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Photographing The Total Lunar Eclipse December 20th and 21st 2010

Kevin Moss — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:50:52 +0000

A lunar (scientific term for the Moon) eclipse occurs when the moon passes through the shadow of earth, thus blocking light from our sun. Instead of turning the moon dark, it actually turns the \moon into a beautiful shade of red, the color of the earth’s shadow. The earth's shadow casts a red glow due to its atmosphere. Our atmosphere redirects light, through its dusty layer of air to the shades of red seen during the “umbra” of the eclipse, the time when the light of the sun is totally blocked by the earth.

Written by: Kevin L. Moss, Publisher of DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY DAILY

Photographic Art Using Microscopy

Kevin Moss — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 20:15:48 +0000

Photographic artists wanting to expand their imaging horizons may be surprised where those horizons may be. You may be thinking in traditional photographic terms, but for real originality you can look at alternative optics to to place in front of your camera. Once example can be a telescope, and there are legions of astrophotographers out there that got into astronomy just for the imaging. Another less popular but just as powerful alternative is microsopy, photography through a microscope.

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Panasonic Lumix And Commercial, Just a funny… Good Camera!

Kevin Moss — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:51:41 +0000

Funny Way To Advertise Pansonic Lumix Digital Cameras: Panasonic Lumix G2 At 6am this morning I caught a funny commercial for Panasonic Lumix Cameras that I found hits the mark for those that have ever sat through a photographers slide show or have participated in local camera clubs. You'll enjoy this...

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The Nikon D7000 Digital SLR

Kevin Moss — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:38:04 +0000

The Nikon D7000 digital SLR camera designed to fulfill the needs of passionate photographers who demand exceptional performance, reliability, and unprecedented levels of control and versatility in a compact form factor. Engineered as an ideal balance of durability and functionality, the D7000 D-SLR features a multitude of new enhancements and updated Nikon technologies, which results in stunning photos and amazing full HD (High Definition) movies.

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Fall Color Photography

Kevin Moss — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:27:28 +0000

Autumn. A favorite time of year for many nature photographers. For those lucky enough to live in areas where you have 4 seasons, right now, early October is a special time. In the northern latitudes, colors are at peak or just past. In many areas, fall color is just starting to appear, and that means its time for nature photographers to get out their digital cameras, tripods and a circular polarizer and get out and photograph fall color.

Written by: Kevin L. Moss, Publisher of DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY DAILY

10 Recent Photography Trends

Kevin Moss — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:29:41 +0000

Digital photographers are techie junkies at times and I am no different. Because of the nature of my personal photographic work and being an instructor of students all over the world, I do keep up with current trends for digital photographers. These are exciting times for us, and the available tools for our passion are getting larger, more complex and most of all, fun! Lets talk about 10 technology trends that are here or forthcoming. I'll be breaking these down in detail over the next 10 articles, here is my introductory summary.

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Recent Photography Trend #1: The Apple iPad

Kevin Moss — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:27:25 +0000

When was the last time you stepped into a Starbucks and didn't see someone doodline on an iPad? Lets face it, they're all over the place. Yuppies, professionals and regular folks likes us playing with their iPads. How does cool new tool help the photographer? Think of the future, cloud computing. Its coming, and its the next-step of the web. The iPad is more than a glorified iPhone with a few apps.

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Recent Photography Trend #2: Point And Shoot Size DSLRs

Kevin Moss — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:54:09 +0000

Panasonic, Olympus, Sony have all claimed stakes in this new class of camera. Olympus and Panasonic always known for excellent point n' shoots adopted the new Micro Four Thirds standard and have come out with some great offerings. Sony has entered the fray with their Nex-3 and Nex-5 offerings, based on a standard APS-C size sensor, the same that we see in our Nikon, Canon, Sony, Panasonic and Pentax DSLRs. Think about this for a moment. You're in the market (like I am) for a prime, fixed focal length wide angle lens for your landscapes. You're kit lens or everyday zoom just isn't cutting it for quality, so you're in the market for some pro quality wide angle glass. For the same price as that prime, why not add a second DSLR with a fixed wide angle prime, pro quality for the same price? You get a second body for nothing! Hence, my personal interest in this new class of camera.

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Recent Photography Trend #5: Professional Quality Digital Video

Kevin Moss — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:30:30 +0000

The convergence has occurred of the video camera and the digital still camera, especially the DSLR. Now standard equipment on the latest DSLRs, digital video not only is on the wish list, its a must. Gone are the days of separate cameras for still and video to schlep on vacation, you have both capabilities in the same camera with pro level results.

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Recent Photography Trend #6: The Super Zoom

Kevin Moss — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:04:53 +0000

A trend that has been growing in recent years is the use of the all-in-one zoom lens. My students often use them and the rate is increasing I am discovering, and I'm seeing unexpected EXCELLENT results from them in their use of all-in-one zoom lenses. That doesn't say that super zooms don't have their tradeoffs, they do.

Written by: Kevin L. Moss, Publisher of DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY DAILY