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Huba Rostonics

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Huba has been passionate about photography since 1980. A follower of the masters, he became particularly active in his craft three or four years ago. Since then, he has decided that the image will have a predominant place in his future. He has participated in a number of collective exhibitions around the USA. His extensive travel around Central and South America has also enriched his portfolio.

Waves are coming...

Almost a year ago I published a commentary about the differences between the DSLR and the "Electronic Viewfinder" design. This is part of what I wrote: "In contrast with the Diafragm, which is optically needed, there is no doubt in...
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Soccer World Cup and the future "Gesture and Shoot" camera

It always amazes me how you see those hundreds of flashes going off at the World Cup games, which is pretty much the only time I watch sports. The flash unit on a camera, especially on a point and shoot, falls off dramatically after a couple of...
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Shoot away the Summer

Summer is almost here, usually with the so-awaited-for family vacation. Travel is just an excellent opportunity to take great pictures and Who does not want to have some kind of memories of their trips? Here are some tips to make the most out of...
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Beautiful Key Biscayne is even better through photographer Kiko Ricote's Lens

Photographer Kiko Ricote is one of the privileged human beings that -at least for some years- could call Key Biscayne his home. He is also a great example of looking at the bright side of things. When economy slowed down in 2008 and commercial...
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Hot Chocolate - (Part II)

A mute hum comes ever closer turning into blaring horn and it wakes me up from my trance looking at the flickering lights coming through the leaves as we move forward. We are under a closed canopy, on a winding road where only one car fits in some...
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Ricardo Bigai breaks the mold with Supersam's musical video shot on iPhones

I was just blown away when I saw Supersam's new musical video. It shows 5 iPhones being rearranged on top of a table with rolling videos on each of them. It happens to be that it was actually partially shot on the iPhone. Ricardo Bigai is one...
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Hot chocolate - (Part I)

"Sure, I'll set you up" - came Fernando's voice through the line. It seemed that this was actually going to happen. A mix of expectation with a hint of fear found home in my spine. I grew up in Caracas, Venezuela but in the 30...
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The $3,000 brick

The following is a true story. The names have been changed to protect the extremely innocent (and wealthy). I will call her Belinda. Never told me her name, but sure looked like a Belinda. She came into my tent at the art fair avoiding eye contact...
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Smell the flowers, take a landscape shot and lower your carbon footprint...

Ok. This might not be the most photographic article, it is related though... Ever since I started to work close to home (about 12 miles) I have been considering to use an alternate transportation method. Some of the guys there worked as a...
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Open Source Camera?

There has been some buzz around a development taken forward at Stanford. Andrew Adams, a graduate student at Stanford under Marc Levoy, professor of Computer Science and Electric Engineering, are developing a camera that runs Linux at its core and...
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