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I’m going to start doing more with the video capability of the 5D Mk II. What’s stopped me so far? The amount of time needed for post-production. For still images, I can generally get from the RAW file to a good result in under 2 minutes and then to a polished finished product in under …

I’ve wanted to build this for a while. The site autonomously observes a handful of leading international news sources and identifies 100 words relating to current hot topics. These are then linked to Flickr to enable visitors to find the 100 most recently contributed images related to the selected hot topic keyword.As the hot topic …

No gambling this time. Instead my first trip to Macau was to take photographs (no surprise there, I hear you say). Unfortunately, however, the weather was not on our side and the mixture of drizzle and rain continued almost non-stop throughout the two days – just like an average weekend in London actually. Macau is …

The next in the series of ShutterChance upgrades goes live. You can now run a single image search across both Flickr and Shutterstock simultaneously. This gives image buyers an even larger database of images to search across as well as giving image seller access to an enormous number of additional keywords. Try it now.

Interested in shooting video with your DSLR? You might find this Canon Explorer’s of Light video interesting from Alex Buono.And another one to take a look at is Vincent LaForets VW advert, shot with the Canon 1D Mark IV, with a behind-the-scenes here.

It’s just over 3 years since Donnie Hoyle published the first of his 20 personalized Photoshop Tutorials. I go back to them fairly frequently when I want to be reminded of some of his tips that I use less frequently. So, as many of you may not have seen them, here is a link to …

I threw Associatr together based off of the work I did for Discovr. Associatr enables you to take a random walk through Flickr using images’ related keywords. It turns out to be a great boredom filler. Try Associatr.

This week I made a very nice quick update that makes searching for additional results easier after performing an Shutterstock Portfolio Optimization Analysis. See more posts about ShutterChance.

Maxroam just signed a deal with Ryanair. The deal creates the world’s first free mobile phone roaming service allowing us to receive free mobile calls and SMS messages when we travel abroad. Although the deal is being marketed via Ryanair’s channels, anyone can take advantage of it by buying a SIM card. The best bit, …

V3 went live on Monday evening. The most recent version includes a Portfolio Optimization Tool for Shutterstock contributors. By entering your (numerical) User ID, the tool will analyze all of the images in the photographers portfolio to identify images that may not have been tagged with very many keywords. From there, the image owner can …