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How Felix von der Osten won the undergraduate series awardÂ
A project on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, home to two Native American tribes, won an undergraduate from Dortmund, Germany, the BJP Breakthrough prize. Last summer, German photographer Felix von der Osten made a road trip to the US, travelling through places such as South Dakota and crossing the border into Montana. It was here, towards the north of the state that he came across the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, home to two Native American tribes – Gros Ventre and Assiniboine. This is where he would...
read moreRemembering Mary Ellen Mark
From the mean streets of America’s underclass, to movie set royalty, Mary Ellen Mark captured a sense of quiet dignity in her subjects, belying her innate sense of humanism and curiosity From the 1940s until perhaps the early 90s, an empathic documentation of everyday life appeared weekly or monthly in the world’s illustrated magazines, a medium whose appeal lay almost wholly in its use of outstanding photography, by great practitioners. It was a time, Mary Ellen Mark recalled, when “the magazines really needed...
read moreGoogle rolls out standalone Photos app with unlimited free storage
Confirming rumors from earlier in the week, Google has announced its new Photos app – a standalone service that separates the photo component of its Google Plus app. It’s available now for Google and iOS and comes with unlimited free storage of 16MP or smaller images. The app will automatically sync and backup photos and videos from your computer and devices, by way of mobile app, web interface or desktop uploader, and they’re saved privately. The ‘Photos Assistant’ will automatically create collages and...
read moreSamsung working on slimmer RWB camera sensors
Chinese language site MyDrivers.com has posted photos of presentation slides from a Samsung event. In these slides, the Korean manufacturer shares some detail about the technology in its upcoming image sensors for mobile devices. It appears Samsung is working on sensors that use a RWB (red, white, blue) color filter instead of the conventional RGB pattern. This allegedly improves color fidelity and light sensitivity, allowing for smaller pixels. Samsung’s current 16MP sensors have a pixel-size of 1.12 microns. Thanks to the new...
read morePetzval 58 Bokeh Control Art Lens launched on Kickstarter
Lomography has launched its new Petzval 58 Bokeh Control Art Lens, the second lens it has introduced based on the Petzval optic invented by Joseph Petzval in 1840. As with other lenses offered by Lomography, this newest Petzval lens features Russian glass optics, is constructed by hand, and is offered in a brass finish (though a black finish is also available). The lens results in photographs with a ‘swirly bokeh,’ and the strength of the effect can be controlled via a Bokeh Control Ring, a feature not...
read moref-stop gear introduces four additions to its Mountain Series of tough terrain bags
f-stop gear, maker of rugged camera bags, has introduced three new models and a refreshed existing model to its Mountain Series. The Ajna, Sukha, Shinn and Tilopa offer increased durability and ripstop Nylon shells for weather-proofing. Like other f-stop bags they’re built to accommodate an ICU, or Internal Camera Unit, which are compartmentalized inserts. Users can pick the ICU that best fits their needs based on size and configuration. At the bottom of the scale in terms of size is the Ajna, a follow-up to the...
read moreInterview: The Late Mary Ellen Mark on Documenting Seattle’s Street Youth
Documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark, who has had her photographs featured in publications such as Life, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair, died yesterday in Manhattan, age 75. She has traveled extensively across the globe, photographing everything from celebrities to Indian circus people. However, it was a photo essay for Life magazine about kids living in the streets of Seattle which became the foundation for the Academy Award-nominated documentary Streetwise, directed by her husband Martin Bell. Soundtracked by Tom Waits, this...
read moreStuckOnz Lets You Stick Your Phone to Solid Surfaces for Easy Self Portraits
StuckOnz may be the perfect solution for capturing your ideal self portrait without the need to carry around a clunky Selfie Stick. The new project on IndieGoGo aims to provide affordable “nano suction for phones, cases, and tabletsâ€. For $5, you will receive a pad that allows you to stick your gizmos onto many different surfaces to help you get that perfect photograph you are seeking. The company behind StuckOnz, Eoseek, notes that while the design of the product may look simple, there are “decades of advanced materials...
read moreLike A Photograph: A Puzzling Short Film About a Man Revisiting a Snapshot
‘Like a Photograph’ is a strange and mysterious short film created by Tom Varisco. Here’s what the description says: “A casual snapshot of a woman reveals a dark truth about the photographer.†The whole thing is based on a single snapshot photograph that Varisco shot a number of years ago. Varisco found himself repeatedly revisiting the photograph and studying it. “I simply liked the image and liked that I accidentally captured my shadow taking the picture,†he tells PetaPixel. “It seemed ‘cinematic.’†Having...
read moreSharp’s Latest Phones Can Play Slow Motion at 2,100 Frames per Second… Kinda
Sharp may not be the most popular kid on the block when it comes to smartphone manufacturers, but the company is working hard to offer features that other phones don’t have. For its latest Aquos smartphones, Sharp has added 2,100fps slow-motion playback. It’s being called the world’s highest-rate super slow motion playback for smartphones. First off, there’s one big caveat: this frame rate is for playback, not recording. The phone’s camera can record footage at only 210fps in 854x480px resolution (FWVGA) or 120fps in full HD....
read moreChris Burkard on the Joy of Photographing Surfers in Freezing Waters
Chris Burkard is a California-based surf photographer who has shot for some of the biggest companies and publications in the world. After years of shooting on popular, sun-soaked beaches and making a living through his “dream job,†Burkard began to yearn for beaches that weren’t dominated by tourists and the comforts of civilization. So, he began traveling to remote — and often frigid — shores around the world for surf photos that are off the beaten path. Burkard recently gave a great 10-minute TED talk to share about his...
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read moreNSW Books are Open!
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read moreGain Crew Experience with Crankyfish Productions
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read more5 Great Ways to Learn Photography
All images ©Gina Milicia “Every Artist was first an Amateurâ€- Ralph Waldo Emerson If you’re just starting out as a photographer, congratulations! There’s never been a more exciting, or easier time to learn the art of photography. Today’s market is flooded with tertiary courses, books, workshops, websites, podcasts and online courses that didn’t exist as little as ten years ago. When I began my career 25 years ago, there were only a few options. You could learn photography at a university or technical college, you could complete...
read more4 Ways to Make Your Photos Stand Out with the Clarity Slider
You want your photos to be as sharp as possible. Of course, there is no substitute for good technique in the capture phase, but you would like to add something in the post-processing to make the pictures clearer and sharper. You may already be adding sharpening, but how to add that extra crispness to make your pictures pop? The answer is clarity. This article will show you how to add that to your photos. What Exactly Is Clarity? What is clarity? Clarity is a local contrast increase that focuses on the mi-tones of the image. If differs...
read moreGareth McConnell’s young hedonists the morning after a night in Ibiza
“I’m trying to really disrupt it, to give it more physicality, to separate it from the deluge,†says Gareth McConnell, describing his approach in his latest book, Close Your Eyes. It reads like the motto for his life and art. “All these fucking photographs,†says Gareth McConnell at the very beginning of our conversation. “What do you do with them? How do you make sense of them?†It’s taken weeks to connect. The Irish-born, London-based photographer has given me the runaround, but he’s so engaging and...
read moreHow do you teach photography?
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 upcoming July issue (which can be pre-ordered from our shop, ahead of its official on-sale date of 03 June at a discount), 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...
read moreLeica introduces its first ever F1.4 aperture 28mm lens for the M system
SSantana75, yes, you are right, but shigzeo was even “righter”, if you have a shower or a water closet in your house, they costs several times more than a poor family in africa or somewhere earns in several years. What would you say, if someone would come along and would call you an egoist because you have a shower and a water closet and would urge you to wash youself in the next river and relieve yourself in a bucket? For you, those things are normal, for some people in the world not. But besides that, i would thing, you would do...
read moreNikon to offer free newlywed portraits at New York’s City Hall next week
Photo by Joe McNally Nikon has announced that on June 4th and 5th it will be offering newlywed portraits for free to couples who marry at New York’s City Hall. Part of Nikon’s ‘I Am Generation Image’Â campaign, couples married at City Hall will be treated to a free portrait session with pro photographer and Nikon Ambassador Joe McNally, working out of a 20-foot ‘Wedding Truck’ studio. A Nikon D750 alongside the maker’s Speedlights and lenses will be used to capture the portraits....
read morePanasonic Lumix DMC-G7 real-world samples
“There was absolutely no reason to stop down that far in several of the images.” I assume you’re referring to the passing vintage car shots, and there is a reason I stopped down that far. It was an insanely bright day, and wide-open I was getting shutter speeds in the thousands, approacing e-shutter territory, which would have had rolling shutter issues. Plus, fast shutter speeds would have just produced a static shot of the car where even the wheels are sharp. While perfect for pixel peeping, I don’t think it makes a...
read moreDetails of Google’s new photo app leaked
There have been rumors about Google separating the photo component from its Google Plus app and establishing it as a stand-alone service for some time. Now the guys from Android Police have come across leaked information and screenshots that shed some light on Google’s plans. Presumably we’ll know even more after Google’s annual I/O event that takes place tomorrow and Friday. It appears the Auto Awesome feature that automatically enhances images and creates animations will be replaced by a more comprehensive Photo...
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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.