Sony produces some of the most talked-about and innovative cameras. Yet the company is worth practically nothing. Credit ratings agency Moody’s — right, one that missed the U.S. suprime housing bubble — downgraded Sony’s credit rating for corporate bond status to junk. With stable outlook. Meaning Sony cameras won’t disappear from the face of the […]
Internet domain providers reported a surge in interest for photography-related extensions among the new ICANN generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). With hundreds of new generic TLDs being made available over the next few months, the most popular group of new domains so far is extensions which reference the art of photography such as .photos, .photography […]
In the coming two years, major changes in sensor technology lie ahead. With the exception of Fujifilm cameras based around EXR and X-Trans image sensors and the Foveon-based camera lineup from Sigma, almost every digital camera on the market today has a Bayer color filter array, named after inventor and Kodak scientist Bryce Bayer. Bayer […]
Since 2010, Brandon Stanton has been capturing stories of New Yorkers on what is perhaps one of the Internet’s most popular photo blogs, Humans of New York. Armed with his 5D Mark III, Stanton roams the streets of the Big Apple for eight hours a day after day, crisscrossing the city, covering thousands of miles […]
If you have some spare time, read the excellent “Identity Crisis in Photojournalism” on American Journalism Review. Here are the key excerpts. There is a new question concerning every working photographer: who is a photographer and who is not. It’s the age of the advent of the “super journalist.” In news organizations around the world, […]
You might know Shutterstock for its stock imagery, hey also have stock video clips to offer. Here is Shutterstock HD Stock Footage and Video. You just might find an awesome clip to enhance your latest project, or an avenue to sell some of your b-roll and make some cash. Demand for online video is continuing […]
Today’s smartphones allow anyone to shoot quality images. In fact, no serious photographer refutes the advantages of portability, convergence and convenience any more. “Smart cameras” are products and services to fill or solve people’s needs. Nothing beats the look and texture of images from a high-end digital camera. But downsized to Web and personal use, […]
While the big two are asleep, Sony is about to corner the market. Well, to be correct, Nikon is half asleep. They have a strategy to stay relevant; a strategy thats’ rather looking backward than forward. The winning formula? Just supply more of the same to new people. With more than two thirds of its […]
Yes, both Canon and Nikon recently cut their sales forecast as camera users are tired of buying nearly identical camera updates and more and more people switch to phones. But let’s not forget, Canon still estimates a massive $3.6 billion operating profit for the year. Nikon’s situation is worse with a 41% drop in operating […]
Yet another new model? Wasn’t the latest iteration of this camera released only a few months ago? Right, that lineup’s ready for another upgrade… What number eh name again? Improvements? Take Nikon, serving the high end, midrange, upper entry and entry level market with a plethora of similar names. It takes a mathematician’s analytical skills […]
Haven’t seen so much heated debate about a camera in years. You get a D4, Leica M and film camera in one, for the price of not even a D800, and the end of the world seems near. People panic. Nikon D4 performance at half the price with hints of an M feel. I’m sold […]
The discussion continues whether photographers should stand up to the abominable rates paid these days. Well, the discussion not only concerns photographers, but journalists, writers and many artists as well. Isn’t it pretty obvious: free societies don’t exist without a quality free press, and creating value and quality with importance and excellence costs money. Photography, […]
There’s a distinct difference between being a photographer and producing fine photographs to decorate walls with. The differentiation is not just a question of semantics. You might someone working with a camera and making a living from photography is a photographer. Not necessarily, says Gavin Seim who once earned a pretty good living thanks to […]
We’re certainly a bit preoccupied with ourselves, always talking about the one behind the lens. What about those in front of it? Here’s a beautiful model talking about photography. Actress and model Amber Valetta alleges in an article on Forbes that digital photography takes away our humanness. Valetta refers to her One for the Ages […]
By YVAN COHEN, LIGHTROCKET In an era where images are so omnipresent they sometimes appear to be on the verge of replacing complete sentences, the laws of supply and demand are exerting their inevitable downward pull. The first big slide occurred in the early 2000s when newly created agencies like iStockphoto and Shutterstock sought to […]
By YVAN COHEN, LIGHTROCKET Realizing the professional landscape has forever changed, many photojournalists are seeking new and creative ways to continue to earn a living doing what they love. Where once editors would have assigned a photographer, today they are often able to find the image they need with a few clicks of a mouse. […]
Nikon, world’s second largest camera maker behind Canon, has inaugurated its newest DSLR manufacturing facility in Savan-Seno, a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the Southeast Asian nation of Laos. The grand opening on Sept. 23, 2013, laid the foundation for cheaper camera production costs. Just don’t hold your breath for DSLR prices to come down. […]
Press Release — Following it’s launch a couple of months ago, LightRocket, a new online website, media management and hosting service for photographers, is continuing its upwards trajectory. Entering the competitive space of established players such as PhotoShelter and Zenfolio, LightRocket offers photographers a fresh approach with a service that includes personalized photo websites, secure […]
Photographs change the way we behave, look at the world and — most importantly — treat other human beings. If you want to know more about what makes a photo work and about the power of photography, then you might want to have a look at the excellent book Photography Changes Everything by writer and […]
Not the luckiest of names, but after a makeover photography site Camerapixo is back up and running again. Camerapixo is, in a few words, an online service which publishes several photography magazines as well as portfolios of photographers from around the world, famous, less known, beginners. The “new 1.0” site is well worth a visit. […]
In case you haven’t yet heard of a digital photography project called Phototrails, haven’t you ever wondered what happens to the millions and billions of photos that are uploaded day after day? What really happens to the trillion of photographs shot each year? Right, they’re not only floating as endless combinations of ones and zeros […]
By MICHAEL ERLEWINE Just when you think there are no more new opportunities, one pops up, in this case a demographic not yet exploited by big advertising: the entire world of hotel and college dorm rooms. Hotels all over the U.S. and the world are jettisoning some of the standard cable channels and simply building […]
By IMPROMPTU IMPRESSION We photographers like to talk gear and in a way we are all geeks. The late great Ansel Adams even made a name out of how to best utilize gear in the form of the fabled Zone System. But there is another side to us photographers too, very much out of geek’s […]
While CaNikon — the still dominant players in the standalone camera market — keep on copying each other and incrementally improve their technologies, competitors Fujifilm and Sony are thinking outside the box. While Fujifilm is betting on the retro form factor supported by its outstanding experience in imaging technology, Sony pushes the limits — what […]
Here’s a photography study by, surprise surprise, consumer giant Unilever’s personal care brand Dove. Right, they want women and men to look and feel beautiful. According to a new Dove global research, self-awareness and photography are closely related. If you don’t feel confident, you don’t want to have your picture taken. Women obviously feel less […]
I’m not saying, I’m just saying that’s what 24/7 Wall St. is saying: Each year, 24/7 Wall St. identifies 10 important brands sold in America that they predict will disappear. This year’s list reflects the brutally competitive nature of certain industries and the importance of not falling behind in efficiency, innovation or financing. Not sure, […]
There’s a great new book out on fashion photography: Coming Into Fashion — A Century of Photography at Condé Nast. Well written, showing beautiful and artistic fashion photography, this book is much more than just a walk down memory lane. It’s an inspiration, tutorial and how-to at the same time, providing insights into the trade […]
I just reported on Sony’s first annual profit in five years. It reached that milestone largely thanks to the weakening yen and some belt-tightening, including the consolidation of businesses and the sale of its American headquarters. Now Sony’s back in the headlines: An American hedge fund billionaire known for starting big fights has called for […]
Sony’s corporate makeover starts to pay off. Despite weak demand for its digital cameras, video cameras and televisions, Sony books the first annual net profit in five years. While Sony’s jump back into the black was largely due to the depreciation of the yen inflating the value of foreign income and a string of asset […]
A good friend, Nate Thayer, the journalist who discovered Pol Pot in the Cambodian jungle in 1998, recently told me, “I used to take pics, but a wise man told me many years ago, ‘Nate you can be a good writer and a good photagrapher, but you can never be great if you do both.” […]
