Photography appears to be an industry like no other. It is a magical profession that defies all rules of business and logic. A job where bills do not apply, and money is useless. Or, at least that’s how it seems to a large segment of the population, who expect photographers to work for free.
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Artistry and Artifice in The Times Studio
It was easy for The Times to get a picture in the old days. The subjects came to us.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/artistry-and-artifice-in-the-times-studio/
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Mexico Paper, a Drug War Victim, Calls for a Voice
After the killing of an El Diario intern, an editorial asked organized crime leaders to tell the paper what it should publish.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/world/americas/21mexico.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
in Journalism
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BJP takes a quick look at the Fujifilm FinePix X100 camera, which is the most-talked about camera unveiled, so far, at Photokina – video and images
Link: Preview: Fujifilm FinePix X100 unveiled at Photokina – British Journal of Photography
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Sigma SD1 Crams 46 Million Pixels onto Crop-Frame Chip
Sigma’s new flagship SD1 SLR stands out from the flood of camera announcements at the Photokina show. Why? It is a monster, a crop-sensor camera with 46 megapixels crammed onto its imaging chip. The trick here is that the sensor uses Sigma’s Foveon tech.
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/09/sigma-sd1-crams-46-million-pixels-onto-crop-frame-chip/
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$29,000 Titanium Leica M9 Will Sadly Never Take a Picture
Apart from the price – €22,000, or $29,000 – all you need to know about the photographic ambitions for Leica’s new M9 Titanium special edition is in this paragraph: [T]he Leica logo has been restyled and is elaborately hand-engraved in pure resin, inlai
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/09/29000-titanium-leica-m9-will-sadly-never-take-a-picture/
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After Kaufmann’s little teaser, a video explaining de Silva’s design process played overhead and the M9 Titan became official: a Walter de Silva designed M9, made out of titanium, with a matching 35mm Summilux ASPH. 500 of these sets would be made.
Link: David Farkas Photography Blog: Photokina 2010: Leica Design Preview Event – Unveiling the M9 Titan
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Greenland, Beautiful and Buffeted
The Norwegian photographer Andrea Gjestvang keeps going back to Greenland, a land of many extremes.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/greenland-beautiful-and-buffeted/
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New Web Platforms Make It Easy for You to Fund Photojournalism
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2010/09/new-web-platforms-make-it-easy-for-you-to-fund-photojournalism/
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“Sadly, it’s true,” his brother Jim Colton told News Photographer magazine on Sunday night. “Jay passed away Saturday in Brazil. We are still in a state of shock. It’s very hard to fathom.” Jay and Jim Colton’s father, photographic legend Sandy Colton, an NPPA Life Member, died in December 2008 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
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Leica D-Lux 5 specs leaked – Leica Rumors
Not a big surprise since the specs should be identical to the Panasonic LX5 camera: Related posts: D-LUX 4 and C-LUX 3 press releases leaked New Leica flash leaked Leica D-Lux 6 and Leica V-Lux 4 Panasonic LX7 leak gives hints on the Leica D-Lux 6 Leica X
via Leica Rumors: http://leicarumors.com/2010/09/19/leica-d-lux-5-specs-leaked.aspx/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LeicaRumors+%28LeicaRumors.com%29
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Beautiful Fuji
This is certainly the most enjoyable camera news I’ve gotten in a long while. Fujifilm has made a “development announcement” at Photokina for a camera to be called the X100: a high-quality, fixed-lens, 12-MP, viewfinder-window compact digital camera with
via The Online Photographer: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2010/09/beautiful-fuji.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2FZSjz+%28The+Online+Photographer%29
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Fujifilm’s FinePix X100: Digital “Rangefinder”
travel photographer
Link: http://thetravelphotographer.blogspot.com/2010/09/fujifilms-finepix-x100-digital.html
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Shot on the fly by Ariel “Rel” Schulman and Henry Joost, the film chronicles an online relationship that develops between Schulman’s brother, charismatic 20-something New York photographer Nev, and a family in Michigan who, the filmmakers discover mid-filming, aren’t who they purport to be.
Link: Catfish: Love in the Time of Facebook – Page 1 – Film+TV – Los Angeles – LA Weekly
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Leica announces APO-Macro-Summarit-S f2.5/120mm – Leica Rumors
Press release: The LEICA APO-MACRO-SUMMARIT-S 120 mm/f2.5 portrait lens, new accessories and a new camera firmware update are now available Leica Camera AG, Solms, has expanded the LEICA S2 professional camera system. In addition to optional accessories s
via Leica Rumors: http://leicarumors.com/2010/09/17/leica-announces-apo-macro-summarit-s-f2-5120mm.aspx/
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Two Mexican photographers shot in Juárez; one killed
New York, September 16, 2010–Two photographers were shot by unidentified gunmen in a brazen attack this afternoon in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez, the local press reported. One photographer died, and the other was injured….
Link: http://cpj.org/2010/09/two-photographers-shot-in-juarez-one-killed.php
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High Balinese Ritual, Low Holga Technology
John Stanmeyer found the simplicity of the Holga an ideal way to capture the complexity of Balinese spiritual life.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/16/high-balinese-ritual-low-holga-technology/
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The extent of global and localized control this plug-in provides is truly remarkable, which combined with its ease of use, reversibility and image quality, make it a “must have” application for those working extensively in B&W and needing complex effects.
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Another “red” Leica M9 limited edition – Leica Rumors
This Leica M9 Limited edition appeared in a German camera retailer. Price: 12,605 € (incl VAT plus s&h). The details: “On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the company’s Foto Rahn. This Leica M9 body was made for us. The edition consists of 10 piec
via Leica Rumors: http://leicarumors.com/2010/09/16/another-red-leica-m9-limited-edition.aspx/