Shopgirl
16 November 2009
12 November 2009
| Fantasyworks ★ |
10 November 2009
| The changes are subtle but significant ★ |
Case in point: Canon’s new XD series to their longtime X0D DSLR models.
Lars Rehm and Richard Butler on Canon EOS 7D:
At first sight the 7D looks a lot like the EOS 50D and is unmistakably a member of the EOS family. However, a closer look reveals that on the new model Canon has made a few seemingly subtle changes that nevertheless make a difference in terms of handling and operation. The buttons are larger than on preceding models.
These changes to the control layout, alongside the custom control menu, gives you more than enough options to fairly easily tweak the interface for even the most specialist requirements and applications. The same is true for the new AF system which offers an abundance of AF point selection and focusing options.
Read: Canon EOS 7D Review
PS. Talking about changes, rumor has been going around that Ricoh is about to introduce a significant update to their popular GRD lineup, engadget has some more info and pictures on the exciting new system.
| A different kind of Viewfinder ★ | connectedflow.com |
An excellent new flickr client for the Mac from Connected Flow, the creator of iPhone’s popular flickr client DarkSlide.
What makes the new £15 (£19 when 1.1 ships) shines is its ample feature to search & locate high-res images for you along with their license types and filter it on-the-fly in its simple light table style image display with Quicklook support.
It also has Keynote integration that would turn any presentation development’s search-download-hunt-drag-trash nightmare into a painless process.
A welcome addition to any shutterbug’s geek-tool, head over to Viewfinder’s homepage to download a free lifetime demo.
Full Tilt Poker Ad: The Journey
9 November 2009I don’t recall ever seeing an excellent Black & White–let alone–Poker Ad photo, but this one is absolutely gorgeous.
See the series here
Skybreak
9 November 2009
Photography: The Art & The Industry
Photography is born out of science & engineering, but the driving force behind it has always been art. One century and many inventions later it is now an art, technology as well as an industry.
The world without photography would be like a house with no windows, a book with empty pages, communication without spoken languages, etc. The word ‘imagine’ would dominate our day-to-day activity so much that all we do is dream and the visual object that came to be known as ‘photograph’ will never see the day.
I got the chance to talk to a group of talented advertising & graphic students last week at the First Media Group’s IMAGO Advertising School. They were kind enough to give me 45 minutes of their time to listen to what I have to say and later stretched me another 15 minutes for a worthy Q&A session.
The general presumption of photography to an outsider in this country is that it’s glamorous and dreamy, it is a surreal thing to do to earn a living for, especially in a place where photography is barely considered as a real-job-an-honest-man-does.
People here also associate photography with the glamourous world of nudity, fashion & girls, it’s always fun to see the look in their eyes when questions were answered and listened to with a lot enthusiasm. It’s great to be heard.
If you think photography is not a career, wake up and smell the coffee! if you think photography is all about you & the vision, shame on you! It’s all about teamwork, communication, human interaction and a lot of patience! You only see the glamour and girls ini chic-lit novels & America’s Next Top Model, what goes on behind the curtain is so much more than the skin & make-ups.
Interesting to jump ship & start a photography career?
PS. Special thanks goes to my pal Andre, a talented art director/designer who now teaches in IMAGO. Check out his brilliant work here.
6 November 2009
| The Paradox of Death ★ |
Todd May, author of “The Philosophy of Foucault” and “Death.”:
But it is precisely because we cannot control when we will die, and know only that we will, that we can look upon our lives with the seriousness they merit
Gone Too Soon
2 November 2009
The Curator in Us
31 October 2009
Fort-la-Latte by Luis Lainsa
I began to collect interesting photos on flickr with favorites, yet it outgrew me and became too big of a collection to be explored regularly.
Flickr rolled out a new feature called Gallery a while ago, so I have been masquerading as a curator-to-go for the last couple of weeks, mostly for photos off my contact’s, mostly random.
Go check out the new feature and start curating. If you’re interested at all, you can check out my galleries here. If you have some work you want me to check out, send me the link to your photostream, I might also add them to the Today’s Photo series on this blog when I see fit.
It’s a no-brainer to spot great photos, so let’s go ahead and explore, we might make it as a career one day!
PS. Pardon the lack of post; swamped out with deadlines, shooting schedules and a little personal project. More on this later. Stay tuned!