Bill was a man of many talents and I would do him an injustice to refer to him as Plain Dealer photographer Bill Kennedy, for he was far more than that. First and foremost a man devoted to his family who now celebrate his life and mourn their loss.
On Assignment: Afghanistan – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:
You could call David Guttenfelder the man behind the man in the pink boxers. Mr. Guttenfelder, 40, the chief Asia photographer for The Associated Press, attracted attention two months ago — all the way up to the Commander in Chief — with his photograph of Specialist Zachary Boyd, Specialist Cecil Montgomery and Specialist Jordan Custer returning the Taliban’s fire in Afghanistan. Specialist Boyd was wearing pink boxers and flip-flops at the time. Admirers of this picture saw in it a perfect expression of American readiness and capacity to fight. “Any soldier who goes into battle against the Taliban in pink boxers and flip-flops has a special kind of courage,” Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said.
PDNPulse: Spanish Newspapers Try to Discredit Famous Capa Photo:
The International Center of Photography recently brought its traveling Robert Capa exhibition to Spain, and the Spanish press is using the occasion to rip one of Capa’s most famous photographs to shreds.
Must See: Surfing, With a Dark Edge – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:
Chris Bickford’s project about the local surf scene on the Outer Banks of North Carolina was all about firsts: his first time shooting in water, his first time capturing a fast-action sport and his first time conceptualizing completely in black and white.
After acquiring his own Zapper and visak, Dabic grew professionally close to both Minic and Janjic. He came to spend vast swaths of time holed up in Minic’s office, a humble basement room where a desk was improvised from a bookcase set upon two chairs. Sometimes Dabic would sleep on a cot there. When Minic or Janjic would ask about Dabic’s history or his credentials, he’d be vague. He had lived in New York, he would say, but his marriage to his wife, who remained in New York with his children, had ended on an ugly note. Minic remembered that his friend maintained “four or five” cellphones and that they rang all the time. “He would always arrange to call everyone back,” Minic explained. “That’s why I thought he was a spy.”
But he wasn’t a spy. As Minic and Janjic (along with the rest of the world) were shocked to find out last July, their tall protégé with the eye-catching hairdo was Radovan Karadzic, the most hunted war criminal on the planet.
SFGate: Daily Dish : Fellow parents defend Klum against photographers:
Fellow parents at the playground were not amused by the paparazzi invasion and asked them to leave, but when they ignored the requests, the angry moms and dads began pelting them with water bombs, forcing Klum to flee the chaos.
Bill Manley made a kick ass logo for APAD last year that ended up on a T-shirt. If you don’t own one yet, they are for sale at both Skreened and CafePress stores. The banner reads, “In Image, Truth.”
Shield Law Overturns Warrant for Student Photographer | Raw File | Wired.com:
Legal protections for journalists were upheld last week in a San Francisco Superior Court decision. Counsel for a San Francisco State University photojournalism student successfully won a motion to quash a search warrant executed by police earlier this year.
Author of Torture Memos Pranked in Classroom | Threat Level | Wired.com:
After Yoo mentions the Constitution during his lecture, and asks the students if they have any questions, an Australian comedian from the show Chaser’s War on Everything is seen wearing a black-hooded robe and standing on top of his desk with his arms outstretched, recalling one of the most iconic images of U.S. torture captured in the now-infamous Abu Ghraib photos.
The comedian says, “Actually, professor, I’ve got one question. Uhm, how long can I be required to stand here ’til it counts as torture?”
John Nack on Adobe: Using DNG profiles: A video demo:
The inclusion of camera profiles in recent updates to Lightroom & Camera Raw greatly simplifies their use, and now Julieanne Kost has posted a 15-minute walkthrough showing their use & benefits
Daring Fireball: Charging for Access to News Sites:
I wish them good luck with this, and I mean that sincerely, but I believe this is a fundamentally flawed strategy. People bought (and continue to buy) real paper newspapers and magazines because it feels like you’re getting something worth the price. A real physical object.
Canon’s New Anti-Blur Lenses Will Be Available This Year | Gadget Lab | Wired.com:
The oddest part of the announcement, though, is that “The technology will be incorporated in an interchangeable single lens reflex (SLR) camera lens planned for commercial release before the end of 2009”.
Sussex cops try to suppress publication of damning traffic-cam photos by claiming copyright – Boing Boing:
The Sussex, England police are trying to suppress publication of images from speed cameras — images that show technical shortcomings in the cameras — by claiming that they are copyrighted.
Brit photographer who shot demolition of flyover arrested for terrorism – Boing Boing:
Alex took his camera out to photograph the demolition of a flyover (overpass) in Chatham, England. After refusing to give his identification to two plainclothes people who refused to identify themselves, he was arrested under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act
If you want a peek at what the future of both still and video cameras might look like over the next few years, drop into your camera dealer and have look at the Panasonic Lumix GH1. To my mind it’s the first Combocam that “gets it”, delivering both image quality and functionality that don’t represent a considerable compromise on one side or the other.