Archive for the ‘Photography’

Expensive suits and skateboarding?

I came across this article while checking out the Caught in the Crossfire site this morning and because I really did not understand the combination of expensive suits and the skateboarders in the Mail Online article, I had to put this one up. Sure, some nice pictures in there and I am not all bothered [...]

Mounting light mods with speed straps

Yet again Strobist comes with yet another great article about how to attach light mods to your flash with so-called speed straps. This has been a DIY job for a long time with many photographers having their own personal preference in attaching a mod. David Hobby also goes a lot further to explain how you [...]

Nikon SB-900 Speedlight reviewed

Here’s a good review of the brand new Nikon SB-900 Speedlights from the Strobist.com website. It costs around $500 dollars, it’s bigger but is it really better? Sure sounds like it after reading the detailed article. Click Here to head over to the “Strobist:Review: Nikon SB-900 Speedlights” article

Photographers! Win a Free Set of PocketWizards

That’s right. No joke here. Those of you who take photography a bit more serious than others have heard about or already use PocketWizards for your wireless photography needs. Now PocketWizard has hooked up with one of my favorite photography sites, Strobist, to give away 4 pairs of PocketWizard Plus II Transceivers in their “Going [...]

Volcom posts pics and video from the Mystic Cup 2008

Ida from Volcom kindly sent over several pictures and a video from the action which took place at the Mystic Cup 2008 in Prague this past weekend…enough blabbering from me, here are the impressions… Special thanks to Jelle Kleppens for the photos and Hans Claessens for the video!

Featured Photographer Erick Barrandey

Who are you? Tell us a little bit about yourself (age, what you do in life, where you live) My name is Erick Barrandey aka “The Street Photographer” I am 22 yrs old, I live in Abilene, Texas. All I do is go to college, skate, and take photos. I attend Texas State Technical College here [...]

Featured Photographer Piper

I know Piper from a long time back when I used to live in the small German border town of Konstanz, all the way down in the south of Germany, right on the border to Switzerland. When I first moved there from Miami, Florida back in 1985, I was shocked coming from a large city [...]

System Skateboarding Magazine May 2008 out now

Mateusz, the chief editor of the online System Skateboarding Magazine out of Poland, seems to have the possibility to pack in 48 hours into one and spend all of that time getting a magazine together besides having his normal life! Really amazing how many articles he has gotten together yet again to bring the fifth [...]