I found a fun photo in the archives from Tofo, Mozambique.

Copyright Reuben Hernandez

This is one of my most memorable travel moments of all time. My South African friend, Garth, had been visiting Kruger for over 14 years and had never seen a leopard there until this moment. We saw not one, but two leopards (mom and cub) crossing the road in front of our vehicle.

Going through old South Africa footage makes me excited to plan my next adventure. Here are some screen shots from Kruger National Park and great white shark diving in Gansbaai. The lion was filmed using a 50 mm lens from an open air safari vehicle so that’s really how close it was.

One of my favorite subway (seen on the L train) performers. This guy belts out a positive, feel good song and never asks for anything in return. All he says is simply, “Thanks and have a nice day.” The last time I saw him he sang Don’t Worry Be Happy.

This made me smile (Taken with Instagram)

One of my most memorable and fun photography moments. This made me realize the importance of having fun while shooting and has inspired me to do more personal projects. Enjoy!

Photographed by Reuben Hernandez

It’s all downhill from here. (Taken with Instagram at Williamsburg Bridge)

Ira Lippke Studios spent a few days in the Hudson River Valley for some much needed R&R time, good times, yoga, poker, ultimate frisbee, smores, scotch, and slacklining.

All photos copyright Reuben Hernandez

A short film by Casey Neistat for Nike

Casey Neistat spent Nike’s ad budget on a trip around the world. Such a fantastic idea.

The opening title cards read, “Nike asked me to make a movie about what it means to #makeitcount. Instead of making their movie I spent the entire budget traveling around the world with my friend Max. We’d keep going until the money ran out. It took 10 days.”

Good times at the barn. Photo by Rebecca Walker (Taken with Instagram at The Barn in Tivoli)

It was all yellow (Taken with Instagram)

Silhouettes on the Hudson river a few hours north of the city (Taken with Instagram)

Scotch and Slacklining (Taken with Instagram at The Barn in Tivoli)

It’s feeding time (Taken with Instagram at The Barn in Tivoli)

Where Are You Now by Mumford & Sons is fully owning me at the moment. Do yourself a favor and purchase the deluxe version of their new album, Babel, here.

The Moon and the Sunset at my old stomping grounds. This was one of the first photos I took with my iPhone 3G nearly 4 years ago. (Taken with Instagram at Oakley Headquarters)

All images copyright Tim Tadder

We found a bunch of awesome bald men and hurled water balloons at their heads, to capture the explosion of water at various intervals. The result a new head of of water hair! We used a laser and sound trigger to capture the right moments for each subject to create just the head of hair that fit best with the face. Larger images with more detail at timtadder.com.

On a mountaintop in Chile is the most powerful digital camera mankind has ever constructed. Called the Dark Energy Camera, the phone booth-sized device shoots 570-megapixel photographs using an array of 62 separate CCD sensors and a 13-foot light-gathering mirror. Planning and building the thing took 120 scientists from 23 international organizations a whopping 8 years.

This past week, the researchers behind the project announced the first fruits of their labor: massive photographs that show patches of the sky 20 times the size of the moon (as seen from Earth).

The photographs are so big and so sensitive that each one shows over 100,000 separate galaxies that are up to 8 billion light years away.

Over the next five years, scientists plan to create these massive color photos of 1/8th of the night sky, capturing 300 million galaxies, 100,000 galaxy clusters, and even 4,000 supernovae. Although the camera itself shoots in monochrome, color will be obtained using five color filters the size of manhole covers.

Full story at PetaPixel

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Live on Letterman: Mumford & Sons

Watch the nearly hour-long set right here, right now! This concert at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City was recorded on September 21, 2012. Here’s the set list:

1. I Will Wait
2. Roll Away Your Stone 
3. Lovers’ Eyes 
4. Whispers in the Dark 
5. Below My Feet 
6. The Cave 
7. Lover of the Light 
8. Ghosts That We Knew 
9. Little Lion Man 
10. The Boxer 
11. Lovers’ Eyes

Click here to see some photos from the performance, and enjoy!

GEAR

A lot of photographers and filmmakers that inspire me have blogs that give back to the community, like Vincent Laforet and Chase Jarvis. I’ve decided to adopt a similar approach.

Lately, I’ve been receiving several questions about what kind of gear I use so I’ve decided to create a gear/resource page to help anyone out unsure of what tools to use on projects. I am not endorsed by any brands, I simply take the approach of using the best tools available within my budget to get the job done and deliver the best quality work possible. 

So without further ado, here is the gear that I currently use (bold items are favorites):

Cameras and lenses

• Canon 5D mark II
• Canon 7D
• Canon 5D mark III
• Bauer super 8 mm film camera
• iPhone 4S
• Canon 24 - 105 IS f4L lens
• Canon 24 - 70 f2.8L lens
• Canon 35 f1.4L lens
• Canon 100 f2.8L macro lens
• Canon 70-200 IS f2.8L II lens
• Canon 50 f1.4 lens
• Canon 85 f1.2L lens
• Zeiss 85 f1.4 Planar T* ZE series lens

Stabilization

• Manfrotto 055XB tripod legs
• Manfrotto 701 HDV video fluid head
• Manfrotto 561BHDV-1 fluid video monopod with head
• Manfrotto Magic Arm
• Cowboy Studio shoulder support rig
• Steadicam Merlin
• Glidecam HD 4000

Audio

• Zoom H4N digital recorder
• Sennheiser HD 280 pro headphones
• Sennheiser MKE 400 shotgun mic
• Sennheiser EW 112-p G3 wireless mic system

Lighting

• Kino Flo Diva-Lite 400
• Bescor LED light
• Excalibur 3200 light
• Canon 580 EX II flash

Misc

• GGS Perfect LCD viewfinder
• Neewer intervalometer
• Tiffen ND filter (3 stops)
• Crumpler 6 million dollar home
• Lowepro Computrekker EW
• Lowepro Transporter strap