Next week: Get into the mind of how dance photographer Kien Quan creates his images Based in New York City, Kien Quan is a commercial/lifestyle photographer specializing in capturing dance and movement. With over 10 years of experience in dance, he seeks to “elevate the imagery of the art form through visual storytelling.” We featured …
We won’t get too much into the specifics of what is going on with this Virginia Federal Court case in which the court found that using images that you find online can be constituted as fair use. Chances are you have heard about this already, or if you haven’t, a simple search can give you all of the information about it really quickly. What we wanted to do is talk about what you can do to combat this sort of blatant infringement, since the courts are apparently unable to sufficiently protect you.
For years, New York City has been a mecca for street photographers looking to capture unique moments occurring all around us. Unless you happen to be in New York City during a hurricane or a massive snow storm, chances are, you’ll be surrounded by locals and tourists alike going about their lives, moving from one destination to the next. In his latest series titled “DAYDREAMERS,” New York based fine art, portrait, and street photographer Luc Kordas, whose work we’ve previously showcased here on The Phoblographer, focuses on everyday individuals experiencing quiet moments with their eyes shut among the crowds of New York.
Who doesn’t love a good holiday to celebrate? These are always the best times to buy the gear that you have been thinking about buying thanks to companies looking to capitalize on the joy of a holiday to separate you from your money. This July 4th is no different and several companies have some good deals that you should be taking a look at!
When the Panasonic 12-60mm f2.8-4 Power OIS was announced with a number of other variable aperture lenses out there, I was very confused. Why would Panasonic make a lineup of lenses with a variable aperture and target them at professional photographers? Many want constant aperture lenses. Granted, these are a bit longer than most professional zoom lenses and as I saw over a while, the performance is also really up there. The Panasonic 12-60mm f2.8-4 Power OIS is weather sealed, sharp, fast to focus, provides quite a bit of extra (and much needed) stabilization, and just feels great in the hand. When it comes to working with Micro Four Thirds, it also means that you generally never need to stop the lenses down due to depth of field.
You may recall last year when Yashica burst back onto the scene with some vague teases regarding a return to the camera market. After several weeks of teases, it was revealed, through the launch of a Kickstarter campaign, that Yashica was coming back to the camera market in a very interesting way. Instead of launching just another digital camera, and rather than launching some sort of advanced modern film camera, the company instead revealed their plan to base their new camera on something they were calling digiFilm.
Looking for the next interesting or quirky camera to add to your collection? Here’s one that we think may be something you’ve never heard of: the Epson R-D1, which was the first digital rangefinder camera. It’s one of the coolest cameras you can have if you also love shooting with film because of its unusual feature.
Portrait photography. Chances are, if you own a stand alone camera you are probably using it to take portraits, at least on occasion. So it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to say that you may be in the market for a good lens for just that purpose; portrait photography. Well, if you are new to the Fujifilm X-Series or to mirrorless cameras in general you may be wondering what your options are for good portrait lenses.
The Olympus EPL9 should not be taken seriously, but it should inspire you in a different way. When the Olympus EPL9 was announced, I jokingly said to myself that I’d do the entire review taking nothing else but selfies to mock my generation and because much of our initial briefing on the camera was about …
In the world of RAW processing, Fujifilm’s RAF files are a pain in the ass for RAW converters to work on, thanks completely to the special algorithm that is required to read their special X-Trans color information. This has lead to slower import times and questionable image quality from the major RAW converters used in Lightroom and other major image processing engines. One third-party alternative, X-Transformer, takes your RAF files and processes them with its own RAW converter engine (which is known to handle RAF files very well) and outputs an Adobe DNG file that can be read and used in software like Adobe Lightroom much easier.