Cooper Ricketts Photography Blog

Happy Halloween

Since its Halloween I thought scary pictures were appropriate. I just happened to find this photographer Danny Treacy he is a London based photographer he is definitely good at capturing the creepy felling or lonely felling with his photography.

Behind the seen with Silversun Pickups

I have often wonder why certain arts make strange videosbe a fan of music videos. In some case its because they were trying to be differnt . When L.A based band silversun pickups and director Emmet Malloy made this video thats just what they were doing. To see the full video and other videos from sspu click here, you can also click here

Edward Burtynsky

Edward Burtynsky is a photojournalist that likes to consider the magnitude of human industry and its impact on the landscape. Often when he photographs something he focus in on the cultcher of the workers like coal miners, China factory works ect. Also he thinks about how the workers are being affected by their work and how the product is affecting the world. He believes once he has done this he can better frame his image. Find more on this article at Pdnthe video shows some of his more recent work.

Updating My Flickr

So I have been adding some more pictures to my flickr account this is one I did awhile ago of my Grandfather in HDR form. Flickr is a online photo stream were you can finds lot of other photographers. Hdr stands for High dynamic range meaning grater tones which gives a picture a surreal feeling.

Red Canon

Vincent Laforet teamed up with Jamie O’Brien and Andy Lesniak Red cameras are customizable video & still cameras The RedEOS Mount by Wicked Circuits was created by Andy Lesniak and Richard Wardlow. All of this was created for Vincentsfilming project.

Canon G10

Canon G10 is a stellar camera when it comes to its size and what it can do. The camera shoots 14 mega pixels, has live view and low noise capabilities. In addition to that the camera also can do video and there are some lens accessories to increase the focal length not bad for a point and shoot.

5D Contest ( were is the 5D)

Shane Hurlburt has a contest link on his website, all you need to do is watch the video and see if you can tell what part of the video was filmed with the Canon 5 D Mark II and which parts were filmed with film rail cameras. read more about this here Canon Rumors

Canon and video

I found a picture of this lens which is specifically made for DSLRs that do video,this lens made by Panavision is a fixed prime and as it is seen here it is attached to the 5 D Mark II Vincent Laforet is becoming recognized as a photographer that is pushing the video capabilities of his camera. Another photographer using this technology is Shane Hurlburt.

Liquid Images Hd Camera/video mask

I am a huge fan of gadgets, that being said I found this interesting scuba mask that allows you to do HD video and take pictures while your under water. The video camera can film at 30 frames per second in (1280-720) and the still camera shoots 5 mega pixel images. If you would like to read more about this you can find more info at PDN or if you want to own this gadget look here at B&H or at Liquid Images.

Canon Tilt-Shift Lens and tilt shift photography

Tilt shift lens are a style of lens that mimic the large format bellows capabilities. Mainly used for architecture these lens can tilt and sway, by doing this you can control what is in focus more.if you would like to see other videos like this go to youtube or digital camera reviews,also if you want to find were to buy a lens like this, you can find them at B&H photo. Here is another link just for tilt shift photography.