Link: Sports Shooter Academy VII Dates Announced « Sports Shooter Academy:
SPORTS SHOOTER ACADEMY VII will be held April 7 – 10, 2010 in Southern California featuring a line up of award-winning photographers on the faculty. The Academy is a hands-on, shooting workshop where participants cover real sports events under the guidance of the faculty and receive critiques of their work nightly.
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/14/AR2009101401956.html?wprss=rss_world
Urbina denied The Post’s request. He said the rights of the five guards to a fair trial outweighed the public’s interest in attending the proceedings. He said he was concerned about how news accounts of the statements might affect witnesses, some as far away as Baghdad.
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.
Pablo Picasso once said, “Good artists copy, great artists steal.” But Wall Street Journal illustrator Noli Novak says Spanish artist Jose Maria Cano engaged in outright plagiarism in producing a large painting that meticulously duplicates Novak‘s stipple
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/novak/
Wall Street Journal illustrator Noli Novak says Spanish artist Jose Maria Cano engaged in outright plagiarism in producing a large painting that meticulously duplicates Novak’s stipple portrait of President Barack Obama, including the surrounding text that ran on the front page of the Journal last year.
Link: PDNPulse: VII Photo Panel: Why Photography Still Matters:
But in today’s fractured media, with so few publications showing serious photography, can a photo really make a difference?
The answer, according to participants in the panel discussion held last night at the VII Photo agency office, is yes.
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
Ralph Lauren fires model
via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/14/ralph-lauren-fires-p.html
“These are sick, sick individuals,” Ridell added. “God bless them for saving our industry.”
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.”
Link: Living Galapagos: Battle for Balance Between Man and Nature:
A team of journalists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill observed this unique ecosystem in summer 2009. They witnessed conservation, natural beauty and a welcoming culture. They also saw a host of environmental and cultural issues that leave the Galapagos Islands at a tipping point
Link: Rob Galbraith DPI: Nikon releases photos taken with the D3S:
Full-resolution photos taken with the D3S by photographers Bill Frakes, Vincent Munier and Shigeo Gomi have been posted for download
Nikon’s new flagship D3S has squeezed both HD video into its full-frame shooting body, but the real news is that the camera can literally see in the dark — the brand new sensor has a standard top ISO setting of 12,800 and can be jacked up to an unbelievab
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/night-vision-nikon-d3s-shoots-at-iso-102400-adds-video/
we see some other welcome additions. The D3S gets a self-cleaning sensor (at last), a dedicated live-view button (its place on the top-left knob has been taken by a new quiet-shutter mode), and slightly bigger release lever for the battery compartment. A faster 9fps burst rate (11 fps in DX-mode) will now fill up the double-sized buffer in 48 frames, and there are some tweaks to the in-camera D-lighting (although if you are shooting RAW you can ignore this).
Link: Rob Galbraith DPI: Nikon announces D3S with 102,400 top ISO:
Late next month Nikon will ship the D3S, an update of its venerable D3 digital SLR that features improved high-ISO image quality (and an eye-popping top ISO of 102,400), a 720p D-Movie mode with external stereo mic jack, approximately double the burst depth of the D3, a useful 1.2x crop mode and various other refinements.
Link: Keep x Tobin Yelland: Camera Tee:
In collaboration with Keep, photographer Tobin Yelland’s fascination with his camera has taken on a new form with a graphic tee emblazoned with one of his drawings. Known for taking pictures of skateboarders, like any good photographer, Yelland loves his camera. But unlike most other photographers, he fanatically draws his Leica. He looks for interesting subjects when he takes photos, but when he draws, he draws his camera.
The camera is even positioned on the shirt in the same set-up as he uses. Yelland says, “I am obsessed with my Leica camera. I love the way it looks and I’ve drawn it hundreds of times. It’s the best subject because it’s always near me and if I’m bored and on an airplane, I like to draw my camera. I have drawn my camera from every angle.”
via: We’re better off with less photojournlism | duckrabbit – we produce beautifully crafted multimedia
Link: PDNPulse: Magazine: Contacting Photographers is Too Complicated:
London-based pro photographer Ben Roberts recently had one of his images published in GUP, a photo magazine based in The Netherlands.
Link: California Governor Schwarzenegger Inks Tough Anti-Paparazzi Amendment:
The amendment to the 11-year-old law which made it illegal for photographers to trespass, both physically and constructively, with the intention of photographing celebrities engaged in personal and familial activities in a “manner that is offensive to a reasonable person” – now allows plaintiffs to file suit against any media organization that sells, transmits or publishes an image knowing it was obtained through such illegal trespass.
Link: PDNPulse: One Man, A Leica M9, and a Dream (& a bunch of t-shirts):
Ok, so we got an email from a guy this morning who is so obsessed with owning a Leica M9 he’s set up an entire website devoted to the cause.
