Chicago Sun-Times will train reporters on ‘iPhone photography basics’ | Poynter.: "After letting go of its entire photo staff Thursday, the Chicago Sun-Times plans to begin mandatory training on “iPhone photography basics.” Media writer Robert Feder referred to the training in a Facebook post, and quotes a memo from Editor Craig Newman: “In the coming days and weeks, we’ll be working with all editorial employees to train and outfit you as much as possible to produce the content we need.”"
Slide Show: Ilona Szwarc's American Girls : The New Yorker: "Over the past two years, Ilona Szwarc has documented over a hundred girls and their American Girl dolls. Ilona first encountered the American Girl phenomenon while photographing the streets of New York. “I kept noticing girls walking around with their look-alike dolls,” she told me. “Initially, I was very drawn to this beautiful image of a little girl with her mini-twin.” The franchise began with a handful of dolls (the names Samantha, Addie, Kirsten, Molly may ring a bell with fellow-millennials) styled after different periods of American history. In 1995, the line was expanded to include more contemporary models, and introduced the popular option to customize the hair and skin color of the doll."
'That Tree': Photographer Mark Hirsch Becomes One With An Oak Tree In Lovely Documentary Project (PHOTOS): "Mark Hirsch, a 52-year-old photojournalist based out of Dubuque, Iowa, has formed an unlikely attachment to a tree. The attachment is so strong, in fact, that he's spent the last year photographing it, venturing out to this lone oak each day to capture a unique snapshot of his photosynthetic friend."
Magic Lantern brings the gift of Raw video to Canon 50D: "This comes in the wake of Magic Lantern first getting Raw video out of a Canon 5D Mark III, and since then the functionality has spread to a number of other Canon DSLRs. What makes the case of the Canon 50D special is that unlike other Canon cameras that have been overhauled with Magic Lantern's software enhancements, it never had video to begin with — and now it can not only shoot video footage, but can do it in Raw, too."
Photography exhibit: 'Luces Y Sombras' shows Mexico through travelers' eyesLong Beach Press-Telegram
Each one ventured south of the border, drawn by different reasons, from the country's social and political changes and emerging art movements that followed the Mexican Revolution to wanting to capture its people, sacred and mundane architecture ...
Fine Art Photography Exhibit Opens Today With ReceptionVoices News
WASHINGTON DEPOT —That Which Is, an exhibit of fine art photography by Marcia Lippman, will open Saturday, June 1, with a reception from 2 to 5 p.m., and continue through July 20 at KMR Arts, 2 Titus Rd. The exhibit includes Ms. Lippman's gelatin ...
Art News: Photographer captures life in LA neighborhoodLong Beach Press-Telegram
Michael Cannon, a photographer who has long lived in the urban Los Angeles neighborhood near Third Street and Vermont Avenue, recently had back surgery and had to walk regularly to get better. Carrying his camera with him, ... Cannon works in the ...
Security Camera Paintings Are an Art Project for Big Brother - GizmodoBy Eric Limer
There are security cameras all over the place, and as we creep ever forward into a technological utopia distopia future, there are going to be even more, gazing at you from the street corners, in stores, and who knows where else. But all that ...
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High speed photography with friggin' lasers - Hack a DayBy Mike Szczys
[Bruce] built his own high-speed photography equipment for a fraction of the price it would have cost him to purchase it. He was ... To capture an image like this one the camera is placed in a dark room and set for a long exposure. At just the ...
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Leading lines: powerful tools for your iPhone photography ...
In the past we have talked about ways to capture our viewer's attention and imagination in our photographs. We've talked about compositional rules, focus.
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