News: 7D new Firmware!!!

New firmware delivers increased buffer, new editing tools and more!!!

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Tips and Tricks: Transform Your DSLR into a Super Charged Video Camera

WOW! We just found one of the best articles ever on transforming your Canon DSLR into a really a hard rockin' professional grade video camera! I have to admit, we were all pretty excited about this find. LifeHacker really nailed it on this one!

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News: Biggest, Hottest Group Photo Ever!

This Hollywood Celebrity Group Photo trumps most in awesomeness and all around Hollywoodness. Granted, my highschool graduation group photo had 968 eager Seniors in it, but with celebs it's a little different.

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Weekly Wackness DEADLINE

Hello all!! Just a reminder that this week's Weekly Wackness Experiments entries will be reviewed no later than noon tomorrow. This means you must upload and share those weekly wacknesses to Twitter, Instagram, WordPress, Tumblr or Blogger with the hashtag #weeklywackness for a chance to have yours featured on our blog! OR your can email them directly to Indiephoto101@gmail.com Thank you! Indie-Photo 101 Team ps show the Twitter page and Instagram some love, will ya?

News: Photo Contest!

Hey all! We found this wonderful photography contest that EVERYONE should enter! It looks like fun!

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News: Finish Line Cameras

Here's a fantastic article that goes in depth on how Finish Line Cameras work and the types of photos one can expect from them. It's very interesting and we highly recommend checking it out!

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News: Fujifilm Announces new X-Series Lenses

When Fujifilm first released their X-Series cameras, which have become a huge hit, they announced new lenses coming soon, and they weren't kidding.

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News: Share your Instagram friends' photos on Facebook?

Just when you thought Facebook and Instagram couldn't get any closer after Instagram users started getting notifications that their Facebook friends were signing up for Instagram, it's about to get a whole lot weirder.

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News: A camera you control with your eye!

Imagine, if you will, that you're holding a lens up to your eye and looking through it. Try this with any normal lens and the image that you see will not only be hard to make out, but probably upside down. 


However, a new concept camera may allow users to look into the lens and not only see the image right side up a clearly, but control focus, zoom, and snapping photos by looking, narrowing/widening the eyes, and blinking. 


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News: Hallucinating Robots?????

We as humans are already afraid of the robots but what if we make them trip their faces off and hallucinate imaginary people everywhere? It seems like this might shorten the time it takes them to turn on us and kill us all, but researchers at Cornell University's Robot Learning Lab think it will make them better at their jobs. Whatever job that may be. 

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Reminder: Weekly Wackness

Just a reminder to check out our Weekly Wackness Experiment for this week! This is great way to get inspired, create a possible masterpiece and add to your professional portfolio!


or just mess around.

DONT FORGET to hashtag! #weeklywackness

This week's Weekly Wackness Experiment

News: Practical HDR

HDR photography as really taken off since the wide spread availability of affordable and professional quality DSLRs. It's no surprise then when Apple introduces built-in HDR abilities to their 8-megapixel camera. How can YOU create beautiful and unique HDR photos that stand out from the crowed? Ya know...photos that transcend the built in HDR. 


David Nightingale’s useful introductory volume provides an informative overview of the techniques and tools of High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography. HDR refers to pictures capturing a wide range of lights to darks, more than is typically possible with 8 bit camera-processed JPEGs. Read more here!

News: Tech Rumors for iPhone 5

Wow, it really doesn't feel like too long ago when the "leaked" photos for the iPhone 4 gave a glimpse to what our friends at Apple were cooking up. But iPhone 5? I've got a lovely article here about the iPhone 5 and some of the "rumors" surrounding its new "Mini Dock" port.

Does this mean we wont be able to switch chargers from iPhone to iPad and iPhone 3g? And iPhone 4?? Probably...

http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/June2012/iphone-5-to-feature-new-mini-dock-connector.html