John Sexton – Master Of The Black-and-White Print
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 thirty years. Respected as a photographer, master printmaker, author, and workshop instructor, he is best known for his luminous, quiet, black and white photographs of the natural environment. Recently, in addition to a series of tutorials on digital Black-and-White printing, Epson filmed and produced two in-depth interviews from two photographic icons, both
Read moreAlbuquerque Balloon Fiesta
If you have never seen the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, you’ve never seen hot air balloons. There is, simply put, nothing else on earth like it. Last month, at the first part of October, Albuquerque, New Mexico, held its 42nd annual International Balloon Fiesta, or as the rest of the world knows it, the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. It’s a 9-day event where over 700 balloons see liftoff. It’s the largest hot air balloon festival in the entire world and one of the oldest such events. I photographed my first one in 1987, a truly breathtaking event for me with several hundred
Read moreNikon Df
The All New Nikon Df The fusion of responsive, intuitive dial operation and “flagship D4 image quality” in the smallest and lightest FX-format body, the Nikon Df PRE-ORDER Your Nikon Df DSLR Camera Kit with AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G Special Edition Lens HERE! From the Nikon Df Press Release TOKYO – Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce the release of the Nikon Df, a Nikon FX-format digital SLR camera. The Df combines intuitive, worry-free dial operation with superior image quality over a broad range of sensitivities in the smallest and lightest FX-format body, making the camera extremely portable. Large metal mechanical
Read moreHollywood Forever Day of the Dead
I photographed Day of the Dead, or “Dia de los Muertos” as it is more properly called, in Mexico seven of the last ten years. It is always a challenging shoot, but such a magical experience it is a must attend event however difficult the photography. This year I chose Day of the Dead from a different perspective.: A Hollywood Forever Day of the Dead celebration. I traded the tradition in old Mexico of remembering loved ones no longer among the living by celebrating their life for the glitz, glamour, and makeup of Hollywood. Both are fiesta style community events, however the
Read moreSony HDR-MV1 Music Video Recorder
(Video Recorded Entirely With Sony HDR-MV1 Music Video Recorder) Amazon.com Widgets Sony tries to put old guys like me out of work with the all new Sony HDR-MV1 Music Video Recorder. It’s hard enough getting older and having to fight off the bold young newcomers to the photography profession, without also having to fight something like the new Sony music video recorder. Fighting other photographers for music jobs shooting bands is actually something relatively new for me. It is not an easy job. You have to deal with security personal who constantly usher you around or bar your entry
Read moreTilt Shift Time Lapse
“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 viewer can experience. It also doubles to communicate the constant heat and humidity that hits you whenever you leave the comfort of air conditioning in Singapore.” Tilt shift time lapse isn’t a new technique. Several have tried their hands at tilt shift time lapse, with weak results in most cases. Not this time. Tilt shift
Read moreProfessionalism In Photography
EDITORS REPLY: It seems that I have inadvertently offended somebody I had no intention to offend. I apologize and beg forgiveness. Since my inadvertent error has lead to most of you now reading this, I will place my open response to him here as well as in a more personal communication to Mr. Thein in Asia. Dear Mr. Thein, Sir, I am in receipt of your email of this morning. “From: Ming Thein Subject: *Your* unprofessionalism Message Body: The least you could do if you’re going to plagiarise an entire article piecemeal – ironically on professionalism, of which you’ve
Read moreReVoice Pro – Voodoo Magic For Your Audio Tracks
Dubbing, or re-recording, is a post-production process used in filmmaking and video production, in which additional or supplementary recording occurs after the original recording stage. The process includes automated dialogue replacement (ADR), also known as “additional dialogue recording,” in which the original actors re-record and synchronize audio segments in a studio long after the film is shot. Music is frequently subject to the dubbing process in the post-editing stage of a film or TV show. ReVoice Pro, from Syncro Arts is one of the tools available to make this job much easier, and far faster. The devil is always in the details making movies. Out in the field “flying solo” or
Read moreMeet The New Fujifilm X-E2
Fujifilm Announces The All New FUJIFILM X-E2 It is no secret that most of the team here at TheCameraForum.Com are big fans of the Fuji X-Trans sensor based cameras. In fact, all of us own at least one. Mine is the X-E1, a camera that I both love and hate. Love for its image quality, size, and beautiful files, and at the same time hate for the abysmal autofocus speed and its horrible video. I’m not alone either, many share my dreams of Fuji one day getting all of these shortcomings sorted out so that I can rely
Read moreAudio Recording For Still Photographers
Far more than most still photographers realize, the quality of the audio track in moving pictures is one of the most important storytelling techniques. Second only to moving the camera itself, the soundtrack can add just the right elements of “sonic movement” in all the right places, changing scenes, tones, and adjusting light to dark as effectively as a changing visual. Actually better in some cases, because audio unlike video can be “slipped into the background” without notice like a visual change would be. As a particular type of music can influence or set the overall mood, well recorded spoken
Read moreThe A7R – Sony’s 36.3 MP Full-Frame Digital Camera
Rumors have been flying around the internet “buzz” sites for several months about Sony being in development on the A7R, a full frame interchangeable lens NEX size camera body. The rumors, as is often the case, were wrong. Sony was in development on two bodies, not just one. While many anticipated a full frame sensor based Nex, nobody I read anticipated Sony cramming their 36MP D800E sensor technology inside what basically appears to me as a reworked RX1 body, with viewfinder included. The A7 and A7R are close in terms of design, both inside and out, the basic
Read moreUsing The Lightroom 4 Selective Noise Brush
Uwe Steinmueller | 10-12-2013 From Digital OutbackPhoto.Net Using the Lightroom 4 Selective Noise Brush, because the noise is mostly in the shadows it is often advised to remove the noise selectively. The Lightroom Adjustment Brush is a very powerful tool for this task. The following article is taken from our our Lightroom Artistry Develop book. Here we have a shot from the Mojave Desert (shot in 2005 with a Nikon D2x at ISO 160): Most of the scene is in bright light but there is also a major shadow section. As usual we want the shadows to be more open. We are not surprised to
Read moreHappy Anniversary! We’ve Gone Responsive.
Today Is The First Year Anniversary Of TheCameraForum.Com, So To Celebrate We’ve Gone Responsive. For all of us here at TheCameraForum.Com, I want to thank each and every one of you, our readers, for having taken the time to read our original articles and curations over this, our first year of publication. Looking back, I can see where we have done some things well, some things not at all, and some we could have done better. I have certainly learned a lot in the process and we do appreciate your participation! Now we’ve gone responsive too. To better
Read moreLG G2: Steady Feathers
My two year contract with AT&T expires next month, so I have been looking around at options. My present phone is an Apple iPhone 4s, and while it is a decent phone, the latest improvements to the new iPhone 5s camera make my mouth water, albeit at quite a high cost. For better or worse, the latest iPhone 5s is looking to be in rather short supply having reached a new record in iPhone introductory sales. Two years ago when I picked up my 4s, the Android phones were just really starting to come into their own, but were not
Read moreWant To Be A Cameraman?
As a young man growing up, “I want to be a Cameraman” was never heard around our house. Too difficult. Is there any professional value in that dream today? Ironically, the possibility of becoming a photographer was a goal I never considered, though I was gifted my first camera at eleven years old. It was considered a difficult arcane art form reserved for those practiced in the chemical arts though it did pay a decent living for the time, as most things difficult to learn usually did. A future in photography is a goal of far more young people. This raises
Read moreNikon D610 Announced
The Nikon D610 HD-SLR Delivers FX-Format Quality and Pro-Level Features for Enthusiasts Ready to Take Their Passion to the Next Level MELVILLE, N.Y. – Nikon Inc. today announced the Nikon D610, the latest FX-format HD-SLR to incorporate cutting-edge features and superior operability to help photographers create amazing images and Full HD video. Engineered for those enthusiasts who focus on the color, sharpness and clarity of their images, the D610 provides enhanced performance and image quality improvements, coupled with Nikon core technologies, all in a lightweight form factor. With image quality rivaled only by the 36.3 megapixel Nikon D800, the D610 is
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