First Impressions of the Finepix X100 from a rangefinder shooter by Pieter Franken
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New Holga and Lensbaby add-ons for Nikon DSLR | Nikon Rumors
New Holga and Lensbaby add-ons for Nikon DSLR – Nikon Rumors
Holga is now selling lenses for DSLR. The Nikon version HL-N is a 60mm f/8 all plastic lens that costs $24.99 and weights 38g. Other Holga lenses and accessories are compatible with the HL-N (Lomography has a similar solution). The lens is also available
Lady Gaga is demanding that some photographers transfer all their copyrights to images they make of her as a condition for photographing her concerts
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PDN Pulse » Blog Archive » Did Twitter Just Save 10 Million Sygma Images?
Did Twitter Just Save 10 Million Sygma Images? | PDNPulse
Rumors circulated on Twitter over the weekend that about 10 million archival images from the collection of the defunct French picture agency Sygma were about to be destroyed. The images have been under the control of a liquidation trustee since Corbis, wh
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/03/did-twitter-just-save-10-million-sygma-images.html
A rumor has been floating around that images held by Corbis-Sygma will be destroyed unless the owners can be found
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AP photographer uses MyWi to cover Bahrain protests
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via Engadget: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/02/17/ap-photographer-uses-mywi-to-cover-bahrain-protests/
If one wants to think of photobook making as a spectrum, at one end, there are commercial publishers. At the other end, there are artists literally making their own books: Printing the pages, binding them etc. Raymond Meeks has produced a variety of such artist books, and I approached him to talk about those.
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PDN » Photojournalist Giles Duley Gravely Injured in Afghanistan
Photojournalist Giles Duley Gravely Injured in Afghanistan | PDNPulse
The New York Times has just reported that British freelance photographer Giles Duley lost both legs and an arm after stepping on an improvised explosive in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan. The incident occurred February 7 while Duley was on a foot pa
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/02/photojournalist-giles-duley-gravely-injured-in-afghanistan.html
I have stayed away from much of the online discussion of the use of camera phones and apps in photojournalism largely because I have not wanted to be seen as an advocate for their use and because I have wanted to avoid any appearance of endorsing any particular product or technique — which I absolutely do not. It was never my intention for these photos to be seen only in the context of the tool by which they were made.
Having said that, I will always stand behind these photographs and am confident in my decision that this was the right tool to tell this particular story.
Any discussion about the validity of these images comes down to two basic fundamentals: aesthetics and content.
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USB Knob Adds Remote Focus-Pulling to Canon SLRs | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
USB Knob Adds Remote Focus-Pulling to Canon SLRs
This $400 knob proves that the SLR really is the movie camera for today’s indie filmmakers. It’s called the Okii Systems USB Follow Focus, and it does what it says, allowing you to control the focus of a Canon SLR via USB. Think of it as focus-by-wire for
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/02/usb-knob-adds-remote-focus-pulling-to-canon-slrs/
It is rare that the most important piece of equipment in your bag is the bag itself, even more rare for that bag to be a black plastic trash sack slung over your shoulder as you walk past pro-government thugs on a bridge over the River Nile. The trash bag’s purpose, of course, is to conceal your large nylon camera bag, which is likely to get you grabbed off the street by the aforementioned thugs.
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Canon Officially Announces the 500 f/4L IS II & 600 f/4L IS II « Canon Rumors
Canon Officially Announces the 500 f/4L IS II & 600 f/4L IS II
London, UK, 7th February 2011 – Canon today launches two new super-telephoto lenses for its leading EOS Digital SLR (DSLR) range – the EF 500mm F/4L IS II U
via Canon Rumors: http://www.canonrumors.com/2011/02/canon-officially-announced-500-f4l-is-ii-600-f4l-is-ii/
Today, I decided to concentrate on the chairs that people put out by the curb.
In an hour of driving around the streets in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, I photographed well over 50 different types of chairs. -
Growing list of journalists detained, threatened, or attacked in Egypt – Boing Boing
Growing list of journalists detained, threatened, or attacked in Egypt
ABC News: “We’ve compiled a list of all the journalist who have been in some way threatened, attacked or detained while reporting in Egypt. When you put it all into one list, it is a ra…
Things are changing fast in Egypt right now, and freelance photographer and journalist Matthew Cassel is experiencing it head-on. Cassel, who has been living and traveling throughout the Middle East since the age of 21 and speaks near fluent Arabic, is covering the events as they unfold in and around Cairo’s Tahrir Square.
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Egypt: Gangs hunting down journalists, human rights workers – Boing Boing
Egypt: Gangs hunting down journalists, human rights workers
NYT: “Security forces and gangs chanting in favor of the Egyptian government hunted down journalists at their offices and in the hotels where many had taken refuge on Thursday in a widespread…
Things are changing fast in Egypt right now, and freelance photographer and journalist Matthew Cassel is experiencing it head-on. Cassel, who has been living and traveling throughout the Middle East since the age of 21 and speaks near fluent Arabic, is covering the events as they unfold in and around Cairo’s Tahrir Square.
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A Photo Editor – Making Money After Shooting Concerts For Free
Making Money After Shooting Concerts For Free – A Photo Editor
A reader sent me the following question: I work with a local magazine to get into the best concerts in exchange for them using my images on their blog for free. My goal was to build my portfolio and market the pictures to the artists publicists in hopes o
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/02/03/making-money-after-shooting-concerts-for-free/
In 2007, when the journalists Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington set out to make a documentary following a military unit in Afghanistan, they had no awards aspirations.
“Don’t get hurt, don’t get killed doing this — that was our first order of business,” Mr. Junger said
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Egypt: 6 Al Jazeera reporters arrested by military, then released (updated) – Boing Boing
Egypt: 6 Al Jazeera reporters arrested by military, then released (updated)
About an hour ago, six reporters with Al Jazeera were arrested in Cairo. This follows a crackdown on the news network’s operations by the Egyptian government. Al Jazeera correspondent Dan Nol…
via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/31/egypt-6-al-jazeera-r.html
Ed Ou was an intern at The Times (“A Dozen Promising Photographers“) and is now a freelancer, represented by Reportage by Getty Images, shooting for The Times in Egypt. He has photographed in the Middle East, Africa and the former Soviet republics. James Estrin spoke with him by phone early Sunday morning and early Monday morning, Cairo time.