Author: Trent
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Back to Basics: Surf Photography Tips for Thrill Seekers
Back to Basics: Surf Photography Tips for Thrill Seekers – PhotoShelter Blog Shooting surfing photography is a thrill. It starts with searching for the perfect spot, often found in some remote location that no one speaks of aloud. Then housing your gear and jumping into the surf, while your surfer buddies await the swell, getting…
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Angry Chicago news photographer blasts Sun-Times for layoffs
Jim Romenesko via Jim Romenesko: http://jimromenesko.com/2013/06/06/angry-chicago-photographer-blasts-sun-times-for-layoffs/ Veteran Chicago news photographer Phil Greer wrote this for his Facebook friends and gave me permission to share it with Romenesko readers
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Photos Explore ‘Back to the Land’ Movement in Canada
Photos Explore ‘Back to the Land’ Movement in Canada Photographer Kari Medig grew up in a cabin in northern British Columbia. He is drawn to acts of photography that involve a physical element. The tougher and more remote the environment, the happier he is. His series Back to the Land is an ongoing project that…
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color and composition | leica x2 workshop
Link: the X2 is what I carry around now when I’m not working. This thing is just plain fun to use.
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Fuji x100s Follow Up Review :: Life Without DSLRs
Link: I have been DSLR free for about two months and all is well. During the past two months I’ve been to Cuba, New York (x2), and Arizona. I feel I have hit just about every type, and kind, of job I do and my little Fujis have performed flawlessly. I really relied on them…
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The Leica X Vario – previously known as Paula
Link: it seems to me that at the very least Leica have produced an interesting modern take on a popular design strategy
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1000x – Leica Monochrom
Home via Nick Frank: http://www.iso72.de/?p=498&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1000x-leica-monochrom One thing I noticed while using the monochrom is that I don‘t shoot that much inflationary anymore I am even more focussed on the subject now. I also noticed that I am taking pictures of subjects I wouldnt have shot before, thats an interesting side effect. It takes time to…
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Narbonne Sportfolio 2013
Link: By bringing together the best is sports photography, the Festival Sportfolio, the first of its kind, aims to pay tribute to the neglected talent of sports photographers.
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Jeff Johnson: Rebel with a Cause
Link: Practically nothing in this world is black-and-white, only film. So it has this specific look that dates all the way back to the very first photographs. It’s timeless. Timelessness is key for me
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When Buddhists Go Bad: Photographs by Adam Dean
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: https://time.com/section/lightbox/ The spectacle of faith makes for luminous photography. Buddhism, in particular, lends itself to the lens: those shaven heads and richly hued monastic robes; the swirls of incense; the pure expressions of devotees to a religion whose first precept is “do…
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A conversation with Scott Strazzante about Common Ground
Link: The vast majority of my successful diptychs have come about when I just shoot without looking to match farm photos. Only two of the pairings were planned before hand. One was the aerial comparison and the other was shooting out of a second floor bedroom window in the Grabenhofer home to match a photo…
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Carl Merkin: The Leica M2 and Advertising
Link: The sixth season premiere of “Mad Men” included an unexpected treat for Leicaphiles and for Leica Camera USA. This was not a case of product placement, just an idea from the writers of “Mad Men.”
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Vellas: Leica – ‘Soul’
Link: As we increasingly take our mobile phones for granted David Hoffman suggests that photographers should be alert to the dangers of carrying a sophisticated monitoring device in their pocket, especially when working abroad.
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Cuban Evolution: Photographs by Joakim Eskildsen
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: https://time.com/section/lightbox/ “I immediately fell in awe with the complexity of this country,” says Eskildsen. “The more you learn about the situation and how people are living, the more difficult it becomes to understand. It was like learning to view the world form…
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gaining (common) ground
Link: Besides the Chicago Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup run, throughout the past month, my Common Ground personal project has been an almost constant thought in my head.
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Arles 2013: South Africa Viewpoints
Link: The 2012/2013 France-South Africa Seasons project was set up to engage a dialogue between two peoples. It brings together artists who did not necessarily know much about each others’ work : six South African and six French photographers who met and joined forces in an adventure which began in South Africa in 2012.
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Arles 2013: Sergio Larrain The rediscovery
Link: Sergio Larrain (1931-2012) grew up in Chile in an upper class cultured family , surrounded by books and art. From the outset, he took photographs freely in the streets with his Leica, which he did not hesitate to place on the ground, resulting in unusual points of view and daring compositions
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Arles 2013: Samer Mohdad
Link: A photojournalism career spanning twenty-five years bears witness to Lebanese photographer Samer Mohdad determination to show the profound changes that have taken place in the Arab world.
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Gay Pride and Same-Sex Marriage Around the World
A Timely Victory via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-timely-victory Ladakh, nestled in the northernmost realms of India between the Kunlun and Himalaya mountain ranges, is one of the last remaining strongholds of Buddhism in South Asia.