Jun 29
P NutNews, Photography, Quicklinks photojournalism
I find it funny how 2 art students would win a photojournalism contest and then reveal that all the pictures that they submitted were staged. The British Journal of Photography writes about it here.
What I find interesting here is that the winners studied the winning pieces and photojournalism’s cliches. I know that this would probably spark a lot of talks and hopefully, progress.
Jun 27
P NutPhotography akina uy, Photoblog, strobist
This picture was supposed to be used for an ID that turned into a glamor type portrait. I guess I’m just looking for reasons to shoot.
The set-up was fairly easy — 1 softbox on top and 1 reflector below to bounce the light. 1 softbox to light the background to make editing easy.
Personally, I think that the exposure is around +1/3, give or take, on the highlights. With some make up and what not this would’ve been perfect.
Jun 16
P NutPhotography Olympus E-P1 (Digital Pen)
Looks like Olympus is catching up with the market. The Olympus E-P1 (Digital Pen) seems like it’s one of the most advanced point-and-shoot cameras so far.
Advantages of this over other leading non-dSLRs in the market is the interchangeable lenses, this uses the same sensor as some of their dslrs, HD video capture, multiple exposures, and being able to create slideshow movies in-camera. Seriously, this one is much better than the dSLR that Im’ using right now, although I doubt that clients will take me seriously if they see me using this one.
The camera doesn’t have a built-in pop up flash but it does have a hot shoe. An external flash is sold separately. Alternatively, you can snap a flash trigger there and use speedlites/studio strobes to go off camera — functioning exactly just like any other dSLR.
Jun 16
P NutPhotography, Quicklinks
Invesp lists down Top Photography Blogs. If you’re done reading all the articles in your RSS reader, then I would suggest that you visit the list and add some more sites like I did.
Apparently, Invep sampled 20,000 sites and based their calculations based on RSS memberships, Yahoo incoming links, Google PageRanks, etc. One thing that you might want to take note of, is that a lot of these sites are actually technical/gear/tutorial sites. Although there is nothing wrong with that, but there are some really nice photography sites that are not included in the list — most of which just simply feature their portfolios.
Jun 05
P NutPhotography Photoblog, strobist water drop
Had some free time today to do an exercise. This one’s probably one of the most challenging table top photography I had to do because of the set up. But it gets easy once you get the hang of it.
Jun 02
P NutPhotography, Quicklinks, Video dean collins
Dean Collins is a renowned photographer. He taught advanced lighting classes during the 80s and apparently, he’s one guy who knows how to use the different gear they had back then and he understood how light works. His lectures are pretty much scattered in Youtube and they are still very much applicable in this day and age. Of all the videos, what got my attention is his take on digital photos, manipulation, and stock photos. This was shot in 1998 and most, if not all, are pretty accurate.
Jun 01
P NutPhotography, Quicklinks
Here’s a cool way to trigger Canon EOS Dslrs — use your iPhone. But seriously, I don’t think it’s very much worth it but it looks cool though.
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