China-based photographer Ryan Pyle loves the still image and has continued to make his on film, even when trekking in remote areas. That hasn’t overshadowed his interest in multimedia though, which he’s been experimenting with recently. You can see the results below, where Ryan also shares his thought process in producing his first audio slideshow.
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Profoto has rolled out two new battery powered flash packs, both of which utilize Lithium Ion Iron Phosphate (LiFe) battery chemistry to reduce pack size and weight and provide an impressive number of full power pops.
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William Head recently graduated from the University of Wales, Newport, and hopes to continue his studies in Prague, but for now: i done some stuff, and i still got some stuff to do. William has two volume project titled, Humane Errors, where he explores the West Park Asylum in Surrey–one of Europe’s largest mental institutions.
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Moore’s photograph of King’s arrest moved on the Associated Press wire and was picked up by Life magazine, transforming what had been a regional story into a national debate.
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I’m appalled by all of it. I hate the celebrity culture, and everything it implies. It’s a sickness that infects the people both behind and in front of the camera. And the audience. Talk about empty calories.
I’m also aware that history is not being recorded – and after all these years – I think at least some of the value of my work is very much in the history it captures – and so not to allow it to be captured is a social loss. But people are so focussed on success, and success is now so defined by the celebrity lens – especially in entertainment – that the work turns into what looks to me like product photography. The subjects seem more product than people.
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Choosing words to go with photographs is a big issue for us photobloggers. Some of us avoid them, others use them with caution, and some, like me, can’t seem to hold them back. Choosing the right balance between words and images is a very tricky thing and this tightrope walk often makes me think about the power of captions and titles in photography.
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It was just a job. I was a year and a half out of college, and at the time it was just a job. I really wasn’t familiar with Leica, other than I owned a 35mm camera. But when you work here you quickly learn about Leica and what a fabulous brand it is.
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There is a fine line between work and play being a photographer, which is what is so amazingly wonderful about our job. A client calls and asks you to spend a couple days in “X” city, making whatever photos you want as long as they somewhat fit the story. In general, that is all the 36 Hours series The New York Times is: tip-toeing that line.
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Covering the Academy Awards backstage is the most pressure-filled and difficult assignment I get each year. Dodging huge set pieces, lines of dancers, camera booms, stagehands, “A List” celebs and their handlers all while staying out of sight of the audience and most importantly staying out of the monitors in the production room where if spotted by the producers means I’ll get the proverbial hook. But the biggest challenge of all is the light.
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The changes in our business over the past few years are truly hard to comprehend. I am sympathetic to the difficulties for so many in our business as newspapers and magazines close, jobs are lost, and people struggle to see where the business of journalism is headed. While I read all the epithets, I still believe it is an incredibly exciting time to be a journalist. Never have we had so many tools and so much access to stories and people. Never have we all been so connected and yet, now more than ever, the future looks bleak to many professionals. How can this be and what do we do as professionals to find a new path?
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No Handouts
White House photographers bridle at restricted access
via Columbia Journalism Review: https://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/no_handouts.php
The Obama administration has barred independent photographers from a wide variety of events both potentially controversial and anodyne, ranging from yesterday’s abortion order signing, to the president’s meeting with the Dalai Lama, to his retaking of the flubbed oath of office, to bill signing ceremonies honoring female pilots in World War Two and promoting foreign travel to the United States.
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Emilio Morenatti of the Associated Press has been selected as the National Press Photographers Association’s Best Of Photojournalism 2010 Photojournalist of the Year (Large Markets), and Greg Kahn of the Naples Daily News was picked as the Best Of Photojournalism 2010 Photojournalist of the Year (Small Markets).
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