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    With the advent of so-called mirrorless cameras we now have an alternative – several in fact. For between $500 and $1,000 there are now quite a few choices of so-called mirrorless cameras with 12 – 16MP sensors. Add a good quality lens adaptor, and just about any Leica M mount (or older screw mount) lens can be used. Total cost – about 1/10th of another M9. Image quality? Not as good as an M9, to be sure, but still quite OK, and there as a back-up when needed.

    This article will look at three current alternatives, the Sony NEX-5, Panasonic GH2, and Olympus E-PL2. The Sony has an APS-C sized sensor with a 1.5X crop factor when used with a full-frame Leica lens, while the Panasonic and Olympus are Micro 4/3, with a 2X crop factor.

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    I think I’ve said this before (like everything), but when I’m asked what’s my favorite weird sport, Kaiju almost always comes right to mind.

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    Clashes in northern Lebanon have heightened fears of growing sectarian tensions with Syria and should serve to remind the world that this remains a combustible country whose conflicts have long entangled the United States, Iran, Israel and Syria.

    In this video by Stephanie Sinclair we take a look at some of Lebanon’s recent conflicts and ask the question, is the past the future?

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  • Photographer #320: Pari Dukovic

    Pari Dukovic, 1984, Turkey, is a documentary photographer who works and lives in New York. In 2010 he went back to his homeland to document …

    Link: http://500photographers.blogspot.com/2011/06/photographer-320-pari-dukovic.html

    Pari Dukovic, 1984, Turkey, is a documentary photographer who works and lives in New York

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  • USER REPORT: Reviewing the X100 as a reporter camera by Wijnand Wustrow | Steve Huff Hi-Fi and Photo

    USER REPORT: Reviewing the X100 as a reporter camera By Wijnand Wustrow Much has already been written about the X100. But then, everybody uses a camera in their own way. For some people it might be the perfect camera, for others not. In that respect a fir

    via Steve Huff Hi-Fi and Photo | Hi-Fi Audio Reviews: http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2011/06/23/user-report-reviewing-the-x100-as-a-reporter-camera-by-winjnand-wustrow/

    Much has already been written about the X100. But then, everybody uses a camera in their own way. For some people it might be the perfect camera, for others not. In that respect a first general observation can already be made: this camera is not for casual shooters. It is complicated. How does it handle for more experienced photographers?

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    For nearly thirty years,  Melissa Ann Pinney has been photographing girls and women from infancy to old age to portray how feminine identity is constructed, taught, and communicated. Pinney’s work depicts not only the rites of American womanhood, but also the informal passages of girlhood and adolescence.

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    Photographers Alex Masi and Gwenn Dubourthoumieu have won this year’s Grants for Good, which will see them receive $15,000 each for the production of new imagery to support non-profit organisations of their choosing

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    On Thursday, June 9, 2011, we had the pleasure of hosting a live judging of our 2011 Student Project Award that was open to the public at The Bridge Public Arts Initiative in Charlottesville, Virginia. Lead Judge Michael Wichita of the AARP Bulletin led a panel of Gillian Laub (Photographer), Larissa Leclair (Indie Photobook Library) and Molly Roberts (Smithsonian) through the difficult task of selecting one winner from our ten talented finalists. We are very fortunate that one of our finalists, Maddie McGarvey was secretly in the small audience, and when she was selected as the winner it was a very sweet moment. Maddie selected LUCEO photographer Kendrick Brinson (Atlanta) as her mentor. 

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    The goal is to build a new resource on the NPPA Web site that will list NPPA members’ blogs with NPPA links to their sites. It’s part of a new effort to build a linked blogging community among NPPA members, Hutchison said.

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    The latest example comes from Washington D.C. where police confiscated a phone from a woman who had recorded some type of altercation between police and another man.

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    Among the professions that people love to hate, salesman ranks pretty high. But the art of the sale has come a long way from the days of Willy Loman, slick hair, and shiny suits. Less than upright business practices have been replaced with savvy research, strong negotiation skills, product expertise, and lasting relationships built around honesty, trust and outstanding customer service (ok, most of the time). These are skills that any business owner, and that includes photographers, is capable of developing and the reason why no one should shy away from taking a proactive approach to sales.

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  • Real World Estimates – Magazine Contract

    by Bill Cramer, Wonderful Machine CEO A few months ago, I got my first assignment from Fast Company. I was happy to hear from Assistant Photo Editor Lisa Parisi, who asked me to photograph a comput…

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    A few months ago, I got my first assignment from Fast Company. I was happy to hear from Assistant Photo Editor Lisa Parisi, who asked me to photograph a computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for a story they were doing on robots. Fast Company tends to use great photography, so I was glad to have the opportunity to try to impress them.

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    In There Was a Forest, Loli Kantor’s palladium prints document the parallel lives and rituals of the disappearing enclaves of Jews in rural Ukraine and the simultaneous, slow reemergence of Jewish culture and identity that is gradually transforming some of the larger communities there today.

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    If you could have only one lens, what would it be? For me, that lens would be the Leica Summilux-M 24mm. It’s a wide-angle lens that isn’t too wide for most purposes. It’s extremely sharp across the frame with no red or cyan corner issues. When opened up to f/1.4, you can use it for most interior shots. Best of all, I like the versatility of the lens. You can use it for clean, almost clinical shots, where everything needs to be clear with a minimum of distortion

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  • How the Power of Open can benefit photographers

    Can giving your work away help you to make more money? Photographer Jonathan Worth says that it can and he’s done it.

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    Can giving your work away help you to make more money? Photographer Jonathan Worth says that it can and he’s done it.

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    Kathy, can you describe in detail the content of your exhibition ?
    It is a view on the best photographs published in the New York Times Magazine for the last 30 years. The 11 different installations show magnificent images that attempt to reveal to the spectator the process of the publication of a photo in a magazine, and the surroundings of the decor of the metier of the photographer

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    A retreat for photojournalists whose work takes them to wars, conflicts, and disasters. In honor of Tim Hetherington.

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    IPad-owning photographers should stop reading right now (well, not right now, or you won’t know what to do next) and go download PhotoForge 2, a rather splendid update to the already decent photo-editing app. Better still, if you already bought the iPhone version, the update is free — the app is now universal.

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    Greetings everyone! We are so pleased to announce nationwide PBS stations broadcast for Not As I Pictured: A Pulitzer Prize-winning Photographer’s Journey Through Lymphoma.

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    there are now two photographic worlds, one on Earth and one in cyberspace, each largely unaware of the other’s existence. The last two weeks have provided a spectacular demonstration of what happens when those two worlds collide

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