SALE…Nikkor 17-55 f2.8 DX lens for sale £900 + £10 SD with FREE Nikon-E mount adapter
This has been my stock lens own my Sony FS100 for the last 6 months, now I am moving back to Canon I need to sell it, this lens is in mint condition. This is the best all round lens for the FS100 giving you a 35mm crop factor of 25-82mm) and the consta...
Hermeneutic Mysteries
"I see photography as an extraordinary means to undertake an exegesis of the Real, prompted by the first and literal level: the image of the evident objects. Any subsequent new meanings are discovered and rendered manifest through a hermeneutic pr...
Nigel Cliff from Holdan came to show me the Panasonic AG-HPX250
Another camcorder arrived today, the Panasonic AG-HPX250 along with Nigel Cliff from Holdan. Nigel and I go back a long way, he is a genuinely nice person and always has a smile on his face. The AG-HPX250 is Panasonic’s flagship hand held P2 came...
Kodak Trying To Get Its Name Removed From Kodak Theatre
Kodak Theatre, the famous theater on Hollywood Boulevard that hosts the Academy Awards, may soon have a different name. As part of its recent bankruptcy filing, Kodak is now trying to get out of the 20-year, $75-million-dollar naming rights contract it signed back in 2000. The theatre’s about page states, The naming of Kodak Theatre,...
PetaPixel 2012-02-03 16:38:40
L.L.Bean recently decided to celebrate its 100-year anniversary by having this classic 1933 catalog cover recreated as a photograph by commercial photographer Randal Ford. It’s amazing how faithfully Ford and his team was able to recreate the illustration — some of the vintage clothing had to be purchased off eBay! Here’s a closer look at...
Artist Reveals Hidden Images Found in Everyday Photos
Dutch illustrator Tineke Meirink likes to take a closer look at photographs and then draw whatever her playful imagination reveals to her. Her website stop:watch is a collection of these “what it is” and “what I see” comparison...
Photography Links Roundup: 02/03/2012
Here's a look at some photography goodness from around the Internet in the last week.
Also, I'm testing out different formats for these weekly roundups so feel free to leave comments. Enjoy!
Why Wedding Photographers Prices are “Wack”
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Newspaper Photographer Suspended for Splicing Bird Photos
The Sacramento Bee has suspended award-winning staff photographer Bryan Patrick after it was discovered that he had Photoshopped two photographs of an egret eating a frog into a single photo. The newspaper, which is the 5th largest in California and the 25th largest in the US, says that the manipulation was done to make the...
Friday Happy Hour: Lady Gaga Owns Your Photos & More
The photo industry never ceases to surprise us. This week Allen posted his so-called rant, “Why I Love Photography“. The post has attracted over 1k Facebook likes, 1,200 tweets, and 120 comments. Clearly he hit a chord. Other topics this week that were worth paying attention to? Just check out our roundup below. The “Fame...
Fuji X-Pro1 pricing announced, lenses more affordable than expected
Fujifilm has now officially announced pricing for its X-Pro1 compact system camera in the US market, and there's good news for those planning to buy a kit with several of the available lenses. Final list pricing for two of the thr...
HDR used properly is appropriate for photojournalism, says Unified Color’s Omvik
Are High Dynamic Range photos appropriate for illustrating news? That's the debate that's been started by the Washington Post's use of an HDR image on its front page in January. Sean Elliot, president of the National Press Photographers Association ca...
Did You Know: Sepia Toning is Named After the Common Cuttlefish
Here’s your interesting photo fact of the day: did you know that sepia toning (when B&W photos are given that distinctive warm tone) is named after the Common Cuttlefish? The scientific name of the species is Sepia officinalis, and the ink produced by the fish was used for sepia toning when the technique first emerged...
