RESOLVE — the liveBooks photo blog:
Ed Kashi sent me some notes last week from his recent trip to the Niger Delta about the creative differences between shooting video and stills. This is an evolution many photographers are going through right now, so I decided to ask a few other multitaskers to share their thoughts.
Gary Knight :
Like many French journalists and photographers Paul Marchand drove a small car – often liberated from a car hire company – at a time when many English speaking journalists were choosing armoured cars. As protection he had a handwritten sign on his rear window saying “Don’t shoot me – I am invincible”. Well, he was invincible, until he was – perhaps inevitably – shot. Shot in the arm by a 50 calibre machine gun at Sarajevo airport. He lost a few inches of arm but his enthusiasm remained undeterred and his behaviour was unchanged.
Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:
Shawn Rocco, 37, is a professional photographer. He shoots a Motorola E815.
Yes, that’s a cellphone.
Photo Attorney:
Many photographers are also authors. If you published a book before January 5, 2009, your work may be subject to a class action lawsuit brought by authors and publishers, claiming that Google has violated their copyrights by scanning their books, creating an electronic database, and displaying short excerpts without the permission of the copyright holders.
Korean Central News Agency of DPRK:
Posters “Let All Turn out in Weeding Campaign!” and “Let Us Sincerely Help Farmers with Manpower and Materially through Patriotic Devotion!” depict an agricultural worker all out in the weeding campaign in the wake of the completion of the rice transplantation and the working people rushing to co-op fields, thus making an ideological and artistic representation of the elated enthusiasm of the Korean people to hit the target of grain production this year without fail.
Doug Menuez:
When most photographers set up shop, they focus on becoming better photographers, naturally. Few photographers, however, develop even the most basic skills they need to run their own business. They hope to hang on long enough to be discovered before they sink under their own lack of knowledge. That’s like building an intricate jeweled house atop quicksand.
IAN AUSTEN – NYTimes.com:
The reporter, Maziar Bahari, who holds both Canadian and Iranian citizenship, was picked up Sunday at his mother’s home in Tehran by government security officials who seized videotapes and a laptop computer. Reporters Without Borders, an advocacy group, estimated that 26 journalists had been arrested in Iran since the presidential election on June 12.
Brad Mangin:
When I was growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area my father always said, “You can’t beat fun at the ol’ ballpark.” He was right. I grew up a San Francisco Giants fan and I have capitalized my love for baseball into a career as a sports photographer, specializing in shooting the Grand Old Game.
A Picture’s Worth:
The following is a growing list of reputable contests and/or awards that we believe are beneficial to serious photographers, and worth consideration.
Threat Level | Wired.com:
The Associated Press is adopting a stringent social-networking policy for its employees, informing them to police their Facebook profiles “to make sure material posted by others doesn’t violate AP standards.”
Michele McNally – NYTimes.com:
Assistant Managing Editor Michele McNally, who oversees photography for The New York Times, is answering questions from readers June 22-26.
Gadget Lab | Wired.com:
That focus control is one of the reasons the camera has improved so much. Autofocus lenses don’t have to be sharp front to back. This means that there is less of a compromise between flexibility and quality, and the lens can be designed to be sharper. And any focusing, auto or manual, means that you can achieve a shallower depth of field for differential focus and blurred backgrounds. That the iPhone also has touch-to-focus control is just gravy.
Leica x Hermes m8 Close Look | SLAMXHYPE:
Here is a close inspection of the project Leica and Hermes recently unveiled with a look inside the box and all the accessories that go with the obviously impressive m8.
Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:
Don’t let the term “summer intern” mislead you — if it brings to mind a novice in need of basic schooling. The three young photographers who are working at The Times this summer have already accumulated a lot of professional experience. And it shows in their work.
Work by Jenn Ackerman, Jessica Ebelhar, Justin Maxon.
