In 2018, Ami was put into the spotlight for her image of Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, in which she documented the heartbreaking final moments leading to his passing. “There are no words to adequately express the profound grief I felt then and still feel today”, she says when asked about the experience. Whilst discussing where the journey sat in terms of her career and life, Ami said “it’s one of the most painful but important moments I have ever witnessed.”
Edas Wong is arguably one of the best street photographers working today. Shot after shot that he produces is always of the highest quality. Based in Hong Kong, Edas has a superhuman eye for the humorous juxtaposition. Simply put, he sees things that others just don’t see. His work has allowed him to rise in popularity over the past couple of years. So much so he is now about to release his first photo book – something we are very excited about.
Ahead of his book release, we spoke to Edas about his life as one of the strongest players in the street photography scene.
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When shooting street photography, mirrorless cameras have always had one major default disadvantage. You’re shooting with the camera and by default there is an eye-sensor. Said sensor detects when your eye (or something) is near the viewfinder and the camera will switch from the LCD screen to primarily using the EVF. This in turn causes some delays with trying to get the shot. It’s not at all like using a DSLR where the OVF is always on and the same goes for a rangefinder.
So what do you do
To avoid any potential lag and to even help with keeping the camera active and ready to use, lock the camera to using the EVF only and not at all activate the LCD screen on the back. This will mean that when the camera is resting against your body or even in your hand that the EVF will be active and ready to shoot. Couple this with making the camera go to sleep only after a prolonged period of time, maybe say 5 minutes.
Then, every now and again just peek through the viewfinder to get a better understanding of your surroundings and how the EVF will render the scene.
If you want faster focusing, then I can’t recommend highly enough the zone focusing ability.
Zone focusing helps you get your subject in focus just by moving closer. It’s my favorite method of shooting street and can apply to anything and everything. It may be tougher to do with autofocus lenses but you can use the camera’s viewfinder to see a distance scale of how far away you’re focusing. Then just mentally keep that distance in mind as you’re moving about and shooting.
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What is an everyday photographer you might be asking? Simply put it’s someone who likes to capture the world around them on a daily basis. Perhaps a mom who likes to document their time spent with her children who are growing up before her eyes. It’s someone who wants to go on photo walks to capture the ever evolving world around them, or a person who just likes to document moments in their life. While quality images are important, the every day photographer is more concerned with just capturing the moments that unfold in front of them, rather than with Megapixel counts, autofocus points, and pixel peeping. They don’t necessarily need huge cameras with the latest and greatest tech. After the break see which compact, highly affordable Mirrorless cameras we recommend to capture fleeting moments.
Hot on the announcement of the new Canon EOS RP, Canon have announced that there will be bundles on both the EOS R and the EOS RP. The EOS R will come with a free lens adapter so you can pick one up and use your existing library of Canon glass, while there is a $200 discount on a bundle that comes with the adapter and the RF 24-105mm USM lens. If you’re thinking about picking up the new EOS RP it will come bundled with a free lens adapter, an extension grip and instant rebates up to $300 when bundled with a lens. There are also savings to be had on select RF glass. Join us after the break for more details.
There have been some truly stunning captures of the moon that have been shared with us over the years. Whether they have been from astronauts in outer space, or astrophotographers from their backyards, the images always capture the imagination of many. Space and astrophotography lover, Andrew McCarthy recently set out to capture an insanely detailed picture of our moon, and the result of his work, and his patience is an image comprised of nearly 50,000 shots that has a resolution of 81 Megapixels. The capture is truly out of this world. Join us after the break to find out more about how he captured it.
In case you missed it, former White House photographer Pete Souza released his book titled SHADE: A Tale of Two Presidents in October 2018. But, today is a perfect day for us to get a preview of it, being Presidents’ Day and all. In this interview with Jim Braude of WGBH News, we get to revisit some of Souza’s most telling photographs from his stint, and how his silent commentary on President Donald Trump eventually became a book.
Let’s face it: unless you’re printing your photos in a darkroom, shooting film these days is also partly a digital process. Because of this, how your shots will look is largely dependent on how it gets scanned. There are two ways to do it — either you get a film developing lab to scan your negatives for you, or you do it yourself using a dedicated film scanner or flatbed scanner that accommodates film negatives. Of course, you’d want to know which option produces the best results; that’s exactly what Hamburg-based film photographer Alexandre Miguel Maia went to find out.
I purposely purchased the Tarion M-02 as a counterpoint to a reader’s comment on a previous review of ours claiming that we only review pricey camera bags. The truth that I’ve learned over the years is that that’s simply not true. A lot of work, care and design goes into camera bags with special emphasis on what photographers need like weather protection, quick access, security, etc. And in comparison, most bags don’t really have that. While the comment could surely have come from an ill informed place of internet nerd rage, I often try to do my best to satisfy everyone–and so the Tarion M-02 made me of the belief that I could.
Have you ever lost a ton of images due to SD card becoming corrupt? Have you accidentally hit format all instead of deleting a single image? If so you’ll be very familiar with the gut wrenching feeling that washes over you. I’ve been there before and I can tell you that it’s not fun. Fortunately there are options available for data recovery. ProGrade Digital have just announced their new Recovery Pro Software that will help you get your images, and movie files back should you have a case of fat thumb, or if your SD card fails on you. Read on after the break to find out more, and for the official press release.