The Canon 5D Mark II is a remarkable instrument. Not only is it a 21-megapixel camera that takes amazing photographs, but it is also one of the first of the “hybrid” cameras. It takes full 1080p High Definition video. As more and more photojournalists find themselves confronted with “multi-tasking” in their jobs, providing both stills and video, this is a major step that points the way to the future of the industry.
Photo by David Turnley
In 1985, I proposed that the Detroit Free Press send me to South Africa to attempt to photograph everyday life under apartheid. I was convinced that the reality, the indignities, and the ambiguities of daily existence in South Africa also spoke to the tragedies of segregation and prejudice in my own country.
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Joshua Wolfe and five colleagues who also concentrate on the environment have created a new agency to handle their work called GHG Photos. Obviously not the greatest time to start a new photo agency, I have a sense that they said, why not now when the mood moves us? I recently conducted an e-mail interview with Joshua Wolfe about the agency, its hopes and dreams.
Making photographs is and isn’t child’s play. For many of the young photographers in this book, the camera became part of their lives at an early age, and in years they are not far removed from their own childhoods. Still, looking at their photographs, we know at once that they have left childhood behind to take on challenging issues and subjects and to seize those compelling moments when photographs are made.
This little video by David Burnett gives you a pretty good idea of the experience from the photographers point of view.
In the late Summer of 2008 I interviewed Henry Wilhelm, the world’s preeminent authority on print permanence and the founder of Wilhelm Imaging Research. This interview was conducted on behalf of Epson, to be used as part of their 2008/2009 Epson Print Academy. The clip used by Epson was edited down to 14 minutes for use in The Print Academy.
Consider Japanese photography as a whole and it becomes evident that a large number of artists tend to express feelings of incomprehension and ambiguity towards reality and the world rather than attempt to decrypt it and objectively analyze it
New York City-based photojournalist Steve Simon made several quiet portraits of individuals witnessing history within a large crowd watching election-night coverage in Harlem.
Photo by Scott M. Bort
As many of his classmates prepared for starting college or new jobs, 2008 Portage High School graduate Jason Follow was preparing for the U.S. Marine Corps. I met Jason in May and followed him on and off through the final days of school and through his summer before departing for Recruit Training in San Diego on Aug 12, 2008.
photo by David Burnett
Most photojournalists like to feel that what they do in their work has some historic sense to it. I mean, we’re photoJOURNALISTS. We like to think that our pictures are, as we often say, the “first draft of history.”
I thought photographers might like to have a single, consolidated list of all the enhancements in Photoshop CS4 & Bridge CS4 that can help improve their productivity.
I have just finished watching an advance copy of Nikon’s new DVD, Nikon School: A Hands-On Guide to Creative Lighting.
Short version: It is far and away the best resource available for those of you who want to better learn how to use your Nikon system strobes (SB-900, SB-800, SB-600, etc.) and Nikon’s Creative Lighting System (CLS).
Utah Democrats celebrate at the Radisson Hotel as Barack Obama is announced as our 44th President
A journey to Africa’s most remote tribes, whose way of life remains untouched since ancient times
Today, November 06, 2008 — Elkie Lee Taylor, 47, convicted in the robbery and murder of 64-year-old Otis Flake in Fort Worth, Texas, will be executed by lethal injection. Five other men are scheduled for execution in November. How much longer will The United States continue to execute prisoners?
Stock Artists Alliance, which has been working on behalf of photographers who were customers of Digital Railroad’s image hosting and licensing service, tells photographers not to expect their money back any time soon.
We’re happy to present another installment of a new series of interviews made at the Summit Workshop in Jackson, Wyoming. The series looks at the work of some of the nation’s leading photographers and editors, who offer both practical advice and plenty of inspiration. This episode features Chris Johns, Editor in Chief of National Geographic.
Whenever a photography injustice surfaces in the news, I can’t seem to figure out what the perpetrator was thinking. Digital manipulation, falsifying information and copyright infringement. Which comes to my current situation.
On April 27, 2008, I spoke of a random encounter that got me very excited. A new friend who just happened to be from the same town in the United States where I grew up. Lee Mackay Turner showed me that my character judgement needs some serious work.
Upstate Girls; What Became of Collar City is an ongoing documentary project that began in 2004. The roots of the epic are the coming of age stories of six young women in the post -industrial city of Troy, New York. “Upstate Girls” will be released across three platforms. A print book, feature length documentary film, and a multi-media web series that contextualize the young women’s personal stories in Troy’s important labor history will be released beginning spring of 2009. Look for updates on www.therawfile.org and a feature article in the Spring Issue of The Virginia Quarterly Review and GEO MAGAZINE later in 2009.
The LX3 is an example of a species so endangered that the we were beginning to worry it had become extinct – a compact camera that photographers can get excited about. Panasonic has included a large degree of direct control, classy styling and, more importantly, a specification that goes beyond the unthinking ‘larger screen and more megapixels’ trend.
It’s hard to tell what we’re more impressed by – the ambitious lens or the decision to sit back and spectate during this round of the megapixel race. If pixels aren’t just to become clutter on your hard drive, they must contain useful information and we’ve seen too many compact cameras that produce images that need to be down-sized to bring them up to standard. The LX3 may not have the eye-popping resolution of some of its peers but instead it’s one of the best high-ISO compact cameras we’ve seen.