Blog entries tagged panoramic photography

GigaPan Breaks World Record For Highest Pixel Shot

Krista — Sun, 16 May 2010 01:00:00 +0100

Some world records are broken just for bragging rights, and after the record is broken, not much can be done after that for the record breaker. In the latest record-breaking photography news, we're seeing that the sky is the limit, and the options are endless for high-resolution photography. GigaPan, a lea...

Pink Sony Camera Packs a Punch

Krista — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:39:19 +0100

In a move that's sure to excite tween girls everywhere, Sony has announced the availablility of the DSC0W350D camera. What will excite these girls so much about it? It's pink, and it's got rhinestones.... every 12 year old girl's dream! The cases to carry these cameras also bring on the bling, with rhinstone decorations and fun patterns on the inside. ...

Exclusive: Interview with British Photographer Richard Hull Part 4

Sunniya — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:30:00 +0100

This is the last part of our Interview series with British Photographer Richard Hull. Richard is a brilliant photographer. He is a thinker and is very gifted. He has managed to come a far way in the past year or so that I have known him. He is not only a talented photographer but a very gifted engineer and an amazing race car designer. He uses all 3 o...

Exclusive: Interview with British Photographer Richard Hull Part 2

Sunniya — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:57:35 +0100

This is part 2 of the interview series with British Photographer Richard Hull. As stated in the previous post this interview will be published in a series of 4 entries on the Amvona Blog. I just found out that today is also Richards birthday. So here's wishing Richard a very happy birthday from every one at Amvona. I first met Richard in London in 2008. At that t...

German Panoramic 26 Gigapixel Photograph breaks all World Records

Sunniya — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:56:45 +0100

Last week, we discovered 360 Cities Panoramic Photograph of Prague.The photograph was stated as the largest Panoramic Photograph in the world. But the Germans have proved us wrong. As of December 2009 the German Panoramic Photograph of Dresen Germany is the largest Spherical Panoramic Photograph in the world. Our interest in Panoramic Photography made us probe around a ...

View the World's Largest Panoramic Photograph

Sunniya — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:40:35 +0100

Today, 360 cities revealed the world's largest Panoramic Photograph. The picture was taken in Prague from the Prague TV Tower. 360 cities state, 'This image is currently (as of 12/2009) the largest spherical panoramic photo in the world. It is 192,000 pixels wide and 96,000 pixels tall. That’s 18.4 billion pixels, or 18.4 gigapixels! When it’s printed, it w...

2010 Ocean Views Photography Competition

Rowan Meade — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:25:02 +0100

2010 Ocean Views contest is searching for the photographs that create a greater appreciation for ocean ecology through the art of photography. The contest is open to all levels of photographers. The goal is to create an exceptional collection of images that highlights the beauty and grandeur of the ocean environment.

Winners are eligible to win some...

Let's go fly a kite!

Emily K Williams — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:02:33 +0100

Aerial shots are sweet, but lets face it, most of us don't have a plan hanging around that we can use on a whim. Well it turns out a plane is not the only way to get your camera airborne. A number of ambitious photographers are attaching their cameras to kites to get that birds-eye-view shot.

The mental image that appears when ...

God's got a Twitter Account!

Emily K Williams — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:00:33 +0100

Well sort of... A group based in Jerusalem has set up a service that allows users to Tweet their prayers to the Western Wall.

For those of you who are scratching their heads and asking: "Is that west of the Berlin Wall?" The Western Wall, also known as the Wailing Wall, is located in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is consid...