In our recent ring flash roundup, Wired.com photographer Jon Snyder took a combination of self-powered units and adapters through their paces. Soon after, the folks at Orbis got in touch, wondering why we had left their flash-adapter out. I told them to s
Few days ago I posted a link about Moose Peterson’s experience with the Nikon D3s and the new 70-200 f/2.8 VRII lens. I either missed that paragraph, or the text was added later on (thanks Theodore for pointing it out to me): With the results I was seeing
Accompanying this wry volume’s many accomplishments, Reiner Riedler deserves credit for reminding us that the United States does not monopolize the global marketplace for vicarious experiences available at cost. Yes, Orlando and Las Vegas hold places of honor in this collection. But Riedler, identified in the fall 2009 issue of PDNedu as “one to watch,” also reveals examples of Truman Show-quality artifice in such destinations as Shenzhen (China), Antalya (Turkey), and Trautmannsdorf (in Riedler’s native Austria).
A collection of photos seized by the Pakistani military offers a glimpse into life in the rugged terrain in Pakistan’s tribal areas. The military suspect the men are Taliban members, but intelligence officials have yet to analyze the photos and confirm th
An obituary published in The Boston Globe on September 18 noted the artistic quality of his black-and-white photos of Boston buildings: “Brightness and energy invade photographs that, in other hands, might be static.”
Roy Scully was a longtime fixture in a newspaper universe that doesn’t exist anymore outside of old movies. He got his foot in the door of The Seattle Times as a copy boy in the 1940s, learned his craft from staff photographers and was assistant chief photographer when he retired after a 44-year career at the paper, in 1986.
Update: story updated here on December 28, 2009, to include a response from legal representatives for Ms. Moore, and W Magazine. Click here for higher-rez image. Anthony Citrano says, Being an obse…
Professional photographers are quickly turning the iPhone into standard camera equipment, using it not only as a visual notebook and a method to free their minds from creative stumbling blocks, but also for their commercial work. Below are three pros who have integrated their cameraphones into their daily routine.
When the Yankees won the World Series, Robert Caplin photographed the action 12,000 times. The result, Kristen Joy Watts says, is a captivating time-lapse piece.
For some insight into the commercial photography book market, PDN recently obtained data from Nielsen Bookscan, which tracks retail book sales, to see which new titles are among the bestselling photography books this year.
Photographer Toni Greaves was born and raised in Australia, lived in the UK and now splits her time between Portland and New York. Her career as an Art and Creative Director has helped shaped her design sense, and recently, Toni was named one of the “30 Emerging Photographers to Watch” by PDN Magazine. She has an extensive list of editorial clients and is known for creating exceptional documentary work that sees beyond what is immediately apparent.
Her Critical Mass Finalist series is titled, Radical Love, and it explores life within a cloistered monastic community.
Prankster/artist Jason Eppink threw “Print After Parties” inside newspaper boxes in honor of the the death of print. Very clever. From Eppink’s project description: Abandoned by f…
The small Texas towns of Gordon and Strawn, midway between Fort Worth and Abilene, are only eight miles apart. Their schools are so tiny they play six-man football because they don’t have enough boys to field regular 11-man teams. The townsfolk are crazy about football. For decades the two teams have played each other in one of the greatest rivalries in Texas sports.
Focus will still be manual, but now “these new Zeiss lenses support all- important operations such as the automatic mechanisms for time, aperture setting and program. The CPU also supports manual exposure settings, including those for camera casings that