Behind the Scene OUT OF TUNES

The new EOS C300 is “a storyteller’s camera” without the disadvantages of HDSLR as aliasing, noise or rolling shutter. Specialist shooting with HDSLR during the last three years, I chose all the equipment and accessories I already used with my EOS (1DMKIV / 5DMKII/ 7D) to shoot Out of Tunes as slider, microdolly, little crane, [...]

Edward Mendes: Tips for Making Great Winter Photographs

Well, in case you haven’t noticed yet, it’s cold!  Winter is here in full force and that usually means photographers start to go into a state of creative hibernate for the winter.  Traditionally winter is the time for us to stay indoors and sort through our film or digital files from the warmer months, make [...]

José Antunes: How did you shoot that – The intimacy of orchids

Going into the intimacy of flowers is only open to those that use macro lenses, a moment when backgrounds almost vanish and you’re in a brave new world. I recently came across a comment on a website, someone claiming that everybody was photographing flowers at close range, with backgrounds out of focus, a trend that [...]

Interview with one of our Noticeable Flickerians: Victor van Dijk

Thank you Victor van Dijk for letting us interview. We are very happy to have on the Manfrotto School of Xcellence for the first time one of our Noticeable Flickerians: in this very pleasing interview we will touch the milestones of his life as a photographer,  and enjoy with him the memories of his career. So [...]

Melissa and the self portrait #10 – Genuphobia

  Genuphobia is one of those obscure little phobias that no one can seem to verify as actually existing. Genuine psychological reports on it are vague but it’s joined that litany of phobia’s that seem plucked out of thin air to fit every shade of human fear. Fear of beautiful women is “Venustraphobia.” Fear of [...]

Melissa and the self portrait #9 – Chiclephobia

Imagine having a phobia of chewing gum? I always have so much fun chewing bubble gum, although I must admit that I don’t really like walking in it or feeling it under a desk…  The biggest bubble, at 25 inches was, blown by Susan Montgomery Williams in 1996 and apparently Oprah suffers from Chiclephobia and [...]

Melissa and the self portrait #3 – Chaetophobia

Chaetophobia is the fear of hair. “Those with the most severe fears of hair will be likely to avoid those whom they believe to have too much hair and may react with phobic symptoms when in the vicinity of hairy people or animals. They will be likely to attempt to leave the area. There are [...]

Kata Presents the New Product Lines @ Photokina 2010

Galya Harish, Kata Line Manager introduces the new Kata product lines.

A Day of Photography in association with Kata

We’ve teamed up with Professional Photographer and Photography Monthly magazines to support their very first ‘Day of Photography’ event in Bristol on Saturday 10 July. It will feature indepth discussions with some of the UK’s best professional photographers, a presentation of some of the most creative movie making with DSLRs in the world and portfolio [...]

Shooting the Forests series

Join photographer Drew Gardner as he takes you behind the scenes with his acclaimed series ‘The Forest’, which he shot in the USA, Poland and the UK.

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