Photography & Art
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Seeing
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It ain’t about the gear. It’s about seeing. Good stuff by my street photographer friend Brad.
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Dating is Key
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Blake Andrews: “Put your name and date on everything.” That’s the first lesson every kindergartener learns in school. This will come as no surprise to those in the art world. Generally when you see something on display in a gallery or museum, a label identifies the creator and date. Sometimes it contains other info too,…
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Anton Kusters: Photographing the Yakuza
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Anton (Hasselt, BE) is a photographer and fond of long term projects. At least, he thinks he is. His very first project: a look inside a Japanese Yakuza crime family changed his life. Or maybe it did not change it. Or maybe a just little. Or maybe a lot. In his talk he will focus…
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And the Beat Goes On
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Treasure Island, 2013.
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The Nifty Fifty on Sale
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The Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Autofocus Lens is on sale for $94 with free shipping. This is one of the first lenses I tell people to get when they get into the DSLR game. It’s cheap and fast. Good for portraits and is generally a bit more artsy-fartsy than the kit lenses.
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Time’s Best Photojournalism of 2012
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Time’s Best Photojournalism of 2012
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Aluminum Photo Prints 8×10 $16 (+$6 Shipping)
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Groupon (via Aluminyze)Â is offering Aluminum Photo Prints at the prices below. Shipping starts at $5.95. Choose from Three Options $16 for $35 worth of Aluminyzed photo prints $28 for $60 worth of Aluminyzed photo prints $40 for $100 worth of Aluminyzed photo prints Aluminyze emblazons user-uploaded images in full color on high-quality, unbendable aluminum sheets,…
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Edward Weston
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Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual.
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Pier 39
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Just going through some old stuffs. Pier 39, San Francisco. August, 2011.
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Ground Zero
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I just remembered I had taken this picture from a trip to New York in 2004. I don’t remember posting it, but here it is. It was shot through a chain link fence.
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Got Brass?
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Brass Stand, Panjiayuan (潘家å›) Antique Market. Beijing, China. 2010. Wait, that is brass, right?
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Portraits of Team USA 2012
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I’m not sure how I feel about these. Looks like something a n00b like me can do. Michael Phelps of the US Olympic Swimming team Brendan Hansen of the US Swimming Olympic team Cassidy Krug of the US Diving Olympic team Nastia Liukin of the US Olympic Gymnastics team Gaby Douglas of the US Olympic…
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The Queen’s Palette
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Pantone and Leo Burnett London have charted 6 decades of the Queen’s style and launched a limited edition Diamond Jubilee Color Wheel.
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Clients from Hell
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Slow Motion Video Behind Extreme Wind Series
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New T4i and the 40mm f/2.8 Pancake Lens
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Oops, I’m a little slow, but if you haven’t heard yet, Canon just announced some new products.
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Photography Equipment in Beijing
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I’ve been meaning to document this here so I can find it easily in the future. Where do you go to buy photography equipment when you’re in China? Look no further than the Beijing photography city. If I remember correctly, it’s about 2 stories filled with a hundred different stores/booths. I didn’t buy any big-ticket…
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Holi
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Holi beauty, Batman! Taken at the Hindi festival of Holi, the film was shot on a Phantom Flex- a camera that can capture up to 2570 frames a second creating super slow motion. This slow motion gives it an almost-photographic feel and really helps me pay attention to the composition and the fantastic lighting.
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New Poster for Coca-Cola
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This is the new Coca-Cola poster seen around Shanghai designed by the guy who designed the Steve Jobs tribute. (Via)
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Anthropologie
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Secret girly tip: Did you know you can get free wallpaper samples from Anthropologie? You can use them to make cute cards. I can’t believe I’m posting about this.