Zoetrope Optika from August Bradley on Vimeo. No sooner do I finish my story about the new Sony Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 Sonnar, then out pops this fine example of creative filmmaking using it's sister lens, the Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 Otus. Without question, the Otus is one...
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After a seven day trial, on November 22, 2013 the jury in the Daniel Morel vs. Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Getty Images (Getty) trial awarded the defendant, Daniel Morel, the maximum statutory damages allowed by the law. The jury awarded in the amount of $1.2 million while finding...
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Russian photographer Alexey Kljatov certainly knows a lot about snow. Most Russian photographers likely do, as the brutal winter months of their homeland provides plenty of first hand experience. But how many of them have taken the time to learn how to photograph an individual snowflake?...
Russian photographer Alexey Kl...
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Squinching. To Squinch, or not to Squinch, is never the question. Not in photography anyway. Squinching is a technique long used by professional portrait photographers, professional models, actors, and most every vacuum cleaner salesman on the plane. But like one of those magician tricks, it...
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To many, including some close photographer friends, Black-and-White is the very definition of photography. Kim Weston is an iconic master of the Black-and-White photography art. Kim has been a fine art nude photographer for over 30 years. He is a third-generation member of one of the most...
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In the above, an obvious sales piece for the new Zeiss OTUS 1.4/55 published on Oct 7, 2013, Zeiss makes some strong claims about this new lens. Statements like "Experience a new dimension. The Otus 1.4/55 is the pinnacle of over 120 years of expertise and experience...
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IN CELEBRATION OF THE BLACK-AND-WHITE PRINT To many, including some close photographer friends, Black-and-White is the very definition of photography. John Sexton is an iconic master of the Black-and-White photography art. John was born in 1953, and has lived on the Monterey Peninsula in California for more than...
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“The Lion City,” is the latest creation of tilt shift time lapse photographer Keith Loutit an Australian filmmaker based in Singapore. His stated goal? "For 'The Lion City', the idea behind the extension of the tilt shift technique is for focus and distance to be something the...
“The Lion City,” is the late...
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Samy's Camera did a special interview with Peter Fetterman on the opening of the Salgado Genesis show I previously reported on here: http://thecameraforum.com/sebastiao-salgado-genesis/ The following is from a Samys Camera PR Release. It is an interview with gallery owner Peter Fetterman on his long relationship representing Salgado,...
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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place...
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Interviewer: Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel Part of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Video Archive in the Duke University Libraries: http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollec...
Interviewer: Barbaralee Di...
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From the oldest photography club in existence. A stunning work, and clear example of "street photography" dating from well before Henri Cartier-Bresson. http://www.capitalcollections.org.uk The first in a series of films exploring Edinburgh Libraries' collection of early photography. The film takes a look at a volume of work...
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William Klein has lived many lives. One of the world's most influential photographers, he pioneered the art of street photography and created some of the most iconic fashion images of the 20th century. William has also made over twenty films, including the first ever documentary...
William Klein has lived ma...
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[caption id="attachment_3847" align="aligncenter" width="680"] The First US Public Exhibition of Genesis on the walls at Peter Fetterman Gallery in Santa Monica, CA[/caption] Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado has spent much of the past nine years trekking to the farthest reaches of the globe, to the last wild...
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From http://www.productionhub.com we bring you an interview from the 2013 Cine Gear Los Angeles Expo with August Bradley, a photographer turned cinematographer who has been using Carl Zeiss lenses since he began in the industry. Camera lenses from Carl Zeiss are used by millions of...
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Landscapes: Volume One from Dustin Farrell on Vimeo. There is something about seeing the world move in slices of time as opposed to viewing it as a continual flow. Time-lapse photography fascinates when it is particularly well done. It draws you in. It can create a...
Landscapes: Volume One fro...
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