Your camera is basically just a box with a hole in it and a light sensor inside. If the right amount of light gets through the hole to strike the sensor, you get a properly exposed picture. If you get too much or too little light, you get garbage. You already know that in program mode you can control the sensitivity of the light sensor itself by changing the ISO value, but in manual mode you can also control the amount of light that gets inside in the first place. You do that with the shutter and the aperture.

link: http://lifehacker.com/softwar…

Ten dollars assumes you cannot scrounge a cardboard box and some white tissue paper you have saved in the gift-wrap supplies box. You can get this stuff at an office supply store, but it is more fun to scrounge. 

Link: http://strobist.blogspot.com/200…

So, you like the idea of doing macro photography, but you think you can’t afford it? Think again – with less than £1 worth of equipment, a little bit of sweat and tears (and blood, if you, like me, are a bit on the clumsy side), and you can build yourself a surprisingly good macro lens. Don’t believe me? Well, have a look at the article, and think again!

Link: http://photocritic.org/macro-phot…

Nikon D3X Key Features

• 24.5 megapixel 35.9×24mm sensor
• 16-bit EXPEED engine
• 5fps at full-resolution
• 7fps at DX crop mode (viva DX!)
• Dual Compact Flash slots (at 35MB/s)
• MultiCAM 3500 autofocus w/51 points
• 3? LCD (922000 dots, 170 degrees)
• Live View
• Battery EN-EL4a (like D3)
• 12ms startup
• 41ms shutter release lag

“A DSMC is a camera that shoots stills and motion. Configure that camera any way you want. Select a brain. Configure your body.” Read more on Photography Bay.

Also check out official site.

Earth From Above by Yann Arthus-Bertrand.

smashingmagazine.com present 60 examples of beautiful smoke photography and smoke art: a round-up of some of the best examples of photos and artworks where smoke dominates. At the bottom of that post are some links to tutorials on creating your own smoke photographs, as well as other resources on the subject.

Link: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/10/05/celebration…

Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 delivers tightly integrated software and services that measurably improve productivity and enable you to produce richly expressive work in print, web, interactive, video, audio, and mobile.

Link to the site

September 23, 2008: LEICA S2 – Remarkable new camera from Germany redefines the professional DSLR class with a custom 37.5-megapixel, 30 x 45 mm sensor built into a 35mm-sized body.

Link to Leica S2 site