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Welcome to Cool Stuff, a weekly feature where we post our favorite links from the past week, including our favorite articles and how-tos, videos, images and more.

• There are a few foodies here at BL, and one of them brought this series of videos from world-famous food photographer David Loftus and chef Jamie Oliver to our attention. Food and photography? Um, yeah! You’re welcome, internet!
• We love out timelapse movies as well, and Jess Dunlap has created an absolutely spectacular one called “Monolation.”
  
  Monolation from Jess Dunlap on Vimeo.
• And since we’re talking about timelapse, there’s a great article over at Philip Bloom’s website talking about things to consider when making a timelapse film.
• Nikon has a neat film out showing how their lenses are made, in time for their 80th anniversary.
• And finally, a bit of solid, no-nonsense advice from one of our favorite photographers, Zack Arias: If I Had to Start My Photo Business Today.
  Zack Arias: If I had to start my photo business today from PhotoShelter.com on Vimeo.

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That’s it for this week’s Cool Stuff. As always, questions and feedback are welcome in the comments below.

Welcome to Cool Stuff, a weekly feature where we post our favorite links from the past week, including our favorite articles and how-tos, videos, images and more.

• Time-lapse fans, rejoice! Tom Lowe, one of the masters in this field, has finally released his long-awaited film, TImescapes. Serious fans can even pony up $99 to get the full-resolution, 4K file on a USB stick, or the Cineform-edited file on a hard drive for $299. Here, for your viewing pleasure, is the trailer.
  
• From time-lapse to cinemagraphs, alternative forms of motion storytelling are gaining momentum. Here’s a preview of some technology that might just make its way into the next version of Photoshop or Premiere, to make creating cinemagraphs easier.
• Got a ton of images spread out over multiple photo-sharing sites? I do. This app might just be your ticket to locating an upload quickly.
• Landscape photographer Peter Lik is one of the best-selling fine art photographers around today. Here’s a video showing a behind-the-scenes look at his collection of images from New York city. You can find more on Peter’s YouTube channel.
  
• Steadicam shots aren’t easy; here’s one from the movie Hugo that made the operator sigh in relief when it was over. GREAT behind-the-scenes look at what goes into a movie scene (including some interesting peeks into lighting and set movement).
• Remember that Leica B&W digital-sensor-camera that we were scratching our heads about a few weeks ago? Here’s a side-by-side comparison of what it can do for your B&W photography. Of course, I’m sticking with Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.
• The guys at DigitalRev are awesome. Here’s Kai, giving you 50 photo tips in 15 minutes. Roll tape!
• We leave you today with this outstanding contribution from the folks at The Camera Store in Calgary. Oh Canada!

That’s it for this edition of Cool Stuff. As always, questions and feedback are welcome in the comments below.

Welcome to Cool Stuff, a weekly feature where we post our favorite links from the past week, including our favorite articles and how-tos, videos, images and more.

• We love creative stuff like this Canon Commandos vs Nikon Terrorists video. That Canon 100–400 makes for an awesome shotgun!
• It’s here! Issue 2 of Kelby Media Group’s “Light It” magazine has finally been approved by the Apple App Store. Technical difficulties with memory leaks and other issues held up the release of the magazine’s second issue, but it’s now here.
• Okay, so it’s not precisely photography-related, but it’s worth mentioning. Artist Miguel Endara made an image of his father with over 3 million dots, all created using a pen.
• So this was on our Facebook page earlier, but it bears repeating: Awkward holiday photos FTW!
• What does a monkey riding a bull look like? Time magazine will show you as part of their “Most Surprising Photos of 2011” piece.
• 3D photography may or may not be your thing, but if it is, this patent from Olympus might make you Micro 4/3 shooters out there salivate.
• Canon 1Dx lovers, you have competition. Nikon Rumors revealed the upcoming D4 specs and it looks like the upcoming Canon flagship has serious competition.
• We’ve all heard about the problems Olympus has encountered of late. Now it looks like another venerable company might just be their white knight. Rumors are circulating about a Fujifilm buyout of Olympus.
• And finally, to round things off, our favorite new timelapse. Tom Lowe is one of the icons in the industry and we’re thrilled to see his film, Timescapes, is now out. The thing is practically feature-length and is jaw dropping. Take a gander at the trailer…
  
  TimeScapes 4K from Tom Lowe on Vimeo.

That’s it for this week’s cool stuff. If you have something you think should be included, let us know! Email us at [email protected].

Welcome to Cool Stuff, a weekly feature where we post our favorite links from the past week, including our favorite articles and how-tos, videos, images and more.

Another slow week, folks, but there’s always something to talk about, so here it is…

• Headshot photographer Peter Hurley has a new tutorial video out called “The Art Behind the Headshot.” Our full review is forthcoming, but so far it looks like a must-have for any portrait photographer, not just headshot photographers.
• If you know about Peter Hurley, you’ve seen him shoot with Kino-Flo lights and you know how awesome they are. Here’s a video that gives you some info about how to build your own for about $100.
• Think being a National Geographic photographer is cool? Well, yes, it undoubtedly is, but it’s also a hazardous job. The Photo Society, a group of photographers who have been published in NatGeo have a reality check for you about working there. Our scariest incidents: Various Parasites or Trips into Chernobyl Reactor.
• Still wanna be a NatGeo photographer? William Allard, who’s been published in those hallowed pages describes how he landed his gig.
• Photographer Matthew Gore has a great video (below) showing how shutters in our DSLRs work, and why this is important to flash users.
• Think high-speed photography might be your thing? Then have a look at this tutorial from DIYPhotography.
• Reuters has published their list of the 100 best photos of 2011. Here it is, for your viewing pleasure.
• Timelapse photography is everywhere. Good timelapse photography, though, deserves a mention when it comes around. This Oregon timelapse falls into the latter category.
  
• Our friends at DPS show you how to create a timelapse in Lightroom
• Finally, we leave you with Stephen Colbert’s scathing commentary on CNN’s recent layoff of photographers. Their reason? The accessibility of quality cameras. Translation: people work for super-cheap, even free.

That’s it for this week’s cool stuff. If you have something you think should be included, let us know! Email us at [email protected]

Welcome to Cool Stuff, a weekly feature where we post our favorite links from the past week, including our favorite articles and how-tos, videos, images and more.

It’s been a slow week, so we had to dig far and deep, but there was some cool stuff this week…

Seasons Timelapse

• It’s been a while since they did so, but with the hype surrounding the camera in the new iPhone 4S, I guess Popular Photography didn’t have much of a choice. Here’s their review of the iPhone 4S Camera.
• Speaking of the iPhone camera, Photojojo has an iPhone lens dial. It’s… well, take a look…
• Can’t tell the difference between a good photo and a bad one? No worries. PhotoWeeklyOnline reports that Xerox is working on software that will be able to determine whether a photo has good or bad aesthetic qualities.
• It’s not the kind of timelapse we’re used to seeing, but Petapixel has as story about a satellite timelapse of the seasons passing on earth. Neat.
• It’s the feel-good story of the month – a scuba diver recovered a Canon Rebel from the bottom of the ocean and managed to salvage the images on it – even though the camera had been on the ocean floor for a year. He used Google+ to reunite the photos with their owner.
• DIY Photography has a series going on high-speed photography. Here’s the installment about triggers.

Like we said, folks, it’s been a slow week, so that’s it for this week’s cool stuff. If you have something you think should be included, let us know! Email us at [email protected].

Welcome to Cool Stuff, a weekly feature where we post our favorite links from the past week, including our favorite articles and how-tos, videos, images and more.

• Okay, this was published a while back, but I don’t think we’ve mentioned this yet, so here it is: one of our favorite timelapses.
  
  
  Landscapes: Volume Two from Dustin Farrell on Vimeo.
• For all you retro film buffs out there, Photojojo has your Twin Lens Reflex fix. It doesn’t get any cooler than showing up for your next film-photographer’s photowalk with your very own DIY TLR camera.
  

  DIY TLR camera from Photojojo

• Speaking of retro, how’s this for DIY: a digital Lomography-style camera made from the guts of a crappy Vivitar digicam and an old Olympus lens.
• And, while we’re on the topic of new cameras, Nikonians rejoice! D800 pics and specs leaked, courtesy of (who else) Nikonrumors.com.
• People continue to push the boundaries of what’s considered photography. Aaron Hobson takes Google Street View photographs and converts them to fine art pieces. Some of them, I have to say, are pretty darn good.
• They say audio is at least 50% of any motion picture experience. This piece from Oliviatech.com is a useful insight into audio capture.
• Don’t like your day job? Neither did Ansel Adams, so you’re in good company. He felt his commercial work was cutting into his art too.
• Wanna learn how to freeze liquids with light instead of a freezer? Check out this new site from Alex Koloskov. Amazing stuff, especially when you consider how much he likes to achieve in-camera.
• It really is the photographer, not the camera – and Annie Leibovitz adds to that sentiment. Her favorite snapshot camera – the iPhone.
• And last, but not least, images of Fuji’s upcoming interchangeable lens camera have been leaked. Fujians, it’s your (our) turn to rejoice.