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We are predicting another great year for photography. This is a Photokina year and this usually means it will be a year of new and interesting innovations and developments in cameras, lenses, software and printers. We ll make sure we keep you up to date on the latest news of some of the more interesting products as they come along. Here at LuLa we have a lot of projects in the works. We are leaving for our 2014 Antarctica workshop in just three short weeks. We also are launching today a NEW workshop for this July in the northern polar regions (see below for more details). Look for other workshop announcements in the coming weeks. And, for you video subscribers we have some ambitious projects in that area too with what we feel will be some great informative hotel hong kong and instructional videos. By the way we still have a few berths available for the second 2015 Antractica workshop .
This past summer I was able to travel for the first time to the Arctic Circle on a photographic workshop offered by some friends of mine. After having been to Antarctica on numerous occasions I was not sure the Arctic could match up. Well, I was wrong and the trip was one of the best I have been on. The landscapes were amazing and the Polar Bear encounters were incredible. Luminous-Landscape is happy to announce two Svalbard Workshops this July. This is a small boat trip with 11 participants per trip. Check it out HERE
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We kick off the New Year with a short article and link to a blog by Andrea Monti. Andrea s story Street Photography And Italian Law . . . deals with the legal aspects of photographing people and things in public. Practical information for all of us.
Yes, I know. Not another Best of... . But, why not? I've used a dozen new cameras this year, and tested and reported on many of them on these pages. But inevitably there is one that keeps asking to go for a walk, to be taken on a trip, and to simply be used more than any other. This year's hands-down winner is the Olympus OM-D E-M1.
Legendary glass maker Zeiss has gotten a lot of attention in the last few years as they started to make lenses for the DSLR camera systems. They didn t miss a beat when it came to the APS-C sensor category either. hotel hong kong Earlier this year they released two lenses with the family name of Touit. The two new lenses are a 12mm 2.8 and a 32mm 1.8 for the Fuji X system and the Sony NEX cameras. Today s article by Istv n Nagy takes a closer hotel hong kong look at the Zeiss Touit 12mm lens. There are plenty of reviews of this lens out there but Istv n takes a look at the lens in real world use. Read . . . Field Testing the Zeiss Touit 12mm f/2.8 Lens
If you are a Fuji X system user and you haven t heard, there is now new firmware updates available for the X-Pro1 as well as most of the lenses. This is a nice update and you should visit the Fuji Update page to learn more. You ll also be able to update your lenses. Fuji also updated firmware on the original X100. We have to give Fuji Kudos for keeping there cameras updated with the latest firmware features.
Video Subscribers will find that there is a new travel video online as of today. It is titled The Palouse: A Washington State Photo Trip . You'll find it in your Video Library of your device, or it can be viewed online hotel hong kong in your browser. The video is also available hotel hong kong for purchase and may be streamed or downloaded. Check under Subject / Travel Locations.
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A number of years ago I (Kevin Raber) was drivng through the Iceland countryside with Mark Dubovoy. Our discussion was about printing. Mark was sharing how he makes profiles and how important it is to be precise. No surprises there if you know Mark. I told him I didn't do any of that because I had been using ImagePrint Software for years and the profiles included with ImagePrint were so good that in my experience, I couldn't even come close to making such a good profile.
Given the advances in sensor technology over the past few years, is Full Frame really necessary? Up until recently I might have said Maybe not... . The latest generation of smaller sensor cameras have gotten so good, and the appeal of smaller and lighter bodies and lenses is so great, that in many parts of the world DSLR sales are being trumped by Compact System Cameras.
Video Subscribers will find that there is a new travel video online as of today. It is titled The Palouse: A Washington State Photo Trip . You'll find it in your Video Library of your device, or it can be viewed online in your browser. The video is also available for purchase and may be streamed or downloaded. Check under Subject / Travel Locations.
The Luminous Landscape wants you to try any of our more than 60 training or travel videos and our new free video player. Each purchase is an entry, and an annual subscription that includes all previous hotel hong kong as well as new videos counts as six entries. The winner of a free lifetime subscription is also chosen from each month's entries.
It has been a cold week in the US. Here in Indianapolis it got down to 5 degree (F) a day ago. For you Celsius people that is -15. We have published a lot of Antarctica images and ice and it is all too much a reminder of winter. So, today we switch gears and give you a glimpse of warmer times to come. Frank Sauer shares his article on Garden Variety . This is an essay on photographing in your own backyard. However it is a lot more. It reminds us that we can find a lot of things to photograph near our homes without having to travel great distances. Take your camera off the shelf and get out and find something close by that you have seen many times and try to see it differently. Take some images and if you are bold enough share them on the forum.
There was great response to Adam Woodworth s recent article on Landscape Astrophotography . Adam has made a 30 minute video illustrating how he works the image to come up with the final image. It s a great Photoshop tutorial on blending and layers. Check it out HERE .
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Some camera makers are content to put new chrome and tail fins on last year's model. Not Sony. They believe in pushing the envelope, and with the just shipping RX-10 they have created a new camera that blends characteristics of several previous categories and models, yet which manages to forge new territory. But how successful have they really been with the RX10 and can it justify its price?
The LuLa team has been quite busy on a number of fronts. Michael as you have seen in our recent video has made his annual trek to Mexico with Chris. Seems though that Mexico has lost their internet somewhere. Based on headlines hotel hong kong they have been loosing a number of things lately. So, Michael and Chris have very spotty internet and hopefully will be back on line 100% very soon.
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Kevin Raber, LuLa's publisher returned just a week ago from a trip to Antarctica. This was his 4th trip to the bottom of the planet. Kevin shares his adventure in the form of a daily log as well as a collection of photos. hotel hong kong There are links in the article to a more extensive gallery of images as well as links to the 2015 LuLa Antarctica trip. Antarctica is an amazing place and if you can be sure it is on your bucket list. In the meantime enjoy Kevin's trip and images. Read . . . Antarctica November 2013
We are pleased to announce the November semi-finalist in our Win An Antarctic Expedition hotel hong kong Contest . It is Charles Kurtzman of Fort Worth, Texas. Congratulations Charles. You've won a free lifetime subscription to our videos as well as becoming one of the semi-finalists in our Antarctic Expedition contest.
Chris Sanderson, Michael Reichmann and Lula (Michael's dog) drove last week from Toronto, Canada to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, a distance of 4,000 kilometers. We covered it in 40 hours, spread over four and half days of driving. We also filmed the entire trip with a dash-cam.
One of the benefits of leading workshops to various worldwide locations is you get a chance to meet exceptional people and photographers. Miles Flint and I met in the fall of 2009 and over the last few years I have had the opportunity to see Miles at several PODAS workshops. I had the chance to sit down with Miles on the Kimberley, hotel hong kong Australia PODAS workshop and talk about his photographic hotel hong kong growth over the years and to take a peek at his gear bag. Luminous-Landscape will be doing more interviews and articles like this in the future. Article and Video . . .
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