The Freshman Yearbook of Power Nerds, Washington DC Style
Funny segue from yesterday’s political post… Got to thinking about politics and photography…. Though it seems otherwise at time, politicians aren’t actually celebs. Sure, they get their picture taken at press conferences, but–especially early on in their career–they’re not really used to having a photographer take a portrait of them like a rock star. They’re...
Photos of Terrible Explosions Frozen Serenely in Mid-Air
New Zealand-based photographer Geoffrey H. Short has an ongoing series titled Towards Another (Big Bang) Theory that explores “the relationship between terror and the sublime” with images of large explosions frozen in midair. Short hired film industry special effects technicians to create the “big bangs” using fossil fuel mixed with gunpowder. You can view the...
Pentax reveals K lens roadmap for 2012 and 2013
Alongside the announcement of the K-01 mirrorless camera, Pentax has updated its K-mount lens roadmap to include planned releases for 2012 and 2013. In a PDF document published on the company's website, it indicates that three lenses will be intr...
ExtremeStorms – editing Canon EOS 5D Mark II video on an iPad
Thanks to a tweet from Phrommayon this morning, I found this article which I just had to share about editing Canon EOS 5D Mark II video on an iPad 2 – written by Jim Edds from ExtremeStorms.com! Snip from Jim’s article This demo will show you how to import footage directly from the Canon 5D2...
Still Images In Great Advertising – Jeremy & Claire Weiss
Still Images In Great Advertising, is a column where Suzanne Sease discovers great advertising images and then speaks with the photographers about it. I reached out to Day 19 (Jeremy & Claire Weiss) after seeing this great Converse campaign, because they seem to work well as a husband and wife team. Here is our conversation about how...
Ron Risman On Location with Commercial NYC Photographer Gregor Halenda
Ron Risman of CameraTown.com sent us this feature he did for cinematicStories.com about NYC photographer Grego Halenda – which of course he shot on HDSLRs. I wanted to share a promotional film that I shot last April for commercial photographer Gregor Halenda in NY. I was asked not to promote the film until his new...
Digital Has Definitely Made My Life Easier
One thing I can say is that having every photographer’s website at my fingertips is wonderful. We have many shoots all around the country in small towns. The Internet is the only hope I have in finding photographers in these areas of the country. There’s also nothing that impresses me more than when I meet...
Architectural Photography: Just Like Playing Tetris…Right?
“Shooting architecture or home décor is just like playing Tetris,” says Lincoln Barbour, a professional commercial advertising and architectural interior photographer based in Portland, Oregon. “You have to get everything to fit together just right.” Lincoln has his background in web design, so it’s no surprise that Lincoln’s talents lay in creating perfectly composed photos....
“Silky water” tests w/ CHV “Time collection” plugins
Ric Kasnoff sent us his latest input on the CHV Time Collection FCP plugins with a sample… what do you think? “Silky water” tests Can't see the video in your RSS reader or email? Click Here! Background While shooting more footage for the upcoming short "Winter" down at Rainier this weekend I took some time...
Pentax K-01 Joins the Mirrorless System Camera Fray
Today Pentax announced the Pentax K-01 mirrorless system camera:
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The Daily Edit – Thursday 2.2.12
(click images to make bigger) National Geographic Creative Director: Bill Marr Deputy Creative Director: Kaitlin M. Yarnall Design Director: David C. Whitmore Art Director: Juan Velasco Deputy Photography Director: Ken Geiger Photographer: Martin Schoeller Note: Content for The Daily Edit is found on the newsstands. Submissions are not accepted --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking to buy a new...
Microstock Turns to Quality, Not Quantity
As top microstock figures complain about growing competition, rising saturation and declining returns per image, microstock companies are starting to push back. Warnings from figures as big as Yuri Arcurs, even as he rolls out a three-year study program, are leading sites to think about how they can best serve both their contributors, whom they...
