Manufactured by Foba, the BALTE and BALPE are universal quick-release plates that feature a cable-lock – a simple yet important innovation.   You won’t need to worry about cables being yanked from your camera, damage to ports or missed shots from pulled cables. Whether your camera is attached to a tripod, or handheld, the 2 channels [...]

360 degree animation is up-and-coming in the photography world. For e-commerce photographers, the need to capture the attention of consumers is increasing more important. What they have found is that online stores that feature 360 degree product animations increase consumer conversions. Customers enjoy the ability to “virtually” touch a product, and they feel their attachment [...]

Shoot-NYC has become know as the event to attend during the busy October photo season in the city. Only in its third year, the event continues to grow hosting three times the numbers from the previous year. Shoot-NYC is based on the premise of educating the photographic community, raising the technical level of photographers, so [...]

Yesterday a news item was circulated on the Internet that we had in fact reached that futuristic date in Back to the Future when Marty McFly slammed the Delorean into gear and sped up to 88MPH propelling himself from 1985 to July 6, 2010. Even though the claim was later proved to be an inspired [...]

Today, we’re interviewing Fred Blake, Business Partner and Manager of Foto care Rentals. Fred, having been in the photo industry for many years, has a particularly broad knowledge base incorporating both the shooting, manufacturing and retail sides of the photo industry. Fred has been with Foto Care for fifteen years. First off, why would a [...]

We recently caught up with broncolor user and super prolific photographer Colin Andersen after he shot soem new video footage.  We continue to see more and more of our community of still photographers making the jump into video bringing new and exciting perspectives to the moving image. – CK By Guest Contributor: Colin Andersen: I [...]

From Capture to a Flash file in 120 seconds! FOBA Turna – Photographic Turntable – Automated Flash Maker from Bron Imaging on Vimeo. The expectations of clients booking photographers for web based products shots has changed over the last decade. Photographers are not only expected to produce traditional two dimensional images they’re also expected to [...]

The Central Library is where the most important historical books in Switzerland are maintained. The reproductions department is fitted with a high quality book holder and a motorized Foba camera stand with a very high precision stepping motor (with 0.5mm control) which allows extreme accuracy when using motorized control of the stand. They are working [...]

Foba just made a new video of Foba stands being used by Villa Bleuler in Zurich. The Villa Bleuler Swiss Institute for the Advanced Study of Art uses heavy duty Foba Stands to hold and position cameras and heavy scientific equipment for the purpose of analyzing and archiving important works of art. The video takes [...]

Shameless Product Plug:   Foba TT Plast is a non-fading color substrate that is the perfect replacement for tabletop seamless.  TT-Plast comes in 51″ x 40″ sheets in a variety of colors.  It is fully washable and can be used over and over again.  Putty does not mar the surface so go ahead and stick your [...]