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It seems every 15 years the photo industry retreads the stuff we used to do and call it new. this is a perfect example of what we did in studio 20 years ago. And we did it before computers.
Back then,...in the olden dayz,.. like 18-20 years ago,... photographers called it "Photo Illustartion" In fact some photographers whole business and marketing plan was based on their photo inllustartion and nothing else. Suffice it to say that they did not last long and the smart ones rebuilt their business model and managed to stay in business. Others were stubborn and not so lucky. (Names witheld to protect those now out of business)
Some of you, older than 20, may recall when Chip Simons began his career and was one of the first to introduce the concept of light painting for editorial and commercial photography. This was around 1990 or 1991? I can't recall exactly. Those interested in photo history can dig up an old copy of PDN to see the article they did on him. Next came Aaron Jones and his invention: the 'Hosemaster' which was an interesteing marketing gimmick along with the instructional videos that so many ran to invest in. kinda like those guys you see buying up all of the latest crap at the Photo Plus Expo that will help them become "Pro Photographers". Even earlier Man Ray Pablo Picasso was photographed in 1949 doing a quick sketch in the air.
SO why did this trend never last? Because it is time consuming, labor intensive, and th eresults can not be duplicated exactly every time. As we know clients want it yesretday, they want dozens of shots a day, and they want it cheap. Light painting, when done properly ain't cheap. Shooting digitaly certainly speeds things up but even so your still looking at long time exposures and if your using strobe your doing multi-pops of the stobe. Amazing results but not something for those not tech savvy. We also as in the Youtube video used non-standard forms of strobes and lighting. ("And I'd be happy to sell you that information.")
For any photo school students I would suggest spending a weekend playing around like this. It will teach you invaluable lessons in lighting and exposure.
I should also add one more thing, anyone can do this type of photography. Very few can do it very well.
You can check it out here
Time for photographers and journalists to get creative and start using those mini helicopters with cameras and video rigs.
Interesting how many similarities there are these days to world and political events in the last 10 years and current that parallels to books by George Orwell and Ayn Rand written more than 60+ years ago. Their writings seemed extremist back then but not so much any more.
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Solms, Germany (June 29, 2010) - Starting June 30, 2010, Leica Camera AG will donate .50 Euro to the Association for International Cancer Research (AICR) for every new follower to Leica’s Twitter account (http://www.twitter.com/leica_camera). Leica will donate an additional 1,000 Euros to AICR upon reaching 10,000 followers by July 9, 2010.
Benefiting international cancer research, this project is part of an initiative that was launched by Leica enthusiast photographers who met on the independent International Leica User Forum website (http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/). The cornerstone of this project is the Leica User Forum Charity Book 2010, which is available through the online publishing company Blurb (http://www.tinyurl.com/LUFBOOK2010). Its 172 pages offer a broad variety of images taken by 101 Leica Forum members. In addition to the donation made by the participating photographers, for each book sold, 6 Euros will benefit the AICR. Over 9,000 Euros have already been raised.
“I am delighted to be contributing to an initiative that perfectly illustrates the spirit of the Leica user community,” Leica Camera Chief Executive Officer Rudolf Spiller states. “The project combines social responsibility, creative excellence and appreciation for Leica cameras and lenses. Our customers are the best!”
“We simply wanted to showcase the talent of this forum’s photographers, while simultaneously raising money for a good cause,” remarks the Leica Forum member Bill Palmer who thought of the book’s concept. “The response was overwhelming, both in the number and quality of images submitted from contributors worldwide.”
AICR’s Chief Executive Norman Barrett says, “This impressive work of photo aficionados will provide essential income to help scientists across the globe in their efforts to understand and answer some of the most complicated questions in their field.”
Additional information on this fundraising campaign and the photo book, including news, interviews and photos will be posted on the Leica Camera Blog (http://blog.leica-camera.com/) and the Corporate Website (http://www.leica-camera.com). You can also visit: http://www.twitter.com/leica_camera and http://www.facebook.com/LeicaCamera.
Digital Manager Position Available
Our new digital manager, like all members of our team, will be involved in many different tasks (digital and non-digital), in pursuit of one common goal – insuring our clients have the most pleasant shooting experience that we are capable of providing. You’ll be joining a small company with a family type atmosphere, in which each team member brings different skills and experience to Noho Productions, but all share a common work ethic of helping our clients and teammates in ways that go far beyond our job titles.
The service that our team provides is unique among rental studio facilities in New York. We have specialized equipment, experience and an understanding of still life photography that draws leading still life photographers here from all over the world - shooting for advertising agencies, design firms and magazines.
As digital manager, you will assume overall responsibility for the quality of our digital services. You will be digital teching on set (studio and location), retouching, printing, processing and organizing files. You will screen, hire and support our roster of freelance techs. You will be responsible to maintain our digital cameras, digital workstations, local network, server, and 28 computers. You’ll be troubleshooting on and off set and ensuring that our clients’ files are delivered on time.
Most importantly - you’ll be part of a team, driven to serve its clients. We each play pivotal and crossover roles. We go out of our way to help each other and in return, our clients.
We offer a generous salary commensurate with experience, a full benefits package, as well as many additional perks.
If Noho Productions sounds like the type of company you would like to join and you:
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capture technician with medium and large format camera systems
Please contact me, in confidence:
Paul Grand, owner
Email: paul@nohoproductions.com
Mail: 636 Broadway 8th Fl. New York NY 10012
This is not some 2-4 hour sit around seminar were your stuck listening to photo company sales reps.try and sell you shit you can't afford. This is a real world hands on event that will actually prepare you for working on set. Our Photo Assistant Boot Camp is held in a real NYC studio, not some corporate event space cramped school venue. Yes I'm well aware that others in the past two years have been offering something they call a Photo Assistant Boot Camp. But in the end those that have gone to these events have always ended up attending Boot Camp, and wondered why they wasted their time going else where. Check out this link for full details. http://www.photoassistantbootcamp.com
James Don't know if your heard but a photo crew was robbed on location today in Soho. 4 Hispanic guys were involved. While diverting attention one guy ran off with a H2/P65+ and a 120mm lens. Police reports were filed and there are surveillance videos from the restaurant. Anyway my buddy did the sub rental from Scheimpflug and it turns out the client did not pull a certificate of insurance. He ended up laying out a check for over $40K (which he doesn't really have). Get the word out if you can. He's been a great client of mine over the years and I want to help him anyway possible.< Drew
So keep your eyes open for anyone trying to off load some highend photo equipment. Scheimpflug has yellow labels on some of their items and well as white stickers with bar codes and the company name.
This is also the reason ALL photographers, digital techs and photo assistants need to get liability insurance, and make sure your clients have coverage as well. "Don't assume that someone else will take care of production problems that come up." Sure it's around $1400.00 - $1700.00 a year for $,1000,000 in coverage but all it takes is one event like the above to wipe you out if your a new photographer. This is also why photographers need to hire seasoned, and experianced photo assistants and photo crew members. and not interns or kids just out of school.
You can also sign the online petition here http://www.petitiononline.com/no2moftb/petition.html
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REDMOND, Wash., and COPENHAGEN, Denmark — May 25, 2010 — Microsoft Corp. and Phase One A/S, a leader in digital photography, are announcing that Phase One acquired the Microsoft Expression Media product. This agreement is built on an existing strategic alliance between the companies forged in 2007 to improve digital imaging solutions for professional and enthusiast photographers. More...
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