Author: Trent
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Nikon unveils Coolpix P7100, five other compact models
Link: Nikon has unveiled six additions to its compact digital camera lineup. Leading the pack is the Coolpix P7100, a reworked version of the P7000 that addresses head-on that camera’s various performance and design quirks (and should result in the P7100 being the most capable RAW-shooting Coolpix ever produced), the Coolpix S1200pj, a 14 million…
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Nils Orth
Link: Nils Orth’s Untitled Faces aren’t particularly flattering images, but regardless they’re quite compelling, rubbing against many photographic conventions.
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Sony A77 First Impressions
Link: It’s impossible to know what the future will bring. But, it’s likely that the Sony A77 will be regarded as one of the most fascinating new camera introductions of 2011. The camera was announced on 24 August, and won’t be released until early October. Thanks to Sony Canada I had an opportunity in early…
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Five Reasons Why Google is Winning the War in Photosharing
via Thomas Hawk Digital Connection |: https://thomashawk.com/2011/08/five-reasons-why-google-is-winning-the-war-in-photosharing.html On Facebook photographs seem tolerated. On Google+ photographs seem celebrated. Our world is so visual. Google gets this in a big way.
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A Few Fuji X100 Tips
Link: Almost two weeks ago, I had the chance to take a Fuji X100 out for an afternoon. After using it for a day and really getting a chance to get to know it, I took the plunge and bought the camera. Since then, I’ve learned a lot more about it. As I’ve used it,…
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Underage Model’s $28 Million Suit Against Photog Likely to Hinge on Model Release
Link: Photographer Jason Lee Parry has earned international attention this week as a defendant in a high-profile, $28 million lawsuit. A 16-year old model Parry photographed in sexy poses when she was just 15 is suing him for licensing the images without a model release
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Daniel Patrick Lilley, Bournemouth, UK
Link: Daniel Patrick Lilley is a portrait and editorial photographer located on the south coast of England. He is currently studying commercial photography at the Arts Institute, Bournemouth. This is a selection from his Wrestlers series.
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Listening in: The use of audio in photography
Link: Some photographers believe audio is a better partner for still images, adding depth to their multimedia presentations, despite video getting all the attention right now. Olivier Laurent talks with photographers and picture editors about the benefits and pitfalls of producing audio slideshows.
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WikiLeaks Springs a Leak: Full Database of Diplomatic Cables Appears Online
Julian Assange (Photo: WikiMedia Commons) For the second time in a year, WikiLeaks has lost control
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Worth a Look: Gabriela Bulisova’s “Option of Last Resort”
Link: A little while ago Gabriela Bulisova sent us a link to her project “Option of Last Resort: Iraqi Refugees in the United States”. It is a challenging look at the issue of Iraqi refugees who are struggling to settle in the United States. Many of them assisted the Americans during the conflict, as translators…
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Mette Frandsen
Link: In Libya, the fall of a dictator came faster than anyone expected. After six months of fighting along what were often stagnated front lines, the rebels succeeded last week in overwhelming the forces of Col. Muammar Gaddafi to take control of the Libyan capital. The sudden assault sent the enigmatic 69-year-old Libyan leader and his family into hiding; his…
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Photojournalism award launched in tribute to fallen photographer
Link: The family of Lucas Dolega, a French photographer who was killed in Tunisia on 17 January, has launched a new prize dedicated to photojournalists
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Candid Moments From the British Underworld
Candid Moments From the British Underworld It wasn’t easy documenting the lives of a British crime family. But Jocelyn Bain Hogg managed to present his subjects in a candid — and at times unflattering — light. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/01/candid-photos-of-the-underworld/ In 2007, 10 years after Jocelyn Bain Hogg started chronicling organized crime in Britain, one…
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Call For Entries – 66th College Photographer of the Year – Due Sept. 28th
Link: Entry is free, courtesy of Nikon Inc. and promises to easier than ever now that the photographer friendly online entry system CPOY debuted last year has been fine-tuned.
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Condemned – Robin Hammond
Link: “We are working in the most dangerous place in the world, Mogadishu!” shouts Dr Habeb who runs the only mental health clinic in Mogadishu, Somalia
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Funny film but I’d go a bit further
Link: The iPhone makes a great camera, but does it make a great film camera? Now, with FiLMiC Pro, it does. The app is somewhat like Camera+, only for video (and without all the fancy Hipstamatic-style FX).
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Stay Hungary
Stay Hungary What is it with Hungarians and photography? For a country with a relatively small population base (roughly 10 million), Hungary has produced… Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2011/09/stay-hungary.html What is it with Hungarians and photography? For a country with a relatively small population base (roughly 10 million), Hungary has produced a startling number of first-rank shooters.
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Sony NEX-7 First Impressions
Link: In military terms a Pocket Battleship has the guns of a battleship but the swiftness of a fleet cruiser. After several days with a pre-production NEX-7 I can say that in photographic terms this camera certainly gives the impression of a compact fighting machine that sacrifices little for its diminutive size.
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WHNPA Announces Education Grant Winner: Allison Shelley
Link: Allison Shelley, freelance photographer, has been chosen as the recipient of the White House News Photographers 2011 Project Grant. The grant of $10,000, half from the WHNPA and a matching amount of $5,000 from PNY Technologies Inc., will fund her project to examine and raise awareness on the health implications of adolescent childbearing in…