1D Mark IV Firmware Update Coming
Announcement regarding AF tracking performance of the EOS-1D Mk IV As a result of further enhancement, Canon is working to release a firmware update for the EO
Announcement regarding AF tracking performance of the EOS-1D Mk IV As a result of further enhancement, Canon is working to release a firmware update for the EO
Completely explainable stock photos everybody should always use. This site is strictly for…
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Ten days after the earthquake. Where to begin and what to say?
Port-au-Prince has collapsed, as if some clumsy, big-footed giant had walked through it. No video clips or photographs can really capture the extent of the devastation.
Link: Essay: A Culture in Jeopardy, Too – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com
Todd Heisler’s “Final Salute” was named by PDNOnline readers one of the most influential photo essays of the past ten years
Link: Visions of the Decade: Todd Heisler’s “Final Salute” (7 Photos) | PDN Photo of the Day
Don’t blame the others for the mess we are in and instead of digging your nose in your smart phone and tweetering some crap no one cares about, take control and preserve the space in which you live. Limit yourself. Redo your edits, over and over. And when you are done, do it over. Eliminate, reduce, clean. Pick the 5 best images. not 500. or 5,000.
Link: Thoughts of a Bohemian » Blog Archive » Save the environment
New York photographer James Pomerantz launches a new site dedicated to archiving conflict photography
The kerfuffle over the supposedly staged prize winning picture of a wolf is yet another reminder that there is a problem, but the more I think about it, the more I am convinced that the problem arises from how we view photography, from what we expect photographs to show or do. Here are some thoughts, which, incomplete as they might be, might lead to something.
Link: What is the difference between a wild and a tame wolf? – Conscientious
The contest organizers say Rodriguez continues to claim the image was the result of months of work studying the wolf’s behavior, but nobody is buying it.
Link: PDNPulse: Prestigious Wildlife Photography Competition Sullied By Staged Image
many times pictures say more about who took them than they ever do about their subjects. I’m not sure my photographs have ever revealed much about people or places that others couldn’t understand on their own without the benefit of my work. But photography has revealed much to me about myself, and the discoveries are often painful.
Link: Exposed – The Boston Globe
via: duckrabbit
I’m so excited about a great new column I’m kicking off today called “Ask Anything.” Former Art Buyers and current photography consultants Amanda Sosa Stone and Suzanne Sease have agreed to take anonymous questions from photographers and not only give the
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2010/01/21/ask-anything-with-amanda-and-suzanne-how-much-money-do-commercial-photographers-make/
I said already that I will not cover this issue anymore, unless there is an official word from Nikon. The official word came yesterday from Nikon Europe: “The 70-200mm f/2.8G ED AF-S VRII lens features a component in the lens design which may appear to ha
About a month ago we reported that José Luis Rodriguez had come under fire after winning the prestigious Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the
Left: the NY Times image; Right: the original image By yesterday
via Gothamist: http://gothamist.com/2010/01/19/post_131.php
Why does it matter? We all know there was an earthquake. We all know that tens if not hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost. How will images that are slightly better, or slideshows that are properly edited, make…
Asked to capture “hope” and “change” on Jan. 20, 2009, 132 photographers answered. Mariana Vasconcellos reports that few portrayed President Obama.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/showcase-113/
CLICK NOTE: Blatant Self-Promotion
what do you do when you end up with a thousand-plus photos of flipping skiers on a plain black background? I needed something different from last year. Here’s what came to mind…
Since Rebecca and I are traveling next week, we decided to post this month’s TWO LOOKS column a few days early. For January, we’re featuring the work of LAARA MATSEN, a U.S. photograph…
Link: http://webbnorriswebb.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/two-looks-laara-matsen-and-jonas-bendiksen/
Last week it was suggested that the disaster in Haiti was of such a great magnitude that anyone on the ground with a cellphone could make lasting images that the rest of the world would never forget. Not likely, (I…
I am a fan of Leica cameras and lenses. But being a fan of something doesn’t mean accepting it without comment or complaint. Far from it. In fact fans are often a team or product’s most vocal critics. The reason being – because we care.
With that up front and out of the way, here is what I am describing as an Open Letter to Leica. I could of course send it directly to the senior managers that I know there, but I think that the ideas that I’m putting forward are worth a public debate, and that hopefully a lively and open discussion has a better chance of accomplishing something than a closed one.
Link: An Open Letter to Leica