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Hidden from History: Unknown New Orleanians
This exhibit focuses on people who worked and lived in New Orleans beyond the view of tourists and business interests, who eked out an existence on the margins of respectability, who struggled to survive in the urban jungle.
City Archives - New Orleans Public Library
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Color and Light by Michael DeLuca
Recently, a new generation of Kodak scientists - John Compton and John Hamilton - revisited this problem to see if the technology advances of the past thirty years might help identify a new solution to this problem - one that still provides bright, vibrant colors while offering additional features.
What they developed is the KODAK TRUESENSE Color Filter Pattern, a new arrangement that adds clear (or "panchromatic") pixels to the red, green, and blue pixels of the Bayer color filter pattern.
Michael DeLuca
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Lewis Carroll's Shifting Reputation by Jenny Woolf
Since the 1930s, biographers and scholars have questioned the nature of Dodgson's relationship with the 10-year-old girl to whom he first told the story, and since the 1960s his work has been associated with the psychedelic wing of the countercultural movement.
Jenny Woolf
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Taking Time to Rethink, Adjust and Move Forward by Justin Mott
To survive meant changing how I was approaching my career.
It was time to readjust my plans as a photographer and to market myself as a business.
If I wanted to shoot a six-month project, for example, then I would need to do it on my own time.
And I would need to bankroll it myself.
The odds of a long-term story project being paid for—or even being commissioned for publication—were slim.
Justin Mott
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Forgotten Ansel Adams Murals Brought Back to Light by Brian Naylor
A new exhibit on the walls of the Interior Department's headquarters displays a series of photographs taken by Ansel Adams — murals commissioned in the last century, but never before displayed.
Brian Naylor
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Abstract and affecting, the new Mars pictures are a confrontation with the sublime by Sam Leith
These photographs inspire not only awe and wonder, but also a sort of longing.
None of us alive at this moment — possibly no human ever — will see these landscapes with our own eyes.
And yet here are the pictures.
For me, they have the same effect as great paintings or photographs — a feeling that something impossible has been made present, while remaining just out of reach.
Sam Leith
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Museum Guards 'Sw!pe' The Spotlight by Margot Adler
There's a new art and literary magazine — one with a twist: Everyone connected with it's the artists, writers, editors and producers — are presently or were recently guards at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Margot Adler
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DSLR versus Compact Point-n-Shoot Camera - Ten Reasons to Favor Each by Bob Johnson
Not that many years ago, compact digital cameras were good for quick snapshots at best.
But current models are more than capable of producing excellent results for many needs.
If you're in the market, which kind to get depends on your needs of course.
But there are plenty of good reasons to favor DSLR cameras over compact point-n-shoot cameras as well as the other way around.
Bob Johnson
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Also go to Dust & Scratches Brush and Dust & Scratches Removal Methods.
Jim
Some time ago, I was approached by my family to restore an old photograph of my deceased grandfather.
It was small picture from an old passport and was extremely damaged: Parts of the face and head were missing.
I scanned the image using the highest possible resolution I could on my desktop scanner and proceeded to fix the image and restore it to its former glory.
Radosevic Alen
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The photograph that defined the class divide by Ian Jack
Like several others connected to it, she referred to it quite tetchily as "that photograph"; which is what happens when a loved one is transformed over seven decades — in newspapers, in magazines, on book jackets — into an anonymous symbol of arrogant privilege.
Ian Jack
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Capturing the Elusive Bill Cunningham by David W. Dunlap
That's deceiving because he may be, at 81, the hardest working reporter in New York.
He's also among the most private, despite the fact that he can easily be spied in public, wearing a blue worker's smock and bicycling fearlessly through city streets.
His personal life is so understated and ascetic as to seem anonymous.
His aversion to the spotlight is itself the stuff of fashion legend.
David W. Dunlap
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Let Us Now Trash Famous Authors by Christina Davidson
What bothers her [Aunt Dottie] most is that Agee and Evans didn't tell her parents that their lives would become a book.
"Momma and Daddy didn't know what they was doing."
"They was trying to help 'em out."
"And they just wanted to write about how poor Momma and Daddy was."
Christina Davidson
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The Museum of the Stealing of Souls
The Museum of the Stealing of Souls is devoted to histories of the invention, appropriation and reconfiguration of the subject by photography.
The museum holds a fast growing collection organized in seven departments.
The exhibits on show are reflecting alleged histories of soul-theft and surveillance, soullessness and alienation, immaterial production and precariousness — loosely based on the question: Where can a soul live its life instead of saving it?
The Museum of the Stealing of Souls
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BBC Wildlife - Photo Masterclasses
Welcome to the complete collection of our Photo Masterclasses.
Just click on the images below to download a PDF of each masterclass and your photography skills will soon improve with our experts' advice.
BBC Wildlife
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Stefan Heyne by Michael Werner
My first steps as a photographer are inseparably connected with the, at that time, divided Berlin.
I was a student in East Berlin and lived very close to the wall.
Beyond all the social symbolism which the Wall had for me first of all it had the effect of being a very present, physical view blockage.
There was something, something behind it, that I couldn't see.
So for me it was succinctly connected with the uncertainty about, and only vague idea of, what lay behind it.
Stefan Heyne
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Galen Schlich: Innocence and Transition by Dean Brierly
When I first began taking photographs, my primary motivation was to put my love of nature down on film.
I did that for 15 years or so.
At that time I very rarely photographed people — most of my work excluded the human presence.
Eventually, I picked up a book by the Czech photographer Jan Saudek.
I had never heard of him before, but his work was so different from what I been exposed to; it was much more personal, and was profoundly affected by his childhood.
Galen Schlich
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However, unlike a conventional analog or digital camera, this one doesn't have any optical parts.
It allows you to capture your moment but in doing so, it effectively separates it from the subject.
Instead, as you will memorize the moment, the camera memorizes only the time and starts to continuously search on the net for other photos that have been taken in the very same moment.
Buttons
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Joachim Schmid Is Martin Parr · Martin Parr Is Joachim Schmid
Joachim saw this as an opportunity to visit the fair and take photos in the spirit of Martin Parr.
He was to be Martin Parr for the 23rd September.
Martin Parr, Joachim Schmid
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Joel Sartore - Portraits Of America's Endangered Species by Claire O'Neill
Joel Sartore is like the Richard Avedon for animals -- except rather than showing up in fashion spreads, his photographs are often in National Geographic magazine, including this month's special water-themed issue.
Claire O'Neill
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DOCUMERICA Project by the Environmental Protection Agency
For the Documerica Project (1971-1977), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hired freelance photographers to capture images relating to environmental problems, EPA activities, and everyday life in the 1970s.
U.S. National Archives
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A real wildlife photographer: Greg du Toit.
Jim
Picture Perfect by Ted Williams
When game-farm advocates claim it's "impossible" to photograph subjects like wild Florida panthers, cougars, and snow leopards, what they really mean is that they don't care to suffer the necessary discomfort and spend the necessary time, effort, and money.
Even without competition from game-farm patrons, genuine wildlife photographers struggle to make a living; with that competition some have to find new work.
That's unfair.
Ted Williams
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Yves Klein's Leap Year by Kim Levin
Two major exhibitions about to open should shed light on the controversies that still surround this iconic photograph, which was made six months before Yuri Gagarin's flight into space and which Klein claimed (in fabricated broadsheets he inserted into France-Soir) was made partly to protest the space race.
Kim Levin
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Once Shocking, Now Poetic by Ken Johnson
For one thing, unlike so much art of that period, it [Surrealism] looks truly old-fashioned.
Technical innovations have since made possible images more absurd, bizarre and disjunctive than any the original Surrealists could have imagined.
And in all the colors of the rainbow.
Moreover, changes in popular taste have allowed the production of such outrageously transgressive images that Surrealist ones looks positively decorous — if not innocent — by comparison.
Ken Johnson
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Also go to Garry Winogrand.
Jim
Reconsidering Winogrand by Nick Turpin
There's inherent risk in doing exactly what you want and doing it well.
Garry Winogrand, whose photographic output said both "look at us" and "look at me look at us" in equal (and thrilling) measures, knew well the width of that risk.
He took its measure, set it aside, and deliberately went about the work of widening photography (both what photography was, and what photography might become) with every click of his shutter.
Nick Turpin
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The important and often iconic Parr photographs in this show are drawn from nine series spanning over thirty years.
Stephen Daiter Gallery
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Also go to 2007 Adobe Design Achievement Award winners.
Jim
Using the file's Red, Green, and Blue Channels, I found which color contained the most contrast that enhanced the important details.
I copied the information and pasted it into new layers.
I used a series of blend modes and layer masks to bring out striking detail and retain great value and color.
I employed burn/dodge layers to emphasize shadows and finally employed sharpening and blurring to make every little "Character" jump off the page.
Sean Teegarden
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Our goal at Riley G is to create quality camera straps that embody the creativity and style of the photographers who wear them.
With dozens of styles and colors it won't be hard to reflect your dynamic and creative look.
All our camera straps are proudly hand-crafted here in the USA and made with a great mix of new and recycled materials.
Riley G Strapworks
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Also go to Scanning Negatives & Slides.
Jim
Unless you were born after 1990 (and maybe even if you weren't) you have a box full of negatives and slides somewhere, and some of them are pretty damn good.
And you've thought about scanning the better ones "one of these days" but never got around to it because, well—here comes the BS again.
Jon Sienkiewicz
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We want fstoppers.com to become the website that has interesting, and informative videos of professional still and video shoots.
Searching through vimeo.com is great if you want to see talented artist's work but our goal is to show you HOW they created their work.
If you are a creative professional we want you to be a part of fstoppers.com.
Join our Vimeo group and submit us your behind the scenes videos and articles.
We will help you promote your business by posting your work on our site and you will help all of us learn a little bit more about our field.
Lee Morris
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Any mood can take you places.
Moodstream is a powerful brainstorming tool designed to help take you in inspiring, unexpected directions.
Whether you want images, footage or audio, or just need a stream of fresh ideas, tweak the Moodstream sliders to bring a whole new creative palette straight to you.
Ready?
Stream.
Create.
Getty Images
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It can take years to feel at home in a new area.
At first it's just a place with unfamiliar streets, restaurants you might like to try, and shops that look interesting from the outside.
But over time you see yourself reflected in parts of the city, and begin to block out the rest.
Certain patches of sidewalk almost feel like they should be worn down by your foot traffic.
But these familiar spots aren't always your favorites.
Sometimes it's the anomaly — new, foreign, exotic — that attracts, and sometimes it's the rare treat.
Consider your local treasures while viewing this collection of haunts and hangouts.
Laura Brunow Miner
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Long Exposure by Jennifer Allen
Photography is dead.
That news may come as a surprise, since obituaries about art tend to be written about painting.
Invented in the 1830s, photography is still in its infancy as an art form compared to the centuries-old medium of painting.
Despite inventions like portable paint tubes and fast-drying acrylic, painting has not undergone the transformations that digitalization is bringing to the medium of photography.
Jennifer Allen
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Ron Galella - Smash his camera, but not immediately by Roger Ebert
He is a viper, a parasite, a stalker, a vermin.
He is also, I have decided, a national treasure.
Ron Galella, the best known of all paparazzi, lost a lawsuit to Jackie Kennedy Onassis and five teeth to Marlon Brando, but he also captured many of the iconic photographs of his era.
Roger Ebert
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Made from 35,000 stills, with tilt-shift effect added during post.
Jim
A day in the life of New York City, in miniature.
Sam O'Hare
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What Can't Digital Do for Me? by Ctein
There are certainly situations where digital makes things difficult, possibly to the point of impracticality.
Of course almost any photographic problem can be solved by throwing sufficient amounts of time, energy, and money at it, but I'm trying to be practical here.
I ain't solving a digital photography problem by buying a Phase One back, any more than I'd solve a film problem by hauling around an 8x10 view camera.
So, if you want to nitpick my examples, please be realistic in your nitpicking.
Ctein
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Ollipekka Kangas - Ultra Slow Pinhole Photography
Basically solarigraphic camera is a pinhole camera, very slow one.
These pinhole photographs taken with a lensless pinhole camera with a extra long exposure.
Ollipekka Kangas
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ISS Expedition 22/23.
Staying the International Space Station.
Tweeting live from space!
Astro_Soichi
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