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Grabbing Frames from Live Internet Video – Fair Use?

DSLRBlog Editors — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:25:11 +0000

I am having a debate with some friends. If you have an article about a sports event, would one small frame from an internet TV stream be breaking IP/copyright law or would it be fair use?

For example, my friend runs a soccer site from Pakistan, so he uses the internet to watch live football games – if he does a screen grab of a particularly good goal to use in his site, is that breaking the law?

What say you?

No Second Chances

DSLRBlog Editors — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:07:56 +0000

Since I started writing for DSLRBlog.com (all of a few days ago), it got me thinking just how long it’s been since I’ve really been actively into photography, and looking through some of my old archives. It really got me thinking about how every photo is its own moment, and you can’t really go back and capture that same moment ever again. It also hit me that the first pile of photos I took really piss me off when I look at them now.

Thousand Islands at Sunset.

Take the photo above for example. It’s one of the very first photos I took with my current camera (a Nikon d70s), taken from the top of a sightseeing tower over-looking the Thousand Islands at sunset while trying not to fall the 300 and some feet and break my neck. It was a fun shot to get, if only for the experience.

I think back to that moment now and realize just how much better a photo I could have taken if I knew then what I know now, and it aggravates me just a little. Still though, it makes for a great reminder about learning from your work.

That photo is essentially a reminder to myself to always take something away from the experience of taking a photo, whether good or bad. I’ve taken horrible photos at times that have taught me an insane amount to improve on for the next time, and I’ve taken great photos that have given me experience in other ways. This shot is far from my best work, but it is probably my biggest inspiration out of my personal archive.

Anyone else have a photo you’ve taken or an experience you’ve had (good or bad) that serves as inspiration for you personally? What about other people’s work? Am I alone in pulling inspiration from a photo that is nowhere near as good it could have been?

Sunset on Mars

DSLRBlog Editors — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:43:25 +0000

Sunsets are a cliche, yes, but not when they are snapped … on Mars …

View more fantastic space photographs from the NASA archives and their “image of the day” here.

Urban Photography With Star Wars Characters

DSLRBlog Editors — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:59:34 +0000

/Film has an article on some clever reality-Star Wars mashup photographs that look really cool, in an extremely geeky way!

French photographer Cedric Delsaux has created a series of photos where he puts Star Wars characters and vehicles and transplants them into modern day urban locations.

I quite like the idea of Jabba and Mr Fett stalking around abandoned warehouses and concrete car parks. Great concept and nicely implemented.

See Cedric’s full collection at his official website.

Fantastic Nature Conservancy Photographs

DSLRBlog Editors — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:03:03 +0000

You have to check out the brilliant photographs in this Nature Conservancy Natural Light Photo Feature

“Natural Light” gives you access to the most arresting photos from The Nature Conservancy’s huge archives. From Tibet to Tanzania, from hissing alligators to quivering zebras, “Natural Light” opens a brilliant window onto our work and the astonishing nature that we at the Conservancy encounter every day.

They have chosen the best pictures from over 11,000 in their collection. Well worth taking a look.

Nature’s Best Photography Awards 2007

DSLRBlog Editors — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:30:27 +0000

Nature has posted up their choice of photography from 2007, and they have some excellent examples to be sure.

There are some excellent images, just a shame they are using flash navigation or we could link to them more easily.

As well as being featured in the magazine there will also be a display at the Smithsonians’s Natural History Museum in Washington DC USA.

Check out the Winners here.

7 Most Famous Photography Fakes

DSLRBlog Editors — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:08:55 +0000

Just to prove that while the camera might not lie, people do, Photoreneur has compiled The World’s Most Famous Photoshop Fakes. Also check out this collection of magazine cover fakery.

Why do people keep doing these fakes? Because while we can all name famous fakes that have been caught, many many more get away with it every single day. You know what they say; “fake it till you make it”!

Create Your Own Planet Photograph

DSLRBlog Editors — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:35:02 +0000

This is a fantastic photograph from D’Arcy using the “Planet Builder” technique.

There is a detailed description for how to create your own here, plus a flickr group dedicated to showcasing more examples.

Photograph: Fire Sky Planet by D’Arcy Norman.

Sometimes Timing Is Everything

DSLRBlog Editors — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:42:11 +0000

Check out these sports photographs where timing really makes the shot!

For When Photography is Not Allowed

DSLRBlog Editors — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:43:17 +0000

If you are a fan of breaking the rules, sticking it to the man and all things forbidden you will love the idea behind Strictly No Photography – a photo-sharing site for photographs of things and places that are not allowed to be photographed.

From the inside of the Kremlin to Kensington palace, from art galleries to war zones. Here you can see everything you’ve ever wanted to see that you’re not supposed to. There are pictures that range from the ordinary to the profound. Whatever the content or the quality though we think that each one stands as a little piece of art in itself, as a little expression of personal liberty.

Check it out, just make sure big brother isn’t watching