Category: Video & Multimedia

Another Side of Afghanistan by Larry Towell


Link: LightBox

Through five harrowing videos (three of which are shown here), Towell gives viewers a comprehensive look at life for citizens inside conflict-riddled Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the photographs from this project are on display for the first time in Larry Towell: Danger and Aftermath at the Museum London in Southwestern Ontario through April 1. “I wanted to look more at the social problems before I looked at what was going on militarily,” the photographer says. “The victims of the war weren’t just people who were wounded. They were the people living in the rural areas who were forced into the cities without means.”

Multimedia practioners reactions to the 2012 World Press Photo multimedia awards


Link: DSLR News Shooter


I have my own fairly strong views on the competition and the direction in which newspaper and news website multimedia is heading – I have not sought to promote those here. This is more a listening exercise to try and gauge what practitioners in the field are thinking – with the aim of shaping future contests and dialogue.

Setting up your Canon 5D mkII (and mkIII?)


Link: Vincent Laforet

The 5D MKII came out nearly 4 years ago – but this is still one of the single most common questions I get to this day as new people are continually entering the HDSLR world.  I also find that many professionals aren’t aware of many of these settings themselves and I thought: “Better late than never.”    So here are the settings that I have used with the Canon 5D MKII – and a comparison between the standard picture profile, the profile I recommend, and the Technicolor profile with some examples on grading