Author: Trent
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FT Magazine – How Annie got shot
Link: The Annie Leibovitz story, however, is more than a tale of a photographer who got absorbed into the high-spending world of the people she portrays. It is a reflection of something unexpected – that, despite all her celebrity and talent, Leibovitz lacks earning power as an artist.
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The Transformation Of Pathology Into Pathos Or The Military Does What It Does And It Does It We « The Spinning Head
Link: What confuses me is the thought behind the video and comments: Michael Kamber is surprised that a system meticulously designed to censor the likes of him, is…..censoring him. Isn’t this precisely what this system is designed to do?
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Lightroom 3.3 and Camera Raw 6.3 Available on Adobe Labs « Lightroom Journal
Link: This release also introduces the Adobe Lens Profile Downloader. The Lens Profile Downloader is a free companion application to Photoshop CS5, Photoshop Lightroom 3, and the Camera Raw 6 plug-in. It allows customers to search, download, rate and comment on the online lens correction profiles that are created and shared by the user community
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Personal Projects: Stephen Voss talks about his “91 Days” project | dvafoto
Link: Stephen Voss, a photographer based in the Washington DC area, announced a personal project earlier this year called 91 Days. For the 91 days of spring he would make one 4×5 instant picture a day in his backyard and send it to those who sent in an email asking to reserve a day.
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It's Mystery Photo Contest Time! – A Picture's Worth
Link: How many photo contests did you get emailed about today? Some photo contests take themselves a little too seriously. This isn’t one of them.
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What happens when you are employed by an NGO? | duckrabbit
Link: This shows the risks to objective storytelling if one is employed by an NGO. You are corporatised into showing the message of your employer – bottom line.
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Paul Ripke: That ‘Leica Feel’ « The Leica Camera
Link: Norway is my favorite country on Earth, but life near a warm sea with fresh octopus hanging on racks has its perks as well
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Magnum Expression Award: 20 Finalists Announced – A Picture's Worth
Link: the finalists: Sohrab Hura Julian Roeder Rasel Chowdhury Patryk Karbowski Nicolas Wormull Nathanael Turner Lucia Herrero Jiri Makovec Jenn Ackerman Rob Hornstra David Walter Banks Linda Forsell Irina Rozovsky Yvonne Venegas Cedric Van Turtleboom Bepi Ghiotti Arthur Bondar Anastasia Taylor-Lind Alfonso Moral
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In Search Of The Ultimate Inkjet Print
Link: The important thing to remember, is that if you want to obtain the highest possible quality inkjet prints, you need to experiment beyond just setting the printer to the standard settings.
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Chase Jarvis Keynote @ Photo Plus
Link: Generally shot in highly stylized black and white, the Diary, which began in 2009, follows Olivier Zahm through a fantasyland populated by the artists, socialites, models and celebrities who regularly appear in his magazine — enthusiastically abiding by its ethos of creative and sexual freedom, as evinced by many nude portraits of female lovers.…
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HAMBURGER EYES VIP » INNA SMALL ROOM STYLE VOL. 2
Link: new podcast! from photographer alexander bartsch, jamaican vinyl styles mon!
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Wooster Collective: Banksy's Exit Through The Gift Shop Finally Coming to iTunes, VOD, and DVD in US
Invader Bombs Tinseltown via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/v/Jay7azYaEFc?fs=1&hl=en_US Mary Shannon Johnstone is doing the hard work. She’s taking a look a something none of us want to see, so if the subject of euthanized animals is more than you can visually tolerate, then best not continue.
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DxOMark tests the Nikon D7000 | Nikon Rumors
DxOMark tests the Nikon D7000 – Nikon Rumors DxOMark released their test results of the Nikon D7000. The overall score of the D7000 is 80, which puts it on second place in the APS-C category after the Pentax K-5 with 82 scores: From all measured sensors (full frame, medium format), the D7000 is currently ranked…
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sad homecoming – Shooting from the Hip
Link: On November 1st, Army Pfc. Andrew N. Meari of Plainfield, Illinois, died in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Today, Maeri’s remains were escorted through the streets of Plainfield and Joliet.
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65th College Photographer of the Year | Blog
Link: Due to technical difficulties with the audio recording, there will be no screencast for Sports Action. However, the problem was fixed and the Sports Feature, Spot News and General News screencasts from Monday were posted.
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Revamped NPPA Student Quarterly Clip Contest Opens Next Week
Link: the newspaper industry is in crisis, and it’s unrealistic to expect that a staff photographer job is out there waiting for you — even if you’ve got the world’s best portfolio. Goals have changed – you have to take care of yourself. You’re still expected to make incredible pictures, but you also need to…
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Mac OS X 10.6.5 improves Aperture processing, extends RAW format support
Link: the newspaper industry is in crisis, and it’s unrealistic to expect that a staff photographer job is out there waiting for you — even if you’ve got the world’s best portfolio. Goals have changed – you have to take care of yourself. You’re still expected to make incredible pictures, but you also need to…
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Timeless Stories in 1970s New York: The Work of Paul McDonough – NYTimes.com
Timeless Stories in 1970s New York Paul McDonough’s photographs immediately evoke the New York of the 1970s. But a second glance, and a third, reveal so much more. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/timeless-stories-in-1970s-new-york/ Forget the ‘fros and the saffron robes and the 60-cent taxi meter drop; the Horn & Hardart, the Doubleday and the showroom on…
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WORKSHOP DIARIES: Eddie Adams workshop
Link: ‘Going to bed at 2 or 3am was the norm. It was exhausting but incredibly refreshing…’
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Revamped NPPA Student Quarterly Clip Contest Opens Next Week
Link: The NPPA Student Clip Contest will be re-launching on Monday, November 15, with simplified online entry, multimedia categories, and live winners’ galleries on NPPA.org.