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A couple of pics from the weekend

Posted on11. Nov, 2009 by Marc.

After a massive thunderstorm on Saturday, while we were away in the Underberg, I tried my hand at attempting to “take” an HDR photo. Well, to “take” and HDR photo you actually need to take 3 separate photos. 1 normal, 1 over exposed & 1 under exposed.You then blend them in together in Photoshop. It’s [...]

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Best Camera iPhone App

Posted on23. Sep, 2009 by Marc.

Chase Jarvis is a world renowned photographer, who has one of the most awe inspiring portfolio’s I have ever seen, has released his own iPhone app, aptly called Best Camera (Opens iTunes). Why Best camera ? Cause as Chase says the “Best Camera is the one that’s with you”. At $2.99 on the App store [...]

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Top 5 Photography iPhone apps

Posted on17. Sep, 2009 by Marc.

The fact that my second favorite hobby, next to my iPhone :), is my Photography, and given that the iPhone has a built in Camera, which albeit, isn’t the best, there are a couple of fantastic apps that allow you to maximise the capability of the iPhone Camera.
If you want to see some awesome iPhone [...]

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Worldwide PhotoWalk Durban

Posted on19. Jul, 2009 by Marc.

Yesterday we went down to the 2nd Annual Scott Kelby Worldwide photowalk at the Durban Harbour. It really was loads of fun, with around 50 photographers, with some even coming as far away as Pietermartizburg. This was our first photowalk, and I will definitely be signing up for next years one, when it comes around [...]

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Fake Tilt Shift Photography – DIY

Posted on13. Jan, 2009 by Marc.

A couple of months ago I wrote a post on how to create your own Fake Tilt Shift photography in Photoshop. Now a website – TiltShiftmaker.com has come up with a SIMPLE way to do it for you. Simply upload your photo that you would like to transform, and choose your settings, and it does [...]

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Fake Tilt Shift Photography

Posted on07. Sep, 2008 by Marc.

I have been playing around more and more with my camera and spending more and more time on flickr and this weekend I came across Tilt-Shift Photography.
This is an effect of taking a normal photo and converting it into a photo that looks like a scene from mini town, where everything looks miniaturized.
There are 2 [...]

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Apple Splash

Posted on01. Sep, 2008 by Marc.

My wife is doing a photography course through Wyhsalls, and one of her assignments was to take a photo with a fast shutter speed. So Saturday afternoon we sepnt trying to get an awesome shot. And finally we got one. I’m really stoked with this pic…stunning

Camera:
Canon 400D

Exposure:
0.001 sec (1/1000)

Aperture:
f/4

Focal Length:
109 mm

ISO Speed:
200

Exposure Bias:
0/3 EV

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