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Fancy a Liquid Lens?
2007-06-22 12:08:00
Researchers in Germany have developed the first liquid camera lens. The lens has no moving parts and is capable of switching between two levels of magnification and is considered an important step on the development of liquid zoom lenses. It works by bending light using the curved boundary between watery and oily liquids, and focuses by the application of a voltage. Although this sounds like something out of Star Trek, it is potentially smaller and cheaper to build than conventional optics and could have a major impact on camera technology in the near future. Samsung have already begun using liquid lenses by building them into some cellphones. “The creation of a liquid zoom lens would remove the need for mechanical parts, which would be a major advantage,” says Peter Schreiber, a researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute. Changing a zoom lens?s magnification also affects its focus, and causes problems such as pincushion distortion and chromatic aberration. In order to prese...
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100th Art Print
2007-06-17 14:24:00
We are pleased to announce the upload of our 100th photographic image to Fotoviva! Don Tiffney’s Band of Gold picture became the photograph to help us hit the milestone, which is a beautiful sunset view over a classic English landscape. As with all our prints, it is available to purchase in a range of sizes to suit your walls, as either giclee canvas art or poster print. Our collection of inspiring prints has grown so much over the last few months thanks to our dedicated team of photographers who’s work is making Fotoviva become one of the best art prints sites on the web. Our brand name is becoming well known and we shall continue to bring you many more unique shots that you won’t find in high street shops. So if you want to have some individual art for your home or office walls check back on a regular basis, or sign up for our newsletter to see what is happening at the Fotoviva store.
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Tim Wallace joins the team
2007-06-05 11:07:00
We are very happy to announce the arrival of Tim Wallace to the Fotoviva contributor team. Based in the North East and with over 20 years experience in the field of photography covering fields such as public relations, Media, commercial and business, Tim delivers a unique style of work that is both creative and ...
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Underwater Tiger Photo
2007-06-04 10:38:00
Just came across this image from the National Geographic website and had to make a post about it. It’s certainly an usual image and fair play to the photographer - I don’t fancy being in his shoes, even if there is a glass screen between the two of them! From the article: Vallejo, California, May 30, ...
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Hoya buys Pentax
2007-05-29 16:31:00
In a surprising move, one of the leading optical glass makers Hoya are to buy out Camera manufacturer Penta x - or at least have them under their name. The merger has been going on for some time behind the scenes with twists and turns in negotiations resulting in a feud within Pentax. The two companies ...
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Low Light Breakthrough
2007-05-25 13:36:00
Thanks to developers at the South Korea Electronic Technology Institute we may soon wave goodbye to those awful bright white flashes that not only turn you into the devil with those red eyes and blast the exposure out the window, but also annoy anyone in the vicinity! Those clever bods have just announced a handy technology ...
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Photography in North Wales
2007-05-24 10:59:00
I recently came across a website by photographer Simon Kitchin who specialises in mountain and coastline photography in the UK, and especially North Wales . Simon’s website landscapephotographyuk provides a nice set of galleries with some great landscape shots of areas such as the Isle of Anglesey coast, North Wales Coastal, and the Mountains and Lakes ...
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Photo Store Update
2007-05-22 10:59:00
Yesterday we had a useful update to the Fotoviva store which will make browsing the site a lot more user friendly whilst making the site look nicer too! We have removed the popup windows that opened when you wanted to view a larger image - it now opens in the main page itself. Have a ...
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Photoshop Tutorials
2007-05-14 17:11:00
We found a useful independent website called Photosho p Tutorials which has a range of resources available if you are looking to improve your post processing technique. They have interesting tutorials on working with Photoshop to improve your pictures and create special effects for backgrounds, as well as showing how to create those professional looking shots ...
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A new photographer
2007-05-08 21:19:00
We would like to welcome Eyal Zarrad, our newest contributor to the Fotoviva team. He is a landscape photographer based in Israel and started shooting film many years ago but now, like many of us, shoots only digital. Having been to the British Isles several times, he feels very fond with the views it has ...
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Site review at Photocritic
2007-04-28 14:47:00
Fotoviva had a great review from the respected photoblog Photocritic this week. The owner of the site, Haje jan Kamps runs the interesting blog which has tons of useful photography related articles and is well known in the photoblog community. He is quite a character and has a particular writing style which makes reading ...
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Photo award at EarthShots!
2007-04-27 10:45:00
Well I’m happy as Larry today (who is he anyway?) as one of my own images was made Photo of the Day over at Earthshots. The Rising Swan picture has proved to be a popular image on Fotoviva and we’d like to say a big thanks to those nice people at Earthshots!
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Digg around at PhotographyVoter
2007-04-26 22:38:00
There is a new site in the photography world that’s well worth a look. PhotographyVoter.com is a collobarative project that lets you share and vote for information, articles and photography resources with the photographyVoter community. This fills a void left by the mighty Digg world because they don’t have a dedicated photography section. If you have ...
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New monochrome photographer
2007-04-25 22:28:00
We are pleased to announce the arrival of Peter Campion to Fotoviva. He belongs to Cheltenham Camera Club & Cotswold Monochrome and regularily exhibits in national exhibitions. Originally shooting film, he now uses a Canon 400D with a Sigma 18-55 f2.8, Canon 28-135 & his trusty Canon 70-210 L f2.8 (when he feels strong enough ...
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Quick tip for beginner photographers
2007-04-11 21:41:00
UV Filters Many photographers always use a UV Filter on their cameras, wherever they go. The reason being that not only do they absorb ultraviolet rays from the sun, give cleaner, sharper pictures with less haze, but it also protects the lens from dust, moisture, scratches, and breakage. UV filters can be bought from shops such ...
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New landscape and fine art pictures
2007-04-02 22:43:00
We are pleased to announce 2 new art prints by our acclaimed photographer Don Tiffney. ‘Barnard Castle’ is a wonderful landscape picture and ‘Cascade’ shows a strong technical understanding when utilising shutter speed and filters to create the magical water blur effect. Both these art prints can be purchased from the Fotoviva Online Art Store in ...
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New Photographic contributor
2007-03-31 17:47:00
Jacky Parker lives in Buckinghamshire and discovered her passion for plant and flower photography whilst studying for the Royal Horticultural Societies Diploma in horticulture three years ago. After seeing some of her photographic images we knew she would be perfect for Fotoviva, and we were very happy when she agreed to join the Fotoviva team. ...
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Another new photo contributor
2007-03-29 23:03:00
What a busy week at Fotoviva! We would like to welcome another new contributor to the Fotoviva team with the arrival of John Woodworth who is a highly regarded landscape and travel photographer from Hertfordshire. His excellent work has been featured in various magazines and is also sold on Royalty Free Stock Photo graphy websites. We are ...
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New Photographer!
2007-03-27 23:06:00
Here at Fotoviva we would like to welcome photographic contributor Don Tiffney from Lincolnshire. You can find his first poster art / canvas print in our Macro photography section where we showcase his ‘Purple Crocus’ picture. Don is well known and regarded for his landscape photography from the UK, especially his Scotish landscape images. He works ...
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