Years ago, Joseph Rodriguez bought a used camera and a roll of Tri-X, Sandra C. Roa reports, and began documenting marginalized families. He’s still at it.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/showcase-67/
Joseph Rodriguez, 58, is what you might call an old-school cat, a straight talker who is a bit rough around the edges. As a photojournalist, his past is his starting point and his palette.
Link: Canon has requested… « Vincent Laforet’s Blog:
Canon has requested that we take down “Nocturne.”
Link: Why Vincent Laforet’s “Paradigm Shift” Isn’t One – A Picture’s Worth:
But let’s be clear, the paradigm shift was niche. A hardware paradigm had shifted — not so much a creative one. Yes, the ante has been upped for professional D-SLRs to include video capture capabilities. But has it really resulted in either a 1) creative paradigm shift or a 2) commerce paradigm shift? In my opinion, no.
Link: Update, Notes, and answers to technical questions: « Vincent Laforet’s Blog:
I haven’t done scientific testing. But basically I’d wager that you can expect a 2 stop improvement in terms of low light performance/image quality with the 1D MKIV relative to the 5D MKII.
Link: Canon Eos1DmkIV video – The skinny « DSLR News Shooter:
I’ve been finding out as much as I can about the video mode on the Canon Eos1DmkIV. Here’s the latest info I’ve received from Canon Europe.
Nocturne from Vincent Laforet on Vimeo.
Link: Lights Out, Camera, Action « Vincent Laforet’s Blog:
Just a little over two weeks ago my jaw dropped even harder when I took a prototype of the Canon 1D MKIV outdoors to test it at night. I was on the road, it was late and I had just rushed back to my hotel to get to the unit. I was expecting a 1D body, with 24p, a 1.3 crop factor sensor, 10 fps for stills, a new AF system – 60 fps at 720p – and of course 1080p video.
Nothing prepared me for what happened next.
I set the ASA to high – and I pointed it towards an area lit by a single flood light. The image was overexposed by 4-5 stops. I then started to play with the settings, pointing my light into an area in complete shadow (my eye saw nothing but black) but on the rear of the LCD I saw sharp, green leaves as crystal clear as if it were shot in daylight.
Link: New Toys for HD-DSLR « Vincent Laforet’s Blog:
It’s been awhile since I’ve updated my gear list on this blog to reflect some of the new toys that I’ve put into the mix of my HD-DSLR kit.
Since its release, the Canon 5D Mark II has become the de facto video camera for many photojournalists. Despite some technical challenges, like the ability to f
via MediaStorm Blog: http://mediastorm.org/blog/?p=1347
It’s not hard to understand why the Canon 5D Mark II, and now the Nikon D300, have become so popular. But to make these files Final Cut Pro compliant there remain a number of technical hurdles.
To help with this, MediaStorm has documented our workflow with each of these cameras in two separate PDFs. These documents detail the transcoding process in Compressor, demonstrate how to use Apple’s Qmaster to get the most out of your computer’s processors, and describe how to properly set up a default Final Cut sequence setting for your respective footage.
Link: 2009 Eddie Adams Workshop Multimedia on Vimeo:
Each year, a few students are selected to not only shoot still images, but record audio and video as well. Each photographer works intensively with their team leader and the multimedia team led by Brian Storm, Tom Kennedy and Rich Beckman to produce a multimedia piece within two days.
Link: Photojournalist Danfung Dennis: How I cover the Afghanistan war with the 5DmkII « DSLR News Shooter:
Danfung has been producing incredible work from Afghanistan where he works as an embedded photojournalist. His filming is both editorially and visually compelling – especially given the extreme conditions under which he works. He is currently working on his own documentary, “Battle for Hearts and Minds”, as well as having his footage featured on PBS Frontline. This is his first post about his technique for www.dslrnewsshooter.com
The first two videos are a “must see”: More videos of the D3s (not from the D3s) after the break: More videos available here. Related posts: Nikon Df camera hands-on and preview videos “I am different”: new series of videos on Nikon photographers by The T
via Nikon Rumors: http://nikonrumors.com/2009/10/14/nikon-d3s-videos.aspx
“These are sick, sick individuals,” Ridell added. “God bless them for saving our industry.”
Eddie Adams Workshop 2009
via IBM Watson Media: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/eddie-adams-mowing
I’m editing my portfolio with the help of Sid Hastings, and in some sort of bizarre karmaic twist my jaw drops. Our portfolio edit stuns me, because for the first time in my career my portfolio is led with a photograph made on a point and shoot camera. And, I’m not ashamed of that…in fact I’m delighted. Would you like to see?
Link: Ed Kashi: A new book, a new visual perspective | RESOLVE — the liveBooks photo blog:
In Ed Kashi’s new book, THREE, images from his 30 years as a top documentary photographer are combined into triptychs that consciously abandon the idea of context or traditional narrative. Some of those triptychs will be part of a show opening tomorrow at FiftyCrows gallery in San Francisco (founded by liveBooks CEO Andy Patrick), so I thought this would be a good time to talk to Ed about the project. I love the book (that’s my copy getting flipped through) and find his words inspirational. Hope you do too.
Link: Photojournalist Ami Vitale on the Nikon D300s and top tips for learning video « DSLR News Shooter:
Using the D300s was one of the first experiences I had shooting video, but what struck me is how easy it was to learn. Within one day, I was able to pick up the basics of shooting. It was liberating and exciting to explore the possibilities of story telling with more than just still images and audio. Now I feel as if there is a whole world of opportunities to explore.
Via: High Definition War Footage Taken with Canon 5D Mark II – Obama’s War – Gizmodo:
I’m amazed by the cinematic qualities of this high definition footage from Frontline’s documentary Obama’s War. The color, the depth, the texture, it all screams film to me. Except it’s just a Canon 5D Mark II rigged by Danfung Dennis.