Phottix are offering a 5% discount on all purchases from their online store until 25 December 2011. Use the discount code 5offxmas to receive your discount.
If you have been wanting a Phottix Odin TTL flash trigger, or maybe a Strato II multi trigger, now is the time to submit an order!

B&H have instant rebates on numerous items, including lenses, camera bodies and more, until 7 January 2012. Have a browse through their list, and see if there is anything you need while the rebates are available.




Commercial photographer Chase Jarvis once said "The Best Camera Is The One That's With You". In other words, it doesn't matter if you've got a great camera sitting at home...because if you don't have it with you, you can't use it! Chase has been a big fan of using iPhone cameras and similar, as a phone is something you normally always have with you in your pocket.

I don't carry my DSLR camera with me every day, as it's too large and heavy, and inconvenient to take with me everywhere. I've had a company-provided Nokia phone for many years, but the camera in my current Nokia 3120 Classic is only capable of very crappy photos!

I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S II Android smart phone, which has a camera that is capable of 8 megapixel still images (with a 28mm equivalent focal length), and full high-definition 1080p video at 30 frames per second. (Check out the interesting advert for it here.)
While the camera on my new smart phone will never replace my DSLR, it will provide me with the opportunity to take photos in situations where I previously did not have a camera with me.



I recently bought a GoPro Hero2 camera. It's a tiny camera capable of 11 megapixel still photos (with a field-of-view of 170 degrees!), full HD video, and comes complete with weatherproof housing and various mounts.

Check out this video on YouTube for some interesting ideas on how these cameras can be used.
I am intending to use the GoPro Hero2 camera for kite aerial photography.

Here's a photo to show just how small this camera is.

GoPro Hero2 camera in housing

photo taken with Samsung Galaxy S II phone

B&H do not yet have the GoPro Hero2 in stock, but have the older GoPro Hero Original and accessories for both the Hero and Hero2 avaiable.
GoPro cameras can also be ordered directly from gopro.com. I ordered mine from gopro.com, and it was delivered (to Australia) a week after being ordered.



Want to look through some cool tilt-shift photos? Want a place to show off your own tilt-shift photos? The tiltShifted.com website is an online showcase for tilt-shift photographers. You can submit your tilt-shift photos for inclusion - a couple of my tilt-shift photos are visible here on tiltShifted.com.



Here are some great selections of photos to inspire you.

• Tiny People's Wonderful World of Food
• Incredible Photos that Capture Day Turning into Night
• 100 Awesome Illustrations of Forced Perspective Photography
• yowayowa camera woman diary (Natsumi Hayashi, a Japanese girl who posts levitation self-portraits - see here for some background info)
• levitation photos by Denis Darzacq
• Create Wonderful Sliced Fruit Images