When clients call for photography, they don’t always know what they want, or what their budget is, and figuring it out can pose a challenge. Sacramento photographer Bill Foster recently encountered one such client he’d never worked with before. He used a combination of problem solving and negotiating skills that not only won him the job, but earned him a steady client, too.
Instead of interacting with my children today, I went through my extensive archive system (a box of dusty discs in the basement) and pulled out my favorite sports photos from the 2000s. I am one o…
We posted earlier in the month on how England’s Royal Family is trying to prohibit photographs taken of them on their estates. The problem in recent months has been that the Royals felt their…
Leica M lens prices will be going up on January 1st. 2010. You still have few days left to get the old prices (check availability @ Adorama, B&H or Amazon): Lens Current Price New Price Super-Elmar-M 18mm f/3.8 ASPH 2,895 2,995 Summilux-M 21mm f/1.4 ASPH
Today, DHS's Napolitano's response to the crotchbomber: "We're looking to make sure that this sort of incident cannot recur." But the TSA's response to Abdulmutalib's attempt makes one thing clear: We must stop pretendin
(Click for large. Two versions of W Magazine cover featuring Demi Moore, one for the US edition, one for Korea. Note the apparent difference in the area around the hip. Comparison here.) Lawyers re…
The images at Victoria’s Secret are fairly low quality — JPEGs at 85%. However, just because they are low quality does not mean we cannot see what was modified. For example, the Error Level Analysis (ELA) should have all objects at roughtly the same coloring. If anything stands out as bright white, then it was the last thing modified since it is at a higher potential error level than the rest of the image.
It’s very, very important for us to realize what we have to lose when we treat chance bystanders as journalists, while, at the same time, refusing to fund actual journalists – and it’s important to realize that these two issues are actually connected: They’re the two sides of the same coin.
The latest on the next 1Ds I’ve received spots of info about the 1Ds over the last month or so. Some good stuff and some silly stuff (square sensor). Releas
One of the Loop’s first “pop-up galleries” occupies a storefront at 29 E. Madison St. and features 50 works by members of the new Chicago Photography Collective.
Alex Prager harnesses solar energy. Face her smile and feel it — sunshine at point blank range. Your eyes will continue working though, and for the better too, as it happens with her photography. That luminosity is inescapable. You’re not avoiding it anyway. You’re called to the siren song, despite the silence, for even the nocturnal pieces of Week-end kindle.
(Image: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, at far left, in a photo from his Facebook profile, via NYT.) Update: See related post here, with discussion of how TSA directives may affect in-flight internet an…