Stephen Spielberg is signed on as director for the upcoming film It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War, which is based on Pulitzer Prize-winning wartime photographer Lynsey Addario’s memoir of the same title. Jennifer Lawrence is set to star as Addario in the film, which is planned for release sometime in 2017. [Read more…]
Video: Joe McNally Photography – A Retrospective
This video shows off the Joe McNally Photojournalist Exhibition at the Monroe Gallery of Photography in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The exhibition is a 30 year retrospective of Joe McNally’s diverse and dynamic images.
In the video, Joe shares his thoughts on the prints in the gallery and what it means to see some of the images as prints for the very first time. This is the last week of the show, so if you are in the Santa Fe area, be sure to stop by and see this exhibit.
You can read Joe’s blog for more info and even see the images selected for the exhibit here on the Monroe Gallery website.
[via ISO 1200]
5 Brilliant Minutes with Gregory Heisler
This short video of Gregory Heisler packs so much wisdom and advice for photographers into a little more than 5 minutes. You can’t watch this video and fail to take something away from it.
If you want to hear more from the man, Heisler also has a recent book called Gregory Heisler: 50 Portraits, in which he breaks down 50 of his portraits and reveals his creative and technical processes for each shot.
[via PetaPixel]
Watch the 2014 Gulf Photo Plus Shootout w/ Zack Arias and Sara Lando
The annual Gulf Photo Plus Shootout never ceases to impress. If you aren’t familiar with past years’ format, “it pits two or three photographers against each other in a room full of photographers and they have to shoot, edit, retouch and present a photo within 20 minutes to a brief that is revealed at the event!”
This year, it was Zack Arias against Italian photographer Sara Lando. And, man, they were both great!
Think Tank Photo’s ‘About a Photograph’ Series Asks “When Do You Take a Photo?”
In this ‘About a Photograph’ story from Think Tank Photo, photojournalist Al Diaz tells the story behind this powerful image of a nurse performing infant CPR on the side of the road. Diaz has a great breakdown of how the events happened and what went into when and why he captured the photo.
You can read more about this story here on Al Diaz’s blog.
[via About a Photograph]
HBO Documentary ‘Witness’ Follows Combat Photographers
‘Witness’ is a new 4-part documentary from HBO and executive producers Michael Mann and Davide Frankham. It follows combat photographers into conflict zones in Mexico, Libya, South Sudan and Brazil. The next episode airs tonight at 9pm ET.
Check out the trailer below.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dkFTRBGxKA&w=640&h=360]More details on HBO’s website.
[via A Photo Editor]
Zack Arias Earns His “OneLight” Keep with a Crappy Kodak Compact
Zack Arias is known for his OneLight mantra and has been making waves for the past few years as a standout commercial and editorial photographer in Atlanta. Kai over at DigitalRev got him out in a Chinese back alley for a round of Pro Photographer Cheap Camera.
In this episode, Zack gets stuck with a full-auto Kodak C142 digital camera and a single speedlight. Then, he has to figure out how to make the two work together and turn out something respectable.
It’s worth a watch to see just how much Zack can pull out of a $79 camera and a single speedlight.
How Much Should I Charge for My Photography?
This is a great intro video to one of the most-asked questions in online photography discussions via Mark Wallace at Snap Factory via Adorama.
Photographer Rick Smolan Tells Natasha’s Story
In the above video, photographer Rick Smolan tells the unforgettable story of a young Amerasian girl, a fateful photography trip, and the adoption saga that followed.
[via Ted Talks]
Quotable: “The Future Of Photography Is Convergence”
Over at A Photo Editor, there’s an interesting interview with Vincent Laforet concerning the future of photography. In it he discusses where these photo and video cameras are heading, including how new technology will affect the vision required to capture “the decisive moment.”
Here’s what’s important, if you can shoot 120 frames or 96 frames per second at a high resolution, it removes one of the single most difficult aspects of being a photographer, which is to capture the “decisive moment.”
Head on over to A Photo Editor the the complete interview.
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