I had previously pored over the images and sketches from David Lo after initially hearing about him on Japan Camera Hunter. Lo is a street photographer and engineer in NYC who often documents the happenings of Chinatown in a gritty and true to life form synonymous with something Daido Moriyama might capture in his earliest days–all while maintaining an allure that no one can quite put their finger on. I went to David’s apartment to look at the work in real life–for David has sketch after sketch of camera designs, but the catch is that many of them can actually become functional and working models.
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Since its inception, the Micro Four Thirds format has only had one option for a 35mm equivalent, the Olympus 17mm f2.8. While its performance greatly lacks behind Panasonic’s 20mm f1.7, this lens has been the budget friendly prime that many buyers opt to purchase in place of a kit zoom. Thankfully, Olympus has introduced a newer, more high performance 17mm to the mix, the Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.ZUIKO lens.
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Sony’s RX1 is the first of a new breed of compact camera; the very first compact digital camera with a full-frame 24×36 sensor. I had the opportunity to spend a few weeks with this digital pioneer and the following consists of my thoughts and experiences.
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It’s been a while since we saw a new Ricoh camera–but something like what we saw recently had to be coming. For those of you not familiar, the Ricoh GR series of film point and shoots were legendary amongst street photographers for their excellent quality, ease of use, and small size combined with low profile looks. The previous generations of Ricoh GR compacts had small sensors, but manufacturers have been figuring out how to put larger sensors into smaller camera bodies. With that said, consider Ricoh’s latest camera–branded as the Ricoh GR (due to the total revamp of the camera) this point and shoot should instead be called a fixed lens camera. With a 28mm (equivalent) f2.8 lens (f3.5 in full frame) and an APS-C sensor with no low pass filter, Ricoh is coming back, fighting tooth and claw with Fujifilm, Nikon, and Sony in the large sensor compact market.
And for $799.95, it looks like quite the temptress.
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The flooded road of my house in St. Marc, Haiti by Sander Martin
The 2013 Photocrati Fund competition will soon be coming to an end. On April 30,2013 the Photocrati fund, which offers a $5000 grant to a photographer to help them take on an important humanitarian on environmental photography project, will come to a close. The goal of the project is acknowledging great photographers and helping them in their pursuits to have a positive effect on the world and it is not too late for you to apply.
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All images in this piece are copyright of Danny Santos. Used with permission.
Chances are that you’ve seen the work of Danny Santos II–specifically you might be more familiar with his street photography. Danny is a person who I would call one of the most inspirational photographers of our time–as bold a statement as that is, consider his background. He’s super friendly, shoots all the time, documents people even in the rain, and was able to translate his skills into wedding, fashion, and advertising work. Danny did all this through social media spread and by creating genuine work as opposed to knowing people in high places–which is another way of working your way up the creative ladder.
We were thrilled to head that Danny is a fan of the Phoblographer, so we reached out to talk to him about his work, finding paying clients, his gear and more.
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