Archive for October, 2006



Putting together a slideshow with sound, or “Soundslides, Magnum in Motion, and the 95/5 principle”

How to make a slideshow for a 5% of the production costs compared to Magnum in Motion. After using iMovie to put together a slideshow on my Mac, I decided to go with a another solution—Soundslides (Mac and PC) for a few simple reasons: Soundslides doesn’t tend to spit out huge files that […]

Joel Meyerwitz on street photography (video)

Recently, I’ve been looking around for videos of photographers on the net and I found this video of Joel Meyerowitz explaining how he goes about doing street photography. Meyerowitz, dressed like a cat burglar, black cap and all, black Leica in hand, weaves around pedestrians on a Manhattan sidewalk, clicking away. His snaps are then […]

Henry Wilhelm’s take on new pigment inkjet printers, Photokina 2006

Vincent Oliver, over at photo-i.co.uk sat down for an video interview at the Photokina with Henry Wilhelm from Wilhelm Research and got Henry’s take on what’s exciting about pigment inkjet printers from the past couple of years. In particular, he mentions the new HP z2100 and z3100, and its self profiling ability. Then he discusses […]

A definition of Documentary Art: Szarkowski, Gedney

Alec Soth’s blog led me over to the notebooks of William Gedney online at Duke and to a nice definition of documentary art that Gedney quotes in one of his notebooks from John Swarkowski: “A documentary art work must appear to be unmanipulated, literal, clear, complete, and easy; it must not allow its art to show; […]

Alec Soth has a blog

Alec Soth dove into blogging a couple of weeks ago has already addressed topics like parenting and being a photographer, how he finds his subjects, and the controversy brewing around a photograph taken by Thomas Hoepker on 9/11. Alec even reprinted an email he got from Hoepker on that subject. Surprisingly, for someone who already […]

Leica M8 video, sample images taken with the Leica M8

There are a few video reviews out there now of the digital Leica M8 from the Photokina. I’ve seen a few and this one answers a few questions users may have. Michael Reichmann’s Photokina video blog takes a look at the M8 and concludes that the camera itself is what everyone hoped for—an solidly […]




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Mcnamara at PopPhoto sez their lens tests are the best cause they use an optical bench. Consistent objectivity. I’ll keep that in mind next time I read a lens review.

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» PicLens toggles online images to fullscreen. For Mac (Safari only). Click on a picture from Flickr, Photobucket, Facebook, Google, Yahoo, or Ask.com image search, and get a fullscreen image instantly. Can then cycle through images in fullscreen mode.
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» Interesting NYTimes article on Jerome Liebling, photographer and filmmaker. Tribute to him tonight at the Museum of Television and Radio in NYC.
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» flickr and Google Earth mashed up. Wow.
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» Eddie Adams workshop report. That’s 50 photo students, and 50 young photo professionals all together for a workshop. Second year its all digital.
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» Alternative processes site. Argyrotypes, Bromoils, Gum Bichromates, Wetplate Collodions. Back to the roots. Go roots.
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» Wanyne Yang interview with Kitra Cahana on his blog, Eight Diagrams. She won 3rd place Picture of the Year. Go Kitra.
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» Weegee photo on cover of Time magazine. Big rear-end of an elephant. Go Weegee.
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» More sample M8 pictures on a Hong Kong Leica forum.
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» Photoshop LAB black and white conversion Martin Fuchs gives a nice explanation of his PS action (download is free). As good as it gets without buying a plugin.
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» Martin Evening reviews Adobe Lightroom’s develope module Quick update on what’s new in ‘Beta 4′. Go Martin.
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