Mihalis Tsoukalos Photography | Photographer | Greece

Do you need 36Mpixel?

2012-02-13T10:02:00.003+02:00

"Now have you noticed how camera makers try to get us to forget all this, since obviously with 36MP, we could crop so far that we don't need to buy any telephoto lenses!"

By Ken Rockwell.

Trees and clouds

2012-02-09T00:06:00.003+02:00

About to RAIN...

2012-02-07T10:00:00.000+02:00

Nikon D800

2012-02-07T00:15:00.003+02:00

Traffic!

2012-02-06T21:59:00.002+02:00

Who is the instrument?

2012-02-06T21:54:00.000+02:00

From American Photo magazine.

By Eve Arnold.

Should you buy a Nikon D4?

2012-02-04T17:48:00.003+02:00

"Simple: I earn my living with this every day, and in this highly competitive real world, if you're doing enough business to justify $6k for a small competitive advantage for the next few years, it's a no-brainer. In competition, sometimes only the slightest advantage is what wins the race."
and
"The professional advantage of the D4 has nothing anything to do with "picture quality," it's about getting the shot someone else won't."

In other words, if you are a pro and a D4 will make you do your work better, faster, etc. than the competition, then buy it.
Read the rest here (Monday 30 January 2012).

Snow

2012-02-02T00:08:00.001+02:00

Walk :)

2012-01-31T22:21:00.001+02:00

About to start raining

2012-01-30T21:39:00.001+02:00

Rates

2012-01-26T18:39:00.003+02:00

Flowers

2012-01-23T22:08:00.002+02:00

Similar but not the same!

2012-01-20T21:28:00.001+02:00

Flowers

2012-01-19T17:33:00.003+02:00

Colder :)

2012-01-17T23:30:00.002+02:00

Cold :)

2012-01-17T10:05:00.000+02:00

Cinnamon

2012-01-16T09:24:00.000+02:00

Flowers

2012-01-15T21:25:00.003+02:00

Cappuccino :)

2012-01-14T16:33:00.001+02:00

The second photo is with the Snap & Sketch iOS app.

Snow

2012-01-13T22:25:00.001+02:00

Hard work...

2012-01-13T08:35:00.002+02:00

"We used the cameras 18 hours a day for 10 straight days".

(talking about the new Nikon D4)

Found it here.

On the bridge

2012-01-12T18:41:00.002+02:00

Lightroom 4

2012-01-12T11:47:00.002+02:00

What I already love about Lightroom 4 is that it has direct support for photo books from Blurb.com!
(Lightroom 4 is in beta right now)
(You can download the beta and use it until the product expires on March 31, 2012.)

You can learn more about it here.

Preparation

2012-01-11T17:27:00.001+02:00

Canon Powershot G1-X

2012-01-09T22:14:00.001+02:00

The camera looks very promising and I should definitely consider it if I ever want to buy a non-DSLR camera.
Thanks Canon!

My 2012 wish list

2012-01-09T13:52:00.000+02:00

Learn Photoshop better
Shoot more!
Buy an Epson R3000 printer
Win a photography competition
Buy a Nikon AF-S 28-300/3.5-5.6G ED VR
Travel more!
Earn enough money to get a FF Nikon body
Print more of my photos
Make high quality photo books

Yellow bird :)

2012-01-08T21:58:00.002+02:00

From a Baptism

2012-01-07T17:43:00.002+02:00

Cappuccino

2012-01-06T18:55:00.000+02:00

Nikon D4

2012-01-06T15:01:00.001+02:00

Water

2012-01-04T11:37:00.003+02:00

Happy new year!

2012-01-02T22:11:00.001+02:00

How to program :)

2011-12-30T15:56:00.002+02:00

Home made cappuccino :)

2011-12-29T00:32:00.002+02:00

learning to take risks...

2011-12-28T19:09:00.003+02:00

"It's all about learning to take risks. It's safest in the short term to work for someone else and let them take the risks for you, but long term, you're never going to get rich or famous working for someone else. Heck, when your employer loses the game, you all get fired anyway when he goes out of business, so why would anyone work for someone else? Laziness and fear, that's why, but that's another day's story."

Read the rest here.

Mount Parnais

2011-12-28T13:37:00.003+02:00

It's OK :)

2011-12-28T01:05:00.001+02:00

Haze

2011-12-26T12:26:00.001+02:00

...do that thing...

2011-12-26T12:18:00.004+02:00

found it here.

Inside EIAA

2011-12-24T19:21:00.002+02:00

Clear atmosphere

2011-12-20T21:39:00.001+02:00

Nice view

2011-12-19T18:00:00.000+02:00

Rumors about Nikon D4 & D800

2011-12-18T12:09:00.001+02:00

There are rumors about Nikon D4 and Nikon D800.

good photographers

2011-12-15T09:57:00.003+02:00

Before I became a picture editor, I assumed that ‘good photographers’ took ‘good pictures’ because they had a special eye. What I found was that good photographers take good pictures because they take great pains to have good subjects in front of their cameras.
- John Loengard

Stairs (B&W)

2011-12-13T10:11:00.002+02:00

Stairs

2011-12-10T17:00:00.001+02:00

Yellow :)

2011-12-08T20:28:00.001+02:00

haycafe @ Constantinople

2011-12-04T09:30:00.000+02:00

Garlic

2011-12-03T14:59:00.001+02:00

Craft & Vision – The Free eBook

2011-12-01T11:39:00.001+02:00

More about it here.

Your best photographs...

2011-11-19T17:17:00.001+02:00

From Outdoor Photographer magazine (December 2011)

Focus. Simplicity. Courage. Best.

2011-11-19T08:20:00.001+02:00

Focus ”It means saying no, not saying yes. We do very few things at Apple. We are $100bn in revenue with very few products. There are only so many grade A players. If you spread yourself out over too many things, none of them will be great.”
Simplicity ”Make complex things simple. A lot of people think it means take something simple and leave it at its core essence. But it isn’t that. When you start to build something, it quickly becomes really complex. But that is when a lot of people stop. If you really know your product and the problems, then you can take something that is complex and then make it simple.”
Courage ”Courage drives a lot of decisions in business. Don’t hang on to ideas from the past even if they have been successful for you. You don’t build a product just because everyone else has one. ”
Best ”If you can’t enter the market and try and be the best in it, don’t enter it. You need that differentiation. At Apple if we can’t be the best then we are not interested in it.”

by Greg Joswiak

Advices...

2011-11-16T20:53:00.001+02:00

Photographically speaking

2011-11-07T14:54:00.001+02:00

Just got the book :)

Life is not easy...

2011-11-06T13:21:00.000+02:00

Άγιος Ελευθέριος Καμινίων

2011-11-05T21:48:00.001+02:00

Play

2011-10-24T22:09:00.001+03:00

If a man insisted always on being serious,

and never allowed

himself a bit of fun and relaxation,

he would go mad or become

unstable without knowing it.

- Herodotus

You can discover more about a person

in an hour of play than

in a year of conversation.

- Plato

At Büyükada

2011-10-23T05:46:00.000+03:00

Inside a taxi

2011-10-22T17:44:00.002+03:00

Shooting anything

2011-10-22T09:15:00.002+03:00

Raining

2011-10-20T16:25:00.003+03:00

Your work

2011-10-20T16:22:00.001+03:00

A shore

2011-10-16T21:25:00.000+03:00

Details from a Baptism

2011-10-13T16:50:00.001+03:00

Look younger :)

2011-10-13T11:37:00.003+03:00

Aperture 3.2 available

2011-10-13T00:55:00.004+03:00

Art

2011-10-12T19:41:00.001+03:00

The important thing

2011-10-10T21:20:00.000+03:00

The smart artist

2011-10-08T20:47:00.000+03:00

found it here.

Lemonade

2011-10-08T02:43:00.000+03:00

Traffic jam @ Constantinople

2011-10-07T14:41:00.001+03:00

Who is in control?

2011-10-04T22:19:00.003+03:00

1. Learn to say no when you need to but always follow up with a fair alternative.

2. Believe in the value of your work. If you don’t, no one else will either.

3. If you go in as the new/cheap alternative that’s often exactly where you will stay.

4. Know who you want to be. This is such a critical step that most new photographers are skipping. I did. Sit down, study, evaluate and determine what it is you want to accomplish.

5. Market yourself! Create a company image that’s worth a double take!

6. Sometimes you’re UP, sometimes you’re just not. If you’re stuck feeling low – find a way out! I know that’s so much easier said than done but you just can’t be productive when you’re down. It’s the fastest way to kill creativity.

7. This is your business. Don’t be a copycat, it’s the originals that last the test of time.

8. Grow. Always be looking for new ways to learn! What ever your education budget might be… use every penny. That may mean late fees at the library or workshops on the waterfront but it’s critical that you invest in your growth!

9. Give! You didn’t get where you are all by yourself. If your reading this blog I know that’s true! Don’t be afraid to share your services and your resources. When I’m on a low it’s the friends in the industry who always bring me up the quickest… And most of the time it’s you, yes you for leaving cheerful comments that lift me up!

found it here.

Talking on the phone @ Constantinople

2011-09-30T08:39:00.000+03:00

Taking photos

2011-09-29T20:37:00.002+03:00

Pretty busy the last few days.
See here what I am doing.

Reflection

2011-09-24T11:15:00.000+03:00

Working

2011-09-23T23:10:00.001+03:00

Just sitting

2011-09-20T23:03:00.000+03:00

Resting @ Constantinople

2011-09-19T20:30:00.003+03:00

Explore. Dream. Discover.

2011-09-18T21:21:00.000+03:00

”Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed

by the things you didn’t do than

by the ones you did do.

So throw off the bowlines,

sail away from the safe harbor.

Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore. Dream. Discover.”

- Mark Twain

Constantinople

2011-09-18T08:12:00.000+03:00

Waiting :)

2011-09-17T20:11:00.001+03:00

Taksim Square @ Constantinople

2011-09-16T06:53:00.000+03:00

Tourists @ Constantinople

2011-09-15T18:53:00.001+03:00

Two or more

2011-09-15T15:18:00.002+03:00

Waiting for clients

2011-09-14T20:54:00.003+03:00

Three mirrors

2011-09-11T21:43:00.001+03:00

Yeni Djami

2011-09-10T21:20:00.002+03:00

Woman in black

2011-09-09T21:17:00.000+03:00

Elegant

2011-09-08T09:23:00.000+03:00

Working together

2011-09-07T01:47:00.001+03:00

An airplane's wing

2011-09-06T23:20:00.000+03:00

Walking near Taksim square

2011-09-05T19:20:00.002+03:00

Galata Tower @ Constantinople

2011-09-04T21:51:00.004+03:00

Working

2011-09-03T08:51:00.002+03:00

Inside a tram

2011-09-02T12:42:00.001+03:00

Elegant

2011-08-31T22:09:00.001+03:00

Serving food

2011-08-31T21:28:00.001+03:00

Sunset @ Vosporos

2011-08-30T21:29:00.001+03:00

Vosporos Istanbul

2011-08-29T22:24:00.000+03:00

Inside an airplane

2011-08-28T20:16:00.004+03:00