bucket list? Click on images to reveal their sources.

Complete a 365 Project:

I started a 365 project in 2007 as a creative outlet. The idea of a 365 project is to take an upload a photo a day. My goal one of these days is to finish at least one.

Borobudur, Indonesia:

I’ve visited numerous Buddhist temples before but none like this one in Indonesia. The location of this temple reminds me of the “jungle” temples of Cambodia that I recently visited.

Image courtesy of Stuck In Customs

Marrakech, Morocco:

The tanneries are probably one of the areas that catches my eye. The colors and textures from what I’ve seen from travel photographs are amazing.

Image courtesy of Travel Intelligence

Bryce Canyon, Utah:

Image courtesy of wallpaper-s.org

Alhambra Palace, Spain:

I attended architecture school in college and Alhambra was definitely one of the places that caught my eye during our long and often “droning” lectures at Cal Poly. Once you see the images, you’re immediately drawn to the textures and the amount of detail inside and outside the buildings. The craftsmanship and execution of the tile work is simply exquisite!

Image courtesy of maisonmarrakech2010.blogspot.com

Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights):

Almost all the photographers I know dream of one day capturing these amazing display of lights in the Northern hemisphere. This is definitely on the top of my list of places to visit. Hopefully someday, when I travel to Alaska, I would be fortunate enough to capture this amazing display.

Image courtesy of Wikipedia

A water drop collision:

The concept sounds easy enough. Let water drip and try to take a photograph of it. In reality, it’s a lot harder than you think. I’ve managed to capture some milk crowns before but nothing close to a water drop collision. I have the equipment to do it. It’s just a matter of patience and timing. My successful milk crown shot took over a couple of hours to create and well over 400 images. It’s a one in a million shot.

The Colosseum in Rome, Italy:

Who hasn’t seen Gladiator? When you think of Rome, you think of the colosseum. The Colosseum is probably the most impressive building of the Roman empire. Originally set as an amphitheater, it was the largest building of the era. The monumental structure has fallen into ruins, but even today it is an imposing and beautiful sight.

Image courtesy of Wikipedia

The Great Wall of China:

Who wouldn’t want to see “the mightiest work of man, the only one that would be visible to the human eye from the moon”? I can only imagine how impressive this structure truly is.

Pyramids at Giza, Egypt:

I’ve always been a fan of Egyptology and a visit to Egypt someday would definitely be a treat!

The Louvre, Paris, France

Kingdom of Bhutan:

A couple of years ago, my uncle asked me if I would be willing to travel to the Kingdom of Bhutan. So what do you think my response was? of course it was a resounding “YES!”. What’s incredibly appealing about this magical place is the fact that entry into the country is controlled by the government. I believe only a certain number of tourists per year are allowed to enter. In addition to this, each tourist must also spend a certain amount during their stay per day. I don’t think I’ve ever been to a country where there was such a mandate such as this.

Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines:

This is one of the Philippines’ most prized heritage sites. The aboriginal people, the Ifugaos, maintain these terraces for their main source of income, rice. My relatives tell me it’s an 8-hour drive to this place from the capital city of Metro Manila.

Athens, Greece:

Rio de Janero, Brazil:

The Christ the Redeemer statue is often referred to as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World and rightfully so. It is one of the largest art deco statues in the world and is located atop Corcovado.

Antelope Canyon, Arizona:

The sights and scenery here are simply spectacular. This shot here is by far the most famous of all at Antelope Canyon. It’s definitely a place to go specially since Arizona is only a few hours away.

Holi Festival, India:

The array of colors is what attracts me to experience this festival myself. I’m not as familiar with this Indian tradition but according to my friends, it’s a crazy event to experience. I’ll make a note to prepare the camera for this situation as all that dust is extremely detrimental to my equipment.

Get published in a photography magazine:

This has always been a dream of mine ever since I started in photography. It doesn’t matter what size of an image gets printed as long as it’s my work and my name is written in the credits. I suppose all photographers aspire to be published in a magazine or book that pertains to photography. The dream of mine reminds me of my paternal grandmother. It had been a life long dream of hers to be published on Reader’s Digest. On her 89th birthday, she received the great news that Reader’s Digest Asia accepted her work and she was published. A dream come true indeed. One day I might just make it. We’ll see.

If you enjoyed this post, feel free to share it with your friends. I encourage you to write down your own photography bucket lists. It could be as simple as one thing or as complex as you want. I’d love to hear what makes you “tick”. Thanks for stopping by!

I was going through my favorite blog resources today and came across a blog that had an article about the “not so obvious things in my bag”. I thought it was quite funny and interesting that I decided to see what I usually pack in my bag aside from the usual gear. So I suppose the next question is – which bag? If you ask my wife, she’ll tell you I have as many camera bags as she has purses. Depending on how much I carry for a shoot, I can go as small as my AW200 Slingbag or as robust as my Pelican 1620 roller case. Either way, there are the “usual” things I pack from one shoot to the next. So what are they?

2. Desiccants: You never know when you’ll need these little guys. I tend to have them in all my bags anyway. Silica gel will help prevent condensation from forming inside cases. Condensation will form in a case when you take it from a warm to cooler environment. When I have multi-compartment bags, I usually have a small packet of silica gels in each compartment. I tend to buy them in bulk – eBay is a great resource.

3. A hand towel: Just in case my gear gets wet, I have something quick and absorbent to wipe it down then they immediately go inside the gallon bags.

4. Altoids: You can never be too cautious. Minty breath is always a plus! Right, girls?

5. LED keychain flashlight: Whether in I’m caught in the dark or just simply needing an accent light for a subject (i.e. rings or small objects I would like to artistically light).

6. Baby wipes: Don’t laugh. I carry around Huggies or similar wipes in my pack. I always like to wipe my hands clean. Maybe it’s simply the OC in me but they come in very handy. You’ll thank me when you’re caught in locations where the restroom facilities aren’t quite up to par with what you expect or perhaps when it it’s extremely hot and you simply would like to freshen up. Just pull a few out of the pack, place them in front of your car’s airconditioner and instant cold towelette. It’s sweet! We carried a pack of baby wipes while traveling in Cambodia in almost 100% humidity. It came in very handy.

7. Hand sanitizer: One can never be too careful.

8. Tylenol, Rolaids, and other medication: The last thing I would want to be in is at a location where I don’t have easy access to these things. So to prepare, I simply pack a few pills and put them in a small Zip-Lock bag. it’s saved me on numerous occasions.

9. Extra pair of contact lenses: I only started carrying this for a couple of years. What finally made me decide to bring an extra pair was after I had a session at Baker Beach in San Francisco. If you’ve never been there, then you won’t understand how windy it can get. Needless to say, I had to drive home with one eye shut. I was not a happy camper.

10. Mr. Pickles: See that little green guy in my Case logic pack? Yeah he’s like a little traveling gnome. We call him Mr. P. He’s pretty cool. He’s probably been to more places than you and I combined. He goes with me everywhere unless I’m not having a session then he gets to travel with my friends. He’s been everywhere from the Swiss Alps to the bottom of the ocean scuba diving. Go ahead. Check out his page and be his friend. Who knows, he might find himself in your bag someday.

While all of these might seem a bit trivial, you’ll never really know when they might come in handy. Maybe it’s me being OC once again but I’d rather be prepared than be sorry. So what’s in your bag?

Cheers!

PS: The owner of Kodak (George Eastman) named his company after the sound the he thought the camera shutter made.

The Danish pavilion at EXPO Shanghai 2010 offers a genuinely Danish city experience. As a visitor, you will get not only a visual impression of Danish urban life but also an actual chance to feel it. The leading idea is that experience promotes understanding.

He was 15.

Joey is now a very successful filmmaker and photographer.

This is a story from not long ago
about a boy and a girl who fell in love like whoa
but there was a problem I didn’t count on
the fact I was a Canon and she was a Nikon

The photo community was too far gone
they couldn’t appreciate what we had goin’ on
we had similar features, made similar pictures
we really weren’t that different but they still couldn’t see

I auto focused on her sexy body
buttons to push didn’t know where to get started
I never thought I’d fall for a D200
but she was so hot, she was all that I wanted

[Chorus]
My 1DS mark III
felt more complete
when we were together she said my shots were so unique

But soon you’ll see
we could never be
like Romeo and Juliette
our families disagreed

Ohh Ahh Polish my lens girl
oooahh polish my lens girl
ohh-ahh polish my lens girl
don’t leave a thumb print on that lense girl

The two sides always at war
all across the message boards
Dpchallenge what the fuck yo
they could never let go
of the hate no thats for ‘sho
the Nikon gang whooped my ass and made me go

The 70-200 in my pants wouldnt fit inside her Nikon body
made me wear a UV-filter, which I’m against, but shes my shawtay
Mount her on my tripod and screw her on and off and on again
make her take my picture and say I’m the best thats ever been

[Chorus]

Cause I’m a Canon gangsta and your a Nikon shawtay
I wanna take a picture of that rockin bootay

We couldnt keep the act up we just had to face the facts
but hey look on the bright side at least we’re not a Pentax

Real / Editing & Grading :: Julien T
Prod Shooting :: Marion C / Thomas B
Make Up :: Marine B
Model :: Petra S
Music :: Jean-Reol B
Voice :: Stefania B
Location :: Paris Bouillon Racine

Shot in 50fps with Extraflat style;
edited with Premiere and graded in After Effects.
Grain added in post.
Camera was fixed with a shoulder pad.

Camera :: Canon 550D
lens :: 100 mm 2.8 & 50 mm 1.4

Here’s how Julien created the video.

.:Coquelicot
:: Grading : After Effects
:: Camera : Canon 5D Mk II
:: Lenses : Canon 50mm 1.4 &
:: Model : Manon
:: Music : The Album Leaf – Window

Directly from the Ahaggar National Park:

Canon 5d MarkII
Lenses: EF 70-200 f/4 L IS USM, EF 15mm f/2.8, EF 17-40mm f/4 L
Others: Selfmade Dolly, Selfmade Rotarytable (for Motion Control), Sennheiser MKE-400, EEEPC, A lot of storage, several DC 12V power adapters, two 12V mobile batteries, Velbon DV-7000 Tripod

Music is from:
SaReGaMa saregama-music.blogspot.com/

Buona Mattina, Signore e Signori!

June is a month that I always look forward to for the past 15 years. Since 1996, I’ve participated in the Youth In Arts Italian Street Painting Festival held in the second weekend in June. The festival in San Rafael is known as the largest of all street painting festivals in the United States. With more than 600 artists participating, Madonnari, or street painters, transform the streets using pastels on pavement to create more than 200 vibrant and colorful, large scale images.  This feast for the eyes is complimented by entertainment on two stages and a wide variety of Italian fare.

The Italian Street Painting Festival presented by Youth in Arts attracts more than 60,000 people to San Rafael from the Bay Area and all over the world every year in June. This year’s theme, Bella Terra, celebrates the beauty of our earth through art, music and cuisine. The event takes place on June 12 and 13 from 10am – 5pm.

The gallery you see here is a small collection of images I’ve gathered over the years. Unfortunately, I don’t have anything scanned pre-2001 although I have some images from when I first started in 1996. I’m sure you can pick out which ones those are.  As soon as I scan them, I’ll add them to this gallery. It’s an amazing event that I am proud to be part of year after year. What started out with two people has now grown to be a bigger group of enthusiastic folks from our office. This event, unlike others, isn’t a competition which comes as a real blessing. We don’t get paid to do this. Our time and efforts are donated – just two days out of the year, and it benefits the arts programs in the North Bay.

I’m very grateful for the enthusiasm that my friends from Gensler show during this event. It’s a chance for us to relax and have fun, far away from the pressures at work. While it is hard work, as we’re on our hands and knees the entire weekend, it’s very fulfilling knowing that our efforts have helped a charitable group such as Youth in Arts.

I hope you enjoy the photos. More will be coming soon. I’m planning of creating a treat for everyone so make sure to stay tuned and keep coming back to check out the latest updates. You can also follow me on Twitter and Facebook for the latest photos and tweets during the event. Last year, thanks to Facebook, I met friends whom I haven’t seen in a long time all because of my daily status updates on Facebook.

I hope you enjoy the images I’ve included here and please let me know what you think. If you think the photos are impressive, you should see it in real life. They are AMAZING! There is so much talent at this event! We’re still deciding on a piece (not unusual as we’re usually pretty busy at work this time of the year). Do you have one you can suggest? I’d love to hear your ideas. Ciao!

Alas, we found a piece that we will recreate this coming weekend. The image is called “The Prodigal Son” by artist Brian Despain. To find out more about Brian, click here.

By Christine Schmitthenner:

My first attempt to work with the Canon 50mmf/1.4
Camera: Canon7D 1280x720p 50p slowed down to 25p
Music: After the Fall, composed by Pete Calandra