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iPhone Photo Apps

With the release of the iTunes App Store last year, naturally there have been lots of applications submitted and available for purchase that deal with Photos. It only make sense, after all, but there are two that I'm aware of that do something that makes them stand out from the crowd. (NOTE: I have not used either as I do not have an iPhone and refuse to pay to upgrade my iPod Touch to the 2.0 firmware).

iFOTOMO is a viewer for Flickr photos that presents them in a mosaic. However, the user can pan and zoom, and upon zooming make the zoomed image the new mosaic target. It is a very interesting concept, and adds something new to the many Flickr viewers out there, at least that I've seen.

The other app that I've seen that I would definitely purchase, is Nick Campbell's ShakeItPhoto. What is interesting about this, is that it emulates an "old school" Polaroid camera in that upon snapping a photo, with the iPhone's camera, the processing is designed to take a little while to finish, but, it speeds up when you shake your phone—just like a Polaroid. You can see it in action here, and see a ton of examples on Nick's ShakeItPhoto photo blog.

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Powder Mountain Perspective

Photub has never really been about digital video, but the landscape of still photography is changing as more and more of our beloved DSLRs include the ability to capture beautiful HD video. Just take for instance, this footage shot on the Canon 5D Mark II at Powder Mountain in Eden, Utah.

The camera is in a nylon bag and attached to a modified monopod. No stabalizers were used and it's, get this, hand-held. Now, I wonder if my wife wants to go to Utah...

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Buy a *&$#@#! Camera!

Merlin Mann wants you to buy a F'n Camera.

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Flickr Adds Video

Flickr adds video to your photostream. Looks like Pro account holders can now upload videos no longer than 90 seconds to their photostreams. It looks like for now you'll have to use the web interface to do the uploading, but I'm sure API support, and then modifications to their uploaders will be forthcoming. I've gotta say, the video player has the same charm as the sllideshows do, clean and easy to use.

Maybe it's just an east coast/west coast thing (I'm east coast), but I've often wondered about the name "Flickr." I originally thought the site was a video sharing site, and wasn't the least bit interested in it until I realized otherwise. Doesn't the term "flick" refer informally to a motion picture?

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Nikon D3 Drop Test

Nikon D3 Drop Test [YouTube Video]—allegedly it survived. I wouldn't recommend trying it

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$1 Camera Stabilizer

Check out this video tutorial of a quick, cheap and portable www.metacafe.com%5D%201041948.5984449.11.flv&normalizedTitle=&isViral=false&embeddingURL=http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=26463954&isWatermarked=true&postrollContentURL=http://akimages.metacafe.com/f/fvp/EmbedMiniCatalog_1.0.0.3.swf&networkingAllowed=true&" rel="external nofollow">camera stabilizer.

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Trash the Dress Videos

There seem to be a ton of videos on YouTube regarding the trash the dress phenomenon. I can't imagine all of them are very interesting unless you like watching photoshoots. Maybe there is some techniques to pick up from watching?

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Photo.net TV

There's quite a lot of video footage online these days, with YouTube/Google Video, and the other less important ones. I happened to stumble upon Photo.net's TV section, which has quite a few videos. Most of them seem to be location oriented (i.e. Photographing Yosemite with Don Gale), but seem to provide tips and tricks that can be related to making photographs in general.

Given Photo.net's reputation as one of the leaders in the online photography community sites, I expect that a bigger collection of videos will be available.

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