Photography, like life itself, changed radically over the past few decades. The photography of city life especially — these days simply called “street photography” — has developed into an own new genre like the new urban scenery itself. Now a book titled The World Atlas of Street Photography showcases the work of 100 contemporary photographers, […]
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Filmmaker Errol Morris caused quite a stir. We photographers supposedly understand what we’re doing, yet there comes a guy like Morris telling us that, in the end, all photographs are posed. Doesn’t mean, he says, all photographs are manipulated. But they are neither true nor false. “False beliefs,” he says, “adhere to photographs like flies […]
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It is no coincidence that Henri Cartier-Bresson preferred a 50mm lens on his Leica 35mm rangefinder camera. His special ability was to use a 50mm lens but allow the photo to “breathe” almost as if shot with a 35mm. HCB just seemed to know how to frame so that it looks wider than it should. […]
Sometimes he wishes to work in an office and be back home at 5 p.m. But you want to work National Geographic and the likes or not? Then that’s what it takes to be a landscape photographer. Don’t fear the elements, tough environments and exhausting schedules. True landscape photography is tough and exhausting. Otherwise you […]
GoPro seems unbeatable these days. Since their IPO the company’s share value has increased dramatically. No surprise. No outdoor adventure without the small box camera. Yet, camera shake destroys many a happy adventure souvenir. Now mighty Microsoft solves this problem with a new technology. Not only is the PC vs. Apple battle back. Microsoft’s on […]
By IHTISHAM KABIR I had spent many hours looking at Lena: her eyes, her hair and her hat. But then, so had dozens of other researchers working in a new field called digital image processing. It was the early 1980s, and while studying for my degree in electrical engineering in the U.S., I was smitten […]
All a photographer needs are a camera and a lens. Take Henri Cartier-Bresson, he was a one lens shooter. On rare occasions he used a 35mm, otherwise all the way through the trusted 50mm. Times have changed, everyone’s a photographer today, but success in photography still doesn’t depend on bags full of gear and stuff. […]
Photography, a meritocracy? Wrong, says Gregory Heisler, known for his evocative portrait work often found on magazine covers. Photography is about relationships, Heisler says. Ultimately people are curious and want to meet and know you, the photographer. And photography today, he says, is vision based. People don’t want a particular style, but a vision, a […]
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For once, let’s not be too serious…: Check this camera’s dynamic range. (Technology will compensate for my inability to get an accurate exposure on my own.) I’m a street photographer. (Tried portraits, landscape, sports, still life, but it’s so much easier to just shoot strangers and stuff.) Honey, where are my umbrellas? (Bounce and shoot-through, […]
What would we do without the Web. It teaches us many helpful things, such as how to not clean your camera. Now, this being planet earth with various forms of life that have no say in how the human species treat them, it is about time to set a fundamental universal law straight: don’t you […]
Like it or hate it — few photographers are indifferent to flash or speedlites, how camera companies nowadays call these awkward units producing artificial lights. Especially in this day and age of sheer unlimited ISO reach the importance of the flash is no longer what it once was. But who wants to refute the benefits […]
If someone crowdfunds tens of thousands of dollars for a potato salad, why not for a digital paper camera. That’s exactly what Taiwanese entrepreneur George Lin did. He founded Paper Shoot. Now everyone can create an own personalized digital camera. With customized paper casings. Paper Shoot, which cost round $50 each, targets creative customers that […]
By DIERK TOPP Painting with light, what’s this? It’s illuminating an object with a pocket or any other lamp moved around the object during exposure. “Painting” the light on the object is not a well-known technique. Many years ago I happened to discover the work of photographer Emil Schildt. Schildt, a true master of “light […]
By IHTISHAM KABIR When photography was invented in 1840, literature warmly greeted it. Why? I think the ability of photographs to precisely describe what is in front of the camera caught the imagination of writers who felt less threatened by photography than painters did. Authors as diverse as Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, John Ruskin […]
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As suggested in a recent rant, the Net to a large extent consists of irrelevancy and narcissism. We’re mostly fed what we already know. What we’re served is hardly about relevance, but crude attempts to grab attention. An often pay-averse and bored digital bohemia decides what’s important. It takes some mastery to find one’s way […]
(Here’s a great post by a photographer I highly admire for his mastery and versatility, Kirk Tuck, writing a photography suspense novel! I myself won two literary awards, but boy don’t let me talk about my earlier days as an aspiring writer… Kirk’s (Leica rangefinder!) thriller sounds like a great book for anyone interested in […]
You Internet junkies and gear freaks, imagine how much creative time we waste sitting in front of our computers trying to find out how nearly perfect pixels can be rendered even better. Instead of talking about photography, why not just doing it? Right, new gear gives us better images… How can we make something already […]
Photography is a lot about finding one’s one style. Nothing more boring than shooting the Eiffel Tower. Everyone does it. Nothing more exciting than shooting the Eiffel Tower. So many unique angles and perspectives, different lightings and framings left to be explored and discovered! That’s the beauty of photography. Each and every moment offers a […]
By MITCHELL KANASHKEVICH, EYEVOYAGE Can a camera change the way you make photos? Until recently I never thought that I’d even consider such a question. I’ve always said that gear is not very important, the result is what matters. I still feel the same about the importance of the result, but, I’ve come to realise […]
Must confess, I take above-average care of my gear. Don’t like unnecessary wear and tear. The lens is clean, dust is annoying, even the viewfinder eyepiece is cleaned now and then. The day I sell the camera the buyer gets good hardware. Doesn’t mean that I’m as obsessive in the field. The tools are here […]
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His site is listed in THEME’s live News Feed: Kirk Tuck’s Visual Science Lab, one of my favorite photography blogs when it comes to the ins and outs of subtle narrative, hands-on technique and the state of the photography industry. Kirk Tuck not only knows how to use a camera, he’s also a gifted writer […]
These days it’s not good enough to be an excellent photographer if you want to be known. Today’s top professional photographers spent years perfecting their craft and sharing it online in clever ways. Their ability to use social media and photography to produce human connections is a useful lesson to those associating the word “photography” […]
