SmugMug has a YouTube page that's pretty new. It features videos of photographers at work. Latest is about underwater shooter Sarah Lee.
You can see more of Lee's work at her site.
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Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Underwater Shooter Sarah Lee
SmugMug has a YouTube page that's pretty new. It features videos of photographers at work. Latest is about underwater shooter Sarah Lee.
You can see more of Lee's work at her site.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
4K 'Motion Portrait' Shot On Canon's C500 -- or -- How Good She Looks In Motion
Motion portraits, or moving portraits -- a stylized video of a person usually done in a studio with crafted lighting and direction from the filmmaker/photographer -- may become a big thing, or at least a thing.
I came across this write up about Clive Booth's motion portrait of Henry Holland at CanonWatch and checked it out because it was shot on Canon's C500.
I'm impressed by the three dimensional look of the C500, skin tones and of course, being shot in 4k, the sharpness and resolution. It's a great camera. (Watch at 720p at least).
So, I click the YouTube logo and end up at Showstudio's page and (mostly because it was the featured autoplay video) watched fashion photog Nick Knight's thoughts on the evolution of photography, which made a lot of sense.
Knight did this shot of Lady Gaga for the cover of Vanity Fair.
Nice to be sure, but this making-of video, for a few seconds here and there, is tremendously dynamic. Because it's not a music video and only focuses on her, who she is, how she chooses to present herself, there's a distilled focus that makes it much more compelling than most still portraits I've seen.
Knight usually shoots on medium format, which captures about 1 frame a second. A 35mm DSLR can get about 10-12 shots per second. A camera like the C500 (or a RED, Alexa, Sony F, etc.) captures 24-240 fps and it's hard to argue that's a whole different world.
Knight's a great shooter but his stills of Lady Gaga just don't hold up when compared to video. I agree with his opinion (above) -- still photographs no longer define what photography is about. They may be the classic way to display someone's visage, like painting was before the technology developed, but motion capture might become the next standard way of showing a portrait, especially considering how print media has stepped aside and the internet, being accessible almost anywhere/anytime, makes such an evolution just about inevitable.
I came across this write up about Clive Booth's motion portrait of Henry Holland at CanonWatch and checked it out because it was shot on Canon's C500.
I'm impressed by the three dimensional look of the C500, skin tones and of course, being shot in 4k, the sharpness and resolution. It's a great camera. (Watch at 720p at least).
So, I click the YouTube logo and end up at Showstudio's page and (mostly because it was the featured autoplay video) watched fashion photog Nick Knight's thoughts on the evolution of photography, which made a lot of sense.
Knight did this shot of Lady Gaga for the cover of Vanity Fair.
Nice to be sure, but this making-of video, for a few seconds here and there, is tremendously dynamic. Because it's not a music video and only focuses on her, who she is, how she chooses to present herself, there's a distilled focus that makes it much more compelling than most still portraits I've seen.
Knight usually shoots on medium format, which captures about 1 frame a second. A 35mm DSLR can get about 10-12 shots per second. A camera like the C500 (or a RED, Alexa, Sony F, etc.) captures 24-240 fps and it's hard to argue that's a whole different world.
Knight's a great shooter but his stills of Lady Gaga just don't hold up when compared to video. I agree with his opinion (above) -- still photographs no longer define what photography is about. They may be the classic way to display someone's visage, like painting was before the technology developed, but motion capture might become the next standard way of showing a portrait, especially considering how print media has stepped aside and the internet, being accessible almost anywhere/anytime, makes such an evolution just about inevitable.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Moment To Moment
Photographer Pelle Cass captures what he calls 'time-lapse stills'. Usually, this kind of work strikes me as gimmicky, but this has soul.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Photographing Cougars In Los Angeles. Yes, Cougars.
It took NatGeo photog Steve Winter an entire year but he managed to capture a couple stunning shots of a cougar in the hills of Los Angeles, namely Griffith Park.
LA Times write-up
LA Times write-up
Friday, September 20, 2013
More On Project Unbreakable
Project Unbreakable -- The Latest Photographs
Project Unbreakable is a collection of photographs taken by Grace Brown of rape victims holding signs which quote something their rapist said to them. This from the site:
Most of the comments were made during the attack. However, many were made afterward -- meeting on the street, or in the classroom, in court, or in an e-mail, etc.
This one is particularly striking to me. Photographed in Baltimore, MD on April 30, 2013.
This series is disturbing. Photographed in Solana Beach, CA on April 21, 2013 and NYC on February 15th, 2013.
The mission of Project Unbreakable is to increase awareness of the issues surrounding sexual assault and encourage the act of healing through art. Since the project's conception in October 2011 by then nineteen year old Grace Brown, it has featured over two thousand images of sexual assault survivors holding posters with quotes from their attackers. Project Unbreakable has been featured media outlets such as Glamour, TIME, The Huffington Post, and The Guardian.
Most of the comments were made during the attack. However, many were made afterward -- meeting on the street, or in the classroom, in court, or in an e-mail, etc.
This one is particularly striking to me. Photographed in Baltimore, MD on April 30, 2013.
This series is disturbing. Photographed in Solana Beach, CA on April 21, 2013 and NYC on February 15th, 2013.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
National Geographic's New Blog 'Proof'
There's a lot of 'pretty picture' sites and blogs. They're okay, sure. Fun. A tad boring after a while.
Nat Geo's new blog is accessible, interesting (probably a weak word), compelling (probably overused, but not here), just plain good. And, they don't do pretty pictures. There's a lot of depth in this stuff.
Proof went up a few days ago. Here's the intro video.
Nat Geo's new blog is accessible, interesting (probably a weak word), compelling (probably overused, but not here), just plain good. And, they don't do pretty pictures. There's a lot of depth in this stuff.
Proof went up a few days ago. Here's the intro video.
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