Taking Beach Picture

Beach is favorit spot for photograhers. They are beautiful. But most of beach photos are boring. A sunset/sunrise, with horizon, and stunning clouds. But beach offer stunning images, with right composition you can create creative pictures.

Beach has lot small things in its sands. If you have macro lenses this is could make interesting picture. Combined with water and sands, you will amazed at the results.

Check for locals. The beach is not just about sea and clouds. There are people that living in the area. Still life images could be taken in the beach, talk to them, get know what they do, and get permission to take picture of their everyday life.

You can also get creative by changing point of view. Try taking shoot for below the trees. Beach unusually have stunning blue sky. With strong winds you can get a nice effect on the picture you take.

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Compact Flash 5.0 makes petabytes possible

The CompactFlash association has announced new spec 5.0 enabling support for 48-bit addressing. This new spec would make CF to store data up to 127GB of data.  The spec also note speed increase up to 32MB. The size is stunning but the available of the products is yet unknown.

Digimarc update their technology

Digimarc today appear three fresh editions of its accepted Digimarc for Images product, all of which affection avant-garde “Chroma” technology that provides an easy, reliable agency for angel professionals and baby businesses to acquaint their buying and acceptance rights wherever their admired photos and added angel assets are begin beyond the internet. The fresh Chroma technology enables awful robust, pervasive, and ephemeral agenda watermarks to be anchored into images such as agenda photographs, illustrations, artwork – constant through a array of book manipulations and transformations – all after affecting the affection of the angel or the amusement of its viewers…

SIGMA 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM

February 21, 2010: The Sigma Corporation is admiring to advertise the fresh Sigma 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM. This ample breach average telephoto lens optimized for use with agenda SLR cameras appearance a focal breadth of 85mm, ensuring a accustomed perspective.

The ample breach of F1.4 is abnormally ideal for account and low ablaze photography. When acclimated on agenda cameras with an APS-C admeasurement angel sensor, the lens finer becomes a 127.5mm F1.4 lens. One SLD (Special Low Dispersion) bottle aspect and one bottle cast aspect accord accomplished alteration for all types of aberrations and ensure above optical performance.

This lens is able with a rear focus arrangement that minimizes abnormality of abnormality acquired by focusing. The Super Multi-Layer Coating reduces blaze and apparition alike in backlight photography. Incorporating HSM (Hyper Sonic Motor), this lens provides quiet and aerial acceleration AF as able-bodied as full-time chiral focus capability. It appearance a minimum absorption ambit of 85cm and a best deepening 1:8.6.

This lens has a annular 9 brand diaphragm which creates an adorable becloud to the out of focus images. This lens is supplied with a Petal-type awning to block out accidental light. For agenda cameras with an APS-C admeasurement angel sensor, a committed awning adapter, which expands the breadth of the lens hood, is supplied and enables the awning to block out accidental ablaze added effectively.

Flash platform goes mobile

This is new milestone for Flash platform that makes running Adobe AIR application possible in mobile handsets. Adobe AIR enables developers to deliver Web applications outside the constraints of a browser. With support for mobile devices Adobe AIR includes specific functionality offered by mobile operating systems and devices such as multi-touch, gesture inputs, accelerometer, geolocation and screen orientation. Although that iPhone users still in behind with this Flash technology since Steve Jobs had make statements not to include Flash platform in their mobile lineups.

BARCELONA, Spain. — Feb. 15, 2010 — At Mobile World Congress™ 2010, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced advancements to the Adobe® Flash® Platform including the unveiling of Adobe® AIR® on mobile devices, a consistent runtime for standalone applications to come out of the Open Screen Project™, an industry-wide initiative led by Adobe that has grown to close to 70 ecosystem partners. With support for the Android™ platform expected in 2010, AIR provides developers with a feature-rich environment for delivering rich applications outside the mobile browser and across multiple operating systems via mobile marketplaces and app stores. AIR leverages mobile specific features from Flash® Player 10.1, is optimized for high performance on mobile screens and designed to take advantage of native device capabilities for a richer and more immersive user experience.

Read more on http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/201002/021510FlashPlayerMWC.html

Adobe Photoshop Hits Twenty

Adobe® Photoshop®, the software product that redefined creativity in the digital age, turns 20 on Feb. 19, 2010.

Now in 27 languages, Photoshop has users around the world celebrating the 20th anniversary. For 20 years, the world has used Adobe Photoshop software to transform creative inspiration into nearly everything we see in print, online, and across media. It’s time to celebrate

And watch Thomas Knoll, John Knoll, Steve Guttman, and Russell Brown — as they discuss the evolution of Photoshop, visit: www.photoshopuser.com/photoshop20th.

New! Canon EOS Rebel T2i

Canon U.S.A has introduced the new Rebel DSLR line: the Canon EOS Rebel T2i Digital SLR camera. The Rebel T2i Digital SLR camera includes new Canon’s DIGIC 4 Imaging Processor and features 3.7 fps shooting, an ISO range of 100-6400 (expandable to 12,800), a 63-zone Dual Layer Metering System. Rebel T2i also offers Full HD 1080p video as well as 18-megapixel still images. This time Canon had shaped new entry DSLR user with powerful yet affordable camera that raising the bar again in competition with other DSLR manufacturers

Canon EOS Rebel T2i 18 MP CMOS APS-C Digital SLR Camera with 3.0-Inch LCD and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens

• 18.0-megapixel CMOS (APS-C) sensor; DIGIC 4 image processor for high image quality and speed
• Kit includes 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens
• ISO 100-6400 (expandable to 12800) for shooting from bright to dim light; enhanced 63-zone, Dual-layer metering system
• Improved EOS Movie mode with manual exposure control and expanded recording 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)
• Wide 3.0-inch Clear View LCD monitor; dedicated Live View/Movie shooting button
• New compatibility with SDXC memory cards, plus new menu status indicator for Eye-Fi support