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Lights! Camera! Glamour! The Photography of George Hurrell

By Ryan • Dec 31st, 2007

From ArtDaily.org:
“SANTA MONICA, CA.-The California Heritage Museum is pleased to present “Lights! Camera Glamour! The Photography of George Hurrell”. As studio photographer for MGM, Warner Brothers and Columbia, Hurrell shot some of the world’s most beautiful and intriguing personalities, creating the template for the Hollywood glamour portrait. The exhibition follows his career from his arrival [...]



Dead rock stars, alive on coffee tables

By Ryan • Dec 27th, 2007

By John Rogers (AP) article in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
“LOS ANGELES – Deborah Chesher was going through her old boxes of negatives one day when a thought crossed the photographer’s mind about how young and alive all of the guitar gods of her youth had been.
It was quickly followed by the realization that many of those [...]



How To: HDR Photography

By Ryan • Dec 26th, 2007

By Charlie Sorrel of Wired.com:
“Wondering what to do with the new zillion-megapixel camera you got for Christmas now that you’ve filled your memory card with pictures of Uncle Pete snoozing in a party hat? Stock Photographer and Image Technician Ryan McGinnis has a great how-to post on HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography.
HDR is a technique [...]



Is Digital Forcing Out Photography’s Roots?

By Ryan • Dec 10th, 2007

By Lesley Brefeld of Summit Daily News:
“Since Ansel Adams developed the zone system of manipulating the lights and darks of a photograph at the turn of the 19th century, darkrooms have been facilitating the production of this mainstay of popular art.
But in the name of digital, the art of photography is undergoing a revolution.
As [...]



Female Photographers Depict Their Iran

By Ryan • Dec 6th, 2007

By Siobhan Dowling for Der Speigel:
“A woman in a headscarf photographs herself in a mirror, pictures of Ayatollah Khomeini cover the wall behind her and her lens also captures three laughing bare-chested men in the corner of a cramped room. The photograph by Mehraneh Atashi of a men’s sports center in Tehran, is just one [...]



Artist Profile: Danielle Dean Palmer, San Juan Island

By Ryan • Dec 5th, 2007

By Amanda Leidig for The Tacoma Daily Index:
“For photographer Danielle Dean Palmer, there is a feeling and a mood to be captured in each photograph she takes. And living in the beautiful environment of the San Juan Islands gives her plenty to work with.
Danielle was introduced to photography at an early age. It was [...]



PACA Investigates Ethics Complait Against Photolibrary

By Ryan • Dec 5th, 2007

By Daryl Lang of PDNonline.com:
“Photolibrary fired a controller who sent an e-mail to hundreds of stock photographers about alleged accounting problems at the company.
Additionally, the Picture Archive Council of America confirms that its Ethics and Grievance Committee is investigating a related complaint against Photolibrary.
Photolibrary is preparing a lengthy denial of all the claims the controller [...]



Amateurs Taking to Professional Grade Digital Cameras

By Ryan • Dec 3rd, 2007

From NewKerala.com:
“Due to their high prices of sometimes up to 1,000 euros ($1,473), they remained a dream for many.
But prices have fallen to less than 400 euros for some models, not including the lens, making the cameras affordable for many, says Constanze Clauss of the Frankfurt-based Photo Industry Association.
Brands like Canon, Nikon and Olympus have [...]



Shootout: 18x EVF Superzooms

By Ryan • Nov 29th, 2007

By Jack Howard of PopPhoto.com:
“The competition is heating up in the 18x superzoom EVF category! Earlier this year it was simple: If you wanted an 18x zoom EVF, you had one choice, the 7-megapixel Olympus SP-550UZ ($340, street). Now, the original superduperzoom has been joined by an 8-megapixel Olympus sister, the SP-560UZ ($450, street), and [...]



The Buffalo Hunters

By Ryan • Nov 29th, 2007

By Troy Shulze for the Houston Press:
“Eric Michael Jones should be applauded for thinking big. His digital photos, some printed as large as five feet tall, uphold my general thinking concerning photography exhibits: the bigger the better. Who wants to squint? Film grain should be viewed in blown-up proportions — it enhances the image. Digital [...]