Category Archives: Photography

Steve’s Digicams have launched a new tech section and their July article goes in depth into the issue of megapixels. Are they worth it, what’s the downside of squeezing all those pixels into the same size sensor, etc etc. (via photographyblog)

Telephoto Is For Cowards, maybe so, but it’s a brave soul who’ll go up to some of the people I see on the street and take their photo! Mark linked to the Photographers Rights pamphlet but it applies mostly to the USA. Things are different enough in Europe that it would confuse matters.
(Via a long thread on STF)

The fact is, real photographers don’t shoot candids with telephoto lenses.
One pervasive image of the photographer is the celebrity-stalking paparazzi, the sleazy PI on Cheaters, and the creepy old guy in the trenchoat in the woods by the playground, all of whom wield big black cameras and three-foot-long lenses. This is the image of the photographer as stalker: someone who sees us from a long way off without us seeing him; who steals our picture without our knowledge, for some sinister purpose or other.

Ah shure, I’m famous already, having appeared in the Evening Echo already but if you buy today’s paper, look at page 10 of the Downtown section. There I am pictured with Jacinta, along with Joe of the band Fred!

TinyPic Image Hosting
looks good – host any image up to 250Kb and link to it!

According to this post on PhotographyBLOG the number of users printing photographs is decreasing. That’s a shame as many people aren’t comfortable with viewing photos on a computer.
I’m expecting my photos from spectra and mypixmania today or tomorrow. Both sites vary widely in their user-friendlyness.
On the Spectra Photo website you’re not allowed delete the photos you’ve uploaded. There’s a 30MB limit, therefore you’re limited in the number of photos you can print at one time (and considering there’s a €1.80 P&P charge that’s a major percentage of the overall printing cost)
If you want more space you have to pay for it, but if you order prints they’ll give you another 30MB, how kind eh?
Mypixmania is much more useful, and has loads of features and is generally more friendly. Prices are low, even if quoted in British Pounds. (No, I’m not going to order from the French/German/other site!)
I have yet to try photobox.ie as John suggested previously.

I won’t dangle my Sony F717 from a kite but I do have an old 1.3MP Fujifilm Finepix camera at home. Kite Aerial Photography is something I’ve thought about before but Kevin’s looking into it too.

This $14 Steadycam looks good, if I still had a video camera. I found my niche in still photography, and if I really want to, my 717 shoots movies too!

I think it’s too late, cameras are everywhere already. Get used to it guys! We’re going to find more and more of our lives recorded for posterity (or until the next computer crash) than ever before!

This article on macro photography has some amazing photos of insects! If you’re squemish you may not want to look at it, but there’s plenty of tips on getting those self-same images too. (Via Peter Marshall)