This week in photography news: Samsung announced details on their highly anticipated new DualView cameras, BP admits to – yet again – Photoshoping images of the oil spill, and much more… [click to continue…]
Lauren Greenfield (left) speaks at NYPH
In our third audio post from last month’s New York Photo Festival, a panel comprised of Elizabeth Biondi, visuals editor at The New Yorker Magazine and photographers from the photo agency INSTITUTE including Jeff Jacobson, Lauren Greenfield, Gillian Laub, and Rob Hornstra discuss how they have adapted their work to media’s changing models of publishing and distribution. Check it out!
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- Photographer Andrew Hetherington humorously blogs his life on the road.
- The Strobist shares a behind the scenes look on his most recent shoot.
- Previously featured photographer Will Steacy is featured by the Aperture Foundation.
- What does Wired Magazine’s iPad success mean for photographers?
- Multimedia powerhouse Mediastorm just relaunched their website with a revamped design and a lot more content.
- 1 Nikon D90 + 1 Nikon D90 = 3D photos!
- Filmmaker Drea Cooper and photographer Zackary Canepari present: California Is A Place.
- The Museum of London has released an “augmented reality” app that overlays historical photos over video of the current location.
- Defining “Non-Commericial Use“
The hardworking photographers and designers at Ohio University are a week away from unveiling the fourth incarnation of their yearly, award winning multimedia publication, “Soul of Athens.” Full disclosure, I am a proud graduate of Ohio University’s School of Visual Communications and worked on this project in past years. The award winning project asks “What is the soul of Athens?” a town of roughly 40,000 in Southeast Ohio. The answers, provided in the form of compellingly original photographs and multimedia content, are always surprising.
The site launches on June 1st, and judging from the teaser site up now, featuring crisp, engaging portraits of local characters, this years edition looks like the best one yet.
DSLRs that shoot HD video have completely changed how photographers view themselves. With the same tool we’ve always used to take beautiful photos, we simply have to hold it still, press a button and now we’re making movies. Cameras like the video capable Canon 5D Mark II now make it possible to produce a professional film on a fraction of the budget, shoot cinematic travel videos or make super simple timelapse movies. Take a look at these great examples: [click to continue…]
-With or without its enormous volcano explosion, Iceland still has some of the most awe-inspiring, and unique natural beauty. The NY Times Lens blog features a great collection of Iceland’s singular wonders.
- 21 stories nominated for the Lumix Multimedia Award.
- From PDN, a story of copyright infringement and the “high cost of lousy paperwork”
- On Resolve, the Livebooks photography blog, a discussion on the emerging category of “conservation photography“
We’re photographers right? We love pictures, whether its shooting for ourselves or clients. But with the changing economics of our industry, we must diversify and stop seeing ourselves as just here to make images. We’re also here to start things ourselves and get involved. Here are five resources to help you dip your toes into other fields and define yourself as much more than “just a photographer.”
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