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The arrival of 4K video means that an increasing number of devices are effectively capturing prolonged bursts of 8MP images at fast frame rates, increasing the likelihood of capturing ‘the moment.’ Using a video feed to capture stills isn’t a new idea – Nikon’s first electronic camera, the QV-1000C, did it in the late 1980s – but the resolution of 4K makes it more useful. Panasonic has recognized this way of working and has introduced 4K Photo mode to its 4K cameras, to make things easier for the user. Panasonics such as the GH4, LX100...
Gimbal stabilizers can be used to help produce smooth, high-quality video. However, inexpensive gimbals typically use heavy counterweights for stabilization, making them difficult to carry around, while more expensive models utilize precision electronics. A happy medium may soon be on the market; the California-based company, Neuvison, has announced their Kickstarter for the AutoSteady, an affordable electronic 3-axis gimbal stabilizer. The AutoSteady is designed to work with smartphones and, with an additional adapter, GoPro action cameras. The stabilizer can tilt, roll, and pan to...
The short film above, titled “Denali,” is photographer Ben Moon‘s beautiful and touching tribute to his dog Denali, who passed away last year at the age of 14. It’s a story of love and friendship, creatively told from Denali’s perspective. Based out of Portland, Oregon, Moon originally adopted Denali from the pound back in 1999. The two then spent years traveling around in Moon’s Subaru wagon, photographing everything from nature to surfers. When Moon was diagnosed with stage 3+ colorectal cancer back in 2004, Denali stood by his bedside and encouraged him through dark, chemo-filled...
If you shoot film, you know how difficult it can be to properly organize your photographs once they have been digitized to your computer. Modern digital cameras allow easy organization with built in metadata that provides every bit of information you could ever need; however, digitally scanned photos contain no such data. Promote Systems has introduced the Meta35, a device to easily import and sync your film camera’s metadata. The Meta35 is a small USB device that includes your choice of a Nikon, Canon, or Minolta adapter for metadata transfer. Not all cameras are compatible with the...
Babies. Do you find them a challenge to photograph? They gurgle, spit, vomit, laugh, cry, smack their hands together… They do a whole lotta things that we don’t need to see forever in a photograph! But in between all that uncontrollable baby-behaviour are those moments that parents see every day and would love to keep alive forever in beautiful photos – the big eyes, cute smiles, tiny fingers, soft skin, and round cheeks – all those wondrous little details that only come with brand new life. Those are the things that connect to a parent’s heart in the moment, they happen and what they long...
Editor’s note: this week we will be featuring a series of articles on posing for portraits. Look for a new one each day. If you miss any make sure you subscribe to our newsletter and you’ll get a reminder of all our articles once a week. Posing kids is a whole different thing from posing models (unless you’re photographing a child model, and then you might not need this article). My biggest goal when capturing kids is to help them look as natural as possible, so truly I want to “unpose” them. Stiff, awkward, posed shots aren’t really what anyone wants, but I want to take this even a step...
Canon’s external GPS receiver GP-E2 gets an update today to firmware 2.0, adding support for the Canon EOS Rebel T6s/T6i (760D/750D) and EOS 5DS/5DS R. The firmware update also fixes a couple of bugs related to the signal acquisition indicator light and the unit’s built-in memory. See the full details below; the new firmware is available today from Canon’s website. Download Canon GPS GP-E2 firmware 2.0.0 Firmware Version 2.0.0 incorporates the following fixes and improvements: Fixes a phenomenon in which, in rare cases, the signal acquisition indicator...
By Barnaby Britton I’ve always been fascinated by Leica as a company, but increasingly also as a business entity. In this industry, no other manufacturer has quite the same brand recognition nor quite the same apparent ability to float beyond the normal commercial concerns of – you know, actually selling cameras to as many people as possible at a price that doesn’t put them into cardiac arrest. The Q is styled after Leica’s classic M-series rangefinders while being both smaller and lighter. The red dot sits where the viewfinder window would be, and a high...
Photography has always served as a way to preserve family memories; now, Shutterfly wants to make them easy to turn into travel albums. Using your iPhone and the company’s new service, TripPix, users can design full-featured albums, which include 15-30 photographs, on their iOS devices and then print them for only $20. Anyone can easily convert their collection of digital photos into beautiful travel books in just a few minutes. Shutterfly’s new TripPix service is aimed at getting your “photos off your phone and into a super sweet album like the good ol’ days in just 5 mins.” Begin by...
Camera dollies can add beautiful and fluid movement to your videos, but they tend to be both bulky and difficult to travel with for extended periods. Edelkrone is here to try and fix that problem with the PocketSkater2, a product they are calling “the world’s most flexible fully featured camera skater that can fit in your pocket.” With an extensive collection of mini-dollies already available, what does the PocketSkater2 bring to the party? The new product from Edelkrone can instantly adjust the curvature of its path using the unit’s two front wheels. No matter if you are looking to...
I’ve been blogging about testing and taking apart camera equipment for almost a decade. My company, LensRentals, has many thousand of lenses these days, and they all get used frequently. When you have lots of lenses and they get used frequently, stuff gets inside them. Usually the stuff that gets inside is dust. Our repair techs open up and clean dust out of more than 100 lenses a week. Not because the dust matters a bit in a photograph; it doesn’t. But because people still seem to think it does. People also, for reasons I can’t understand, seem to think that weather-sealed lenses are...
Ann S. Moore is one of the most powerful women in the world according to Forbes and Fortune Magazine. Graduating from Vanderbilt University in 1978, Moore climbed the career ladder leading exciting positions including being the publisher of Sports Illustrated for Kids and People Magazine. She was crowned People Magazine’s president in 1993 and become the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Time Inc. in 2002. Now, it is 2015; Moore has established a high-end art gallery in Chelsea, New York. The Curator Gallery, as it is called, focuses on a mission to “bring exposure to...
Editor’s note: this week we will be featuring a series of articles on posing for portraits. Look for a new one each day. If you miss any make sure you subscribe to our newsletter and you’ll get a reminder of all our articles once a week. One of the trickiest parts of doing a portrait photo shoot has nothing to do with operating your camera, mastering your lenses, controlling the light, or even dealing with uncontrollable weather. Getting your clients to relax, take it easy, and enjoy themselves during your time with them is just as important as making sure you have all the technical aspects...
Off-camera flash is a huge part of lighting used in photography today. Of course you can’t compare it to studio lighting, but the question is, how close can you get? In this article I will talk about portable lighting, and how to control it with some simple accessories and light modifiers to achieve the big lights look. As a serious off-camera flash fan, when the Canon 600EX-RT Speedlite was put out on the market, I immediately went out to buy it. I have to say, I love the way it performs and the upgrades it has, compared to its predecessor, the 580EX II. After testing it for a couple of...
Moisés was the name of Mariela Sancari’s father. A series of portraits of men in their 70s, the age of her father if he were alive today, is now being turned into a major photobook by the Italian publisher Fabrica.
When Mariela Sancari was 14, her father killed himself. As she tried, often forlornly, to deal with his absence, sometimes denying even it, Sancari began to invent in her mind his personality, his life, his whereabouts. He grew older in her mind. As a professional photographer, Sancari decided to confront this chapter of her life. In her native Buenos...
Due to complete in 2018, Crossrail is the biggest construction project in Europe, and it’s being photographed every step of the way.
As Londoners go about their daily business above ground, unbeknownst to many of them, construction workers below are busy excavating, navigating and building a network of tunnels for the much-anticipated Crossrail. “You pop out of a hole in the middle of Oxford Street and no one knows where you’ve come from,” marvels John Zammit, one of the photographers charged with documenting its progress. “It’s a completely different world down...
The Sony RX100 series has gained quite a positive reputation in the somewhat short time it’s been around, for squeezing a relatively large sensor into a small compact. The RX100 IV continues that tradition and uses Sony’s next generation sensor, a stacked 20.1MP 1″-type Exmor RS CMOS sensor, coupled with an attached DRAM memory chip for speedy processing. This ‘stacked CMOS’ design separates the photosensitive region of the sensor into a different layer from the circuitry; this allows more space for the light sensitive portion of each pixel. The...
Sony has announced the Cyber-shot RX10 II, offering a 1″ type stacked 20MP CMOS sensor, 4K video recording (up to 29 minutes) and improved readout speed thanks to a new DRAM chip. The body design and lens specs remain in line with the RX10, including a Zeiss-branded 24-200mm equivalent F2.8 lens. Other new features include a 40x super slow motion video mode at 960fps, an Anti-Distortion Shutter mode up to 1/32,000sec and a new 2.35 million dot XGA OLED viewfinder. Continuous shooting is boosted to 14 fps. As in the RX10, Wi-Fi and NFC are also built-in. Both the...
Sony has announced the a7R II, a 42.4MP mirrorless camera with an image stabilized full-frame BSI CMOS sensor. Unlike its predecessor, the camera includes on-sensor phase detection elements for faster autofocus, which continues to work with other brands’ lenses. The camera also has a revised shutter mechanism, rated to 500,000 actuations but also promising less vibration than the one on its predecessor. The sensor is by far the largest backside illuminated CMOS chip to be released, allowing the maximum expanded ISO to rise two stops to 102,400. The camera will cost...
This past Monday, photojournalist Nick Ut paid a visit to the location in Vietnam where he photographed his Pulitzer Prize-winning photo titled ‘Napalm Girl.’ The short video above shows the visit, which was 43 years (to the day) after he pressed the shutter to create one of the most famous images of the Vietnam War. This time around, Ut carried an iPhone to shoot Instagram photos instead of the film camera he used back in 1972. One of the people he reconnected with was Ho Van Bon, the cousin of Kim Phuc, the “Napalm Girl.” Ho also appears in the famous photograph: he’s the boy on the...
Canadian photography retailer Blacks is pulling out of the brick-and-mortar store business. The company announced today that it will be closing all of its 59 stores in Canada on August 8th, 2015, citing an inability to make them profitable in the digital age. Parent company Telus had tried and failed to find a buyer for the Blacks chain of stores before deciding to put an end to operations. It originally purchased the 113-store chain back in 2009 for $23 million, shutting down half the stores at the time to improve the quality of the rest. Blacks had also reportedly tried to convert a...
PhotoShelter launched a mobile app today that lets photographers on the service manage their photo portfolios on the go using their smartphones. The app offers a new way for PhotoShelter users to access, manage, and take care of their business. You’ll find the same features that are available through the website. Your entire archive is available at your fingertips along with stats and info from your account. Using the interface, photographers can make changes to their photos and account — things like changing visibility, pricing photos that are for sale, granting permissions, and...
Shooting flash photography with a wide open aperture on a bright summer day can feel almost impossible sometimes. You have a collection of beautiful shots that could use flash, but due to the sheer amount of light coming into your lens your flash units can’t keep up with the situation. You may be able to use an ND filter to cut down on the light, but your flash units will also have to compensate in the process. Now, professional lighting company, Priolite, has a solution they say will allow Pentax photographers to shoot Hot Sync flashes at speeds up to 1/8000th of a second. From...
“Hello, my name is Steve, and I’m a photographer.” I have been told that as a photographer I should be able to explain to people quickly and easily what kind of photographer I am in a sentence or two. This is similar to an artist statement, only much shorter. An example of a great reply to this question would be something like, “Hi, my name is Annie, and I’m an American portrait and celebrity photographer who shoots for editorial and commercial clients like Rolling Stone and American Express.” When I try to do this exercise myself, I feel like I end up confusing people. It usually...
The true key to growing as a photographer is to dedicate and immerse yourself in it on a consistent basis. Passion and enjoyment are key to becoming great at your craft. That beings said, there are many things to consider in order to progress through this journey as effectively as possible. If I were to start all over again, these are the stepping stones that I would have preferred to have taken, beginning with the technical and ending with the conceptual. Part 1: Learning the Technical 1. Look at Light When you start out in photography, it seems obvious to say that learning to use your...
Do you ever find yourself struggling to include everything you want to capture in a single frame? Well then, panoramic photography might be exactly what you need to solve this problem. With the new release of Lightroom 6, Adobe has made it possible to take multiple single frames of a panorama and stitch them seamlessly together with a few clicks of the mouse. Before we dive into the post production aspect of making a panoramic photograph, let’s take a step back and make sure you have a basic understanding of what you’ll need to capture in order to create an panoramic photograph. Panoramic...
Sukhi, Jambur, 2005 All images © Ketaki Sheth, courtesy National Portrait Gallery
“The children who looked at me with hostility are now in the National Portrait Gallery.” Ketaki Sheth on photographing the Sidi, an ostracised and ancient Indian community of African descent.
“At the entrance of the village, there were four boys playing carrom. As I approached they looked at me with such hostility, almost resentment; I was a complete outsider.” Ketaki Sheth’s first encounter with the Sidi, an Indian community of...
Magnum Square Print By Nikos Economopoulos Photo agency Magnum is offering prints from 50 of its photographers in a limited edition sale with each print costing $100. In a similar event to the one it ran last year, the agency challenged a collection of its photographers to find ‘an image that changes everything’ from their archive. The images will be made into 6x6in prints, most of which will be signed by the photographer, and sold for $100 each. The sale runs from June 8-12th, – so the editions will be limited in the sense that prints won’t be sold...
UK imaging systems firm NCTech is to introduce a four-sensor single-shot camera that it says can create a 360 degree image of a street scene or an interior in less than two minutes, and which allows photographers to upload images directly to Google Street View. The iris360 uses four lens units in front of four 10MP sensors arranged at 90 degree intervals. The lenses are triggered simultaneously and the resultant images are stitched together automatically in-camera. The final JPEG image covers 360×295 degrees (+/-5°) and measures 8000×4000 pixels – and is output...
Samsung has launched a rugged version of its flagship Galaxy S6, the S6 Active. The new device is exclusively available through AT&T in the US and has a very similar specification to the standard S6. Android 5.02 Lollipop is powered by a 64-bit octa-core processor and images can be viewed and composed on a 5.1-inch Quad-HD Super AMOLED display with a pixel-density of 577 ppi. In the camera department the S6 Active comes with the same 16MP resolution on the back and 5MP at the front as the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, but there is no talk of an optical image stabilization system. Images...
Tamron SP 150-600mm F5.0-6.3 Di VC USD$1069 / £800 Tamron announced the SP 150-600mm F5-6.3 Di VC USD at the end of 2013, and as one of the cheapest ways to reach past a 400mm focal length, it quickly became popular with amateur wildlife and sports photographers. We’ve previously published a lab test review for this lens, but in order to get the complete impression, I wanted to spend some time with it out in the field, doing what this lens was designed for. The SP 150-600mm F5-6.3 Di VC USD is available with either a Canon, Nikon or Sony Alpha mount. All three...
From time to time, a lens will appear that we can’t help but develop a desire to test. Samsung released a 45mm f/1.8 NX lens, but neither the focal length nor the aperture are what make it attractive; this $500 lens can shoot photographs in not only two-dimensions, but three-dimensions. That’s right, this piece of kit brings 3D photos and videos to your Samsung NX series camera at the flip of a switch. The Samsung 45mm f/1.8 2D/3D NX lens won the best mobile imaging innovation award back at the TIPA awards in 2013, and is available on the market for those who want to capture their...
The 41st G7 summit was just held in Schloss Elmau, Germany, where a group of the world’s most powerful heads of state came together to talk about economic issues. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to work as a photographer in a room with presidents, prime ministers, and chancellors, we’ve got a first-person view for you to experience. Here’s a fascinating 37-second video that was just published by Bundesregierung, the Cabinet of Germany. It shows a first-person point of view recorded with a GoPro mounted to the DSLR of an official photographer: Nicht stören – aber alles im Blick...
Apple just announced the next version of its OS X operating system at its Worldwide Developers Conference this morning. The successor of Yosemite will be OS X El Capitan, version 10.11. The update will be focused on user experience and performance. Among the many new features is a big performance boost that should improve Adobe’s Creative Cloud software. OS X El Capitan will include Apple’s Metal framework, which makes graphics rendering 40x more efficient than OpenGL, reducing CPU load and improving battery life. Adobe is announcing that it will be adopting Metal in all of its OS X...
A powerful storm rumbled by Simla, Colorado, last week, and at the scene was professional storm-chasing photographer Kelly DeLay, who captured this “shot of a lifetime” showing a massive supercell storm cloud extending twin tornados to the ground below. It’s a “shot of a lifetime for me,” writes DeLay. “I have been trying to get a shot like this for 6 years.” Here’s a crop of the photograph showing the two tornados in more detail: “When I chase storms, I like to stay back for the most part so I can see structure,” says DeLay. “I am interested in the whole picture not just if it...
First introduced back in December 1954, the Nikon S2 is Nikon’s most common rangefinder camera with more than 56,000 produced. The highly-regarded camera still sells for $300 and up these days through sites like eBay — well, the silver version, at least. If you own or ever come across a black version of the camera, don’t let the simple difference in color fool you into thinking it’s the same thing: that camera may be worth 50 times as much! Over on eBay, there’s currently a listing for an all-black Nikon S2 with a hefty Buy it Now price of $15,900. Why is the price so high, you ask?...
One of the best things about kids is also one of the most frustrating when it comes to photographing them; they are so full of life and energy they rarely sit still, which can lead to an abundance of blurry pictures and heavy sighs when you go back to review your images. Instead of smiling faces and cute outfits, you often end up with a memory card full of photos where their cute little faces are a mishmash of fuzzy pixels, and any details in their hair or clothes are hopelessly lost. This is a chronic problem with photos of kids from smartphones, but it’s all too common in pictures taken...
Andrew’s newest ebook Mastering Composition is now on special for a limited time only at Snapndeals. Gestalt theory evolved in the 1920’s to explain some of the ways in which people perceive the world around them. The basic idea is that, when faced with a visually chaotic scene, the human mind simplifies it into more recognizable patterns and shapes. Gestalt theory provides an insight into the pattern recognition process that occurs when people look at photographs. Once you understand the principles of gestalt theory, you can use them to improve the composition of your photos. These are some...
We talk to Eva Langret, curator of The View From Here at Tiwani Contemporary, about seven artists from across Africa, each capable of using photography to reclaim their own history.
“Photography in Africa is controversial,” says Eva Langret, curator of The View From Here, an exhibition showcasing photography from Africa and its diaspora at Tiwani Contemporary, displayed until the 27 June. The camera, the exhibition posits, has been misused. Photographs have been misrepresented. It has objectified the African experience, and its relationships to past colonies. But, in...
Back for its third edition, this year’s edition of Belfast Photo Festival pulls out all the stops with a packed programme that explores photography’s relationship to other art forms
It sounds downright bonkers, but somehow it works. This year, Belfast Photo Festival director Michael Weir oversaw the creation of a to-scale replica of the famous DeLorean car from Back to the Future, crafted from wood and covered with A5 photographs printed onto brushed sheet metal panels. The sculpture, which was inspired by the work of Cyril Hatt but made by carpenter Jonathan...
Metabones has announced a new Speed Booster designed for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4. The Speed Booster XL 0.64x is designed to reduce the camera’s 2x crop factor by 0.64x, meaning that in 4K video mode the GH4’s 2.34x crop factor becomes 1.50x – Super 35 cine format. The new speed booster is much like the existing BMCC Speed Booster for Blackmagic cameras, but has be redesigned specifically to prevent it fouling the GH4’s shutter. A 21.63mm image circle also ensures the full Four Thirds image sensor is covered. A handful of other Micro Four...
The LED flash units in smartphones are usually poor performers compared to the Xenon flashes in dedicated cameras or even external flashguns. If you feel your iPhone photography has been held back by your Apple device’s underpowered LED light, Tric’s new Kickstarter project might just be what you’ve been waiting for. The team behind Tric is looking to raise funds for the final development and mass production of a wireless trigger unit for the iPhone. The device will allow you to trigger flash guns with a standard hot shoe connector or studio strobes with PC terminal...
Vivid is a festival of light and color thrown by the city of Sydney every year. Run by Destination NSW (the state’s tourism authority) and paid for by a mixture of state and business sponsorship, it’s an amazing looking event. At its core are the building takeovers in which they drop unique projection-mapped animations on some of the most famous structures in the world, located on one of the most famous harbours in the world. Combine all that with special events, concerts, talks and micro-installations dotted all around the harbour, food trucks and all the usual awesome attractions of...
If you’re interested at all in bird watching and photography, Merlin Bird Photo ID is a website you should add to your bookmarks. It’s a new website that can help you identify the species of the bird in your photograph. The site was created as a collaboration between Cornell and the Visipedia project, and is currently capable of recognizing about 400 of the most commonly encountered birds in the United States and Canada. In terms of accuracy, the service is currently able to suggest the correct bird species in the top 3 results about 90% of the time, and it will only get better as...
HTC today unveiled a new limited edition 24-karat gold version of the HTC One M9 smartphone. Unfortunately for HTC, there was just one small (and rather embarrassing) problem: one of the promo photos was taken with an iPhone. Here’s the original Tweet that was posted earlier today to announce the new phone, which was launched to celebrate the end of the UEFA Champions League season over in Europe: While the photo does capture the sleek and shiny look of the new 24K phone, it also captured a reflection of the camera that was used to shoot it — clearly an iPhone: After news of the goof...
Creating a photography portfolio can be a daunting experience. As a rule, photographers have basic or no knowledge of design at all. Moreover, creating a site with the pictures in focus can be a tricky task. Being a photographer makes you a wearer of many hats. It’s critically important to have an online portfolio, so you can easily show your potential clients what you’re capable of. If you have no idea how to start, where to take pictures, how many of them you need for a site, and how to make your portfolio work for you, these tips may help you get started: What is a portfolio? How Many...
We all have favorites; colors, cars, movies, and dogs. For one reason or another, they grow on you and the more you’re exposed to it, the more partial you become. When it comes to photographers, we have favorites too. Brands, camera bodies, software, and of course, lenses. I’m no different. Over the years many lenses have passed through my hands. I have also had experience with a slew of other lenses through newspaper jobs and loaners from friends; everything from fisheyes to 400mm, Sigma to Zeiss. Each new lens gets to be a favorite for a time – I call it the honeymoon phase. But to really...
Tarina Golf, Siilinjärvi, Finland, 2014. Photo by Janne Voutilainen We see the work of our talented readers every day when they post their images to our galleries, forums and challenges. Lately we’ve been showing off some of our favorite reader portfolios in a weekly showcase. If you’re a site regular and you’d like your photos to be considered for a future Readers’ Showcase, just drop us a line. Include a link to your online photo portfolio as well as your DPR user profile. We’ll pick our favorites and feature them right here on our...
Back in March 2015, NYC-based photographer Joey L. traveled to the Kurdistan region of Iraq and Syria to start another one of his amazing personal projects. This time he pointed his camera at Kurdish guerrilla groups who have been fighting in the Syrian civil war for independence and a region to call their own. Joey says that the media and people around the world have mixed views of who exactly these Kurdish guerrilla fighters were. “I set out to uncover the truth, or at least to better understand the nuances behind the headlines,” he writes on his website. “Portrait photography has a...
Design technologist Roo Williams was recently tasked with creating a better way to capture corporate employee headshots. What he came up with is a Raspberry Pi-powered mobile photo booth that’s controlled entirely through the subject’s smartphone through a special website. He calls it the “Pi-Booth.” The core of the photo booth is a Raspberry Pi computer running a custom Python application. There’s a special web interface for controlling the booth, a timed bulb flash on the front, a modified Raspberry Pi camera module with a wider lens, and a button for turning the screen on and off....
Like single serving coffee pods, film canisters aren’t exactly the environment’s best friend. One startup over in Italy is trying to change that. Called compagnia-imago, the company is trying to create a high-quality eco-friendly film canister that’s biodegradable, compostable, an reusable. The film rolls look like little brown and green cardboard tubes rather than the black film canisters used throughout the history of 35mm photography. They’re created entirely out of wood and bio-resistant plastic that’s derived from plants and sugar beets. Each canister has a standard size and can...
With Sony dominating the mirrorless camera market, other companies are looking to find ways to make their hardware stand out in comparison. Fujifilm has chosen to design their custom sensor array, Panasonic has focused on stunning video, and Samsung – well, they want to cram as much technology into a small package as they possibly can. The result is the NX500; and it is a real tiny camera with big promises. The Samsung NX500 is a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera with a 28.2 MP APC-S CMOS sized sensor, which is currently the highest resolution APC-S sensor on the market. The...
Here’s a behind-the-scenes video of an unusual photo shoot photographer Pete Leong did last year that featured a real military bomb disposal expert and C4 explosive detonations in the background. Leong writes that he had been thinking of doing a personal project featuring members of the military, and the opportunity arose after he photographed the family of a man named Matt in Okinawa. Matt, an Explosive Ordnance Demolition (EOD) Master Sargent, was able to help Leong put together a photo shoot featuring a real 85-pound bomb suit, a bomb disarming robot, an RPG, munitions, and more....
What is the Brenizer Method? The Brenizer Method is named after wedding photographer, Ryan Brenizer. He didn’t invent the method but instead made it popular by using it with his wedding clients, and teaching others how to do it as well. For those who have been around photography for a while, you will recognize the process. Photographers have been stitching images together to create panoramas for decades. However, Photoshop and similar software have now made this method extremely simple for you. Advantages of using the Brenizer Method Creating an image using the Brenizer method takes more...
The sport of horse riding and showing can be very rewarding and beneficial to a young child. However, capturing those memories to print and share with family and friends can be a challenge for parents. Basic horse knowledge is helpful not only in keeping your child and their horse safe, but others around them as well. The following are a few dos and don’ts to get you started successfully, and safely, photographing your child at horse shows. #1 Avoid the use of flash Camera flashes from the audience during rodeos and exhibitions are common, and for the most part those horses are accustomed to...
Tarina Golf, Siilinjärvi, Finland, 2014. Photo by Janne Voutilainen We see the work of our talented readers every day when they post their images to our galleries, forums and challenges. Lately we’ve been showing off some of our favorite reader portfolios in a weekly showcase. If you’re a site regular and you’d like your photos to be considered for a future Readers’ Showcase, just drop us a line. Include a link to your online photo portfolio as well as your DPR user profile. We’ll pick our favorites and feature them right here on our...
Angry (and possibly drunk) neighbors aren’t the only ones attacking camera drones these days. Yesterday, a man named John Thompson took his drone to a structure fire in New York to capture some aerial shots of the fire company battling the blaze. 12-minutes into the flight, the firefighters on the ground suddenly began trying to shoot the drone out of the sky with water from their high-pressured fire hoses. Here’s what the incident was like from the drone’s point of view: “This is real misconduct on their part and very unprofessional,” Thompson writes on his Facebook page. “My second...
In any given week, the average US child will watch more than a day’s worth of TV. This subject is the focus of a new photo series by photographer Donna Stevens called Idiot Box. It’s a set of portraits showing blank expressions on kids faces as they watch television in a dimly-lit room. “TV is just one of the ever present Black Mirrors through which we negotiate our lives today,” the Australian photographer tells PetaPixel. “Idiot Box hopes to explore the darker side of our love for technology.” “Should we exhibit more caution about the role of technology in our children’s lives? Is...
Here’s a look at the optical quality of the Yongnuo 35mm f/2 for Canon EF. There’s only so much that can be tested at home without fancy gear (MTF charts and the like) so I did a few tests that gauge common aesthetic qualities, using techniques that are often recommended for testing at home. It’s not super scientific, but it does give some further input on the lens and what you might expect. And all tests were done as compared to the Canon 35mm f/2 lens — each shot was taken on a sturdy tripod, and all settings were kept the same, with the lenses switched out for each shot. Tests Used...
Camera drones are all the rage today, but what if you want to take your camera down into water instead of up into the air? That’s where the Seawolf comes in. Created by the company TTRobotix, the Seawolf is a remote control submarine that’s designed to carry a small camera for underwater photos and videos. The 7.7 kilogram (~17 pound), 70cm long sub can dive down to a depth of 8 meters and features a mounting point on the front that can fit a GoPro HERO3 or HERO4 action camera. The 5-blade brass propellers allow the sub to travel at up to 3.5kph (~2.2mph), and the built-in battery can...
The folks over at Lucky7Drones were testing out their $1,350 DJI Phantom 3 camera drone this week when an angry neighbor walked up and whacked the drone out of the air with a shirt, breaking the 4K camera and three of the props. Luckily for the drone operators, the whole incident was captured on camera. In a blog post, the drone owners write that the “extremely inebriated” neighbor actually committed a felony by damaging their drone since it’s valued at over $500 (in California anything over $900 is felony vandalism). The drone’s 4K camera was heavily damaged in the incident. When the...
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By Joseph Tepper
Without question, one the most popular marine creatures is the turtle. Green, hawksbill, loggerhead, leatherback—we love every one. And best of all, they can be found and photographed in almost every destination. With a little bit of preparation and technique you can separate your turtle shots from the rest and produce images that even Crush the turtle from Finding Nemo would call “righteous!”
Types of Turtles to Photograph
There are seven...
In this previous post I shared a bunch of street photography images. But not just any old random ones. They are images that were taken all around the world, but yet still have a common thread, a connection. They included: Photographers shooting other photographers Subways, taxis and transportation Markets and vendors And buskers or street musicians By Fabrizio Maestroni Weekly Photography Challenge – Street Photography Now the challenge is over to you. Go do some street photography, and if you want to take the challenge up a notch then try to work with the themes mentioned above. See if you...
Street photography is a popular genre which many photographers enjoy, just for the sake of doing photography. You can find many articles on it here on dPS. Let’s look at a few street photography images from around the world and see if we can’t find similarities, as well as differences between them all. I got carried away selecting images for this collection because I found the inter-connections intriguing and it inspired me. I hope you can see it too. Photographers shooting other photographers Working the Scene by Shamas Malik on 500px He is nikon photographer. How long have you been doing...
For our July special issue, we profile some of the world’s leading colleges and teachers about the secret of their success
What does the perfect art college look like? The Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne in Switzerland, profiled in our July issue (now on sale at newsagents in the UK and selected countries abroad, or via iTunes for our iPad edition, or directly from The BJP Shop), must come pretty close, with its balance of the vocational, the conceptual and a dash of the downright weird. Not to mention first-class facilities housed in a state-of-the-art building...
Leopard Cub in the Light. Marwell Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014 winner. Photo by George Wheelhouse The sixth Marwell Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is now accepting entries. This is an annual contest open to wildlife photographers residing in the UK, with a top prize that includes an eight day photography trip in Estonia via Wildlife Worldwide (valued at £1,795/$2,740) and a year’s subscription to Digital Photographer magazine. Other prizes offered include camera gear and annual Marwell Zoo memberships. The latest contest includes four...
Nikon has released ‘C’ firmware version 1.04 for the D3200. This update addresses an issue with the camera’s memory card slot, causing the access lamp to light for too long or the camera to give an error while the user is accessing the memory card. Visit Nikon’s website for the download. Download Nikon D3200 firmware ‘C’ version 1.04
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With many cameras now supporting integrated Wi-Fi connectivity, a good number of photographers are editing their photographs while still on the road. There is a variety of applications on both iOS and Android that offer different feature sets at varying price points. In this article, we’ll take a look at some of the best offerings to help you pick out what may be the best solution for your circumstances. Photoshop Express — Free for iOS/Android Our first contender is made by Adobe and is an excellent companion for those with a Creative Cloud subscription. Photoshop Express is one of...
If you’re wondering why copyright infringement is so widespread on the Web and why wealthy artists like Richard Prince can test the boundaries of copyright law without much worry, consider this: by the time photographer Daniel Morel won $1.2 million in 2013 after a 5-year copyright battle, his law firm had racked up a staggering $2.5 million in legal fees and costs — most of which won’t be paid.PDN has published an eye-opening look into the financial figures involved in this case, and the takeaway is concerning for photographers. Daniel Morel won $1.2 million after Getty Images and...
If you ever have the opportunity to photograph lions from the safety of a car on a game preserve, be sure you heed the warnings to keep your windows closed and doors locked — it could save your life. The dangers of having your window open made headlines this past Monday after a 29-year-old American named Katherine Chappell was attacked and killed by a lion she was trying to photograph. Visitors to the popular Lion Park in South Africa are greeted with numerous signs and flyers instructing them to secure their cars. One flier reads: “Please be aware that wild animals by nature are...
Adorama has launched a new mini documentary series called “Through the Lens,” or TTL for short. It’s a weekly online show that will explore “the evolving aesthetic of photography as seen through this generation’s creator class.” Two episodes have been released in the series so far. Both of them are 5-minute profiles of popular Instagram photographers. It’s a look at who they are and how they work. Episode #1: @insighting — 160,000 followers Giovanni Elao was raised in the Bronx. He graduated from John Jay College with a Criminal Justice Degree. In the winter of 2013, he came across...
Here’s a funny little 30-second blooper reel drone shot by aerial photographer Daniel Peckham. While capturing some beautiful footage of the sun over the Pacific Ocean, Peckham’s “epic” shot came to a surprising and abrupt end. “The sunset was glorious, the flying was buttery smooth (probably my best aerial capture yet)… and then this happened,” he says. Peckham was flying his DJI Phantom 3 around Arch Rock near Little Corona Beach in Newport Beach, California, when he accidentally flew the drone right into the tree hanging off a 30-foot cliff. The moment the shot went all wrong....
Do you scout for potential photography locations online through sites like Flickr, Panoramio or 500px? Of course you do! It’s easy, you get hundreds of photographs to look at of any given location, and you might even get some great ideas that you hadn’t thought about for subject matter or composition. So why am I asking you this question? Well here’s another question for you… Have you ever thought about the downsides of online photo scouting? I’m going to venture a guess that it probably hasn’t even crossed your mind before today. What downsides could there possibility be with these rich...
For the street photographer, shooting a perfect silhouette is a very gratifying moment. Just like anything else in street photography, not every subject makes for an interesting silhouette photograph. Here are a few tips to help you capture an interesting silhouette on your next photo walk. Some elements, such as bicycles, make for more interesting silhouettes. 1. Set your camera for success To shoot a silhouette you have to take control of your camera first. Your flash needs to be turned off. Ideally your exposure is set for the highlights (background). If you set your exposure on your...
Miggo, maker of non-traditional camera straps that convert into wraps, announced in April that it would launch its new ‘storm-proof’ camera bag Agua on Kickstarter in early June. That crowd-funding campaign is now live. The Miggo Agua bag has an IPX3-standard rating, which means it can protect gear from pouring rain and similar types of water exposure. The maker says its camera bag differs from competing water-resistant offerings due to its quick-draw design, allowing photographers to protect their camera from the elements while retaining the ability to...
Hasselblad has announced a new aerial camera that it says provides the ‘ultimate’ in image quality for aerial photographers. The camera, the Hasselblad A5D, has no moving parts and as such avoids unintentional internal mechanical movements that aircraft vibrations can cause. Available in 40MP, 50MP or 60MP sensor options, the camera is said to have ‘unrivaled’ reliability, stability and low weight. With images saved to CF memory cards or transferred directly by FireWire 800, the new bodies accept a LEMO push/pull connector cable that allows up to...
Mirrorless sales in the USA are rising, with sales values up 16.5% over the past year, says market researcher NPD Group. Sony highlighted the figures while celebrating its own success: with the success of the a7 series helping it generate 66% more income from mirrorless sales over the last twelve months. NPD Group says DSLR sales values fell 15% over the same period. Sony also points out that the Consumer Electronics Association has recently chosen ‘Mirrorless’ (short for Mirrorless Interchangeble Lens Camera) as its approved term for the class of cameras,...
If you’re looking to learn to program, there are free interactive online courses such as Codecademy and CodeSchool you can use. Programmer and photographer Cody Meyer wanted to give the photography world a similar kind of resource, so he created Camera Instructor. It’s a new web-based photography school that aims to teach photography skills for free through interactive videos and exercises. Meyer was himself a wedding photographer before graduating school with a degree in computer science and taking a job in the tech industry. When he was laid off a year ago, he decided to combine his...
It appears that a selfie posted by a “moron” ISIS militant may have helped the US Air Force find and flatten an ISIS headquarter building.Defense Tech reports that at a Air Force Association breakfast meeting in Washington DC on Monday, General Hawk Carlisle, the head of Air Combat Command, shared a story of how a careless social media post directly led to an airstrike against ISIS. He says that a photograph was spotted on social media by surveillance and reconnaissance airmen at Hurlburt Field in Florida, who relayed the info over to those on the front lines. “The guys that were...
Ilford, a company known for their high quality black and white photographic films, has announced that they will begin to manufacture once again their Harman Direct Positive Fiber Paper. The paper had disappeared from the market in 2013 when the emulsion used to craft the paper had become no longer available due to a sale of one of Ilford’s Switzerland-based factories. The direct positive fiber paper, which is used for pinhole photography, is now back due to demand and being manufactured at the company’s Mobberley plant in England. Harman Direct Positive Fiber Paper is commonly used in...
1,250 glass negatives from between 1910 and 1925 were recently found in the archives of the Swiss photo agency Keystone. After some thorough research work, it was concluded that the photos formed an important chapter of Swiss photographic history: they were shot by photographer Jules Decrauzat, widely considered now to be the first sports photographer and first major photojournalist in the history of Switzerland. Decrauzat was born in the city of Biel in 1879, started out his career as a sculptor in Paris, and there discovered the medium of photography. In a world in which most photos...
Greetings, my name is Andy Baker and I’m the Group Creative Director at the National Geographic Channel. For the past two years, I’ve been running a blog called The Client Blog all about the client’s perspective on the creative process — a perspective not often heard or discussed. Here’s a list of the top 10 takeaways I’ve learned over the past two years — a ‘Cliffnotes’ version of what I share on my wesbite. These top 10 takeaways are not necessarily in order of importance, just the things that stand out to me most, or consistent themes that I’ve heard and written about. #10: Less Is...
Nothing catches the eye of a potential home buyer or design client quite like a beautiful set of photos. Whether it’s for real estate agents, designers, or homeowners, expectations are high, and restrictions are often many. It’s not uncommon to have to deal with extremely short notice, very short windows of time in which to work, or to be asked for almost immediate turnaround. We, as photographers, become torn between meeting all the needs while still producing work we are proud of… and all while still making a profit! In real estate, especially, this often leads to photos that are “good...
Almost every DSLR or Mirrorless camera has a mode dial with a variety of letters and icons on it, some of which might seem cryptic or confusing. Usually you’ll find a green icon for Full Auto mode (usually a green A or rectangle), Full Manual mode (M), as well as Aperture Priority (A or Av) and Shutter Priority (S or Tv). Your camera might also feature scene modes such as portrait, night, or macro, and even some user-configurable modes indicated with a U1 or U2 (or C1/C2, etc.) Note: read more about the most common modes on your camera here. Somewhere on that dial is a letter that’s often...
SLR Magic has introduced its HyperPrime Cine 50mm T0.95 standard lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras, an offering it will be showing off at Cine Gear Expo 2015 in LA on June 5th and 6th. The HyperPrime Lens gives a 100mm equivalent focal length and offers a T0.95 maximum aperture, black anodized finish and weighs 620g/1.4lb. Also introduced is the SLR Magic-Rangefinder Cine Adapter with an integrated focus ring. SLR Magic recommends its Magic-Rangefinder Cine Adapter to photographers in want of ‘cinema-like manual focus’ on auto-focus lenses and single-focus...
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DPReview recommends: Best smartphone cameras In many users’ pockets consumer-level digital compact cameras have been replaced by smartphones. The cameras of the latter don’t usually have zoom lenses or xenon flashes but image sensor technology has been rapidly improving and clever software processing helps rival, and in some cases even surpass, image quality of dedicated cameras. Add large high-resolution screens for image framing and viewing along with the ability to add special features and new shooting modes by installing apps to the mix, and it’s no surprise that...
What do you get if you mount a giant $60,000 broadcast lens to a tiny mirrorless camera? That’s what YouTube user SirJonnyCargo recently set out to find out. He used a Fotodiox lens adapter to mount his Panasonic GH4 onto a Fujinon XA55 lens. The results were actually very impressive. Here’s the video he posted showing what he did and some sample footage shot using the strange camera kit: The lens is a 9.5-525mm f/1.7 lens, but with a 2x extender and the 2.3X crop factor of the GH4, it’s the equivalent of a 44-2415mm lens in 35mm terms. That means it can go from this on the wide end:...
Lensbaby is known for crafting unique optics that allow photographs to take creative control of their work. Four of the company’s flagship lenses are now available for Fujifilm’s X Mount system of cameras. Newly available lenses include the Composer Pro with Sweet 35 Optic, Composer Pro with Sweet 50 Optic, Circular Fisheye, and Velvet 56 Portrait Lens. The Composer Pro is a lens manufactured to get gradually softer as a subject moves away from the center of the lens. Lensbaby calls this fade from a sharp focus center to a heavily blurred outer rim their “Sweet Spot of Focus” creative...
Here’s a fascinating 14-minute documentary about the work of Chris Farina, one of the world’s top boxing photographers and the official shooter for Top Rank. Farina shares about his career journey and how he goes about shooting some of the biggest athletes and fights in the sport. One of the things Farina talks about is the importance of getting to know the fighters’ habits in order to anticipate what they’re going to do. “What we shoot is not what we see. We shoot before we see it,” he says. “If you see it through the camera, you missed it.” Image credits: Video and still frame by...
The debate between analog and digital may never end, but there can be a happy medium. One of the reasons that analog continues to live on is due to the wondrous ‘color profiles’ that one can find in different packages of film, along with their unique grain profiles. VSCO, a company that designs presets for Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop, has released their latest collection “VSCO FILM 07” – the eclectic films package. VSCO categorizes this eclectic film package as one that introduces “muted, vivid, tungsten-balanced, and black and white films – all of which embody an elegant and...
Jessica Lehrman is a 26-year-old Brooklyn-based documentary photographer who captures the glamor and grit of contemporary underground movements, from the underbelly of New York City’s hip hop community to protests and social revolutions. Here’s a short 5-minute documentary that offers a glimpse into Lehrman’s life and work: Lehrman grew up as a young Jewish girl who spent much of her childhood living in the back of an R.V. Nowadays, some of her closest friends are also some of the biggest names in the rap industry. Her photos have been published in Rolling Stone, The New York Times,...
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University of Miami Shark Researcher Dr. Neil Hammerschlag releases an Atlantic sharpnose shark back into the waters off of the Florida Keys after a brief tagging and sampling process
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In a world challenged by so many environmental issues, from overfishing to pollution and climate change, I believe we need science and innovation now more than ever. Researchers have the tools, methods, and skills to help find effective solutions. But how do you raise public interest enough to...
Panasonic 4K Photo reaches to grab stills-from-video dream
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The arrival of 4K video means that an increasing number of devices are effectively capturing prolonged bursts of 8MP images at fast frame rates, increasing the likelihood of capturing ‘the moment.’ Using a video feed to capture stills isn’t a new idea – Nikon’s first electronic camera, the QV-1000C, did it in the late 1980s – but the resolution of 4K makes it more useful. Panasonic has recognized this way of working and has introduced 4K Photo mode to its 4K cameras, to make things easier for the user. Panasonics such as the GH4, LX100...
Video: A Hands-On Review of the New Sony a7R II
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Ax Smash, or: How NOT to Deal with DSLR Errors
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YouTube celebrity Casey Neistat made the photography world cringe and groan today after publishing a new vlog titled “Quitter,” which includes a particularly painful-to-watch case of violence against cameras. After repeatedly experiencing an error on his Canon 70D that caused him to lose footage, Neistat took an ax and destroyed both the camera and lens. The horror starts at 4:48 in the video above. Here’s a GIF showing what he did: Neistat then posted a photo on Instagram saying that his camera “had to be destroyed” because of its annoying “movie recording has stopped automatically”...
AutoSteady: A 3-Axis Gimbal Stabilizer for Phones and GoPros
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Gimbal stabilizers can be used to help produce smooth, high-quality video. However, inexpensive gimbals typically use heavy counterweights for stabilization, making them difficult to carry around, while more expensive models utilize precision electronics. A happy medium may soon be on the market; the California-based company, Neuvison, has announced their Kickstarter for the AutoSteady, an affordable electronic 3-axis gimbal stabilizer. The AutoSteady is designed to work with smartphones and, with an additional adapter, GoPro action cameras. The stabilizer can tilt, roll, and pan to...
‘Denali’: Photographer Ben Moon’s Touching Tribute to His Beloved Dog
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The short film above, titled “Denali,” is photographer Ben Moon‘s beautiful and touching tribute to his dog Denali, who passed away last year at the age of 14. It’s a story of love and friendship, creatively told from Denali’s perspective. Based out of Portland, Oregon, Moon originally adopted Denali from the pound back in 1999. The two then spent years traveling around in Moon’s Subaru wagon, photographing everything from nature to surfers. When Moon was diagnosed with stage 3+ colorectal cancer back in 2004, Denali stood by his bedside and encouraged him through dark, chemo-filled...
The Meta35 Lets You Easily Transfer Metadata From Select Film Cameras
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If you shoot film, you know how difficult it can be to properly organize your photographs once they have been digitized to your computer. Modern digital cameras allow easy organization with built in metadata that provides every bit of information you could ever need; however, digitally scanned photos contain no such data. Promote Systems has introduced the Meta35, a device to easily import and sync your film camera’s metadata. The Meta35 is a small USB device that includes your choice of a Nikon, Canon, or Minolta adapter for metadata transfer. Not all cameras are compatible with the...
Various Speaking Actors Needed for TVC
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International Runaway Models to Teach Catwalk
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Promotional Models & Brand Ambassadors
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Handsome Male Hosts Required
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Video producer required for a Youtube project
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Male Model 2XL-4XL for Major Photographic Campaign
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Looking for Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists
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I-d Magazine: Be True to your Pleasure Short Film Competition
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‘KIDS’ | Call for Crew – Stills Photographer
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Looking for Visual Collaborators for Large Scale Project
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Photographer w/own Equipment Required- Photoshoot in spirit of ‘James Bond’
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Versatile Photographer Needed for on Set Photography
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Automating Lightroom With Presets, Templates, Collections And Virtual Copies
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8 Tips For Baby Photography Using Natural Light
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Babies. Do you find them a challenge to photograph? They gurgle, spit, vomit, laugh, cry, smack their hands together… They do a whole lotta things that we don’t need to see forever in a photograph! But in between all that uncontrollable baby-behaviour are those moments that parents see every day and would love to keep alive forever in beautiful photos – the big eyes, cute smiles, tiny fingers, soft skin, and round cheeks – all those wondrous little details that only come with brand new life. Those are the things that connect to a parent’s heart in the moment, they happen and what they long...
5 Unposing Tips for Kids for More Natural Photos
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Editor’s note: this week we will be featuring a series of articles on posing for portraits. Look for a new one each day. If you miss any make sure you subscribe to our newsletter and you’ll get a reminder of all our articles once a week. Posing kids is a whole different thing from posing models (unless you’re photographing a child model, and then you might not need this article). My biggest goal when capturing kids is to help them look as natural as possible, so truly I want to “unpose” them. Stiff, awkward, posed shots aren’t really what anyone wants, but I want to take this even a step...
Canon GPS receiver GP-E2 firmware 2.0 adds T6i/T6s (760D/750D) and 5DS/5DS R support
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Canon’s external GPS receiver GP-E2 gets an update today to firmware 2.0, adding support for the Canon EOS Rebel T6s/T6i (760D/750D) and EOS 5DS/5DS R. The firmware update also fixes a couple of bugs related to the signal acquisition indicator light and the unit’s built-in memory. See the full details below; the new firmware is available today from Canon’s website. Download Canon GPS GP-E2 firmware 2.0.0 Firmware Version 2.0.0 incorporates the following fixes and improvements: Fixes a phenomenon in which, in rare cases, the signal acquisition indicator...
200th birthday of Julia Margaret Cameron to be celebrated with major exhibition
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Charles Darwin, Julia Margaret Cameron, 1868 Victoria and Albert Museum London’s Victoria and Albert museum is to hold a major exhibition of the work of Julia Margaret Cameron to mark the bicentenary of her birth. The show will include more than 100 prints from the museum’s own extensive collection of her images, some of which she gave the museum in its former existence as the South Kensington Museum. Cameron, one of the most important female photographers in the form’s history, would have been 200 years old on June 11th this year, and the exhibition at the Victoria...
Editorial: Why I want a Leica Q (in which I mostly don’t talk about the Leica Q)
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By Barnaby Britton I’ve always been fascinated by Leica as a company, but increasingly also as a business entity. In this industry, no other manufacturer has quite the same brand recognition nor quite the same apparent ability to float beyond the normal commercial concerns of – you know, actually selling cameras to as many people as possible at a price that doesn’t put them into cardiac arrest. The Q is styled after Leica’s classic M-series rangefinders while being both smaller and lighter. The red dot sits where the viewfinder window would be, and a high...
Fully stacked: Hands-on with Sony’s RX100 IV and RX10 II
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Eleson, actually “different markets” is a real thing. 🙂I do agree that aiming and hitting is a completely different thing, and canon just “aimed” …. time will tell if they hit anything :)) But, as an enthusiast, i know i look at completely different things in a camera than a professional. And it’s normal to be so:I care more about design and less about ergonomics as i don’t hold a camera 8 hours every day, and when i do, i want to like it 🙂 I care more about image quality, having 4k, etc, as even if i don’t have 4k TV now, in 10-20 every tablet...
Shutterfly’s TripPix Helps You Easily Turn Your iPhone Photos Into Travel Photo Books
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Jun, 2015 |
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Photography has always served as a way to preserve family memories; now, Shutterfly wants to make them easy to turn into travel albums. Using your iPhone and the company’s new service, TripPix, users can design full-featured albums, which include 15-30 photographs, on their iOS devices and then print them for only $20. Anyone can easily convert their collection of digital photos into beautiful travel books in just a few minutes. Shutterfly’s new TripPix service is aimed at getting your “photos off your phone and into a super sweet album like the good ol’ days in just 5 mins.” Begin by...
Edelkrone PocketSkater2 is a Mini Camera Dolly You Can Fit In Your Pocket
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Camera dollies can add beautiful and fluid movement to your videos, but they tend to be both bulky and difficult to travel with for extended periods. Edelkrone is here to try and fix that problem with the PocketSkater2, a product they are calling “the world’s most flexible fully featured camera skater that can fit in your pocket.” With an extensive collection of mini-dollies already available, what does the PocketSkater2 bring to the party? The new product from Edelkrone can instantly adjust the curvature of its path using the unit’s two front wheels. No matter if you are looking to...
We Found a Fly Inside a Weather-Sealed Lens
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I’ve been blogging about testing and taking apart camera equipment for almost a decade. My company, LensRentals, has many thousand of lenses these days, and they all get used frequently. When you have lots of lenses and they get used frequently, stuff gets inside them. Usually the stuff that gets inside is dust. Our repair techs open up and clean dust out of more than 100 lenses a week. Not because the dust matters a bit in a photograph; it doesn’t. But because people still seem to think it does. People also, for reasons I can’t understand, seem to think that weather-sealed lenses are...
Former Time CEO Ann S. Moore on Art Galleries and Advice for Photographers
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Ann S. Moore is one of the most powerful women in the world according to Forbes and Fortune Magazine. Graduating from Vanderbilt University in 1978, Moore climbed the career ladder leading exciting positions including being the publisher of Sports Illustrated for Kids and People Magazine. She was crowned People Magazine’s president in 1993 and become the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Time Inc. in 2002. Now, it is 2015; Moore has established a high-end art gallery in Chelsea, New York. The Curator Gallery, as it is called, focuses on a mission to “bring exposure to...
Introducing Friend, A Better Alternative to the Selfie Stick
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Here’s a tongue-in-cheek infomercial by CollegeHumor for a revolutionary new product called Friend. It’s a selfie-stick alternative that lets you pose for pictures “confidently and comfortably knowing that you don’t look like the world’s saddest wizard.” A Friend lets you “take selfies so good they’re just called ‘pictures’,” the description says. (via College Humor via Laughing Squid) Source Article from...
International Turkey Contract 6 Months
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Female Dancers required in Melbourne
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Miss Football Fever (VIC)
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Miss Football Fever 2015
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Photographer Needed in Reading
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Listen To Fred Light Tell The Story Of Building His Real Estate Photography/Videography Business
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Portrait Posing Tips- How to Help People to Relax and Take Better Photos
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Editor’s note: this week we will be featuring a series of articles on posing for portraits. Look for a new one each day. If you miss any make sure you subscribe to our newsletter and you’ll get a reminder of all our articles once a week. One of the trickiest parts of doing a portrait photo shoot has nothing to do with operating your camera, mastering your lenses, controlling the light, or even dealing with uncontrollable weather. Getting your clients to relax, take it easy, and enjoy themselves during your time with them is just as important as making sure you have all the technical aspects...
Take Your Light With You – the Power of Speedlights
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Off-camera flash is a huge part of lighting used in photography today. Of course you can’t compare it to studio lighting, but the question is, how close can you get? In this article I will talk about portable lighting, and how to control it with some simple accessories and light modifiers to achieve the big lights look. As a serious off-camera flash fan, when the Canon 600EX-RT Speedlite was put out on the market, I immediately went out to buy it. I have to say, I love the way it performs and the upgrades it has, compared to its predecessor, the 580EX II. After testing it for a couple of...
An Argentinian photographer took portraits of older men she thought might be her father
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Moisés was the name of Mariela Sancari’s father. A series of portraits of men in their 70s, the age of her father if he were alive today, is now being turned into a major photobook by the Italian publisher Fabrica.
When Mariela Sancari was 14, her father killed himself. As she tried, often forlornly, to deal with his absence, sometimes denying even it, Sancari began to invent in her mind his personality, his life, his whereabouts. He grew older in her mind. As a professional photographer, Sancari decided to confront this chapter of her life. In her native Buenos...
A photographer documented the building of London’s 100km Crossrail Project
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Due to complete in 2018, Crossrail is the biggest construction project in Europe, and it’s being photographed every step of the way.
As Londoners go about their daily business above ground, unbeknownst to many of them, construction workers below are busy excavating, navigating and building a network of tunnels for the much-anticipated Crossrail. “You pop out of a hole in the middle of Oxford Street and no one knows where you’ve come from,” marvels John Zammit, one of the photographers charged with documenting its progress. “It’s a completely different world down...
Fully stacked: Hands-on with Sony’s RX100 IV and RX10 II
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That’s the main problem I have with this. I would really be tempted to buy the RX10 II, but I don’t think I can deal with the lack of DOF control. Im sure at 200mm @F2.8 it’s ok, but I can’t shoot indoor portraits at 200mm.I want better DOF control and a 1″ sensor is just hard to deal with there. Im also curious as to how good the ISO performance is, but even with advancements here im not guessing it’s even close to apsc yet, im thinking A77II, D7200, ect. For an outdoor good light action cam this sounds good, but I do far too much portraitry and lowlight,...
Alpha dog: Hands-on with Sony a7R II
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@spidermoon: Perhaps you missed the whole bit about how the a7R II will focus, using phase-detection, 3rd party lenses via electronic adapters. 🙂 The thing is, Sony has now made a body whose main advantage doesn’t even have to be size, but a number of other things: IBIS, on-sensor phase-detection, image sensor-based subject tracking, Sony sensor performance, 4K, etc. Source Article from...
Sony RX100 IV compact records 4K video, uses a stacked sensor
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The Sony RX100 series has gained quite a positive reputation in the somewhat short time it’s been around, for squeezing a relatively large sensor into a small compact. The RX100 IV continues that tradition and uses Sony’s next generation sensor, a stacked 20.1MP 1″-type Exmor RS CMOS sensor, coupled with an attached DRAM memory chip for speedy processing. This ‘stacked CMOS’ design separates the photosensitive region of the sensor into a different layer from the circuitry; this allows more space for the light sensitive portion of each pixel. The...
Sony announces Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II with stacked 20MP sensor and 4K video
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Sony has announced the Cyber-shot RX10 II, offering a 1″ type stacked 20MP CMOS sensor, 4K video recording (up to 29 minutes) and improved readout speed thanks to a new DRAM chip. The body design and lens specs remain in line with the RX10, including a Zeiss-branded 24-200mm equivalent F2.8 lens. Other new features include a 40x super slow motion video mode at 960fps, an Anti-Distortion Shutter mode up to 1/32,000sec and a new 2.35 million dot XGA OLED viewfinder. Continuous shooting is boosted to 14 fps. As in the RX10, Wi-Fi and NFC are also built-in. Both the...
Sony a7R II has 42.4MP on 4K-capable full-frame BSI CMOS sensor
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Sony has announced the a7R II, a 42.4MP mirrorless camera with an image stabilized full-frame BSI CMOS sensor. Unlike its predecessor, the camera includes on-sensor phase detection elements for faster autofocus, which continues to work with other brands’ lenses. The camera also has a revised shutter mechanism, rated to 500,000 actuations but also promising less vibration than the one on its predecessor. The sensor is by far the largest backside illuminated CMOS chip to be released, allowing the maximum expanded ISO to rise two stops to 102,400. The camera will cost...
Photographer Nick Ut Revisits the Place Where He Shot ‘Napalm Girl’
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This past Monday, photojournalist Nick Ut paid a visit to the location in Vietnam where he photographed his Pulitzer Prize-winning photo titled ‘Napalm Girl.’ The short video above shows the visit, which was 43 years (to the day) after he pressed the shutter to create one of the most famous images of the Vietnam War. This time around, Ut carried an iPhone to shoot Instagram photos instead of the film camera he used back in 1972. One of the people he reconnected with was Ho Van Bon, the cousin of Kim Phuc, the “Napalm Girl.” Ho also appears in the famous photograph: he’s the boy on the...
Blacks to Close All Of Its Retail Photo Stores in Canada
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Canadian photography retailer Blacks is pulling out of the brick-and-mortar store business. The company announced today that it will be closing all of its 59 stores in Canada on August 8th, 2015, citing an inability to make them profitable in the digital age. Parent company Telus had tried and failed to find a buyer for the Blacks chain of stores before deciding to put an end to operations. It originally purchased the 113-store chain back in 2009 for $23 million, shutting down half the stores at the time to improve the quality of the rest. Blacks had also reportedly tried to convert a...
PhotoShelter Unveils a Mobile App for Managing Your Portfolio On the Go
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PhotoShelter launched a mobile app today that lets photographers on the service manage their photo portfolios on the go using their smartphones. The app offers a new way for PhotoShelter users to access, manage, and take care of their business. You’ll find the same features that are available through the website. Your entire archive is available at your fingertips along with stats and info from your account. Using the interface, photographers can make changes to their photos and account — things like changing visibility, pricing photos that are for sale, granting permissions, and...
Priolite Brings 1/8000s Flash Sync to Pentax DSLRs
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Shooting flash photography with a wide open aperture on a bright summer day can feel almost impossible sometimes. You have a collection of beautiful shots that could use flash, but due to the sheer amount of light coming into your lens your flash units can’t keep up with the situation. You may be able to use an ND filter to cut down on the light, but your flash units will also have to compensate in the process. Now, professional lighting company, Priolite, has a solution they say will allow Pentax photographers to shoot Hot Sync flashes at speeds up to 1/8000th of a second. From...
So, What Kind Of Photographer Are You?
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“Hello, my name is Steve, and I’m a photographer.” I have been told that as a photographer I should be able to explain to people quickly and easily what kind of photographer I am in a sentence or two. This is similar to an artist statement, only much shorter. An example of a great reply to this question would be something like, “Hi, my name is Annie, and I’m an American portrait and celebrity photographer who shoots for editorial and commercial clients like Rolling Stone and American Express.” When I try to do this exercise myself, I feel like I end up confusing people. It usually...
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Need a dynamic & easy going director for a short com.. ‘The Dump Truck’
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Photographer Wanted For Bridal Shoot
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Crew Required for Tropfest Bound Romantic Drama
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Models Wanted for Filmed Glamour Shoots
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What Is The Best Way For Real Estate Photographers To Straighten Verticals?
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12 Steps to Becoming a Good Photographer
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The true key to growing as a photographer is to dedicate and immerse yourself in it on a consistent basis. Passion and enjoyment are key to becoming great at your craft. That beings said, there are many things to consider in order to progress through this journey as effectively as possible. If I were to start all over again, these are the stepping stones that I would have preferred to have taken, beginning with the technical and ending with the conceptual. Part 1: Learning the Technical 1. Look at Light When you start out in photography, it seems obvious to say that learning to use your...
Step by Step Using Merge to Panorama in Lightroom
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Do you ever find yourself struggling to include everything you want to capture in a single frame? Well then, panoramic photography might be exactly what you need to solve this problem. With the new release of Lightroom 6, Adobe has made it possible to take multiple single frames of a panorama and stitch them seamlessly together with a few clicks of the mouse. Before we dive into the post production aspect of making a panoramic photograph, let’s take a step back and make sure you have a basic understanding of what you’ll need to capture in order to create an panoramic photograph. Panoramic...
On Belonging: Portraits of an ancient Indian community of African descent
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Sukhi, Jambur, 2005 All images © Ketaki Sheth, courtesy National Portrait Gallery
“The children who looked at me with hostility are now in the National Portrait Gallery.” Ketaki Sheth on photographing the Sidi, an ostracised and ancient Indian community of African descent.
“At the entrance of the village, there were four boys playing carrom. As I approached they looked at me with such hostility, almost resentment; I was a complete outsider.” Ketaki Sheth’s first encounter with the Sidi, an Indian community of...
Magnum offers signed square prints for $100 in limited edition sale
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Magnum Square Print By Nikos Economopoulos Photo agency Magnum is offering prints from 50 of its photographers in a limited edition sale with each print costing $100. In a similar event to the one it ran last year, the agency challenged a collection of its photographers to find ‘an image that changes everything’ from their archive. The images will be made into 6x6in prints, most of which will be signed by the photographer, and sold for $100 each. The sale runs from June 8-12th, – so the editions will be limited in the sense that prints won’t be sold...
NCTech announces single-shot 360 camera for Google Street View applications
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UK imaging systems firm NCTech is to introduce a four-sensor single-shot camera that it says can create a 360 degree image of a street scene or an interior in less than two minutes, and which allows photographers to upload images directly to Google Street View. The iris360 uses four lens units in front of four 10MP sensors arranged at 90 degree intervals. The lenses are triggered simultaneously and the resultant images are stitched together automatically in-camera. The final JPEG image covers 360×295 degrees (+/-5°) and measures 8000×4000 pixels – and is output...
Samsung launches rugged Galaxy S6 Active
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Samsung has launched a rugged version of its flagship Galaxy S6, the S6 Active. The new device is exclusively available through AT&T in the US and has a very similar specification to the standard S6. Android 5.02 Lollipop is powered by a 64-bit octa-core processor and images can be viewed and composed on a 5.1-inch Quad-HD Super AMOLED display with a pixel-density of 577 ppi. In the camera department the S6 Active comes with the same 16MP resolution on the back and 5MP at the front as the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, but there is no talk of an optical image stabilization system. Images...
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G7 sample gallery updated
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Alright, alright, alright. I am wrong. Thinking in terms of equivalence, f/2.8 x 2 for the m 4/3 crop factor makes f/2.8 equivalent to f/5.6. On full frame (yes, I know now, never treat m4/3 like full frame) when I’m more concerned with DOF than sharpness I try to stay below or near f/5.6 higher resolution sensors, which I’ve been shooting quite a bit with recently, are impacted by diffraction. It is a habit I need to get out of when shooting landscapes, thats for sure, and after talking to Rishi about it, f-stops equivalent to 5.6, 6.3, or even 7.1 aren’t going to be...
Super Zoom? Tamron SP 150-600mm F5.0-6.3 Di VC USD Field Test
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Tamron SP 150-600mm F5.0-6.3 Di VC USD$1069 / £800 Tamron announced the SP 150-600mm F5-6.3 Di VC USD at the end of 2013, and as one of the cheapest ways to reach past a 400mm focal length, it quickly became popular with amateur wildlife and sports photographers. We’ve previously published a lab test review for this lens, but in order to get the complete impression, I wanted to spend some time with it out in the field, doing what this lens was designed for. The SP 150-600mm F5-6.3 Di VC USD is available with either a Canon, Nikon or Sony Alpha mount. All three...
Review: Capture Another Dimension with Samsung’s 45mm f/1.8 2D/3D NX Lens
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Jun, 2015 |
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From time to time, a lens will appear that we can’t help but develop a desire to test. Samsung released a 45mm f/1.8 NX lens, but neither the focal length nor the aperture are what make it attractive; this $500 lens can shoot photographs in not only two-dimensions, but three-dimensions. That’s right, this piece of kit brings 3D photos and videos to your Samsung NX series camera at the flip of a switch. The Samsung 45mm f/1.8 2D/3D NX lens won the best mobile imaging innovation award back at the TIPA awards in 2013, and is available on the market for those who want to capture their...
POV: Photographing World Leaders at the G7 Summit
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The 41st G7 summit was just held in Schloss Elmau, Germany, where a group of the world’s most powerful heads of state came together to talk about economic issues. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to work as a photographer in a room with presidents, prime ministers, and chancellors, we’ve got a first-person view for you to experience. Here’s a fascinating 37-second video that was just published by Bundesregierung, the Cabinet of Germany. It shows a first-person point of view recorded with a GoPro mounted to the DSLR of an official photographer: Nicht stören – aber alles im Blick...
Apple OS X El Capitan to Improve the Performance of Adobe CC Apps
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Apple just announced the next version of its OS X operating system at its Worldwide Developers Conference this morning. The successor of Yosemite will be OS X El Capitan, version 10.11. The update will be focused on user experience and performance. Among the many new features is a big performance boost that should improve Adobe’s Creative Cloud software. OS X El Capitan will include Apple’s Metal framework, which makes graphics rendering 40x more efficient than OpenGL, reducing CPU load and improving battery life. Adobe is announcing that it will be adopting Metal in all of its OS X...
Photographer Captures Twin Tornados Under a Huge Supercell Storm Cloud
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A powerful storm rumbled by Simla, Colorado, last week, and at the scene was professional storm-chasing photographer Kelly DeLay, who captured this “shot of a lifetime” showing a massive supercell storm cloud extending twin tornados to the ground below. It’s a “shot of a lifetime for me,” writes DeLay. “I have been trying to get a shot like this for 6 years.” Here’s a crop of the photograph showing the two tornados in more detail: “When I chase storms, I like to stay back for the most part so I can see structure,” says DeLay. “I am interested in the whole picture not just if it...
Have a Black Nikon S2 Rangefinder? It May Be Worth a Pretty Penny
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First introduced back in December 1954, the Nikon S2 is Nikon’s most common rangefinder camera with more than 56,000 produced. The highly-regarded camera still sells for $300 and up these days through sites like eBay — well, the silver version, at least. If you own or ever come across a black version of the camera, don’t let the simple difference in color fool you into thinking it’s the same thing: that camera may be worth 50 times as much! Over on eBay, there’s currently a listing for an all-black Nikon S2 with a hefty Buy it Now price of $15,900. Why is the price so high, you ask?...
Women Over 22 Required for Mrs UK Globe Competition
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Three Hair / Catwalk/ Print Models Required
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Talent Required – Promotional and Modelling Work
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Looking for a Female Model for TVC
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Models Required for Various Makeup Looks, Bridal, PinUp etc.
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Crew Wanted for Short Film in Sydney
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Actors and Musicians Required for New Original Touring Musical
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Sound Recordist / Audio Recordist PAID GIG for Video Interview in Brisbane
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Photo Booth and Pop Up Studio Party Person
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URGENT: Seeking Hunky Aussie Bloke – Auditions Wednesday (10/06)
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Photographer Needed for Skipz Productions ‘Frontin’ Script Project
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Fine Art Wedding Photographer & Videographer Required
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3 Tips for Avoiding Blurry Photos of Kids
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One of the best things about kids is also one of the most frustrating when it comes to photographing them; they are so full of life and energy they rarely sit still, which can lead to an abundance of blurry pictures and heavy sighs when you go back to review your images. Instead of smiling faces and cute outfits, you often end up with a memory card full of photos where their cute little faces are a mishmash of fuzzy pixels, and any details in their hair or clothes are hopelessly lost. This is a chronic problem with photos of kids from smartphones, but it’s all too common in pictures taken...
Why Not Defer Some Or All Of Your Real Estate Photography Shoot Fee To Closing?
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7 Tips for Using the Gestalt Theory for Better Composition
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Andrew’s newest ebook Mastering Composition is now on special for a limited time only at Snapndeals. Gestalt theory evolved in the 1920’s to explain some of the ways in which people perceive the world around them. The basic idea is that, when faced with a visually chaotic scene, the human mind simplifies it into more recognizable patterns and shapes. Gestalt theory provides an insight into the pattern recognition process that occurs when people look at photographs. Once you understand the principles of gestalt theory, you can use them to improve the composition of your photos. These are some...
London exhibition showcases a new generation of conceptual photographers from across Africa
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We talk to Eva Langret, curator of The View From Here at Tiwani Contemporary, about seven artists from across Africa, each capable of using photography to reclaim their own history.
“Photography in Africa is controversial,” says Eva Langret, curator of The View From Here, an exhibition showcasing photography from Africa and its diaspora at Tiwani Contemporary, displayed until the 27 June. The camera, the exhibition posits, has been misused. Photographs have been misrepresented. It has objectified the African experience, and its relationships to past colonies. But, in...
VIDEO: How do you teach someone to see?
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For our July issue, we ask some of the world’s most respected teachers how to create world-class photographers.
Our first issue solely dedicated to education is on sale now. We profile some the best, the most innovative, most unusual art schools and photography workshops around the world, and talk to the leading teachers in the business, to try and learn whether there’s a secret recipe for a great photographer. Buy the latest issue from the BJP shop. Stay up to date with stories such as this, delivered...
What to see at Belfast Photo Festival
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Back for its third edition, this year’s edition of Belfast Photo Festival pulls out all the stops with a packed programme that explores photography’s relationship to other art forms
It sounds downright bonkers, but somehow it works. This year, Belfast Photo Festival director Michael Weir oversaw the creation of a to-scale replica of the famous DeLorean car from Back to the Future, crafted from wood and covered with A5 photographs printed onto brushed sheet metal panels. The sculpture, which was inspired by the work of Cyril Hatt but made by carpenter Jonathan...
Metabones introduces Speed Booster XL 0.64x for Panasonic GH4
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Metabones has announced a new Speed Booster designed for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4. The Speed Booster XL 0.64x is designed to reduce the camera’s 2x crop factor by 0.64x, meaning that in 4K video mode the GH4’s 2.34x crop factor becomes 1.50x – Super 35 cine format. The new speed booster is much like the existing BMCC Speed Booster for Blackmagic cameras, but has be redesigned specifically to prevent it fouling the GH4’s shutter. A 21.63mm image circle also ensures the full Four Thirds image sensor is covered. A handful of other Micro Four...
Tric is a wireless flash trigger for the iPhone
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The LED flash units in smartphones are usually poor performers compared to the Xenon flashes in dedicated cameras or even external flashguns. If you feel your iPhone photography has been held back by your Apple device’s underpowered LED light, Tric’s new Kickstarter project might just be what you’ve been waiting for. The team behind Tric is looking to raise funds for the final development and mass production of a wireless trigger unit for the iPhone. The device will allow you to trigger flash guns with a standard hot shoe connector or studio strobes with PC terminal...
Nikon 1 J5 and Samsung NX500 added to studio test scene
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Follow-up: I’ve developed the two RAW’s using exactly the same parameters:– sharpening set to zero– CNR set to zero (default: 25) – that is, I’ve applied absolutely no noise reduction. (In ACR, LNR already defaults to zero, as opposed to CNR.) With the NX500, I’ve overridden ACR’s +1 tint (to zero; the same as the default for the NX1). This wouldn’t have changed anything WRT to noise, though. The exported (developed) results of the NX500 are significantly noisier than those of the NX1, developed, again, in exactly the same ACR version and using...
TTRobotix introduces TTR-SB Seawolf submarine for GoPro cameras
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“Even if they are half-murky, with a light things will be visible at short range, for instance close to the bottom.” Virtually all underwater cases come with a light attachment. “8 meter without a tank is definitely feasible but it will be a lot harder to keep the motion steady, not to mention maintaining it for more than a minute, than with this device. A lot, like.” Except that you can do 1 minute every two minutes and go on for hours. While this thing only has a realistic 45-minute battery. So, again, when you factor in pros and cons, there really isn’t that...
Readers’ Showcase: Alexander Jikharev
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Jun, 2015 |
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Glad that the Dpreview staff is not completely focused on gear heads only and presents these showcases (more please ..). Sometimes it looks that way because of the endless rants about the perceived ‘importance’ of DR, megapixels, AF in total darkness with the speed of light and then lifting the pitch black shadows, noise, photons and the list goes on and on …I often wonder how people even find time to take a decent picture between the thousands of postings they write on these ‘very important’ topics. Yes, I like the ‘ minimalist’ approach of...
Attending a Popular Event? Consider Leaving Your Camera at Home
Posted by Chris Roubis on 8th, Jun, 2015 |
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Vivid is a festival of light and color thrown by the city of Sydney every year. Run by Destination NSW (the state’s tourism authority) and paid for by a mixture of state and business sponsorship, it’s an amazing looking event. At its core are the building takeovers in which they drop unique projection-mapped animations on some of the most famous structures in the world, located on one of the most famous harbours in the world. Combine all that with special events, concerts, talks and micro-installations dotted all around the harbour, food trucks and all the usual awesome attractions of...
This Website Can Identify the Bird Species in a Photo
Posted by Chris Roubis on 8th, Jun, 2015 |
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If you’re interested at all in bird watching and photography, Merlin Bird Photo ID is a website you should add to your bookmarks. It’s a new website that can help you identify the species of the bird in your photograph. The site was created as a collaboration between Cornell and the Visipedia project, and is currently capable of recognizing about 400 of the most commonly encountered birds in the United States and Canada. In terms of accuracy, the service is currently able to suggest the correct bird species in the top 3 results about 90% of the time, and it will only get better as...
Oops: HTC Unveils its 24K-Gold One M9 with a Photo Taken with an iPhone
Posted by Chris Roubis on 8th, Jun, 2015 |
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HTC today unveiled a new limited edition 24-karat gold version of the HTC One M9 smartphone. Unfortunately for HTC, there was just one small (and rather embarrassing) problem: one of the promo photos was taken with an iPhone. Here’s the original Tweet that was posted earlier today to announce the new phone, which was launched to celebrate the end of the UEFA Champions League season over in Europe: While the photo does capture the sleek and shiny look of the new 24K phone, it also captured a reflection of the camera that was used to shoot it — clearly an iPhone: After news of the goof...
Is Photography an Art? British TV Personalities Offer Their Answers
Posted by Chris Roubis on 8th, Jun, 2015 |
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The British TV channel Sky Arts recently asked a number of famous TV personalities the question: “Is photography an art?” You can hear their answers and thoughts on the matter in the 2-minute video above. (via Sky Arts via Bokeh) Source Article from...
Model Needed for GHD Seminar in Wellington
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Japanese Men Extras
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Agent Seeking New Talent
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Theatre Producer for Theatre Group
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Various Production Crew Required for a Short Dystopian Sci-Fi Film
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Sound Recordist Required for Week-Long Feature Comedy Drama: Roommates
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Photographer Needed for Skipz Productions ‘Frontin’ Script Project
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WIN Full Access to ‘Power in the Audition Room’
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Photographer Required – Christchurch
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Photoshoot
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How To Shoot Brackets So You Capture The Whole Brightness Range Of A Room
Posted by Chris Roubis on 8th, Jun, 2015 |
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How to Build an Impressive Photography Portfolio from Scratch
Posted by Chris Roubis on 8th, Jun, 2015 |
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Creating a photography portfolio can be a daunting experience. As a rule, photographers have basic or no knowledge of design at all. Moreover, creating a site with the pictures in focus can be a tricky task. Being a photographer makes you a wearer of many hats. It’s critically important to have an online portfolio, so you can easily show your potential clients what you’re capable of. If you have no idea how to start, where to take pictures, how many of them you need for a site, and how to make your portfolio work for you, these tips may help you get started: What is a portfolio? How Many...
My Favorite Lens – the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR2
Posted by Chris Roubis on 8th, Jun, 2015 |
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We all have favorites; colors, cars, movies, and dogs. For one reason or another, they grow on you and the more you’re exposed to it, the more partial you become. When it comes to photographers, we have favorites too. Brands, camera bodies, software, and of course, lenses. I’m no different. Over the years many lenses have passed through my hands. I have also had experience with a slew of other lenses through newspaper jobs and loaners from friends; everything from fisheyes to 400mm, Sigma to Zeiss. Each new lens gets to be a favorite for a time – I call it the honeymoon phase. But to really...
Get your photos featured in an upcoming Readers’ Showcase
Posted by Chris Roubis on 8th, Jun, 2015 |
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Tarina Golf, Siilinjärvi, Finland, 2014. Photo by Janne Voutilainen We see the work of our talented readers every day when they post their images to our galleries, forums and challenges. Lately we’ve been showing off some of our favorite reader portfolios in a weekly showcase. If you’re a site regular and you’d like your photos to be considered for a future Readers’ Showcase, just drop us a line. Include a link to your online photo portfolio as well as your DPR user profile. We’ll pick our favorites and feature them right here on our...
Readers’ Showcase: Alexander Jikharev
Posted by Chris Roubis on 8th, Jun, 2015 |
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The Pentax K5 is still a beast of a camera, excellent in body stabilisation, ergonomics, manual controls, weather sealed, and if you add Pentax legendary limited lens series you will not get much more from a newer camera. Maybe AF had a bit to be desired when you have less light. I only sold mine because mirror-less cameras are so much easier to carry around, but kept my Pentax DA 35/2.8 Limited to use with adapter. Source Article from...
Photographer Joey L. Turns His Lens on the Guerrilla Fighters of Kurdistan
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Jun, 2015 |
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Back in March 2015, NYC-based photographer Joey L. traveled to the Kurdistan region of Iraq and Syria to start another one of his amazing personal projects. This time he pointed his camera at Kurdish guerrilla groups who have been fighting in the Syrian civil war for independence and a region to call their own. Joey says that the media and people around the world have mixed views of who exactly these Kurdish guerrilla fighters were. “I set out to uncover the truth, or at least to better understand the nuances behind the headlines,” he writes on his website. “Portrait photography has a...
DIY: A Raspberry Pi Photo Booth You Use with Your Own Smartphone
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Jun, 2015 |
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Design technologist Roo Williams was recently tasked with creating a better way to capture corporate employee headshots. What he came up with is a Raspberry Pi-powered mobile photo booth that’s controlled entirely through the subject’s smartphone through a special website. He calls it the “Pi-Booth.” The core of the photo booth is a Raspberry Pi computer running a custom Python application. There’s a special web interface for controlling the booth, a timed bulb flash on the front, a modified Raspberry Pi camera module with a wider lens, and a button for turning the screen on and off....
Here’s a Bright Idea: Eco-Friendly Film Canisters
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Jun, 2015 |
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Like single serving coffee pods, film canisters aren’t exactly the environment’s best friend. One startup over in Italy is trying to change that. Called compagnia-imago, the company is trying to create a high-quality eco-friendly film canister that’s biodegradable, compostable, an reusable. The film rolls look like little brown and green cardboard tubes rather than the black film canisters used throughout the history of 35mm photography. They’re created entirely out of wood and bio-resistant plastic that’s derived from plants and sugar beets. Each canister has a standard size and can...
Samsung NX500 Review: 4K Video and Big Technology Stuffed Into a Small Package
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Jun, 2015 |
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With Sony dominating the mirrorless camera market, other companies are looking to find ways to make their hardware stand out in comparison. Fujifilm has chosen to design their custom sensor array, Panasonic has focused on stunning video, and Samsung – well, they want to cram as much technology into a small package as they possibly can. The result is the NX500; and it is a real tiny camera with big promises. The Samsung NX500 is a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera with a 28.2 MP APC-S CMOS sized sensor, which is currently the highest resolution APC-S sensor on the market. The...
A Bomb Suit Photo Shoot Featuring C4 Explosions
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Jun, 2015 |
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Here’s a behind-the-scenes video of an unusual photo shoot photographer Pete Leong did last year that featured a real military bomb disposal expert and C4 explosive detonations in the background. Leong writes that he had been thinking of doing a personal project featuring members of the military, and the opportunity arose after he photographed the family of a man named Matt in Okinawa. Matt, an Explosive Ordnance Demolition (EOD) Master Sargent, was able to help Leong put together a photo shoot featuring a real 85-pound bomb suit, a bomb disarming robot, an RPG, munitions, and more....
Portfolio in a Studio
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*Emergency* Looking For A Sexy Video Model This Sunday 7th June 5pm
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Two Photographic Models Needed in June
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Models Needed for Charity Photoshoot in Brighton 12th June
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Asian Shoot
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Co-writer required for Low-Budget Sci-Fi Thriller
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Small documentary team wanted
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Two Actors Required for Short Film – University Assignment
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DOP Needed For 15 Second Promo
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Production Crew for a New Film Production Company
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Photographers Needed for Actor
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International Photographer for Location Shoot
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5 Steps to Rock the Brenizer Method
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Jun, 2015 |
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What is the Brenizer Method? The Brenizer Method is named after wedding photographer, Ryan Brenizer. He didn’t invent the method but instead made it popular by using it with his wedding clients, and teaching others how to do it as well. For those who have been around photography for a while, you will recognize the process. Photographers have been stitching images together to create panoramas for decades. However, Photoshop and similar software have now made this method extremely simple for you. Advantages of using the Brenizer Method Creating an image using the Brenizer method takes more...
6 Tips on How to do Horse Show Photography for Parents
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Jun, 2015 |
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The sport of horse riding and showing can be very rewarding and beneficial to a young child. However, capturing those memories to print and share with family and friends can be a challenge for parents. Basic horse knowledge is helpful not only in keeping your child and their horse safe, but others around them as well. The following are a few dos and don’ts to get you started successfully, and safely, photographing your child at horse shows. #1 Avoid the use of flash Camera flashes from the audience during rodeos and exhibitions are common, and for the most part those horses are accustomed to...
Get your photos featured in an upcoming Readers’ Showcase
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Jun, 2015 |
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Tarina Golf, Siilinjärvi, Finland, 2014. Photo by Janne Voutilainen We see the work of our talented readers every day when they post their images to our galleries, forums and challenges. Lately we’ve been showing off some of our favorite reader portfolios in a weekly showcase. If you’re a site regular and you’d like your photos to be considered for a future Readers’ Showcase, just drop us a line. Include a link to your online photo portfolio as well as your DPR user profile. We’ll pick our favorites and feature them right here on our...
Firefighters Try To Shoot Down Camera Drone with Their Hoses
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Jun, 2015 |
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Angry (and possibly drunk) neighbors aren’t the only ones attacking camera drones these days. Yesterday, a man named John Thompson took his drone to a structure fire in New York to capture some aerial shots of the fire company battling the blaze. 12-minutes into the flight, the firefighters on the ground suddenly began trying to shoot the drone out of the sky with water from their high-pressured fire hoses. Here’s what the incident was like from the drone’s point of view: “This is real misconduct on their part and very unprofessional,” Thompson writes on his Facebook page. “My second...
Idiot Box: Portraits of Kids with Eyes Glued to a TV
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Jun, 2015 |
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In any given week, the average US child will watch more than a day’s worth of TV. This subject is the focus of a new photo series by photographer Donna Stevens called Idiot Box. It’s a set of portraits showing blank expressions on kids faces as they watch television in a dimly-lit room. “TV is just one of the ever present Black Mirrors through which we negotiate our lives today,” the Australian photographer tells PetaPixel. “Idiot Box hopes to explore the darker side of our love for technology.” “Should we exhibit more caution about the role of technology in our children’s lives? Is...
Testing the Image Quality of the Yongnuo 35mm f/2 for Canon EF
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Jun, 2015 |
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Here’s a look at the optical quality of the Yongnuo 35mm f/2 for Canon EF. There’s only so much that can be tested at home without fancy gear (MTF charts and the like) so I did a few tests that gauge common aesthetic qualities, using techniques that are often recommended for testing at home. It’s not super scientific, but it does give some further input on the lens and what you might expect. And all tests were done as compared to the Canon 35mm f/2 lens — each shot was taken on a sturdy tripod, and all settings were kept the same, with the lenses switched out for each shot. Tests Used...
The Seawolf is to Water as Camera Drones Are to Air
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Jun, 2015 |
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Camera drones are all the rage today, but what if you want to take your camera down into water instead of up into the air? That’s where the Seawolf comes in. Created by the company TTRobotix, the Seawolf is a remote control submarine that’s designed to carry a small camera for underwater photos and videos. The 7.7 kilogram (~17 pound), 70cm long sub can dive down to a depth of 8 meters and features a mounting point on the front that can fit a GoPro HERO3 or HERO4 action camera. The 5-blade brass propellers allow the sub to travel at up to 3.5kph (~2.2mph), and the built-in battery can...
$1,350 Camera Drone Whacked Out of the Air by an Angry Neighbor
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Jun, 2015 |
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The folks over at Lucky7Drones were testing out their $1,350 DJI Phantom 3 camera drone this week when an angry neighbor walked up and whacked the drone out of the air with a shirt, breaking the 4K camera and three of the props. Luckily for the drone operators, the whole incident was captured on camera. In a blog post, the drone owners write that the “extremely inebriated” neighbor actually committed a felony by damaging their drone since it’s valued at over $500 (in California anything over $900 is felony vandalism). The drone’s 4K camera was heavily damaged in the incident. When the...
Lighting Operators for The Who’s TOMMY the Musical
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Filmmakers For A Fun Short Film
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1 or 2 Co-Screenwriters Wanted!
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DOP for Ambitious Film Festival Shoot
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Crew Needed for Edgy Short Film
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Photographing Sea Turtles
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Weekly Photography Challenge – Street Photography
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Jun, 2015 |
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In this previous post I shared a bunch of street photography images. But not just any old random ones. They are images that were taken all around the world, but yet still have a common thread, a connection. They included: Photographers shooting other photographers Subways, taxis and transportation Markets and vendors And buskers or street musicians By Fabrizio Maestroni Weekly Photography Challenge – Street Photography Now the challenge is over to you. Go do some street photography, and if you want to take the challenge up a notch then try to work with the themes mentioned above. See if you...
39 Street Photography Images That Have Common Threads
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Jun, 2015 |
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Street photography is a popular genre which many photographers enjoy, just for the sake of doing photography. You can find many articles on it here on dPS. Let’s look at a few street photography images from around the world and see if we can’t find similarities, as well as differences between them all. I got carried away selecting images for this collection because I found the inter-connections intriguing and it inspired me. I hope you can see it too. Photographers shooting other photographers Working the Scene by Shamas Malik on 500px He is nikon photographer. How long have you been doing...
Special issue: photography education
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Jun, 2015 |
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For our July special issue, we profile some of the world’s leading colleges and teachers about the secret of their success
What does the perfect art college look like? The Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne in Switzerland, profiled in our July issue (now on sale at newsagents in the UK and selected countries abroad, or via iTunes for our iPad edition, or directly from The BJP Shop), must come pretty close, with its balance of the vocational, the conceptual and a dash of the downright weird. Not to mention first-class facilities housed in a state-of-the-art building...
Photographer creates picture of 100-man orchestra… with the same person playing each instrument
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Why did it take 400 photos? 10,000 x 20,000 pixels is 200mp Seems very unnecessary when you can cover that with about 30 photos Then the extra 100 photos of the individual subjects… Just the time alone seems too long for this project. Source Article from...
Marwell Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest now accepting entries
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Leopard Cub in the Light. Marwell Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014 winner. Photo by George Wheelhouse The sixth Marwell Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is now accepting entries. This is an annual contest open to wildlife photographers residing in the UK, with a top prize that includes an eight day photography trip in Estonia via Wildlife Worldwide (valued at £1,795/$2,740) and a year’s subscription to Digital Photographer magazine. Other prizes offered include camera gear and annual Marwell Zoo memberships. The latest contest includes four...
Nikon D3200 firmware C 1.04 available
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Nikon has released ‘C’ firmware version 1.04 for the D3200. This update addresses an issue with the camera’s memory card slot, causing the access lamp to light for too long or the camera to give an error while the user is accessing the memory card. Visit Nikon’s website for the download. Download Nikon D3200 firmware ‘C’ version 1.04
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A Look at How the Top iOS Mobile Photo Editing Apps Stack Up
Posted by Chris Roubis on 5th, Jun, 2015 |
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With many cameras now supporting integrated Wi-Fi connectivity, a good number of photographers are editing their photographs while still on the road. There is a variety of applications on both iOS and Android that offer different feature sets at varying price points. In this article, we’ll take a look at some of the best offerings to help you pick out what may be the best solution for your circumstances. Photoshop Express — Free for iOS/Android Our first contender is made by Adobe and is an excellent companion for those with a Creative Cloud subscription. Photoshop Express is one of...
The High Cost of Suing for Copyright Infringements
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If you’re wondering why copyright infringement is so widespread on the Web and why wealthy artists like Richard Prince can test the boundaries of copyright law without much worry, consider this: by the time photographer Daniel Morel won $1.2 million in 2013 after a 5-year copyright battle, his law firm had racked up a staggering $2.5 million in legal fees and costs — most of which won’t be paid.PDN has published an eye-opening look into the financial figures involved in this case, and the takeaway is concerning for photographers. Daniel Morel won $1.2 million after Getty Images and...
When Photographing Lions, Keep Your Windows Up and Doors Locked
Posted by Chris Roubis on 5th, Jun, 2015 |
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If you ever have the opportunity to photograph lions from the safety of a car on a game preserve, be sure you heed the warnings to keep your windows closed and doors locked — it could save your life. The dangers of having your window open made headlines this past Monday after a 29-year-old American named Katherine Chappell was attacked and killed by a lion she was trying to photograph. Visitors to the popular Lion Park in South Africa are greeted with numerous signs and flyers instructing them to secure their cars. One flier reads: “Please be aware that wild animals by nature are...
Through the Lens: A New Series on This Generation’s Emerging Photographers
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Adorama has launched a new mini documentary series called “Through the Lens,” or TTL for short. It’s a weekly online show that will explore “the evolving aesthetic of photography as seen through this generation’s creator class.” Two episodes have been released in the series so far. Both of them are 5-minute profiles of popular Instagram photographers. It’s a look at who they are and how they work. Episode #1: @insighting — 160,000 followers Giovanni Elao was raised in the Bronx. He graduated from John Jay College with a Criminal Justice Degree. In the winter of 2013, he came across...
Oops: An Epic Drone Shot with a Surprise Ending
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Here’s a funny little 30-second blooper reel drone shot by aerial photographer Daniel Peckham. While capturing some beautiful footage of the sun over the Pacific Ocean, Peckham’s “epic” shot came to a surprising and abrupt end. “The sunset was glorious, the flying was buttery smooth (probably my best aerial capture yet)… and then this happened,” he says. Peckham was flying his DJI Phantom 3 around Arch Rock near Little Corona Beach in Newport Beach, California, when he accidentally flew the drone right into the tree hanging off a 30-foot cliff. The moment the shot went all wrong....
New Cosmetic Hair Thickening Product
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Lingerie Model
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REAL FAMILIES WANTED from Mildura for Paid Television Commercial
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Looking for Feature Film Editor
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Assistant for Video and Stills
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Global Curve Model Search 2015 – Last Chance to Enter
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Experienced Photographer Asap
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Female Presenter Required for New Sydney Series
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Looking for Photographers for Band upcoming Photoshoot
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Number of Photographers Required For Event Work
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What’s The Status Of US Small Drone Rules That Apply To Real Estate Photography?
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3 Downsides to Scouting New Photography Locations Online
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Do you scout for potential photography locations online through sites like Flickr, Panoramio or 500px? Of course you do! It’s easy, you get hundreds of photographs to look at of any given location, and you might even get some great ideas that you hadn’t thought about for subject matter or composition. So why am I asking you this question? Well here’s another question for you… Have you ever thought about the downsides of online photo scouting? I’m going to venture a guess that it probably hasn’t even crossed your mind before today. What downsides could there possibility be with these rich...
7 Steps to Create Street Photography Silhouettes
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For the street photographer, shooting a perfect silhouette is a very gratifying moment. Just like anything else in street photography, not every subject makes for an interesting silhouette photograph. Here are a few tips to help you capture an interesting silhouette on your next photo walk. Some elements, such as bicycles, make for more interesting silhouettes. 1. Set your camera for success To shoot a silhouette you have to take control of your camera first. Your flash needs to be turned off. Ideally your exposure is set for the highlights (background). If you set your exposure on your...
Miggo Agua IPX3 storm-proof camera bags launch on Kickstarter
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Miggo, maker of non-traditional camera straps that convert into wraps, announced in April that it would launch its new ‘storm-proof’ camera bag Agua on Kickstarter in early June. That crowd-funding campaign is now live. The Miggo Agua bag has an IPX3-standard rating, which means it can protect gear from pouring rain and similar types of water exposure. The maker says its camera bag differs from competing water-resistant offerings due to its quick-draw design, allowing photographers to protect their camera from the elements while retaining the ability to...
Hasselblad returns to roots with new aerial camera series, this time with no moving parts
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Hasselblad has announced a new aerial camera that it says provides the ‘ultimate’ in image quality for aerial photographers. The camera, the Hasselblad A5D, has no moving parts and as such avoids unintentional internal mechanical movements that aircraft vibrations can cause. Available in 40MP, 50MP or 60MP sensor options, the camera is said to have ‘unrivaled’ reliability, stability and low weight. With images saved to CF memory cards or transferred directly by FireWire 800, the new bodies accept a LEMO push/pull connector cable that allows up to...
Sony rides wave of US Mirrorless sales surge
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Mirrorless sales in the USA are rising, with sales values up 16.5% over the past year, says market researcher NPD Group. Sony highlighted the figures while celebrating its own success: with the success of the a7 series helping it generate 66% more income from mirrorless sales over the last twelve months. NPD Group says DSLR sales values fell 15% over the same period. Sony also points out that the Consumer Electronics Association has recently chosen ‘Mirrorless’ (short for Mirrorless Interchangeble Lens Camera) as its approved term for the class of cameras,...
Camera Instructor Offers Free and Interactive Online Photo Courses
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If you’re looking to learn to program, there are free interactive online courses such as Codecademy and CodeSchool you can use. Programmer and photographer Cody Meyer wanted to give the photography world a similar kind of resource, so he created Camera Instructor. It’s a new web-based photography school that aims to teach photography skills for free through interactive videos and exercises. Meyer was himself a wedding photographer before graduating school with a degree in computer science and taking a job in the tech industry. When he was laid off a year ago, he decided to combine his...
US Finds and Flattens a ISIS HQ Building After ‘Moron’ Shares a Selfie
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It appears that a selfie posted by a “moron” ISIS militant may have helped the US Air Force find and flatten an ISIS headquarter building.Defense Tech reports that at a Air Force Association breakfast meeting in Washington DC on Monday, General Hawk Carlisle, the head of Air Combat Command, shared a story of how a careless social media post directly led to an airstrike against ISIS. He says that a photograph was spotted on social media by surveillance and reconnaissance airmen at Hurlburt Field in Florida, who relayed the info over to those on the front lines. “The guys that were...
Ilford Brings Back Harman Direct Positive Fiber Paper for Pinhole Photography
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Ilford, a company known for their high quality black and white photographic films, has announced that they will begin to manufacture once again their Harman Direct Positive Fiber Paper. The paper had disappeared from the market in 2013 when the emulsion used to craft the paper had become no longer available due to a sale of one of Ilford’s Switzerland-based factories. The direct positive fiber paper, which is used for pinhole photography, is now back due to demand and being manufactured at the company’s Mobberley plant in England. Harman Direct Positive Fiber Paper is commonly used in...
Jules Decrauzat: The First Swiss Sports Photographer
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1,250 glass negatives from between 1910 and 1925 were recently found in the archives of the Swiss photo agency Keystone. After some thorough research work, it was concluded that the photos formed an important chapter of Swiss photographic history: they were shot by photographer Jules Decrauzat, widely considered now to be the first sports photographer and first major photojournalist in the history of Switzerland. Decrauzat was born in the city of Biel in 1879, started out his career as a sculptor in Paris, and there discovered the medium of photography. In a world in which most photos...
Top 10 Takeaways After Two Years of Exploring Client Perspectives
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Greetings, my name is Andy Baker and I’m the Group Creative Director at the National Geographic Channel. For the past two years, I’ve been running a blog called The Client Blog all about the client’s perspective on the creative process — a perspective not often heard or discussed. Here’s a list of the top 10 takeaways I’ve learned over the past two years — a ‘Cliffnotes’ version of what I share on my wesbite. These top 10 takeaways are not necessarily in order of importance, just the things that stand out to me most, or consistent themes that I’ve heard and written about. #10: Less Is...
Bridal Photo Shoot – Wednesday 10th June 2015
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Model Required in Singapore
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Music Video makers
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Producer Wanted for Feature Film
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Photographer for Clothing Line Product Shoot
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Student or up and coming Photographer for Weddings
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Headshot/Student Photographer Required
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Top Female Artist of Colour 2015
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Need Model for Makeup Shoot
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Update On PFRE Coaching
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The Most Under-Valued Editing Tool for Architectural Photos
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Nothing catches the eye of a potential home buyer or design client quite like a beautiful set of photos. Whether it’s for real estate agents, designers, or homeowners, expectations are high, and restrictions are often many. It’s not uncommon to have to deal with extremely short notice, very short windows of time in which to work, or to be asked for almost immediate turnaround. We, as photographers, become torn between meeting all the needs while still producing work we are proud of… and all while still making a profit! In real estate, especially, this often leads to photos that are “good...
Your Guide to Understanding Program Mode on Your Camera
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Almost every DSLR or Mirrorless camera has a mode dial with a variety of letters and icons on it, some of which might seem cryptic or confusing. Usually you’ll find a green icon for Full Auto mode (usually a green A or rectangle), Full Manual mode (M), as well as Aperture Priority (A or Av) and Shutter Priority (S or Tv). Your camera might also feature scene modes such as portrait, night, or macro, and even some user-configurable modes indicated with a U1 or U2 (or C1/C2, etc.) Note: read more about the most common modes on your camera here. Somewhere on that dial is a letter that’s often...
SLR Magic unveils HyperPrime Cine 50mm T0.95 lens and Magic-Rangefinder Cine Adapter
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SLR Magic has introduced its HyperPrime Cine 50mm T0.95 standard lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras, an offering it will be showing off at Cine Gear Expo 2015 in LA on June 5th and 6th. The HyperPrime Lens gives a 100mm equivalent focal length and offers a T0.95 maximum aperture, black anodized finish and weighs 620g/1.4lb. Also introduced is the SLR Magic-Rangefinder Cine Adapter with an integrated focus ring. SLR Magic recommends its Magic-Rangefinder Cine Adapter to photographers in want of ‘cinema-like manual focus’ on auto-focus lenses and single-focus...
Enthusiast stalwart: Nikon D7200 in-depth review
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But Richard, you didn’t say the D7200 was a replacement for the D90, which the D7000 and D7100 were, you said (very close to) the D300S. Rishi said; “Compared to the D300s, it offers better AF subject tracking, and lots more resolution, low-light ISO performance, and dynamic range.” I think the 7DII does all of that compared to the D300S, and significantly improves in some areas, especially fps and AF. It may not be as good as the Nikon (Sony) sensors, and all the benefits they bring, but it is the whole package for me. Why do Nikon users have to accept compromises to...
Shortlisted images from Environmental Photographer of the Year 2015 to go on display
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I’m very interested to see image #4 has a ton of dust spots in the sky over the subject’s head, plus one big spot on the left of the frame. Before the trolls get their claws out, I’m not having a go – I’m just curious why these spots were not cleaned up when these images surely have had a lot of post-processing done, and in this particular image the subject’s outline has clearly been enhanced. Do some photogs simply not see dust spots? … Source Article from...
DPReview recommends: Best smartphone cameras [UPDATED]
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DPReview recommends: Best smartphone cameras In many users’ pockets consumer-level digital compact cameras have been replaced by smartphones. The cameras of the latter don’t usually have zoom lenses or xenon flashes but image sensor technology has been rapidly improving and clever software processing helps rival, and in some cases even surpass, image quality of dedicated cameras. Add large high-resolution screens for image framing and viewing along with the ability to add special features and new shooting modes by installing apps to the mix, and it’s no surprise that...
World’s highest resolution panoramic photo is stitched from 70,000 images
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And, and, and they spent about 15,000 20mp pics on the clear blue sky! And, holy cow, wow, look at the “detail” in da snow! Forget the blown highlights and da blocked shadows, please. How about focusing your pano gear on a city? Anyway, excuse me, I ‘m off to do 70,000, D810 images of a clear blue sky. Send prize ASAP! Source Article from...
This is a Giant Fujinon XA55 Broadcast Lens on a Tiny Panasonic GH4
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What do you get if you mount a giant $60,000 broadcast lens to a tiny mirrorless camera? That’s what YouTube user SirJonnyCargo recently set out to find out. He used a Fotodiox lens adapter to mount his Panasonic GH4 onto a Fujinon XA55 lens. The results were actually very impressive. Here’s the video he posted showing what he did and some sample footage shot using the strange camera kit: The lens is a 9.5-525mm f/1.7 lens, but with a 2x extender and the 2.3X crop factor of the GH4, it’s the equivalent of a 44-2415mm lens in 35mm terms. That means it can go from this on the wide end:...
Lensbaby Flagship Lenses Now Available for Fujifilm X Mount Cameras
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Lensbaby is known for crafting unique optics that allow photographs to take creative control of their work. Four of the company’s flagship lenses are now available for Fujifilm’s X Mount system of cameras. Newly available lenses include the Composer Pro with Sweet 35 Optic, Composer Pro with Sweet 50 Optic, Circular Fisheye, and Velvet 56 Portrait Lens. The Composer Pro is a lens manufactured to get gradually softer as a subject moves away from the center of the lens. Lensbaby calls this fade from a sharp focus center to a heavily blurred outer rim their “Sweet Spot of Focus” creative...
Chris Farina: A Top Boxing Photographer Shares the Tricks of His Trade
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Here’s a fascinating 14-minute documentary about the work of Chris Farina, one of the world’s top boxing photographers and the official shooter for Top Rank. Farina shares about his career journey and how he goes about shooting some of the biggest athletes and fights in the sport. One of the things Farina talks about is the importance of getting to know the fighters’ habits in order to anticipate what they’re going to do. “What we shoot is not what we see. We shoot before we see it,” he says. “If you see it through the camera, you missed it.” Image credits: Video and still frame by...
VSCO FILM 07 Eclectic Collection: 18 Profiles for an ‘Elegant and Modern Aesthetic’
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The debate between analog and digital may never end, but there can be a happy medium. One of the reasons that analog continues to live on is due to the wondrous ‘color profiles’ that one can find in different packages of film, along with their unique grain profiles. VSCO, a company that designs presets for Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop, has released their latest collection “VSCO FILM 07” – the eclectic films package. VSCO categorizes this eclectic film package as one that introduces “muted, vivid, tungsten-balanced, and black and white films – all of which embody an elegant and...
Jessica Lehrman: Documenting the Underbelly of the NYC Hip Hop World
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Jessica Lehrman is a 26-year-old Brooklyn-based documentary photographer who captures the glamor and grit of contemporary underground movements, from the underbelly of New York City’s hip hop community to protests and social revolutions. Here’s a short 5-minute documentary that offers a glimpse into Lehrman’s life and work: Lehrman grew up as a young Jewish girl who spent much of her childhood living in the back of an R.V. Nowadays, some of her closest friends are also some of the biggest names in the rap industry. Her photos have been published in Rolling Stone, The New York Times,...
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A Guide to Conservation Research Photography
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Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.