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Shooting Occupy Wall St With Micro Four Thirds: Tips on the Documentary Style
One of the members of Anonymous wears her mask backwards during preparation
We’re written a lot about street photography and documentary photography on the site, but one of the biggest issues that we haven’t covered are protests. Here in New York City, a movement called Occupy Wall St is currently underway—protesting corporate greed and corruption by having members and supporters camp outside of Wall St. At the time of writing this story, the general mainstream media hasn’t covered it yet; but it did make the front page of the New York Times.
Photos of protestors and photographers alike being thrown down and arrested are around the web. However, not many people are showing another side of the story. To avoid being arrested, I shot with a Micro Four Thirds camera that didn’t look professional.
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Class is in Session: Introducing The Phoblographer Academy Huddle
Today, we are more than happy to announce the introduction of The Phoblographer Academy Huddle. We’ve had requests for more tips and techniques, and this will be part of our initiative to bring you better photography content. Each week, we will be listening to you and developing content around your needs and wants.
The Phoblographer Academy Huddle will work, you guessed it, via a giant Huddle on Google + Edit: we’re going to do a Hangout, which means video conferencing instead. So that means 10 people per class!!! Not on the hottest new Social Network? Shoot me an email (in the photo above) for an invite (YOU NEED A GMAIL ACCOUNT!!!!)
These will happen every Sunday night at 7PM EST (New York City time) and in order to reserve a spot, all you’ll need to do is just shoot me an email so that I can add you on Google Plus and then invite you when class will start.
Want to learn about lighting? How about using a reflector? What about the extra accessories that should be in your camera bag? Or how about posing? We’re listening! Just leave us a wall post on our Facebook and let us know what you want to learn about.
For the Pilot episode/class, we’re going to be giving you a quick intro to something that all of you have wanted us to talk more about: lighting.
We’re currently taking RSVPs so go ahead and send me and email.
Oh, by the way: it’s free!
Clarification: this is a Google Hangout. I’m calling it a Huddle because class and hanging out don’t exactly go well together 
. So that means you need a webcam and a microphone. Hangouts only currently allow 10 people at a time. All you’ll need to do after RSVPing is show up on Google Plus at the time, and I’ll invite you to the hangout. If you don’t show up, I will take the next person on reserve. I want to thank everyone for their interest in this. I’m blown away already and didn’t think people would be this interested.
Edit: please follow directions and send me an email. Comments on this posting with your email address is not only unsafe, but will not be responded to.
Jedi Vs Sith: A 5D Mk II Autofocus Test
The problem that many users complain about with the Canon 5D Mk II is the autofocus abilities in low-light. These users claim it to be very poor and the clamors have forced Canon to revamp the focusing system as is seen in the 1D Mk IV and 7D. The other night here in New York City, there was a giant Lightsaber battle in Christie Park, put on by NewMindSpace. The situation called for extremely low light, extremely fast-moving subjects, and a dead flash that could not assist with focusing. So how did it hold up?
Field Review: Nikon D3x (Day 2)
Though not what it’s really meant to shoot, the Nikon D3x accompanied me on a trip to South St Seaport shooting almost in the style of The Sartorialist. Scott is a wonderfully talented photographer that combines street photography with fashion. I tagged along with my friend Katie Jane Parker while doing this. Here are some of my findings.
Field Review: Nikon D3s (Day 6)
The Nikon D3s coupled with the 24-70mm F2.8 ED is a combo that is most likely already popular amongst wedding photographers. If you haven’t seen weddings shot with it before, know that you’ll be in good hands. I took a trip to St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City the other day and tested the camera out in the darkest area of the church. My findings are within the post.
As Promised, Full High Resolution Photos of Gerard Butler
As promised earlier, I received a ton of hits to the website yesterday and so I am delivering to you all my photos that I shot of Gerard Butler and Full/High Resolution shot with my Canon 5D Mk II. Photos and a personal thank you note after the jump.
