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Flying in a motorized paraglider over one of the most diverse continents in the world, George Steinmetz captures the beauty of Africa’s landscapes and people. His pictures show not only the patterns of the land, but also the potential and hope that the continent encompasses.
The Associated Press sends out one million news pictures a year that let over three billion readers see what is happening in the world around them. This first of its kind, behind-the-scenes, documentary shows what it takes to capture those photos.
Link: Trailer on Vimeo
We asked her to participate in a webinar recently, titled “How We Hire Photographers,” and she shared some extremely valuable information, including: how she finds photographers; how to get her attention with email and promo mailers; and what she is looking for with a photographer’s website.
Link: How Photographers Are Hired: Interview with Kat Dalager – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter
Speaking of old friends, former Lightroom evangelist/PM George Jardine has posted a free 37-minute video that dives deeply into black & white conversion. He writes, In this video, I start by ta…
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former Lightroom evangelist/PM George Jardine has posted a free 37-minute video that dives deeply into black & white conversion
In a very personal interview with VII The Magazine, photographer Ashley Gilbertson, opens up about the effects of war on soldiers and their families, himself, and the country.
Link: VII The Magazine
Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time
via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/05/06/enrique-metinides-mexicos-weegee/
I guess part of me naturally felt that I should be shocked or horrified by the subject matter that Metinides photographed—for almost fifty years during his career as a tabloid journalist he captured murders and car crashes, criminals and catastrophes. However, when I first saw his images, around the time of his New York exhibition in 2006, I felt neither of these things.
Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time
via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2010/11/23/joel-meyerowitz-revisits-ground-zero/#1
Joel Meyerowitz was the only photographer with regular access to Ground Zero in the weeks and months after 9/11. As part of the November 2010 TimeFrames issue, TIME commissioned Meyerowitz to travel back to Ground Zero and revisit some of the locations in his seminal work, Aftermath: World Trade Center Archive.
How We Hire Photographers – Part 2 from PhotoShelter.com on Vimeo.
Ashley Macknica has worked as a freelance photo editor at Jane Magazine and New York Magazine. In part two of our webinar series entitled How We Hire Photographers, Ashley discusses the important of persistence and “repetitive exposure” in getting a photo editor’s attention.
Link: How We Hire Photographers: New York Magazine – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter
You know when you read that you should use a tripod to get the sharpest possible photographs, especially in low light, and you’re all like “Whatever,” and “I have steady hands, dude.” Well, take a look at this video, which shows just how much you SLR can
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/05/video-lasers-show-up-wobbly-camera-mirrors/
The clip shows the laser as it shines onto a wall 20 feet away from the camera. The 7D was locked down on a tripod and took three shots. The first is made by pressing the shutter release carefully with a finger. The resulting vibrations, caused by both the finger and the mirror slapping up inside the body, make the laser careen wildly.
For the past six years, photographer Aaron Huey has trained his camera on these problems. But, he says, it took him five years to understand what the real story was
Link: Broken Treaties: Aaron Huey’s Pine Ridge Billboard Project – LightBox
On April 12th the Oskar Barnack Jury met in Frankfurt, Germany to review the entries. This year’s jury included: Anna Grip, Editor of Photonews in Germany; Karin Rehn-Kaufmann, Director of the Leica Gallery in Salzburg, Austria; Stanley Greene, a Professional Photographer based in France and the USA and Mark Rykoff, Photo Editor at Time.com. After many, many hours of reviewing submissions, the winners were selected. Here’s a video with a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the judges deliberating.
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This project on Globe photojournalist Bill Greene, was done to fulfill my degree requirements for a Master of Arts in Photojournalism at Ohio University. The question behind the thesis was, “What motivates a local New Englander, who has never left Massachusetts, to be such a prolific storyteller in his home community?”
Link: » Blog Archive » Napkins and Quarters: Curiosity, Community and a Camera
You’ll really enjoy the colorful stories Ami shares behind each of these tips, like how Ami’s images from Angola captured the world’s attention because of the unique stories she chose to photograph — despite her editors originally insisting that work from Angola would never get published.
Link: Ami Vitale on Trusting Your Instincts – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter
Ralph Gibson has achieved worldwide acclaim as a photographer for more than four decades. His bold, graphic style is instantly recognizable. As a consequence, photographers and educators look to him for inspiration. A champion of individual expression, Gibson urges photographers to develop a personal style by following their own instincts.
Link: Ralph Gibson and his Unique Relationship with the Leica « The Leica Camera