Photo Video News Update August 28, 2016

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Photo Video News Update August 28, 2016

I've discovered in recent weeks that the amount of photo video news, that is actually "news" has become a small percentage of news feeds.  So while I may not provide as many links as in the past, I'm trying really hard to confine them to news, or a link that I personally found interesting.  For those who have been following individual posts on Google +, the update is now consolidated into a website post with all the links in one place.

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REVIEW : The Fujifilm X-Pro 2 - Is This The Best Mirrorless for You?

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REVIEW : The Fujifilm X-Pro 2 - Is This The Best Mirrorless for You?

Straight up, I need to thank the PR team at Fujifilm Canada for helping me get my hands-on an X-Pro2 for this review.  While the camera was announced a while back, they have been scarce for the media and the nice people at Fujifilm never forgot about me.  They sent me an X-Pro2 body and 23/1.4R lens for this review.

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REVIEW : IKAN Beholder DS-1 Gimbal

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REVIEW : IKAN Beholder DS-1 Gimbal

Anyone shooting moving video knows the perils of shaky cam.  We've all seen The Blair Witch Project and no one needs to see more of that kind of nausea inducing motion.  The IKAN Beholder DS1 Gimbal is designed to keep your camera steady and offer smooth movements when shooting handheld, although you can tripod mount it just to use it's movement capabilities.

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Photo Video News Update August 5

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Hey everyone,

I have been a bit lax with the news updates, so this post has many items.  

A very good article by a professional photographer  Dear Clients: Don’t Ask Photographers for a Reshoot of Good Photos

Composition Leveraging Lines Lines Reveal the Great Compositions in Famous Movies

Pretty cool video on how a shutter works Super Slow Motion Shows How an SLR Camera Shutter Works

Yahoo has been sold.  What does this mean for Flickr? Flickr ownership changes hands as Verizon acquires Yahoo

Excellent article for models, and for photographers seeking to hire models Models, Beware the Warning Signs of Creepy ‘Photographers’

Photographer sues Getty Images for $1B for selling her public domain images Photographer Suing Getty Images for $1 Billion

Some really great ideas 10 Photography Accessories You Can Buy at the Supermarket

Astropad is updated Astropad 2.0 brings better performance and increased compatibility

Should you buy a drone from DJI?

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Should you buy a drone from DJI?

It's safe to say that the best selling camera drones around come from DJI.  They are very popular and when they work well are easy to fly and produce excellent footage.

The real challenge is the rest of the time, such as when you have a problem.  In fairness, DJI has achieved significant improvements since the first Phantom.  That was mostly a flying crash waiting to happen.  The current Phantom 4 is a superb flight experience with good control capability and a decent enough telemetry app called DJI GO.

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Introduction to Luminosity Masks

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Introduction to Luminosity Masks

In this article I want to introduce you to a Photoshop topic that has to some extent fallen from favour, primarily due to the superlative work that Adobe has done in Camera RAW and in Lightroom for managing images.  In both offerings we find five areas of luminosity control, blacks, shadows, exposure (aka midtones), highlights and whites.  For many photographic post processors these solve most issues.  However, when you want much more granular control and image specific adjustments, we merely need to hop over to Photoshop to step up to the next level.

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VIDEO : Introduction to Lightroom Mobile

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VIDEO : Introduction to Lightroom Mobile

In this video, I show you how to setup and use three core functions within Lightroom Mobile.  In only 18 minutes you will learn to sync photos with your smart device, manage and edit images on your smart device, create a free web url to share publicly or privately and use targeted collections to sync photos in real time while tethering.

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REVIEW : Broncolor Siros S

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REVIEW : Broncolor Siros S

Broncolor is known by professional photographers and demanding enthusiasts the world over.  My first experience was a very long time ago with a product called the Broncolor Hazy.  If I recall correctly, it was similar to today's Hazylight, basically a flash modifier simliar to a softboxbut rigid.  The light as I remember it was beautiful, but for a number of reasons I ceased having the opportunity to work with Bron products for a very long time.

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