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Don’t sell your Leica R lenses yet – Leica Rumors
I would suggest that you wait till Photokina (September, 2010) before you sell your Leica R lenses. Leica R lenses prices went down in price on eBay in the past 12 months but I think this will change very soon. As I already mentioned before, Leica did pro
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Poster Boy Sentenced To 11 Months In Jail – ANIMAL
The subway ad altering artist known as Poster Boy is in lots of trouble and this time community service was not an option. A source tells us he was
via ANIMAL: http://animalnewyork.com/2010/05/poster-boy-sentenced-to-11-months-in-jail/
The subway ad altering artist known as Poster Boy is in lots of trouble and this time community service was not an option. A source tells us he was sentenced to 11 months in jail by a Brooklyn judge this morning.
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Fundamentally it comes down to a pretty simple equation:
quality photos + reciprocation² = attention.
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ICP Infinity Awards Honors Power of Photography | PDNPulse
May 11th, 2010 Honorees at the 26th Annual International Center of Photography Infinity Awards, held last night in New York, paid tribute both to photography’s continuing power and to the photo community that has fostered its best practitioners. Addressin
via PDNPulse: http://www.pdnpulse.com/2010/05/icp-infinity-awards-honors-power-of-photography.html
Honorees at the 26th Annual International Center of Photography Infinity Awards, held last night in New York, paid tribute both to photography’s continuing power and to the photo community that has fostered its best practitioners. Addressing “those who say that photojournalism is dying,” Reza, winner of the Photojournalism award, said that 43,000 years after the first cave painters documented their world, “the visual artist has never been more important. Our picture community is connecting people.”
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In Copyright Case, Court Rejects Corbis’s Bulk Registration Practices | PDNPulse
May 11, 2010 In Copyright Case, Court Rejects Corbis’s Bulk Registration Practices Photographers who have participated over the years in Corbis’s copyright registration program may have less copyright protection than they think—or need. The reason is beca
via PDNPulse: http://www.pdnpulse.com/2010/05/in-copyright-case-court-rejects-corbiss-bulk-registration-practices.html
Photographers who have participated over the years in Corbis’s copyright registration program may have less copyright protection than they think—or need. The reason is because the bulk copyright registration forms that Corbis filed starting in the mid 1990s are missing a crucial piece of information: the names of most of the photographers.
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First, Get a Million Dollars…
Kenneth Jarecke / Contact Press Images If you were a high school basketball player, the absolute star of the team, and told your guidance counselor that your recipe for future success included playing in the NBA, that counselor would probably…
The number of successful people working as freelance photographers in America today, is less than the number of guys playing in the NBA.
… and there isn’t any pension.
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Leica Summarit-S 35mm f/2.5 ASPH lens for S2 released – Leica Rumors
Dpreview “released” the Leica Summarit-S 35mm f/2.5 ASPH lens for the Leica S2 camera in the UK – it will be available from May 2010 with a price tag of £3,780. This lens is not yet available in the US (you can blame the Eyjafjallajökull volcano as David
via Leica Rumors: http://leicarumors.com/2010/05/11/leica-summarit-s-35mm-f2-5-asph-lens-for-s2-released.aspx/
price: $5,295.00
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Canon Compact Shoots at 240fps, ISO 6400
Canon’s new high-end compact, the IXUS 300HS, does two things well: shoots in low-light, and shoots at high-speed. The stainless-steel bodied camera will take pictures at up to ISO 3200 (or ISO 6400 if you drop to a lower resolution) and capture video at
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/05/canon-compact-shoots-at-240fps-iso-6400/
There’s more. The lens, a 28-105mm equivalent zoom, will open up to a nice, bright ƒ2.0 when used at the wide-angle end (falling to ƒ5.3 at the telephoto end) and the 3-inch LCD has a wide, 16:9 aspect ratio (a little weird for stills, but great for video). Finally, the sensor is a sensible 10MP.
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The new Sony NEX series of camera use a 1.5X APS-C sized 14.2 MP CMOS sensor. The camera have a new lens mount called the “E-Mount”, and initially three lenses will be available; a 16mm f/2.8 Pancake lens, an 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS, and an 18-200mm f/3.5-f/6.3 OSS.
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Sony’s NEX Mirrorless Cameras Are the Smallest in the World
Sony has at last made good on its promise of mirrorless, interchangeable-lens compact cameras. We saw some mock-ups of the slab-like cameras back in February, and now Sony’s answer to the Micro Four Thirds and Samsung’s NX1 is here. First, the NEX-3 and N
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/05/sonys-nex-mirrorless-cameras-are-the-smallest-in-the-world/
Sony seems to have concentrated on making a solid, fairly gimmick-free offering. The 14.6 MP sensor is back-lit (the circuitry is on the back rather than the front of the chip) for good low-light performance (up to ISO 12,800), the LCD is a 3-inch 900,000 pixel monster and the processor is Sony’s Bionz (Bionic Fonz) chip found in its DSLRs.
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The Moment You’ve Waited For
Here it is.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/11/readers-16/
Here it is: Earth, covered by stacks of thousands of virtual photographs, corresponding in location to where they were taken by Lens readers at one “Moment in Time” (15:00 U.T.C., Sunday, May 2).
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The William Randolph Hearst Foundation announced the six finalists for the 50th Annual Photojournalism Championships in New York City. The finalists will participate in spot assignments, and will compete for additional awards ranging from $1,500 to $5,000.
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A Conversation with Alec Soth (2009)
From Sleeping with the Mississippi
“I have big problems with Sleeping By The Mississippi, there’s parts I love, but definitely things I would do differently now. When people point to those things you’d rather do differently, you feel, ‘I wish I could’,
via AMERICAN SUBURB X: http://www.americansuburbx.com/2010/05/interview-conversation-with-alec-soth.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Americansuburb+%28AMERICANSUBURBX%29
I have this thing, the camera’s on a tripod, it’s like an easel “Ok, I can only take a couple, I gotta makes this great.” Then I tried to get everything in the frame, which, in fact, is not a good strategy for photography. Its pulling stuff out of the frame is usually what you want to do, to simplify it. But I didn’t know that. So that was one of the lessons learned.
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Alec Soth from mn original on Vimeo.
via: 1000 Words Photography Magazine: More Alec Soth
and via: The Photoletariat
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Photographers have always worked with non-profit groups on social issues, but in the last few years shooting for NGOs seems to be on more photographers’ radar due to the high profile work being created at Media Storm, VII, and by members of the International League of Conservation Photographers. Many of these projects require daunting budgets and travel plans, but there is plenty of important work that can be done close to home, and I regularly encourage other photographers to reach out to local and regional NGOs as a way to make a difference, grow creatively, and make a little money as well.
Link: Photography Business: Working With NGOs – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter
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World’s Largest Panoramic Photo Is the Size of 1,200 Billboards
GigaPan’s robotic camera mounts can help spit out pictures to create fantastically detailed panoramic photos. That’s what photographer Gerald Donovan has used to create what is being billed as the world’s largest photo. Donovan has created a 45-gigapixel
Donovan has created a 45-gigapixel image of Dubai
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For Russians, an Old Victory Lives On
At first, some of the Russian veterans of World War II portrayed by James Hill look too small and frail to bear the weight of all those medals arrayed over their breasts.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/showcase-158/
On Victory Day, celebrated May 9 each year, many veterans gather at Gorky Park in Moscow. James Hill, a contract photographer for The New York Times in Russia, attended the gathering in 2006, set up a canvas background and took portraits in this impromptu studio of field nurses, snipers, anti-aircraft gunners, wireless operators and partisans.
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What changed in the new Leica 35mm Summilux lens – Leica Rumors
The new 35mm Summilux lens will have a floating element that will be based on the latest 0,95 Noctilux lens (not like the floating element in the current 50mm Summilux lens). This will eliminate the focus shift and will guarantee high performance even at
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