I’ve always been curious about this little jewel of a camera. I often wonder how my shooting experience would be with a rangefinder as opposed to an SLR. Matthew Shechmeister over at wired takes us through a tour of the Leica Factory and gives us a glimpse behind the legendary camera company. Enjoy!
I found Lisa Wiseman via Peter Belanger’s twitter stream. Lisa’s portraits are incredibly beautiful, and often peaceful. I was visiting her site and found a section on what she calls “The New Polaroid“. The images are wonderful and her description of this new method is perfect.
“In concept and ideology the iPhone mimics polaroid, however it pushes the aesthetic forward by utilizing a new non-film (but technologically infantile) medium. Just like traditional polaroids had a specific size and unique look, iPhone photos are unmistakable because the technology limits them to a fixed size and resolution and imbues them with a unique chromatic aberration that says iPhone and nothing else.
I love the new polaroid.”
Visit her site: http://www.lisawiseman.com/, follow her on twitter: @lisamwiseman, and check out her tumbleblog: http://lisawiseman.tumblr.com, and finally, her blog: http://lisawiseman.blogspot.com/
Also, she’s one of PDN’s 30.
All images used with permission.
“After studying at the Academy of Arts in Prague, Miroslav Tichý (born 1926) withdrew to a life in isolation in his hometown of Kyjov, Moravia, Czech Republic In the late 1950s he quit painting and became a distinctive Diogenes-like figure. From the end of the 1960s he began to take photographs mainly of local women, in part with cameras he made by hand. He later mounted them on hand-made frames, added finishing touches in pencil, and thus moved them from photography in the direction of drawing. The result is works of strikingly unusual formal qualities, which disregard the rules of conventional photography. They constitute a large oeuvre of poetic, dreamlike views of feminine beauty in a small town under the Czechoslovak Communist régime.”
– http://www.tichyocean.com/
Shooting DSLR Video is tricky when using autofocus. When shooting DSLR video, we are forced to follow-focus manually while following our subject. The HoodLoupe 2.0 helps by turning your DSLR’s LCD screen into a decent electronic view finder. It’s 3 element eyepiece tops off a rigid-rubber light shield that covers a 3-inch screen and delivers 100% magnification. It’s an immediate and inexpensive solution.
Total cost: $115.00
Imagine a Google Earth view through the Grand Canyon! Thomas Hayden is trying to bring this idea into reality by taking a team down the Grand Canyon on a raft and taking ultra-hires images then making them available on Google Earth.
He’s asking for $2,500.
Visual artist Sam O’Hare did an amazing short film shooting about 35,000 still pictures with his Nikon D3! Very cool!
Check out an interview with all the details here: http://bit.ly/aFmaPZ
The Sandpit from Sam O'Hare on Vimeo.
Today’s random word is Slot (what’s this feature about?):
pıctosophızıng ƒar ƒrom the chaoıds by jef safi
Today’s tweets:
DIY food photography: http://www.ardascafe.com/Ardas_Cafe/Ardas/Entries/2010/2/26_Food_Photography_at_Arda’s_Cafe.html (here’s a shot):
Here’s some link love:
I just finished watching the entire Digital Photography One on One with Mark Wallace series on YouTube. He has a ton of other videos online and with a recent deal between snapfactory.com (Mark) and Adorama, he’s going to be showing more than 150 videos. Really cool and useful stuff. Follow his YouTube channel where he also does iPhone videos of behind the scene stuff and interviews with people in photography.
Below is the first of the Digital Photography One on One video:
And the other link is to livebooks’ Resolve Blog: http://blog.livebooks.com/ To quote their blog:
A collaborative online community that brings together photographers and creative professionals of every kind to find ways to keep photography relevant, respected, and profitable.
Full of great articles and interesting posts.
And, finally, Ariel Sinson, Los Angeles photographer, with eloquent and street photography and portraits on his site 50mm and additional images on modelmayhem.
Much love and happy snapping!
Today’s random word is Slot (what’s this feature about?):
Wow! I love this feature because I find so many interesting photographers on Flickr. Check out the rest of Pieter’s photos, he can capture details so crisply.
Some link love:
Ainsley Joseph, photographer, Integrated Circuit Mask Design Engineer, nerd, extremely generous and nice guy. Ainsley started doing photo stuff in January 2009 and since then has embarked on a 365 project where each day he aims to make a new photo and learn something new along the way. But he’s not only doing this for himself, he’s also sharing with the community by posting his setup for many of the shots Check out his 365 project on Flickr. There is a link to each setup on the description, so scroll down a little in each pic.
Much love and happy snapping!
Today’s random word is Ink (what’s this feature about?):
Procreation from the White on Red Series by Chaval Brasil
Today’s tweets:
David Poge: Photoshop and Photography – When is it real? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/technology/personaltech/25pogue-email.html
You can follow us on twitter: @snaptoast
Much love and happy snapping!
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