2012 Northern Short Course – Day 3
The third and final day of the 2012 Northern Short Course in Photojournalism began with a real treat: Gerd Ludwig. Ludwig is an amazing German photographer who has worked for pretty much any publication that matters (Time, Nat Geo, Life, Stern, Spiegel, etc.), producing a poignant body of work that focuses heavily on the former ...
Phase One IQ Conference
A few days ago, I attended the Phase One IQ conference in New York to familiarize myself with the latest offerings in digital medium format photography. Phase One released their new digital back, IQ, in three versions last year: 40MP, 60MP, and 80MP. Since I haven’t used medium format since college, cranking 120 film through ...
Kites of Asia
This Saturday, March 20, 2012, the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum (NASM) will be hosting Kites of Asia, a fun, interactive, and educational event about the rich history and beauty of kites. Amongst the museum’s other methods of flight, these kites will be on display throughout the main floor as well as kite-making stations ...
2012 Northern Short Course – Day 2
The first day of NSC was great introduction to what the next two days were going to bring. The agenda was well thought out as each workshop built upon the other and/or overlapped in skillsets. The second day’s morning lecture was addressing the meaning of photography as well as how to leverage and even monetize ...
Funny Fstoppers D4 Unboxing
I’m a fan of the guys at Fstoppers.com and have been since practically their beginning a little over two years ago. Co-founders Lee Morris and Partick Hall have done a great job with their site by presenting quality content and building a community, all while showcasing their photographic and videographic talents. With this video, they ...
Concert for Japan
March 11, 2011, Japan. A 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami destroyed coastal areas. The tsunami also flooded a nuclear power plant, the Fukushima Dai-Ichi, in northeastern Honshu. The triple disaster displaced over 300,000, killed 19,000, and made a 20-mile (30km) radius uninhabitable for decades to come. On the anniversary of the disaster, Naomi and Michael ...
2012 Northern Short Course – Day 1
The state of the news delivery and consumption has been in constant flux since news went online and cameras went digital. Things changed again when cellphones got decent enough cameras and could leverage social media like Facebook and video-sharing sites like YouTube. And not too long ago, photography was rocked again with the introduction of ...