"The question I get asked the most is: “Wow, nice pic! Which camera are you using?” Does that sound familiar? In the past, every time I heard this question I would answer in the same way: by telling people which camera I was using, but that it didn’t really matter in my opinion.
Beginners and hobby photographers usually expect that, if they can only save enough money to buy much better equipment, this will improve their results in a linear way. Maybe that’s the reason so many people are buying DSLR cameras without knowing how or even having an open mind about learning how to use one..." READ FULL ARTICLE (via PetaPixel)
An Educational Resource for Photographic Enlightenment and Inspiration
2.26.2015
2.25.2015
2.23.2015
Jessie Tarbox Beals: America's First Photojournalist
"Here’s a photograph of Jessie Tarbox Beals, America’s first female photojournalist, with her camera on a street a century ago..." (Read More and See Photos via PetaPixel)
2.22.2015
Volkswagen Anti-Selfie and Driving Ads
"Volkswagen Ads Show The Deadly Consequences Of Taking Selfies While Driving" (See Ads via Design Taxi)
MediaStorm Projects on Award Shortlist
For Michael Tabon, being black, young and poor in America made incarceration feel inescapable. Behind bars he realized his true destiny: to be a one-man prison and premature death prevention power movement. Fight Hate with Love explores what's possible and what's sacrificed when one man tries to cha See the project at http://mediastorm.com/publication/fight-hate-with-love
2.20.2015
Portraits of Cuba - Carolyn Cole
"Los Angeles Times photographer Carolyn Cole spent several days in Cuba after President Obama announced plans to normalize relations between the United States and the island nation and captured these images." SEE PHOTOS
2.17.2015
Rules and Ethics of Digital Photojournalism
Debating the Rules and Ethics of Digital Photojournalism
"Significant questions have arisen after a large number of images were disqualified from this year’s World Press Photo competition because of excessive — and sometimes blatant — post-processing. After independent experts examined the images being considered for prizes in the final rounds, and presented their findings to the jury, 20 percent of the photos were disqualified by the judges. This was often because of significant addition or subtraction to the image content. These disqualifications — almost three times more than in last year’s competition — have generated discussion about the standards in photojournalism for post processing and the alteration of images. Understandably, there is concern over the degree of manipulation in widely published images. Hoping to forge a conversation on what happened and how the photojournalism community might move forward, Lens has asked several participants in the World Press Photo competition, as well as other photographers, to reflect on these issues..."(READ FULL ARTICLE) - via The New York Times Lens Blog
"Significant questions have arisen after a large number of images were disqualified from this year’s World Press Photo competition because of excessive — and sometimes blatant — post-processing. After independent experts examined the images being considered for prizes in the final rounds, and presented their findings to the jury, 20 percent of the photos were disqualified by the judges. This was often because of significant addition or subtraction to the image content. These disqualifications — almost three times more than in last year’s competition — have generated discussion about the standards in photojournalism for post processing and the alteration of images. Understandably, there is concern over the degree of manipulation in widely published images. Hoping to forge a conversation on what happened and how the photojournalism community might move forward, Lens has asked several participants in the World Press Photo competition, as well as other photographers, to reflect on these issues..."(READ FULL ARTICLE) - via The New York Times Lens Blog
2.16.2015
2.15.2015
2.12.2015
World Press Photo 2015 Winners
View the entire collection of winning images from the 58th World Press Photo Contest. The winners were selected from more than 95, 000 images submitte to the contest:
- World Press Photo 2015
- Related: World Press Photo Disqualifies 20% of Contest Entries via TIME
- Related: Picture of the Year Latin America (POYLATAM) will be accepting submissions from March 5th to April 7th: poylatam.org
2.11.2015
Photographers Behind Their Famous PIctures
2.10.2015
Free Photoshop Alternative for Mac Users
Affinity Photo is a New Pro Photoshop Alternative for Mac Users: Get It for Free (Read About it on PetaPixel)
- Download free Beta version here
2.04.2015
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