Want to become a better photographer?

Head over to mylifescoop for their breakdown of the Top 6 Sites to Make You a Better Photographer.

And here they are:
1) Petapixel
2) Phototuts+
3) Digital Photographer School
4) Photofocus
5) DIY Photography
6) Featureshoot

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World’s Largest Indoor Photo

A photograph by Jeffrey Martin is now the World’s largest indoor photo, at an insane 40 gigapixels! This incredibly beautiful buildings is the 868-year-old Strahov Monastery Library in Prague.

Read more about this photo here
Click here for 360 degree panoramic

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First photo of a human being?

Now, I guess we’ll never know for sure, but this is suspected to be the first photograph of a human being. Yes, it looks like an old street scene, but if you look carefully…
It was taken by the inventor of the daguerreotype, Louis Daguerre, in Paris in 1838. According to Hokumburg.com’s post here, Daguerre exposed metal [...]

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Wave Photography

In the spirit of South Africa’s warm start to Spring, have a look at these photos on Noupe.  Beautiful wave photography from different sources. Even more here.

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Time Lapse Photography – Iceland volcano

Watch talented photographer, Sean Stiegemeier’s time lapse video here.
It’s really beautiful!

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Aerial Photos of Cities Around the World

Have a look at some of these amazing aerial photos of cities around the world, as posted on Skyscrapercity.com : LINK

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Photography 101

SACM (South African Computer Magazine) ran a fantastic series on photography, called Photography 101 over the last year.
I’ve uploaded a PDF they supplied on a CD that has all 12 articles here: Photography 101 – Complete Series 1-12
It has lots of great info to get your started, from basics to advanced.
Please don’t Hotlink the file [...]

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Architectural Photography (External)

Check out this round up here: http://pixzii.com/design/22-excellent-examples-of-architectural-photography/
Architectural photography is the taking of photographs of a structure from unusual angles. When shooting contemporary architecture you can get away with using a much more modern, abstract style. Experiment with wide angle lenses to capture the image of the building from unusual angles. Lighting is a crucial part [...]

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Every 3D artist should be a photographer

I’ve always loved photography, I used to use my Dad’s old 35mm (old Skool) – I upgraded to a digital camera (all of 1 mega pixel) and snapped away for years. Since then I’ve had several digital cameras that were great for taking pictures, but not really good at taking photographs. In December I bought [...]

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