Doug Gordon Receives International Photographic Council Award
Watch Silber Studios behind the scenes footage of Doug Gordon Preparing for his WPPI opening
Doug Gordon received the United Nations International Council of Photographs (IPC) Leadership award. As it does each year, the IPC Awards kicks off May, Int...
Away for a week to celebrate becoming an old man…
Just quick note to say I won’t be doing much on the blog for the next week as I am away on the Island of Crete to see in my, Jesus..40th bloody birthday on Friday with my family. How the hell did that happen!? It feels like only yesterday I was 18!! I clearly remember...
Is The Ford Mustang…Fat? (Open Mike)
Ford Mustang. I believe this is a 2012. I got to drive a 2011 Ford Mustang GT a few days ago. It's distinguished by a superb all-new 412-hp V8 engine, and it's an experience. A flatbelly in a FWD riceburner...
Lighting the lives of New Gourna – Using reflectors and natural light with a 5DmkII
By Oliver Wilkins New Gourna is a village, not far from Luxor, and these days it’s a pretty dilapidated one. Designed and built sixty years ago by Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy – who pioneered the use of sustainable, locally sourced materials and designs to produce affordable housing. Its importance as an architectural and historical site...
Cleaning the sensor of an interchangeable lens camcorder
As typical of manufacturers it’s all about selling the product with little to no help when it comes to looking after and maintaining your new large sensor camcorder. I received an email from a chap in Australia telling me that he had just ...
Quiet Mind
"Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb."- Pythagoras“Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.” - Hans MargoliusAphorisms on ethics (1955)
Does Equipment Matter?
Wow, yesterday was a hard day. It's funny how much of life with a dog is based on mutual understandings—you don't realize how much until all your normal routines are interrupted. I'm sure things will get better as we ease...
A look at the Zacuto Scorpion DSLR rig
The key ball joint A look at the Zacuto Scorpion Rig from Philip Bloom extras on Vimeo Shot on the Sony F3 Graded in Magic Bullet Looks using one of Stu Maschwitz’s presets. 20% MBL at redgiantsoftware.com with code bloom20 Yes, Zacuto are one of my site sponsors but that is for a reason....
PetaPixel Turns Two Years Old
PetaPixel turns two today. I won’t bore you with statistics like I did last year, since those are shared at the end of each calendar year, but our readership continues to grow at a pretty healthy clip. This marks the end of my first year of publishing PetaPixel as my full time job — I...
