Are paper based publications dead? probably not, they have such a great feel and look. But Woa! there’s one heck of a lot of online magazines cropping up, or at least coming to the fore, like they never have before.
‘Too Much Chocolate’ is today’s find – courtesy of Flakphoto – and in particular an interview withBrooklyn based photographer Noah Kalina.
We’ve featured a link to PhotoAttorney in our sidebar for a while. But now there’s a UK source of legal information specifically for photographers too…
Three guys… Darren Hector (photographer) James Barisic (solicitor) Phill Price photo social networker)… combine to present the PhotoLegal blog.
Currently they have two Podcasts available, with the second episode specifically including the topic of Photography in Public Places.
Aerial photography seems to have become a bit of a trending topic of late… and here’s another one – Jason Hawkes has been carrying his Nikon D3 aboard helicopters around the world, hanging out the doorway and capturing landscapes – most somehow affected by humans. Via The Big Picture he is sharing with us 26 of his favorite photos from above France, Las Vegas, Hong Kong, the UK and more – with links to Google maps where available.
For almost a century Jharia coal fields have been on fire in the Indian state of Jharkhand, due to poor mining techniques.
Many of the people who live on the burning fields survive by collecting coal illegally. The coal is burned and then transported to nearby markets for very little money.
A resettlement plan has been put in place, but the area’s residents are reluctant to move to safer grounds because the coal earns them their livelihood…
This story has been shot entirely with the Canon 5D Mark II by Poul Madsen and Brent Foster from Bombay Flying Club – bombayfc.com
Foto8 has a report by Paul Lowe on the World Press Photo Awards. Held in Amsterdam this year it took on a poigniant air, coming as it did on the day after the murderous events of Queens Day in the Netherlands.
Paul’s report includes video responses to the awards by Anthony Suau, Claudia Hinterseer, Pep Bonet, and Brenda Anne Keanally.
Panos Pictures has this down as their picture of the day. We’d like to agree. Taken by Sergey Maximishin in the Theological college, Makhachkala, Dagestan, April 2008.
Here is a video tutorial from the book ‘CS4 the Ultimate Workshop’ by Martin Evening and Jeff Schewe.
This isn’t exactly a hidden feature in Camera Raw, but this movie does demonstrate a workaround for correcting perspective of raw files while keeping them fully editable in Camera Raw. Here’s how it can be done.
As you may well know, Mexico City is completely paralyzed due to the outbreak of the new influenza virus. The World Health Organizations has raised to 5 the global alert level, and many countries are already taking preventive meassures, and many others already have an important number of confirmed cases.
We would like to ask all of you to share with us what is happening in your cities regarding this unprecedented situation. We think that the best we can do in difficult times is to feel a sense of togetherness with our communities, and to express ourselves creatively.
Wishing health to all of you!
New York Photo Awards deadline has been extended to May 10.
Raffle Award
$250 B&H Photo coupon for all submissions and ticket orders received will be awarded on May 13 at The powerHouse Arena (one raffle chance per order).
Prizes categories
* $250 B&H Photo coupon good at either the store at 9th Ave. @ 34th St. or online
* $125 gift card from powerHouse Books
* $75 gift card from powerHouse Books
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Winners Prizes
* Brand-new Canon G10 cameras courtesy of B&H Photo towards a pool of prizes to be awarded to this year’s award winners.
* Book printing from PCP (powerHouse Custom Publishing)
* 1 full day of sessions at The powerHouse Portfolio Reviews
Lori Nix photographs miniature, saturated landscapes. They depict public spaces dedicated to history and science. In may of her works Nix emotes the clash between catastrophe and beauty and their co dependence.
Blue Mitchell has launched his new magazine Diffusion – dedicated to unconventional photographic processes and photo related artwork. Nip over to 15×10 to read an interview with Blue about the new venture.
The competition is open for 8 weeks from 1st May till 30th June 2009
Open to professional photographers based in the northern regions of the UK -Â from the Midlands to the Scottish Isles -
working within the disciplines of advertising, editorial, fashion, design.