Tag: PHOTO

Topic: PHOTO - on May 20, 2014 at 3:27:00 PM CEST

The Ansel Adams Wilderness: A photographic tribute by Peter Essick

Esteemed National Geographic contributing photographer Peter Essick revisited the Ansel Adams Wilderness 75 years after Adams’s photographs made it famous, to pay tribute to Ansel Adams and the California sierra Nevada wilderness area named in his honor. These images come from his new book, ‘The Ansel Adams Wilderness.’ From the books’ introduction: “Like Adams, I am a native Californian familiar with the High Sierra, and some of my first successful photos were of this wilderness area (located between Yosemite National Park and Mammoth Lakes, and renamed for Adams following his death in 1984). For 25 years I have traveled throughout the world as a photographer for National Geographic magazine, but the High Sierra always has had a special place in my heart.”

Peter Essick

boston.com

... Link (0 comments) ... Comment

Topic: PHOTO - on May 9, 2014 at 4:46:00 PM CEST

Fotografen spotten: Amazon lässt sich Aufnahmen vor weißem Hintergrund patentieren

Amazon hat sich einen Studio-Aufbau patentieren lassen, den nahezu alle Fotografen und Filmemacher anwenden. Dafür erntet der amerikanische Konzern Häme im Netz.

Die Fotografen in den USA sind irritiert. Das US-Patentamt (USPTO) hat einen Amazon-Antrag abgesegnet, das dem Online-Versandhaus die Rechte an einem Fotostudio-Aufbau sichert. Doch das Patent schützt nicht etwa eine besonders ausgefallene Aufnahmetechnik. Es geht um die ganz gewöhnliche Methode, ein Objekt oder eine Person vor einem schattenlosen weißen Hintergrund abzulichten. Ein Aufbau, den Fotografen und Filmemacher schon seit Jahren einsetzen. So ist unter anderem der Elektronikkonzern Apple für seine Produktvideos bekannt, in denen die Mitarbeiter grundsätzlich vor einem strahlend weißen Hintergrund interviewt werden.

spiegel.de

... Link (0 comments) ... Comment

Topic: PHOTO - on April 5, 2014 at 4:03:00 PM CEST

Thousands of photographs of Tibet

Gorgeous photographs of Tibet, thousands of them by Jan Reurink with excellent, informative captions. Exceptionally detailed, clear photographs of a huge variety of Tibetan landscapes, architecture of all kinds, flowers, wildlife, cool details, monastic cities. Of course, all kinds of Tibetan people, from a high plains cowboy in a dusty town, monastic staff, nomads to kids.

metafilter.com

... Link (0 comments) ... Comment

Topic: PHOTO - on January 9, 2014 at 4:36:00 PM CET

How One Photographer Is Hacking the Concept of Time

Hungarian photographer Adam Magyar doesn't work like most artists. He takes the world's most sophisticated photographic equipment, then hacks it with software he writes himself — all in order to twist our perception of time inside out. In this latest story from the digital publisher MATTER, Joshua Hammer discovers how Magyar's unique combination of technology and art challenges the way we understand the world. At one point, Magyar realized he needed a 'slit-scan' camera, 'the type used to determine photo finishes at racetracks and at Olympic sporting events by capturing a time sequence in one image.

medium.com

... Link (0 comments) ... Comment

Topic: PHOTO - on December 22, 2013 at 2:54:00 PM CET

2013 National Geographic Photography Contest Winners

The winners have been named in the 2013 National Geographic Photography contest. As a leader in capturing our world through brilliant imagery, National Geographic sets the standard for photographic excellence. Professional photographers and amateur photo enthusiasts from over 150 countries submitted more than 7000 entries. Photographs were entered in three categories: people, places and nature.

Graveyard

boston.com

... Link (0 comments) ... Comment

Topic: PHOTO - on November 14, 2013 at 2:27:00 PM CET

Photographer Gets in a Tussle with an Elk, Fortunately Escapes Unharmed

We’ve seen photographs of wildlife that run the gamut from cute to ‘Far Side,‘ but it’s important never to forget that wild animals are, after all, wild… and therefore dangerous. One photographer was reminded when he found himself in a tense standoff with a young bull elk on the side of the road.

The altercation happened in the Cataloochee Valley of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, when a bull elk decided to start the day by starting some trouble with a nearby photographer.