Guardian.UK:
Historic image could be worth millions. “The clue is in the letter W. Schaaf believes the letter could stand for Thomas Wedgwood, a member of the pottery dynasty who was carrying out his experiments around 30 years earlier than Fox Talbot.” Which could place it at 1800.
New York Magazine:
Top photographers are angry over Polaroid’s fade to black.
MeFi looks at …
photobombing. Strikes me as very ”Amelie."
Guardian.UK:
“We train female children to be manipulative and to exploit their sex. From the time she is tiny, a girl in our society is taught to flirt. She is usually dressed like a mini-whore in pink and tinsel, short skirt, matching knickers, baby-doll pyjamas, long hair falling over her face ...” Nothing like a Brit to rip a hole in sanctimoniously sticky US tabloid ‘outrage.’
NY Times:
The backstory on Ansel Adams’ photos, by his assistant. Interactive feature.
PDN Online:
Orphan Works Bill Would Establish Database Of Photo Copyrights.
Newsday.com
Not famous? So what! Hire your own paparazzi.
The US Copyright Office
is experiencing delays. But you can help beta-test their new electronic system in the meantime.
MadOrangeFools:
‘Roid week on Flickr. Grab yer Polaroid and shoot.
London Review of Books:
A show of photographer Alexander Rodchenko’s works. One of my favorites. Girl with Leica. And of course, The Chauffeur.
DP Review:
Missed this on Friday. Nikon D3 Review.
NY Times Art & Design:
An Image Is a Mystery for Photo Detectives. “The speculation about its origins became so intense that Sotheby’s and the print’s owners decided earlier this month to postpone its auction, so that researchers could begin delving into whether the image may be, in fact, one of the oldest photographic images in existence, dating to the 1790s.”
DP Review:
Firmware update for the Nikon D3.
Ars Technica:
Adobe updates the Lightroom and Camera Raw updates.
PDN Online, Object of Desire:
Rolleiflex MiniDigi AF 5.0. Interpolated 5MP image. Still, what a status widget to have in your bag.
Flickr video:
Uploaded a quick 320x240 video from my Canon G5. The snow as it began to fall last evening. Flickr ‘automagically’ resized it up to their default. That should be an option, clearly.
I tend to believe that video belongs on other services. Unfortunately, every time I’ve dug in my bootheels, innovations like this take off and leave my predilections behind. We as webloggers have little influence anymore ... question is, will the cellphone-video-camera-toting-teens adopt it?
NY Times Fashion & Style:
When Is a Fashion Ad Not a Fashion Ad? “If fashion shows are a way for a designer to think out loud, collaborations with a photographer can help spin those disparate ideas into a story.” This is why I still look to women’s fashion mags for creative inspiration. Even in these mass-media days, you’ll find sparks that will fire your own creativity.
Best chop job I ever saw
was a VW bug in Knoxville. Chopped shorter and narrower, had a giant key set in the back ... geared to rotate via the engine. This capture from Euan comes close.
A terrible case …
... of ”weblogger’s keyboard.” I don’t think I even made nine months on this one.
Rob Galbraith:
Sleek, simple photo galleries offered by new fotagraft online service. For a price.
CNet:
Canon loses SLR share, as Nikon surges. In spite of the suspiciously long delays for online reviews of the D300 and D3, Nikon increases marketshare.
DP Review:
Adobe releases the beta of Lightroom 2. More links and info from Rob Galbraith.
Later: Some highlights noticed: 64-bit support, better integration with PS, burning and dodging, multiple monitor capabilities.
The Luminous Landscape:
Yes, it matters. Camera choice. Just as artists have brush makes, sizes and models they prefer ... so do photographers. There’s a tyranny to technology and the consumer ‘gotta have the latest’ mindset, that at a certain point stands between you and creativity. Excellence in photography doesn’t come from what you own, but what you create. ‘Tis far better to get out and shoot, than it is to sit and moon over what you don’t own.
Strikes me
that given all the current hype about the Flip and other small vidcams, that noone has created a hand-held manual gyro stabilizer. Pull the string, turn the gyro at high speed, lasts for a couple of minutes. That’s all most folks would generally need. I keep thinking of my old Whizzers [gyroscope/tops from the ‘70’s], and how ‘stable’ they’d be in my hand. If there’s anything amateur video really needs, it’s stability.
Reuters:
How Did He Shoot That? Screw the wireless stuff. How did he get such a high shutter speed without flashes?
