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Category: Video & Multimedia
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Haiti: January 12 – by Ron Haviv | duckrabbit
Haiti: January 12 – by Ron Haviv — duckrabbit
“I don’t think there is any one photograph that can encompass the loss that people suffered. I think there comes…
via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2010/02/haiti-january-12-by-ron-haviv/
It’s more than six weeks since a devastating earthquake hit Haiti and the continuing crisis there has well and truly slipped from the headlines – the reason why VII and video site telegraph21 have published this multimedia piece by photographer Ron Haviv, who arrived on the island 24 hours after the quake.
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Roma, amnesty international audio slideshow | duckrabbit
“They don’t care, they say, you are Roma, you will die there.” — duckrabbit
Amnesty International audio-slide show on Roma housing rights in Romania from Rob Godden on Vimeo. Audio slideshow to support campaigning…
via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2010/02/they-dont-care-they-say-you-are-roma-you-will-die-there/
Audio slideshow to support campaigning on the right to adequate housing for Roma in Romania, focusing on the case of the Romani community of Miercurea Ciuc, Central Romania.
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Dinner for Five Photographers: Episode 1 Part 1
Well here it is for your phototainment™ viewing pleasure, episode 1 part 1 ‘Dinner for Five Photographers’.
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Dinner for Five Photographers: The Trailer
Allow me to introduce the latest WTJ? effort at wholesome phototainment™ ‘Dinner for Five Photographers’. The new venture, a low production copycat of the now defunct Jon Favreau series on IFC Table for Five, was thought up after a dinner some months back with the talented Mr Matt Salacuse that also included Kareem Black and Peter Yang amongst others.
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Behind the Scenes: On the Road With a VJ – Lens
Behind the Scenes: On the Road With a VJ
Reporter. Camera operator. Sound technician. Lighting technician. Writer. Narrator. Editor. Those aren’t seven jobs. They’re one. Brent McDonald’s.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/behind-31/
Reporter. Camera operator. Sound technician. Lighting technician. Writer. Narrator. Editor. Those aren’t seven jobs. They’re one. Mine. Oh, yes, I also carry up to 100 pounds of gear. (That’s right: add Sherpa to the job description.) I’m a VJ; a video journalist.
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On Assignment: Haiti at the Homefront – Lens
On Assignment: Haiti at the Homefront
“All of us would like to run to Haiti and photograph,” said Michelle Agins. Instead, she went to Queens, where Mariana Vasconcellos filmed her at work.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/assignment-24/
“Of course, all of us would like to run to Haiti and photograph,” said Michelle Agins of The New York Times, “but some of us have to stay here and cover it on the local level.”
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7 Tips To Get Better Video from a DSLR Camera
About a year ago, I bought a Canon EOS 5D Mark II and I’ve been trying to shoot great video with it ever since. People like Vincent Laforet and Robert Caplin, who have produced amazing videos with this camera, made it look so easy. Immediately, on my very first attempt, I realized that I needed to take my old still-photographer habits and start seeing and thinking like a video person.
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Real-World Shooting With the Canon 7D: Making the Switch to HD-DSLR – The Digital Journalist
Whether you shoot with the Canon 7D, 5D, Nikon or anything else, HD-DSLRs are now taking over a large segment of the videojournalism and motion picture markets. All are not really made to shoot video, but with various adapters and add-ons you can make it work and get results not obtainable in the past.
Link: Real-World Shooting With the Canon 7D: Making the Switch to HD-DSLR – The Digital Journalist
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Showcase: It Couldn’t Be, but It Is – Lens
Showcase: It Couldn’t Be, but It Is
Stephen Ferry saw the magic realism of Gabriel García Márquez from his first hours in Colombia. Then, as Valerie Lapinski reports, he set out to photograph the source.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/showcase-119/
“I wish I could bring you your coffee right now,” he told them, “but there are eight highly armed men attacking the building at this moment. And they are stealing the payroll. But that should blow over in half an hour, and the coffee man will be able to get in.”
So it was that Stephen Ferry, one of the guests, got his first taste of the real in magic realism, on his first trip to Colombia in 1995.
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Picturing the homeless – Don McCullin | duckrabbit
Picturing the homeless – Don McCullin — duckrabbit
Sadly people are not really interested in the photographs I take of a rather depressing side of our society –…
via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2010/02/picturing-the-homeless-don-mccullin/
In 1989, British photojournalist Don McCullin approached the current affairs programme Newsnight with the idea of a highlighting the growing problem of London’s homeless – a short film that can now been seen on the BBC website.
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Restrepo wins Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival
Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington’s visceral documentary about the war in Afghanistan, Restrepo, just won the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary.
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MediaStorm » Things We Love: Projects Worth Watching
As always, we’ve been busy trying to keep up to date with all of the fantastic multimedia being produced out there. Here are a few more projects we’ve been watching that we wanted to share with you.
Link: MediaStorm » Blog Archive » Things We Love: Projects Worth Watching
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Janek Zdzarski reports for Polish TV news using the Canon Eos7D « DSLR News Shooter
Luckily enough when I go out to shoot in the field with the 7D the Chinese people around me think I’m just another tourist with a photo camera. It’s a good thing not to drag attention to yourself around here, so the 7D gives me the possibility to stay almost unnoticed while shooting video of everyday life on Chinese streets.
Link: Janek Zdzarski reports for Polish TV news using the Canon Eos7D « DSLR News Shooter