While researching our latest guide “Starting a Photography Business,” I had the chance to speak with Greg Smith, who helped develop the NPPA’s Cost of Doing Business calculator while servicing on the Business Practices committee in 2003. He had a lot of tough advice for people starting out in the business, and some of what we talked about echoed John Harrington’s advice about day rates.
Link: Photographers’ Cost of Doing Business – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter
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via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/05/31/thailands-drug-scourge-photographs-by-james-nachtwey/#1
I had the day off, but the Timbers were playing DC United in a day game. I took the opportunity to load up the Holga and Hasselbad with film. I haven’t had the five rolls of 12o processed yet. I also had the 5D Mark II around my neck with a 50/1.2 in addition to the film cameras.
Link: Timbers and a 50mm » Mark, Even, Hasselbad, Holga, United, Timbers » Thomas Boyd Photography
I think this is great for a couple of reasons. First the leading player in the Twitter photo space twitpic is a total ripoff for photographers. When you use it you are giving them the right to sell your photos through some fine print in the TOS. Many people don’t read TOS agreements and twitpic doesn’t really advertise or clearly disclose that they can screw you over and steal your rights.
film market shrinking 20% annually.
Link: Excite News – How much longer can photographic film hold on?
The black photography collective Kamoinge grew out of the Harlem of the 1960s. It is still growing.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/intimate-moments-in-the-african-diaspora/
This is Kamoinge, a group of mostly New York photographers who strive to capture the black experience. Members of the collective, which came together in 1963, are working to create an archive of their work and maintain the Kamoinge name.
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via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/05/30/julia-gillards-american-holidays/#1
Photographer Julia Gillard’s project American Holidays documents both the conventional and often reinterpreted tradition of holidays in the United States. For more than three years, she has spent each holiday in a different location, documenting Americans as they celebrate.
Jean Desaunois, founder of the photographic press agency Imapress, representing Camera press in Paris, died on Monday, May 23, 2011. He was 77.
Link: The death of Jean Desaunois | La Lettre de la Photographie
Roland Elliott Brown considers the uneasy union of art and journalism in the World Press Photo yearbook
via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/may/29/world-press-photo-11-review
Roland Elliott Brown considers the uneasy union of art and journalism in the World Press Photo yearbook
Substantial exhibitions of the work of Nan Goldin, Massimo Vitali and Antonin Kratochvil are the major highlights, and the three artists will also talk about their work, with Goldin appearing in a unique conversation with Sally Mann. In addition the festival will feature “Master’s Talks” and exhibitions by Christopher Anderson, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Ashley Gilbertson, David Liitschwager, Steve McCurry, Mary Ellen Mark and Martin Bell, as well as a special exhibition of George Steinmetz photographs hung from trees in downtown Charlottesville.
Link: LOOK3 Preview: Goldin, Kratochvil, Vitali Headline Fest Curated by Kathy Ryan and Scott Thode
Update: the video of the winning bid and a detailed report from auction can be found here. Today at Westilicht Photographica Auctions a Leica 0-Serie Nr.107 (1923) camera sold for 1.3 million EUR (1.9 million USD). The opening bid was 200,000 EUR with an
via Leica Rumors: http://leicarumors.com/2011/05/28/new-record-the-most-expensive-leica-camera-sold-for-1-9-million-usd.aspx/
Atlanta by Michael Schmelling. Chronicle Books, 2010. There has been a lot of buzz around New York based photographer Michael Schmelling…
Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2011/05/interviews-michael-schmelling.html
its easy to see why Atlanta has garnered so much attention; not only is it a detailed view into the Georgia city’s hip hop scene, the work transcends audiences, being simultaneously fine art, documentary, fashion and a testament to pop culture.
Benjamin Goss: The Familiar Unfamiliar A revealing insight into the creative approach of Benjamin Goss is that he takes “thousands of images…
Link: http://photographyinterviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/benjamin-goss-familiar-unfamiliar.html
A revealing insight into the creative approach of Benjamin Goss is that he takes “thousands of images a day without the help of a camera. Faces, situations and moments weave together in my subconscious, then eventually form themselves as negatives when I am out shooting.” This helps account for the deeply personal slant that informs his portraiture and off-kilter urban documentary work.
According to a recent study, photos with people in them are more likely to stay in the viewer’s memory after scanning a series of photos. Researchers at MIT have created a computer algorithm to track which photos people actually remembered most, and they’
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2011/05/mit-study/
According to a recent study, photos with people in them are more likely to stick in the viewer’s memory after seeing a series of photos. Researchers at MIT have created a computer algorithm to track which photos people remembered most, and they’ve found that portraits tend to trump landscapes in memorability.
Bryan Denton has distinguished himself in Libya, C. J. Chivers reports. And Mr. Denton shares that story in his own words.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/a-towering-perspective-on-libya/
Bryan’s height — somewhere north of 6 feet 6 inches, closer to 7 feet with helmet and boots — is both a perennial joke and a source of wonder among those who cover war and know him. Why would anyone so damn tall take on a line of work where, on many days, you want to be small? Let’s be clear. Bryan is a big target. Correction: he is a very big target. He looks like a walking sheet of plywood out there.
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via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/05/27/a-town-lost-in-the-wreckage-by-edward-keating/#1
The wreckage left by the Force 5 tornado in Joplin, Mo., defies description and baffles belief. That’s where Edward Keating comes in. The veteran photojournalist blends a tender love for Joplin—he knows the city from repeated visits as part of a project he is pursuing on the storied American artery Route 66—with a clear, unflinching eye.
Hasselblad’s new H4D-200MS takes 200 megapixel images, which result in massive 600MB files. So big are these images that Hasselblad recommends you hook the camera up to a hard drive instead of using a memory card. The camera itself “only” has a 50MB senso
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/05/hasselblad-squeezes-200mp-images-by-shaking-a-50mb-sensor/
The downside is that this process takes 30 seconds to complete, so you’ll not only have to lock the thing down on a tripod, you’ll have to tell all your assistants to hold their breath.
