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Cinemagraphs
A great website came to my attention cinemagraphs.com. The work of Kevin Burg and Jamie Beck, the site shows their moving still images. These are animated GIF files that have one element moving within what is basically a still image. If you think of the moving photographs in Harry Potter newspapers you will have the right idea. In the example above the man reading the newspaper is the only element that moves. While they say little about … Read entire article »
Filed under: Photography, Video
Painting With Light Book Review
Painting With Light: Light Art Performance Photography By JanLeonardo Woellert and Joerg Miedza Rocky Nook, Santa Barbara ISBN: 978-1-933952-74-1 The Painting With Light book is a documentation of a body of work and a process of creation that is interesting and extending of the bounds of photography. This is not a how to book. Rather the bulk of the book documents the work of these two performance artists, because that is how I see them. The stunning images that illustrate … Read entire article »
Filed under: Landscape Photography, Photography
The Epson R3000 Printer Review
Epson have a lot of the headspace of printers for photographers, and so any new photo printer from them gets noticed. Here we review the R3000, an A3+ nine-colour printer. The R3000 prints up to 13″x19″ on sheet or 13″ x 129″ (that’s 3.2m long) on roll media, making it great for panorama photographers. It uses nine inks, Photo Black or Matte Black, Light Black, Light Light Black, Cyan, Vivid Magenta, Yellow, Light Cyan and Light … Read entire article »
Filed under: Photography, Print
Photography Competitions Are Good For More Than Prizes
My latest article on the HP Professional Photography blog covers the real reasons why photography competitions are worth entering. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, Photography
How To Win Photo Competitions – An eBook Review
How To Win Photo Competitions is an eBook it was about time somebody wrote, and who better that Peter Eastway, who has not only won many competitions at the highest levels but has also judged so many competitions himself. How To Win Photo Competitions By Peter Eastway eBook, 2011 A$49.95 The ninety page eBook not only covers details of the judging process and tips on winning photos, but also on how to take and process a winning photo in the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Award, Competitions, Digital Fine Art, Photography
The Dilemmas of Digital Image Making
I must admit to being deeply conflicted as a digital image maker. I love the image making. But, and this is a big but, I really hate the physical stuff necessary to present my work, like printing and framing. Truly and profoundly hate it. Photographers and digital artists come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, for sure. Some like the chemical darkroom, some like the alternative processes, some adore the perfect lab print and others … Read entire article »
Filed under: Photography, Print
e-on software announces the “3D Environment Competition 2011”!
2 MONTHS TO GET NOTICED AND WIN OVER $11,000 IN PRIZES! e-on software, the leader in 3D sky, light and nature technologies, in association with Maxon, Google SketchUp, Pixologic, 3D Total, Ballistic Publishing, 3D World Magazine, CG Society, and Cornucopia3D , today announced the sixth edition of the “3D Environment Competition”, designed to showcase the capabilities of 3D technology for CG environments. Any version of Vue – including Pioneer and the Personal Learning Edition (PLE) which are … Read entire article »
Filed under: 3D, Competitions
Apple Releases Final Cut Pro X
Apple Revolutionises Video Editing With Final Cut Pro X Apple® today announced Final Cut Pro® X, a revolutionary new version of the world’s most popular Pro video editing software which completely reinvents video editing with a Magnetic Timeline that lets you edit on a flexible, trackless canvas; Content Auto-Analysis that categorises your content upon import by shot type, media and people; and background rendering that allows you to work without interruption. Built on a modern … Read entire article »
Filed under: Video
Keeping Organised, Part 2
Part 2 of the Keeping Organised article is now up on the HP Professional Photography Blog. This part concentrates on the hardware side for photographers: storage, servers and backup and looks at some the the equipment HP offers in this area. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, Photography, Storage, Techhead
Keeping Organised
My latest post on the HP Professional Photography blog is entitled ‘How Photography Pros Stay Organised in a Multimedia World, Part 1‘ and covers the software side of finding images. Part 2 will look at local server solutions and more to look after the hardware side. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, Photography
Sony World Photography Awards 2012 Now Open For Entries
Entries open now · New categories for the Professional and Open Competitions · Moving Image Awards expand following success of its inaugural award · New Youth competition for under 20s The World Photography Organisation (WPO) has now opened entries for the Sony World Photography Awards 2012. The Sony World Photography Awards is the world’s most comprehensive photography competition. It includes a Professional competition, which invites entries from the world’s leading photographers and ‘serious enthusiasts’, and an Open competition for everyone with an interest in photography. Each competition has been refreshed with new categories for 2012. A ‘Nature & Wildlife’ category has been introduced to the Professional competition and three new categories in the Open competition include ‘Enhanced’, ‘Split Second’ and ‘Low- light’. For a full list of categories, please see notes to editors. A new Youth … Read entire article »
Filed under: Award, Competitions, Photography
Wayne Cosshall Photography and Digital Imaging app for IPad Now Out
The first volume in the Digital ImageMaker Interactive Portfolio series, Wayne J. Cosshall Photography and Digital Imaging, is now available as an app for iPad from the App Store. It sells for US$9.99 or AUD$12.99. “The iPad is such a wonderful platform to bring the depth of photographers’ and digital artists’ work to a wider audience that we decided to start this series”, said Wayne Cosshall, Publisher of the series and subject of the first volume. … Read entire article »
Filed under: iPad, Photography, Special News
How Generational Change Is Affecting Photography
My latest post on the HP Professional Photography blog concerns my observations about how changing attitudes across generations is having a more profound effect on photography than technological change is. … Read entire article »
Filed under: iPhone, Photography
New Wacom Bamboo Stylus for iPad
Following on from talking about brushes for the iPad, Wacom has just announced a Bamboo Stylus for use with the iPad. It has a 6mm diameter tip, 25% smaller than the 8mm used on some other stylus designs. This should make for a more precise use. It weighs 20 grams and is claimed to be finely balanced. It will be available in May for US$29.99. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Digital Fine Art, iPad
Painting On The iPad Is Easier With A Brush
The iPad is an obvious device for painters to try to use, though it does lack the pressure sensitivity of things like a Wacom tablet. But a finger is just not the same as a brush. A number of companies are now offering brushes for the iPad that you just might find easier to use. Joystickers offer the Flow, a paintbrush that your iPad can work with. Nomad Brush have the Nomad Brush, another paintbrush that works on … Read entire article »
Filed under: Digital Fine Art, iPad
Infographic of the Day: Wayne’s Movements Courtesy of iPhone
As you may have heard, the iPhone tracks your movements continuously and stores this info in a file on the iPhone that gets backed up to your computer by iTunes. It does this using the mobile phone tower triangulation that is used as a backup for and to speed up your GPS system. Below is a non-infographic (non because it really contains no useful info at all) I produced from this data in my iPhone using … Read entire article »
Filed under: iPhone
HP’s MagCloud Self-Publishing Service Can Be Great for Photographers
My latest article on the HP Professional Photography blog covers how photographers can make good use of HP’s MagCloud, a site that prints magazines on demand. The reality is that this site offers huge potential for photographers beyond the obvious, of self-publishing a magazine. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, Photography, Print, Uncategorized
Using an iPad to Work With Photoshop on Your Computer
Adobe has release a software development kit to aid developers in producing apps for the iPad that interact with Photoshop. The SDK is supposed to work with other tablets running Android and Blackberry OS’ but the first apps are for the iPad. To work this requires an update to Photoshop to 12.0.4 level, which is coming shortly and is available to developers at this time. Adobe has announced three apps for the iPad that will use the SDK to interact with a computer running Photoshop provided they are running on the same wireless network. This looks to be a huge but obvious development for Photoshop and one can only assume will also roll out for their other applications as well, Premier being an obvious one. At the very least this lets you get … Read entire article »
Filed under: iPad, Photography, Photoshop
Phase One Mono Back For BW and Infrared Photography
While I haven’t had a chance to test one yet I found a review on the ProPhoto website of the Phase One P45 Achromatic+ back. While the review has some problems, it does cover the features of this back which might appeal to well healed mono and IR photographers. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Cameras, Infrared, Photography
Integrating Other Passions with Your Photography Makes Sense
My latest post on the HP Professional Photography blog is on finding ways to integrate the other passions you have in your life with your photography. Doing so adds many benefits. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Creativity, Photography
Experimental Digital Photography Book Review
Experimental Digital Photography By Rick Doble Lark Photography Books, 2010 ISBN 978-1-60059-517-2 Rick Doble’s Experimental Digital Photography is a timely and excellent book for loosening people up and helping them to break out. The book focuses on the more expressive and creative forms of photography, from using slow shutter speeds and creating extreme blur to night and low light photography. Organised into nine chapters, it covers: Getting Started: the technical side of experimental photography Shooting at slow shutter speeds Movement Light and white balance Night … Read entire article »
Filed under: Creativity, Photography
Shoot For Your Workflow
My latest post on the HP professional Photography blog is on shooting to suit your workflow. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Photography
Great article on using tablets as design tools
I came across this great article on Smashing Magazine on using tablets as a design tool, for sketching ideas and working with clients. It includes a great review of the pens available to use with the iPad. It could be quite relevant to photographers as well. After all, we have ideas too sometimes, don’t we? Good article, worth a read. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Design, iPad, Photography
Google’s Art Project
Google has launched its Art Project, an ambitious project to bring the art works of the world’s galleries and museums onto the web in deep zoomable, detailed form. Currently Art Project has work from the following institutions on show: Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin – Germany Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian, Washington DC – USA The Frick Collection, NYC – USA Gemäldegalerie, Berlin – Germany The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC – USA MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art, NYC – USA Museo Reina Sofia, … Read entire article »
iPhone Photography: Reinvigorating Some Photographers
As I look around the web I see so many photographers, including serious, well-respected professional photographers, getting all excited about photography with their iPhones. What’s going on? Well, in the spirit of scientific investigation I have downloaded a bunch of photography apps for my iPhone and will start shooting with them and see for myself. What I think is going on is a combination of nostalgia for a simpler time in photography, a reappraisal of just how “perfect” an image needs to be effective and a wish to reconnect with personal photography in what are often busy professional shooting lives. Nostalgia in photography with a widespread thing. We see that in the passion for old photographic processes whose look can frankly be recreated far more easily and often in a more environmentally friendly … Read entire article »
Filed under: Cameras, Creativity, iPhone, Photography
It Is Time for a Camera with Apps
My latest post on the HP Professional Photography blog (http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Professional-Photography/It-Is-Time-for-a-Camera-with-Apps/ba-p/89041) discusses the potential benefits from camera manufacturers enabling the development of apps on their cameras using published APIs (application programming interface). … Read entire article »
Filed under: Cameras, iPhone, Photography
Infrared Photography Webinar
I will be doing a 1.5 hour webinar on how to do digital infrared photography on Wednesday March 9 at 1pm CST time in the US. This is 6am Thursday 10th of March Australian Eastern Summer Time. The webinar covers what you need to do infrared with a digital camera, tricks of exposure and how to process the resulting images. The cost is US$47 for the one webinar or there are packages to do more than one webinar, as this is part of a Digital Art Summit with many webinars. Details are on this web page http://www.digital-art-summit.com/membership/artists/wayne-cosshall/. Recordings of the webinar are also available for purchase. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Education, Infrared, Photography
Corel® Launches International Design Contest to Celebrate CorelDRAW® Talent From Around the World With More than $75,000 in Prizes to Be Won!
Corel® Launches International Design Contest to Celebrate CorelDRAW® Talent From Around the World With More than $75,000 in Prizes to Be Won! March 4, 2011C Announced today, the 2011 CorelDRAW® International Design Contest is now open to all CorelDRAW® and Corel® PHOTO-PAINT™ users across the globe. Whether you use CorelDRAW or Corel PHOTO-PAINT for work or for play, now’s your chance to create with confidence and show off your skills in the second CorelDRAW International Design Contest. Between now and June 30, 2011, submit your best original designs for your chance to win valuable prizes in one of six categories. “With over $75,000 in prizes up for grabs, now is the perfect time to shine the spotlight on our CorelDRAW community as we celebrate the diversity and talent of our CorelDRAW users … Read entire article »
Filed under: Competitions, Design, Photography
Epson Stylus® Photo R3000 – Epson’s most creative A3+ printer yet
Epson Stylus® Photo R3000 – Epson’s most creative A3+ printer yet Sydney, 02 March 2011: Epson has released its most creative A3+ printer yet for advanced amateur, semi-professional and professional photographers, the Epson Stylus® Photo R3000. With nine high capacity cartridges of Epson UltraChrome K3® with Vivid Magenta pigment ink, networking and wireless connectivity, and advanced front-in front-out fine art media handling, the R3000 produces gallery-quality black-and-white prints, plus vivid colour prints with breathtaking blues and violets. Combining … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fine Art Photography, Hardware, Photography, Print
Why Grungy Photos Are Back in Fashion
My latest post on the HP Professional Photography blog addresses the issues of why it is now fashionable to get down and dirty with your images. View the article by following this link or use this link http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Professional-Photography/Why-Grungy-Photos-Are-Back-in-Fashion/ba-p/87365 … Read entire article »
Filed under: Photography
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