4. The sound of a shutter…and someone not noticing.
5. Realizing my entire portfolio adds up to about 10 seconds worth of life.
Link: 100 things completely right about our jobs | Redlights and Redeyes
4. The sound of a shutter…and someone not noticing.
5. Realizing my entire portfolio adds up to about 10 seconds worth of life.
Link: 100 things completely right about our jobs | Redlights and Redeyes
What I’ve learned from the last month of blogging and saying what I feel is that all of a sudden I become the bitter, cranky photographer trying to suck all the fun out of photography and make people quit their jobs. Trust me, if anyone did something because I said it, then I would be first in line to kick my own ass.
Today, my office at the Portland Tribune got a call from the Oregon State Police inquiring about the identity of a man I photographed at the Civil War game this past weekend. Fans rushed the field after the Ducks won, and a group set fire to an Oregon State Beavers shirt. I was moving through the crowd to get at the center of the pack and was surprised to see the small fire at the center. I started taking photos, as people cheered and lit cigarettes and cigars from the burning shirt. The unidentified man then picked up the shirt and flung it into the air as everyone else cheered.
Matt Stuart, 1974, UK, is a street photographer. He uses a Leica MP to shoot his images. Matt’s work is humorous and spontaneous. He does no…
Link: http://500photographers.blogspot.com/2010/12/photographer-178-matt-stuart.html
The LoopIt is a smaller – and possibly better – version of the LumaLoop, a bandolier-style camera strap invented last year by photographer James Duncan Davidson. Like it’s older brother, the strap is slung across the body for both security and comfort, on
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/12/loopit-strap-slings-mirrorless-cameras-anything-else/
I like photobooks because they solve the problem of sadness and loss that I feel when I see a beautiful show in a museum or gallery that I can’t see again. They satisfy my curiosity about whether or not the work stands the test of time and merits repeated viewing.
Link: Conscientious Extended | Conversations about Photobooks: Charles Lane Press
The Adobe Photoshop 12.0.2 update (Mac|Win) speeds up painting performance and fixes a number of problems discovered after Photoshop CS5 was released. The most significant fixes in the update incl…
via John Nack on Adobe: http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2010/12/photoshop-cs5-update-12-0-2-now-available.html
Lightroom 3.3 (Mac|Win) and Camera Raw 6.3 (Mac|Win) for CS5 are now available as final releases on Adobe.com and through the update mechanisms available in Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3. These up…
via John Nack on Adobe: http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2010/12/lightroom-3-3-camera-raw-3-3-now-available.html
A photographer who was severely assaulted by a police officer in an unprovoked attack has accepted an out of court settlement of £30,000.
Link: Editorial Photographers UK | Met cough up for unprovoked attack
Corbis announced today that it has struck a deal to syndicate the work of photojournalists represented by VII Photo Agency. Stephen Mayes, managing director of VII, says the deal is “co-exclusive,” also allowing VII to syndicate its images directly to cli
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2010/12/corbis-lands-syndication-contract-with-vii.html
He needs your help, and a wealth of information to help you do so can be found at the Free Go Facebook Page. You will find contact information for the Embassy of Japan in Cambodia as well as the Cambodian Embassy.
Link: APhotoADay Blog » Blog Archive » Go Takayama imprisoned in Cambodia – How you can help.
The distribution and publication of photos of dead servicemen and women can be controversial because some people feel it disrespectful. Others feel such images reflect the realities of combat.
Oculi , Photographs by the Oculi Photography Group. Published by Hardie Grant Books, 2010. Oculi Reviewed by Tom Leininger _________…
Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2010/12/photo-eye-book-reviews-oculi.html
Back when I used to spend time in the darkroom, somebody once asked me if they could cancel out their mis-focussed photos by just dialing the enlarger’s lens in the opposite direction. I laughed, but I couldn’t help wishing it was true. 25 years later, it
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/12/magic-software-re-focuses-your-blurred-photos/
[slidepress gallery=’bladh_thefamily’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Stefan Bladh The Family play this essay Stefan has been following a Tur…
via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/12/stefan-bladh-the-family/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+burnmag+%28burn+magazine%29
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