Every year thousands of fascinating press photos don’t make it into print; through tight deadlines, design limitations, lack of space and editorial selection. Now the British Press Photographers’ Association have mined their members’ huge back catalogue to create Unseen, a book showcasing 108 unused press photos, published last week. Here we bring you a selection of the most striking images
Now Los Angeles has its own Month of Photography, which runs through April, just as the weather gets really nice there. The L.A. festival is being produced by the same people who bring us the Lucie Awards every autumn in New York.
I had kept this idea of shooting with a digital through the viewfinder of an old, dirty Kodak Duoflex camera I had sitting on my shelf in the back of my head for such an occasion.
That’s where The General and I found ourselves Tuesday night, surrounded by foreigners, everyone of us overtly ignoring the “Please, no photos during the performance” mantra on the speakers.
One of the most important accessories that you can purchase to help you get better results with the video from your Canon 5D MKII is an external LCD monitor (a video assist monitor.)
I don’t know where the time goes but we are only six weeks out from the second annual New York Photo Festival aka NYPH’09 which returns to DUMBO May 13 thru 17. I have been meaning to do a posting for sometime and have to say I am somewhat relived to see that NYPH’09 is now a 5 day affair like last year and not the 10 or 12 day photopolooza that was originally touted. 5 days is perfect for New York, keep it a full on intense thrill ride just like the city itself.