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Behind the Sumo
Pentax Optio W90 Review
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© Kathryn Obermaier. Kiriyamabeya Sumo House, Tokyo Japan.
The Pentax Optio W90 is a new all-action, go-everywhere camera. The W90 is shock, freeze, dust and water proof, and features 12 megapixels, 2.7 inch LCD, a 5x zoom lens and HD movie recording. Available for less than £250 / $275, Gavin Stoker gets to grips with the Pentax Optio W90 in our latest in-depth review.
Sombra Projects is proud to present its inaugural exhibition at the New York Photo Festival, a collaborative effort dedicated to showcasing social documentary photography within a fine art aesthetic. Sombra Projects grew out of a network of photographers based primarily in New York City as a way to present personal work and share their experiences. Sombra Projects exists as a compliment to the photographers’ individual endeavors and provides them an opportunity to work together, allowing them to make connections between their diverse experiences and to engage in a conversation to about their lives and, more importantly, the
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people and places in front of the lens.
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45-Gigapixel Photo Sets New Record
Gerald Donovan has posted a 45-gigapixel panorama of Dubai to the Gigapan website. Read more and comment »
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Panasonic Releases Firmware Updates for MFT Cameras
Adobe Camera Raw 6.1 Release Candidate
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In keeping with its promise made last month, Panasonic has announced firmware updates for the first three of its Micro Four Thirds (MFT) cameras, including the G1, GH1 and GF1 models.
Adobe has posted a release candidate of ACR 6.1 for Photoshop CS5 users.
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Ricoh CX3 Firmware 1.09
TimeShot
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Ricoh has issued a firmwre update for the Ricoh CX3 digital compact camera. TimeShot is a very interesting web application that allows you to “paint” with your photos.
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Sigma APO 120-400mm f4.55.6 DG OS HSM for Sony and Pentax
Behind the Crown (6 Photos) MAY 14, 2010 01:00A.M.
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All images © Ackerman Gruber Ackerman Gruber Images are on the second year of their commissioned project entitled Behind The Crown: Chasing The Title of Miss. The photos below are from their time documenting both Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants. They are presently in Vegas documenting the 16-day Miss USA pageant using both motion and stills.
Sigma has launched the Sigma APO 120-400mm f4.5-5.6 DG OS HSM in Sony and Pentax mounts. Read more and comment »
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Samsung WB5500 MAY 14, 2010 06:05P.M.
Samsung Germany has announced the 13.8-megapixel Samsung WB5500 digital camera with a 26x zoom lens.
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Low-Fi Street Lenticulars = Photo Inspiration in Street Art MAY 13, 2010 10:00P.M.
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fun new photo prop.)
Light & Land Launches New Photo Tour to Isle of Wight
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But when we came across this clever lenticular made out of an iron gate in Berlin, we couldn’t help ourselves. Made with photo-realistic strips attached to slats, it’s invisible from the front, and shows a different pic from each side. May it inspire some creative new photo displays in your life… or at least a re-visit to our DIY Lenticular Tutorial! Low-Fi Lenticular on Berlin Street via Jake Dobkin
Light & Land has announced a new tour to the Isle of Wight.
p.s. Wanna score some free Mailable Polapost Frames? Find out how on facebook!
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Philippe Petit in Conversation with Tom Wool MAY 13, 2010 06:25P.M. Related posts: 1. How to Shoot Impromptu Street Portraits 2. Inspiration in Lost Photographs: Grab the tissues. We’re about to get sentimental. 3. 500 Photographers – 100 Weeks of Photo Inspiration © Photojojo, 2010. | Permalink Add to del.icio.us
On 14 June, high wire artist Philippe Petit will engage in a freewheeling conversation with photographer Tom Wool, whose images of Tibet’s Rongbuk Valley are the subject of a current exhibition at the Rubin Museum of art. Read more and comment »
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“Real New York” Photo Contest
ISO Sensitivity
MAY 13, 2010 06:20P.M.
MAY 13, 2010 02:45A.M. ISO refers to how sensitive the camera’s sensor is to light. The higher the ISO sensitivity number, the less light is required to make an exposure. Use ISO, coupled with aperture and shutter speed, to achieve the “correct” exposure. Auto ISO: when this menu function is chosen, the camera will automatically [...]
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Casio EX-FH100 Review MAY 12, 2010 07:00P.M.
Datacolor has launched the “Real New York” online photography competition. Read more and comment »
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Canon Produces 40 Millionth EOS SLR Camera MAY 13, 2010 06:15P.M.
The brand new Casio EX-FH100 compact camera can shoot at 40 frames every second, zoom from 24 to 240mm, record 720p HD movies with stereo sound, and has a 10 megapixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor. As if that wasn’t enough for a camera that retails for £279 / $349, the Casio FH100 has a multitude of clever scene modes for beginners and a full range of creative shooting modes for the more experienced, with the added bonus of support for DNG RAW files. Mark Goldstein finds out if the Casio EX-FH100’s sophisticated technology can deliver the goods... Read the review »
Canon announced today that combined production of the company’s EOS-series film and digital SLR cameras passed the 40-million mark. Read more and comment »
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Exposure 2010 Now Open for Entries
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150-Year-Old Photos Find New Home in BT’s Online Gallery
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ArtistsWanted.org has issued a call for submissions to their second annual photo competition, Exposure. Over 1,000 historic BT Archive images from the 1860s onwards can now be downloaded thanks to Telefocus - the new BT Archives Image Gallery.
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Witness the Fitness Photo Contest
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Photograph Caitlin Moe for Her New Album Cover
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Talenthouse has issued a new Creative Invite for photographers to shoot electric violin player Caitlin Moe for the cover of her new album. Read more and comment »
To celebrate the launch of its iPhone app British Military Fitness: My Fitness Instructor, Military Fitness Ltd. has announced a photography competition entitled, “Witness the Fitness”.
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Still in Motion London Photography Festival
POYi at The Annenberg Space for Photography
MAY 12, 2010 06:10P.M.
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The Annenberg Space for Photography presents its next exhibit, Pictures of THE YEAR International (POYi), with images from one of the most prestigious photojournalism competitions in the world. Still in Motion is a company that aims to promote contemporary photography both in Paris and London by way of organising a photography festival that will “build a bridge over the Channel”.
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Disaster Tourism (6 photos)
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“Architecture Naturally” Winners Announced MAY 12, 2010 06:05P.M.
The winning entries for ADP’s second student photography competition, Architecture Naturally, have been announced an exhibition, held at London’s Bankside Gallery. © Ambroise Tèzenas Read more and comment » The ruins of Xuankou middle school in Yingxiu town, leveled by the massive 2008 earthquake in southwestern China. The Chinese government has officially endorsed tours of devastated areas as a form of economic subsidy.
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“Sichuan 5.12 Earthquake Ruins Tour” by Ambroise Tèzenas is included in the upcoming PDN Photo Annual 2010 online gallery.
Tourists stand amongst the ruins of Hanwang Zhen town, part of the city of Mianzhu. Ruins of Hanwang Zhen. Shifang chemical plant ruins. Memorial at the site of the chemical plant. Memorial at Xiaoyudong bridge.
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A Moment at the Checkpoint
Sony Develops InterchangeableLens HD Camcorder
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Sony is developing an interchangeable-lens AVCHD camcorder that will be compatible with the new E-mount lenses developed for the Sony NEX-3 and NEX-5 cameras. Read more and comment » © Maya Hitij PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG - NEWS Palestinian boys who sell CDs and DVDs at Kalandia checkpoint (between Jerusalem and West Bank city of Ramallah) warm their hands as they sit next to the separation barrier, May 2, 2010. This image is one of thousands archived in the New York Times Lens Blog’s “A Moment in Time” project. The Lens blog invited the entire world to submit images that were taken precisely at 15:00 U.T.C. (12:00pm E.S.T) on May 2, 2010. See the impressive interactive gallery and view the photos here.
Canon IXUS 300 HS MAY 11, 2010 05:25P.M.
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Sony NEX-3 / NEX-5 MAY 11, 2010 05:35P.M.
The Canon IXUS 300 HS is a premium compact featuring a 10megapixel CMOS sensor, a 28-106mm equivalent f/2.0-5.3 lens with image stabilisation, semi-manual exposure modes and 720p HD movie recording. Read more and comment »
Sony has launched its first mirrorless interchangeable-lens system cameras, the Sony NEX-5 and the Sony NEX-3. Read more and comment »
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Phocus 2.5 for Mac
The Natural World
MAY 11, 2010 05:20P.M.
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The Natural World - Portraits of Earth’s Great Ecosystems is a new coffee-table book that explores, in panoramic format, six continents and ten ecosystems celebrating Earth’s diversity of life.
Hasselblad’s Phocus 2.5 for Apple computers allows users to import raw files from more than 150 DSLR cameras, and features support for most standard image file formats.
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Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo HX
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Jerusalem Always MAY 11, 2010 05:10P.M.
Sony Electronics will be enhancing its lineup of Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo HX memory cards to increase transfer speeds. Jerusalem Always is a new book by renowned photographer Marcelo Bendahan.
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Photography by Flying Lawn Chair (a.k.a. Motorized Paraglider)
p.s. Love aerial photography? Here’s two ways you can do it yourself: DIY Aerial Balloon Photography, Attach a Camera to a Kite
MAY 11, 2010 01:00A.M.
Related posts: 1. Throw Gravity Out the Window — The “Dreams of Flying” Photo Series 2. A Healthy Dose of Photo Inspiration — George Lange’s 2006 Photo Flipbook 3. Better Than a Lead Balloon: Aerial Balloon Photography © Photojojo, 2010. | Permalink Add to del.icio.us
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Los Jardines de México (Four Photos)
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*New* in the Photojojo Store Best Lil’ Photo Shop anywhere Shinjuku Photo Scrap-Kit Polapost Mailable Frames Smoke Drops Special Effects George Steinmetz gets as far away as he can, then he snaps the shutter. A new angle in photography is rare, so we’re always impressed when someone manages a vantage point we haven’t seen. George certainly qualifies. Soaring above the African desert in a motorized para-glider (think flying lawn chair), then landing in remote villages and befriending the inhabitants, he gets the sort of shot you’ve seen, but had no idea how they were made.
All photos © Janelle Lynch
Thanks George, for reminding us that sometimes to really see something, you have to get really (really) far away.
Fine-art photographer Janelle Lynch’s work explores themes related to the life cycle and representations thereof in the urban and rural landscape. The images shown here are from Mexico City and Chiapas, and are part of her forthcoming book (Janelle Lynch: Los Jardines de
Steinmetz’s Aerial Photography [via The Photography Post and The New Yorker]
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México, Radius Books, Spring 2011). The publication came about after the photographer was nominated for the Santa Fe Prize for Photography in 2009. As a nominee, Lynch was also invited to participate in Review Santa Fe, where she met acquisitions editor and Radius Books co-founder Darius Himes.
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Fujifilm FinePix S1800 Review MAY 10, 2010 07:00P.M.
The new Fujifilm FinePix S1800 super-zoom is the cheaper relative of the S2500HD, with the only difference being the lack of an HDMI port. Competitively priced at less than £175 / $200, the 12 megapixel S1800 offers a very versatile 18x lens, 3 inch LCD screen, full manual control and HD movie recording. Read the World’s first online Fujifilm FinePix S1800 review now. Read the review »
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Fantasea Eyes Grow Bigger MAY 10, 2010 06:45P.M.
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Fantasea Line has announced a range of new Fantasea Eyes products designed to be compatible with almost any housing in the market, including Fantasea, Canon, Fujifilm, Sony, Olympus, Sea&Sea and more.
Canon UK has announced a new student cashback on the Canon EOs 7D and EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR cameras. Read more and comment »
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DxO Optics Pro 6.2
Benro Travel Angel
MAY 10, 2010 06:25P.M.
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DxO Labs have launched DxO Optics Pro 6.2 for Windows and Mac, which supports Canon 550D and Sony Alpha DSLR-A450 in both its Standard and Elite editions, and the Canon 1D Mark IV and Nikon D3s in its Elite edition.
The new Benro Travel Angel tripods are now available in the UK. Read more and comment »
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Student Cashback on Canon EOS 7D & 5D Mark II
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Bicycle Portraits
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Bicycle Portraits - everyday South Africans and their bicycles is a photography book project initiated by Stan Engelbrecht and Nic Grobler. Read more and comment »
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Photovision Roadshows MAY 10, 2010 06:15P.M.
This year, DCP Systems will be supporting the Manchester and Coventry events of the Photovision Roadshows. Read more and comment »
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