Friday Find Tag

It’s interesting to see how equipment, attitudes and the emphasis on what’s important in photography have changed, and also how magazines have changed in design. It’s also interesting to see what has remained constant through the decades.

We’ve had some amazing photos grace our screens over the past couple of weeks, many of them passed on courtesy of tweeting photographers. Just in case you missed them, here are our top 5 must see photo galleries from the past couple of weeks…

How do you photograph one the world’s tallest trees? Take one 300ft Redwood tree, three digital SLRs, six PocketWizard transceivers, a gyroscope and add a sprinkling of National Geographic magic; the result is an awesome 84 image composite by Nick Nichols.

Ever stumble across or dream up an extraordinary idea for a photo? Well our Friday Find is clearly creatively wired and has the ability to transform even the strangest of ideas into photos; feast your eyes on “Assorted Strangeness from My Mind” by Phillip Toledano [via Photography Served].

Ever wonder what happens when you release the shutter of a digital SLR? Take a look at this week’s amazing Friday Find to find out: A super slow motion video of the Canon EOS 5D in action…

If you’re stuck in a photographic rut or fancy trying something new, try creating your very own custom bokeh effect! All kudos goes to DIYphotography.net, we stumbled across their ‘Create your own Bokeh’ post and thought everyone should give custom bokeh a try!

Chase Jarvis is an uber-photographer based in Seattle, USA. You can follow Chase on his excellent photography blog or for the tweeters @chasejarvis. This week’s Friday Find is a few of his YouTube videos…

In our new “Friday Find” feature we’ll bring you the best link, gallery or video to grace our monitors in the past week! The inaugural honours go to Joakim Kræmer who has created a selection of breathtaking macro photos. Enjoy!