Midweek Photo News Roundup
December 23rd, 2009 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog, Midweek Photo News Roundup, News
photo via dvice
Although this particular Wednesday—two days before Christmas— isn’t actually the middle of the work week for many of you, we’d still like to share some photo world news with you this afternoon. And since today, December 23rd, marks the unofficial day of celebration for a lesser-known December holiday called Festivus, I couldn’t resist leading with the above photo from the Seinfeld episode that spurred the Festivus phenomenon.
- Lifehacker’s list of the most popular DIY projects of 2009 features a tutorial on how to “Deter Thieves by Uglifying Your Camera.”
- Nik Software’s photo editing software, Viveza 2, for Photoshop, Lightroom & Aperture is now available.
- Tamron shares tips by Rick Ferro on using a shallow depth-of-field in portrait photography.
- Nikon’s latest podcast features professional photographer, Chase Jarvis, who talks about self promotion and multimedia photography in the digital age.
December 16th, 2009 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog, Midweek Photo News Roundup, News
photo © ellie (Flickr creative commons)
It’s Wednesday afternoon and all that most people can think about is how many days, hours, minutes remain until the weekend. But not you, you’re a photographer! You’re never bored, but are always plotting your next photo shoot or researching the new D-SLR you’ve had your eye on. We’re right there with you, friend. To keep the wild world of photography on your mind midweek, here’s our roundup of what’s been happening in it lately.
- Gizmodo is displaying the winners and all of the 107 Dazzling Christmas Lights entrants from their latest shooting challenge.
- An amateur photographer in the UK was questioned by police under anti-terror laws for taking “too many” pictures of Christmas lights.
- The New York Institute of Photography is sharing tips on how to take great photos of holiday lights.
- Bokeh effect Holiday lights photos abound on Flickr this year. Check them out for inspiration!
November 11th, 2009 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog, Midweek Photo News Roundup, News
photo © Tech. Sgt. Roy Santana, via The U.S. Army (Flickr creative commons)
It’s Wednesday afternoon and all that most people can think about is how many days, hours, minutes remain until the weekend. But not you, you’re a photographer! You’re never bored, but are always plotting your next photo shoot or researching the new D-SLR you’ve had your eye on. We’re right there with you, friend. To keep the wild world of photography on your mind midweek, here’s our roundup of what’s been happening in it lately.
- In honor of Veterans Day (or Remembrance or Armistice Day to some of you outside the U.S.), I have selected the above photo from The U.S. Army’s Flickr photostream, by Tech. Sgt. Roy Santana. It depicts U.S. Army Lt. Col, David Sigmund, greeting a young boy after passing out soccer balls to local children during exercise Flintlock 2007 in Bamako, Mali, Sept. 4, 2007. This photo offers a not often considered perspective of the breadth of work that our military men and women do as a means to foster relationships of peace, security and cooperation around the world.
- Thank Tank Photo has announced a new heavy duty shoulder camera bag. The Urban Disguise 70 Pro is designed for the photographer carrying two regular or pro size D-SLRs with lenses attached to each camera body – or even a 70-200 f2.8 lens attached to any camera body.
- Barbara Bordnick, the renown New York photographer whom, DP had the privilege of interviewing for the Spring 2009 issue, has a new calendar out called Floragraphics, which showcases more of her celebrated floral photographs.
October 28th, 2009 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog, Midweek Photo News Roundup, News
photo © Hella TJ (Flickr creative commons)
It’s Wednesday afternoon and all that most people can think about is how many days, hours, minutes remain until the weekend. But not you, you’re a photographer! You’re never bored, but are always plotting your next photo shoot or researching the new D-SLR you’ve had your eye on. We’re right there with you, friend. To keep the wild world of photography on your mind midweek, here’s our roundup of what’s been happening in it lately.
- LAist featured this week a great roundup of photos from the recent Dia de Los Muertos event at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Besides being great shots, they might inspire your Haloween costume ideas for this weekend!
- onOne Software announced the much anticipated Plugin Suite 5. (Pre-order now and save $200)
- Tamron has produced a Macro How-To video with professional photographer, Roy Toft, using the Tamron 60mm F2 lens.
October 14th, 2009 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog, Midweek Photo News Roundup, News
photo © Jim Marshall
It’s Wednesday afternoon and all that most people can think about is how many days, hours, minutes remain until the weekend. But not you, you’re a photographer! You’re never bored, but are always plotting your next photo shoot or researching the new D-SLR you’ve had your eye on. We’re right there with you, friend. To keep the wild world of photography on your mind midweek, here’s our roundup of what’s been happening in it lately.
- Rock & Roll Photographer Jim Marshall has published a new book, “Trust,” which contains some of his most famous images, including those of the great Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, etc.
- Nikon blew a lot of peoples’ minds with the six-digit expanded ISO setting in the brand new DS3 D-SLR.
- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is celebrating the one year anniversary of the Chris Burden installation, “Urban Light,” with a stunning online photography exhibition of shots of the Burden piece from contributors around the world.
- Wired.com recently posted a brilliant slideshow of photographs of glaciers from space.
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October 7th, 2009 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog, Midweek Photo News Roundup, News
photo © Li Fan- China, Sony World Photography Awards 3rd place winner- Photojournalism & Documentary- Sport 2009
It’s Wednesday afternoon and all that most people can think about is how many days, hours, minutes remain until the weekend. But not you, you’re a photographer! You’re never bored, but are always plotting your next photo shoot or researching the new D-SLR you’ve had your eye on. We’re right there with you, friend. To keep the wild world of photography on your mind midweek, here’s our roundup of what’s been happening in it lately.
- The Sony World Photography Awards invite you to win tickets to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa with your best football image (that would be soccer to us Americans).
- DXG has announced the DXG-125V, a compact and rugged weather-proof HD camcorder.
- The deadline to register for the Epson Red Sea photography competition, with $80,000 in prizes, is coming up very soon.
- Mac users got a Stuffit upgrade from SmithMicro.
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September 16th, 2009 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog, Midweek Photo News Roundup, News
photo © Michael Stringer, 1st place winner Nikon Small World Competition 2008
It’s Wednesday afternoon and all that most people can think about is how many days, hours, minutes remain until the weekend. But not you, you’re a photographer! You’re never bored, but are always plotting your next photo shoot or researching the new D-SLR you’ve had your eye on. We’re right there with you, friend. To keep the wild world of photography on your mind midweek, here’s our roundup of what’s been happening in it lately.
- Popular voting has opened for the Nikon Small World Competition, the “annual competition of photography under the microscope.”
- Polish photographer, Rafal Milach, is the $25,000 grand prize winner of the Photography.Book.Now competition sponsored by Blurb.com.
- Lens Culture’s
- Kodak has announced the Smile G150 Digital Photo Keychain, a pocket-sized viewer with capacity for more than 100 images that will be available in late September for $29.99.
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September 2nd, 2009 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog, Midweek Photo News Roundup, News
photo © Nicholas Routzen (as seen in Digital Photographer)
It’s Wednesday afternoon and all that most people can think about is how many days, hours, minutes remain until the weekend. But not you, you’re a photographer! You’re never bored, but are always plotting your next photo shoot or researching the new D-SLR you’ve had your eye on. We’re right there with you, friend. To keep the wild world of photography on your mind midweek, here’s our roundup of what’s been happening in it lately.
- Nicholas Routzen (New York-based fashion photographer featured in DP spring 2009) shot a spread for the current issue of Nylon Magazine.
- FotoMuse announced their iPhone application to make artistic edits to snapshots in-phone ($2.99 in the iTunes app store).
- Epson announced the Stylus Pro 3880 Printer, which produces gallery-quality color and black-and-white prints up to 17 x 22-inches.
August 26th, 2009 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog, Midweek Photo News Roundup, News
It’s Wednesday afternoon and all that most people can think about is how many days, hours, minutes remain until the weekend. But not you, you’re a photographer! You’re never bored, but are always plotting your next photo shoot or researching the new D-SLR you’ve had your eye on. We’re right there with you, friend. To keep the wild world of photography on your mind midweek, here’s our roundup of what’s been happening in it lately.
- The Nikon D-Movie Screening Room presents its latest short film, by Director of Photography Ellen Kuras– of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind fame. (Still from video above.)
- Tamron presents a timely “Back to School” photo story by photographer Wendy Saunders, who used the Tamron 18-270mm lens to capture one little boy’s big day. Saunders’ photos encourage parents to get creative on this day beyond the ubiquitous lunch pale in the doorway shot.
- Exposure Manager announced their new Pro Lab Direct Printing System for sports and event photographers.
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August 12th, 2009 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog, Midweek Photo News Roundup, News
photo © tokyo camera style
It’s Wednesday afternoon and all that most people can think about is how many days, hours, minutes remain until the weekend. But not you, you’re a photographer! You’re never bored, but are always plotting your next photo shoot or researching the new D-SLR you’ve had your eye on. We’re right there with you, friend. To keep the wild world of photography on your mind midweek, here’s our roundup of what’s been happening in it lately.
- Nikon announced their much anticipated D300s and D3000 D-SLRs.
- I came across John Sypal’s blog, tokyo camera style, which I quite like.
- Verbatim announced their new “penny thin” TUFF-’N'-TINY 8GB USB Drive.
- Nikon also announced the winners of their highly regarded International Photo Contest.
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