No introduction needed. Here’s the 4th Street Presets edition: Street Presets — Streetshooter Vagrant for Lightroom. Created by street photographers Don Springer of Streetshooter and Olivier Duong of The F/8 Blog, these carefully developed presets give you the ultimate “street look” — and for the first time with color presets! These carefully crafted presets may […]
There are many other ways. This is the purist’s way. One of the beauties of the purist’s street photography is its lightness. Carrying around a big tank? Might be the death of this art that is what you make it to be. Street photography is relaxing, no one assigns your time, but the whole world […]
Personally I’m a diehard user of DxO FilmPack. Another film emulator however deserves a serious look: VSCO — The Gold Standard of Film Emulation. They offer three emulation packs: Film 01 mimics “modern” films such as the Kodak Tri-X and Ilford HP5, Film 02 renders the “classic” look of Fujifilm Superia, Ilford Delta 3200 and […]
Chapeau, Pope Benedict XVI, for being the first pope in 719 years (since Coelestin V. in 1294) to, well, retire. Forget conspiracy theories. A very powerful man breaks a powerful taboo and does the unthinkable. It’s the triumph of the spirit over the flesh. The former Cardinal Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger has to be given credit […]
Since film, how much has really changed? Well it’s great to show people instantly how they look and to know whether you captured a shot. With film you have to be so technically proficient to nail a shot within a third or half an f-stop. No longer necessary with digital photography. Add the promises of […]
The other day, in Bangkok, a young woman gave birth to a healthy baby girl on a busy Bangkok street. Just happened to be there, with my old iPhone, and asked for permission to document the rather unique event. Here’s the footage. Don’t expect a horror movie. Giving birth couldn’t look more natural. It’s absolutely […]
This is not about politics. Yet it is. You’ve heard of Pete Souza, chief photographer of the U.S. president — and he probably knows Barack Obama better than any of the president’s closest advisers know their boss. Souza’s images from the inner circle offer a unique view of the politician as well as public and […]
So you don’t want to cough up the exorbitant amount of dollars, euros or whatever for your own copy of monopolistic Photoshop (read our piece on the Photoshop money trap). However expensive, Photoshop’s my one and main photo editing software. But there are other classics and useful softwares that shouldn’t be ignored. Some of them […]
The megapixels war is long dead, long live the next dimension in imaging: femto-photography, an imaging technology so fast that a slow motion video can show light in motion. The future of this? They’ll reate cameras that can look around corners beyond the line of sight or cameras that see inside the body without X-rays. […]
First: all Sony RX1 photos you’ve seen so far don’t yet show off the compact full-frame camera’s full potential. Even the ones on the Sony website. This is what Yosuke Aoki, Sony general manager Asia Pacific, digital imaging marketing, tells THEME. What they’re lacking? “Maybe they’re not yet full 24MP,” smiles Aoki*. Sony headquarters Tokyo […]
By JAMIE KNOP One of the hardest yet one of the most rewarding forms of photography has to be jewellery — or jewelry — photography. There are many factors that come into account when photographing jewellery and in this post we will go through them. Before doing anything you have to get a brief laid […]
By STEVEN MCCONNELL You’ve seen those black-and-white photos in portfolios of top family and wedding photographers. They have a distinct richness, depth and impact. The shadows are deep and yet don’t look like they’re clipped. The contrast is powerfully high and yet doesn’t make the photo look harsh. There’s a smoothness and softness to the […]
Skyfall is upon us, the first of all James Bond 007 films shot entirely in digital. What camera did they use? An Alexa digital cinematography camera, made by Munich-headquartered ARRI, a family business founded in 1917. With even elaborate Bond gone digital now, chances are that digital cinematography cameras tip the film world’s scales completely […]
Yeah yeah, who doesn’t want to ride those bikes. They’re human motorcycles, made possible by a unique mix of creativity, yoga gurus and body paint. Rest assured, you don’t want to try these at home with friends. It’s one of the toughest shoots a model can imagine, but the results look phenomenal. The human motorcycles […]
By STEVE WELDON Several years ago I wrote a how-to piece with the intention of helping fellow photographers see behind the scenes of a nude photo shoot in the areas of ethics, legalities and how to adjust their personal decorum to help the woman feel as comfortable and confident as possible. That was the intention. […]
Alright, it’s a promotional video by Sony Australia further below. Nevertheless, it shouldn’t be ignored. Why shouldn’t the electronic viewfinder be the future. Mainly Olympus and Fujifilm were early betters on the technology, but I guess Sony’s new full-frame flagship, the A99, has the best implementation of EVF. What are its advantages? Many. Most impressive […]
You might know Don Springer of Streetshooter and Olivier Duong of Olivier Duong. Both great street photographers I highly respect. They have a project, Street Presets, and it certainly deserves your attention if you’re into street photography. It may even change your photography altogether. Street Presets, that’s two custom-tailored presets to make your photographs come […]
By BENGT NYMAN Camera technology has came a long way in the past few years. Photographers and enthusiasts alike have had a chance to chat on forums and express their ideas and wishes about what should be next in cameras. Remote radio triggers of flash and lighting have also taken big steps forwards. And I […]
By STEVE WELDON In the world of modern photography we have many more camera types than ever before from which to choose. For the purpose of this article I’m going to focus on modern DSLR cameras and the viewfinder we all know and love, the pentaprism optical viewfinder. Perched high atop the body, its hard […]
Which one single lens would you take to the proverbial island? Say you have to travel, want to go compact and have to make a decision. One lens. To cover your basic needs. Which one would it be? Which one fits your style best and poses the least possible compromise? In other words, if the […]
Great guest post by cameraman Miguel Toran on DSLR News Shooter: On a recent assignment in Syria his camera of choice for this kind of — the Sony EX1 — was not an option this time. So he turned to the Canon 5D Mark III he just bought a few weeks earlier. Lenses? He settled […]
It is said that Sebastião Salgado only switched to digital photography when he was certain that he still can achieve that film-like look. Many would argue there’s no more difference between the look of processed, digital bytes and film. Salgado, however, though shooting digital, counts on DxO FilmPack to keep his old trusted Kodak Tri-X […]
Please forgive this post, but who hasn’t been there, done that. Who’s never hesitating, if not confused when planning to buy new gear. Choices, choices, choices. So many shiny new cameras promising photographic heaven on earth. If you’re pondering back and forth which way to go, here are some simple guidelines to consider. First, be […]
The Leica M Monochrom ships to first buyers in Europe. German Leica photographer Dierk Topp sent THEME three Leica M9 and M Monochrom DNG/RAW comparison files for download and letting you play. BTW, full Leica M Monochrom hands-on impressions by Dierk follow in a few days, stay tuned! Samples are shot with the Summilux 35mm, […]
Let’s talk clichés: There are two main schools of photography. On the one hand, slightly exaggerated, we have the romantics, the old school. The only post-processing happens in the darkroom. No in-camera settings, because there were none. Few options to tweak a shot. An image is what an image is. In a nutshell, it’s the […]
Everyone knows, digital photos lack a certain liveliness. No serious photographer these days shoots without relying on post-processing. Even when careless while shooting, Photoshop — or any other photo editing software — salvage and beautify work. Imaging softwares have become as important as the process of taking a picture itself. And there is more to […]
By ENZO BERETTA Enzo Beretta, a photographer based in Bangkok and New York, recently worked with the Canon EOS 5D Mark III for THEME. His impressions in a nutshell: The Canon 5D Mark III overall is really a wonderfully constructed camera that would not only be a significant compliment to any professional photographer’s equipment, but […]
Photographer Gino Granieri shot Europe’s biggest and wildest open air party that takes place every August in the planet’s probably most livable city: Zurich. Here’s Granieri’s video of the Zurich Street Parade. Join the wild ride that’s a lot about seeing and being seen. The Street Parade is any photographer’s Mecca. You won’t have to […]
This is in addition to our recent post The Big Picture: Daily Photography at Its Best. The Los Angeles Times’ dedicated photography webpage Framework is another great site offering the nuts and bolts of news photography. The content in a nutshell: Framework, the photography and video blog of the Los Angeles Times, celebrates the power […]
There’s hardly anything left in life you can’t do from the comfort of your bed. There’s really not much need to leave home anymore. You can work, shop, order food, see friends, date, watch movies and participate in pretty much any activity in some form through the Internet. There are certain things, however, where you’d […]
