Review Digital Camera World 09-27-2013

Digital Camera World

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10 most shared images from Photography Week's first year (plus free special issue!) Sep 26th 2013, 23:01, by jmeyer Heard of our sister title, Photography Week, yet? If you haven't – where have you been!? The weekly magazine (available on iPad and iPhone) is a year old this week, and what an incredible year it's been! To celebrate their one-year anniversary, our friends at Photography Week are offering this week’s special issue free for everybody – no catches, no obligations, no opt-out or opt-in boxes you need to look out for. Just a simple free download. Click here to claim your free download! Part of what makes Photography Week great is it’s fan-favourite Xposure gallery section – a selection of nine incredible pictures featured each week. In this guest post, the team at Photography Week shares the most popular images from their Xposure gallery over the course of the iPad magazine’s first year, with testimonials from the photographers on how the pictures came to be. You can see more images from Photography Week’s talented contributors by liking the Photography Week Facebook page, where new images are posted each day. 1. Above All by Michal Karcz 1. Above All by Michal Karcz Notes on Tumblr: 16,688 This incredible image is by far the most popular on Photography Week's blog. It is interesting to note that this picture represents somewhere that doesn't actually exist, anywhere! It is in fact a composite of three different images, which were taken in completely different locations. As Michal describes: “This picture contains three shots mixed together in Photoshop. I do this with my pictures in order to create a fantasy version of the Earth. This picture contains a photo of a mountain path in the West Tatra Mountains, and includes the clouds structures, and the main. The high peak is Ama Dablam, which was taken in the Himalayas.” PAGE 1: Above All by Michal Karcz PAGE 2: Sandstorm in a Masai Village by Simon Powell PAGE 3: Warp Speed by Darren Neupert PAGE 4: Little Tarn by Perri Schelat   PAGE 5: Daybreak in Canyonlands by Marc Perella PAGE 6: The Spirit of Iceland by Christian Klepp PAGE 7: Westminster by James Cooper PAGE 8: Amina by Francesco Golla PAGE 9: Lion at the WHF by Linda M PAGE 10: Rear View Monument Valley by Jeff Clow  READ MORE 9 creative photo ideas to try in September Camera Angles: 5 ways to add impact with unusual perspectives 10 common camera mistakes every photographer makes Famous Photographers: 100 things we wish we knew starting out Winner revealed in our Nepal photo holiday competition with ORBIS Sep 26th 2013, 10:30, by jmeyer We are very proud to announce that David Shaw has won our joint competition with the international sight-saving charity ORBIS to win an exclusive photo assignment in Nepal. David’s portfolio of portraits stood out amongst thousands of entries for its clever storytelling, fascinating engagement with his subjects and technical excellence. Born in 1990, David has spent the last three years studying photojournalism at London College of Communication, focusing his work on in-depth investigations of human rights issues. The images he submitted (see below) were taken from his numerous stints visiting Palestine, in the West Bank, and recently Gaza. Image by David Shaw His work in Palestine has started to focus on the environmental impact the conflict has on the area and how this affects the Palestinians living among these issues. David has also worked with undocumented migrants living illegally who are trying to make a better life in Greece and France. Image by David Shaw “I see my work as a way to inform the world of human rights abuses that go unreported and unheard in a much wider conflict,” David says. “I am thrilled to have this opportunity to work with ORBIS and document its important work.” Click here to see more of David’s amazing work David will be travelling with a delegation from the charity next month to Geta Eye Hospital, in Dhangadhi, Nepal, where he will be tasked with photographing the people and goings on at ORBIS' sight-saving clinics. Image by David Shaw Judges had a very difficult time, as the standard of entries in this competition was exceptionally high. We would like to thank and congratulate everyone who entered. We would also like to celebrate the excellent work by the other photographers who were on our shortlist. Over the next few pages (in no particular order) you can see a selection of their work and links to their online portfolios. PAGE 1: David Shaw, winner PAGE 2: Scott Webster, runner-up PAGE 3: Valerio Berdini, runner-up PAGE 4: David Travis, runner-up PAGE 5: Alecsandra Dragoi, runner-up READ MORE 10 common camera mistakes every photographer makes 10 common exposure problems every photographer faces (and how to fix them) Master your camera’s autofocus: which AF points to use, and when to use them 99 common photography problems (and how to solve them) Breaking bad photo habits: 10 classic blunders and easy ways to improve NAS – the answer to photo storage headaches (Promotional Feature) Sep 26th 2013, 09:00, by jmeyer Tired of losing precious images in a morass of memory cards, flash drives and computer storage? WD’s Red drives are coming to the rescue. It doesn’t matter how great your shot is, or how good your camera and lens, it literally comes to nothing without safe, reliable storage. How many times have you lost a fantastic image, or accidentally deleted one, simply because it was lurking on a computer hard drive or memory card, or marooned on a flash drive? Having a good storage strategy really is as important as having a good camera or lens, but it’s surprising how many people neglect this crucial area of photography workflow. As well as reliable storage, you need plenty of it too, particularly if you shoot in raw. Full-frame SLRs and high resolution compact system cameras are getting cheaper and cheaper, generating massive file sizes. So what to do? Forget upgrading your computer or getting even bigger camera memory cards, the answer is NAS – a Networked Storage Device. Put simply, a NAS is a stand-alone storage device consisting of one or more hard drives that is connected directly to your internet router, instead of your computer. Because your storage is connected to your router, you can always access your shots over the internet, even from another location – much like a personal cloud. You can also share your best shots within your home or office, with user accounts and user privileges. Don’t worry, you don’t need to be a boffin or a networking nerd to set up NAS. There a number of NAS systems on the market that are aimed at first time buyers and easy to setup. WD’s Red drives are compatible with most NAS boxes such as Synology, Qnap, Thecus and others: Not only do WD Reds have massive capacity but also come with NASware 2.0 software, which improves drive reliability and protects your best shots in the event of a power loss or power disruption. Backing up your shots Storing your pictures safely is one thing, but you also need to be able to back them up. By using a NAS system equipped with WD Red, you can wirelessly back up all your PC and Mac computers on your network to one reliable location. Every time you save something, it’s instantly backed up over your network.     Click here for more information on WD’s range of Red drives for NAS

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