David Appleyard of AppStorm has rounded up his favorite 50 Mac applications for digital photographers. The list includes a range from free open source applications, up through some fairly expensive industry standard apps. If you are looking to explore more post production with your images, this is a great place to start exploring available applications.
Tags: Applications, digital photography, Free, HDR, NEF, open source, Programs, RAW, roundup
Formed in 2007 in Lyon, France, the Toast Concept design group looks more like a fun-seeking and fun-loving collective than an actual company. Officially a graphic design and motion graphics firm, Toast Concept made a big splash in the industry when they formed, taking on Sony Music, Land Rover, and Nike as their first clients. The majority of their work is still, however, not part of their professional portfolio. They have developed their brand through art, entering graphic design and motion graphics contests from Paris to Melbourne, spreading their non-professional work around, getting their name out there, and even designing a few toys - everywhere Toast Concept turns up, their signature of a toaster in a thought bubble follows. Toast Concept, now only in its second year of life, is truly the next design firm to watch.
Written by Pat Ortali, Multimedia Consultant III at Washington College’s Multimedia Production Center
Sporting one of Nikon’s famous NIKKOR lenses (18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR AF-S DX) and a 12.3 megapixel sensor, the Nikon D5000 steps beyond the realm of your average DSLR camera. It has everything you would hope for from a Nikon - nearly two dozen auto-exposure modes, startlingly accurate auto-focus, tracking, and light metering, the ability to shoot four frames per second, and in-camera image editing - but it holds a new surprise too - the capacity to shoot 720p HD movies. Now, this isn’t something new to the DSLR world, Canon released a comparable camera right after the Nikon D90 was released. This is Nikon’s hard-hitting response, and at around 1000 bucks, it’s a steal too.
Written by Pat Ortali, Multimedia Consultant III at Washington College’s Multimedia Production Center
Shortly after Nikon released their D90, a DX format 12MP Digital SLR capable of shoot 720p video, Canon fires back with the impressive 5DMKII. I’m not going to go into why this is a great still photo camera, or list all of the details around this 1080p video capture beast. But I will mention that for $2700 and the cost of some lenses, you’ll be able to shoot beautiful photos AND footage you’d expect from a video camera priced 10-30x as much.
Check out this short film, created by Vincent Laforet, who was supplied with a pre-release version of the camera body for a few days. You’ll see why everyone is drooling over it.
Then take a look at an interview with Vincent to see why he, a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist, is excited about the camera.
Tags: 1080p, 5D Mark II, Canon, DSLR, Video Photo
Established only 4 months ago, This Week In Photography has quickly climbed to #4 for all Photography podcasts on iTunes. Pro photographers discuss the latest equipment and trends in digital photography. Get a behind the scenes look at the folks who develop the software you use and author the books you read.
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