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September 6th, 2010Physics: optics of lenses and mirrors (6)
September 5th, 2010Physics: Introduction to the optics of lenses and mirrors. Concave, convex, converging, diverging; real, virtual; upright, inverted, magnified, shrunk. Sign conventions for focal length, image distance, object distance, magnification. The lens/mirror equation; the magnification equation. Introduction to ray tracing. This is arecording of a tutoring session, posted with the student’s permission. These videos are offered on a “pay-what-you-like” basis. You can pay for the use of the videos at my website: www.freelance-teacher.com For printable documents containing the “handout” and problems discussed in this video series, go to my website. For a list of all the available video series, arranged in suggested viewing order, go to my website. For a playlist containing all the videos in this series, click here: www.youtube.com (1) The lens/mirror equation. Focal length distance, object distance. Convex, concave, diverging, converging (2) Image distance. Real, virtual (3) Continued (4) Continued. Upright, inverted (5) Continued. Magnification equation (6) Continued. The lens/mirror chart (7) A problem (8) Continued. Ray tracing (9) Continued (10) Another problem (11) Continued
Flip Video Vlog: A Tale of Two Formats
September 3rd, 2010The eternal question: how important is the equipment when you tell a story? When I was in the fledgling stages of photojournalism I would blame my equipment alot. If I only had this lens, or that camera body, or a certain tripod or whatever, I would be able to create photos like the big guys. As I left full time photojournalism to live a more balanced life, I found myself drifting back to storytelling. Several years later here I am: a budding filmmaker/storyteller/content creator at the Univeristy of Washington. Now that my aim is film, that eternal question comes up again: how important is equipment? As you can tell, my class has been using the diminutive Flip Video camera. And just like the constraints that Lars von Trier created in 1995 with ‘Dogme 95′ to make film more creative and real, I am finding the constraints of the Flip Video cmaera have made me a better film maker. Because I have limited technical choices I am forced to concentrate on using what I already have in the most creative way possible. Yesterday I set out to film the exact same mini-film using a Canon XH-A1 and a Flip Video camera. I actually taped the Flip Video to the side of the Canon XH A1 to nsure that each shot was exactly the same. Both sets of identical footage were editied exactly the same way: down to the frame! I wanted no bias in this test. Both cameras were set to auto everything (Flip Video is always this way!) and only minimal color correction was applied in Final Cut Pro to make them …
Cheetah C100 (new camera detector)
September 1st, 2010Introducing the Cheetah C100, a new GPS based speed camera and red light camera detector, with Cheetah’s usual ability to interface with radar detectors for false alarm suppression and laser devices for total protection. Small, portable and quite sexy!!!! See more at www.GPSdetector.com
Nikon D700 Review (Dom Bower) and comparison with the Nikon D300 (part 1)
August 31st, 2010www.dombower.com This is the first part of a multi video indepth review of the Nikon full frame Digital slr camera the D700. In this part we compare the nikon D700 and the D300 for its shape and size, then also look at the effect on image from going from dx cropped sensor to the full frame sensor. then we look at the effect of depth of field. next video will show iso performance all photos and opinions are of dom bower nikon d700 vd d300 hope this helps in your camera buying. www.dombower.com
Photo America TV | Sony A850-camera review-final
August 28th, 2010•35mm, full-frame 24.6-megapixel Exmor CMOS image sensor; SteadyShot INSIDE in-camera image stabilization •Body only; lenses sold separately •Dual BIONZ processors for up to fast 3fps performance; 9-point AF system w/ additional 10-point assist •Rugged magnesium alloy shell; dust/moisture-resistant design •Dual card slots; accepts both CompactFlash and Memory Stick Duo Media (not included) Find this at willoughbys.com
Tutorial 1 – Filmmaking / Shot Design / Cinematography / Film Look
August 27th, 2010Learn what makes great looking images in film, music videos etc. It’s not always the camera but how you design the shots. In this first overall tutorial I try to explain in general terms what designing a shot entails. This can be applied with any video cameras, as well as digital and film cameras. It’s the basics of good photography. Special thanks to Beverley Marquis for starring in the video. Shot using the Red One Camera and Canon XH-A1. Here are great examples of what you can do with a HD camera without the lens adapter (courtesy of Jeremy Mcdermott): www.youtube.com and www.vimeo.com
What’s In The Bag? w/ Frazer Harrison Part 2: Lens and Light
August 26th, 2010Visit photoinduced.com for more photo-ness! In this segment, Getty Images photographer Frazer Harrison, gets deeper into the bag, as he shares speedlight tips, and some of his fave lenses, plus more
Macworld Cover Creation
August 24th, 2010After working on the latest cover for Macworld Magazine I wanted to show what is involved in making a cover. I focused on the three main areas: the photography, photoshop and design. I chose a time lapse format to convey lots of information in a small amount of time. The only drawback of time lapse is that since half a day goes by in 30 seconds, the whole process seam so easy! Lots of details were left out of the design process (like the cover meetings and rounds of layout options). I began to photograph the design process after the layouts had already been narrowed down to just three cover designs. On the technical side, for the time lapse video, I used the Canon 5D Mark II with a 24mm-70mm zoom. I chose the 5D because of its great image quality with high ISO’s. Canon’s sRAW1 gave me the flexibility of a RAW file with the file size of a jpeg. The actual Macworld cover was taken with a Phase One P65+ digital back attached to a 4×5 Sinar X camera with a 65mm lens. Many thanks to Rob Schultz for allowing me to invade his office and literally shoot over his shoulder. The music was used with permission by The Brokenmusicbox.
TSS-1R “Tether Incident” – Shake-Reduction stabilization w/ UFO flightpath tracking (Long version)
August 23rd, 2010One of the most controversial segments of video footage in the NASA archives is the TSS-1R “tether incident” footage, shot back in early 1996 during shuttle mission STS-75. As compelling as that original raw video is however, the addition of flightpath/velocity tracking plots and the application of Image-Stabilization/Shake-Reduction techniques can provide a new and more revealing way of analyzing what is considered by many to already be some rather impressive evidence. This is not a full forensic analysis of the STS-75 tether incident footage. I have not included any descriptions, explanations, or supporting documentation in this presentation, but rather I merely show various enhancements of the raw footage here for the viewer to analyze for themselves. All three stable sequences with their associated flightpath/velocity tracks are shown, as well as several shake sequences and their motion-stabilized enhancements. Due to YouTube time-limit considerations however, I was unable to include a couple shake sequences in this particular presentation. For a brief description of the Flightpath/Velocity animations shown, please refer to the write-up I did that is attached to the earlier short demo version located here – www.youtube.com IMAGE STABILIZATION/SHAKE-REDUCTION In addition to the three flightpath/velocity “stable sequences” analyzed in this presentation, I have also included several pan/tilt/zoom “shake sequences” from the raw flyby footage as well, showing those …
