Images from Steve McCurry's last roll

Several months ago i blogged about Steve using the last roll of Kodachrome and now the results are out.

Images from Steve McCurry's last roll

A very very big Polaroid camera

Here is a video of a photographer with a very unique approach to capturing his images.

His camera is so big you have to see it for yourself

A very very big Polaroid camera

Would you attach a camera to your head?

For weeks I have been researching on what to put on this blog, then I cam across a video worth putting here. Its a bout a photography professor who attached a camera on his head!

Would you attach a camera to your head?

Squint exhibit and PAFAP: Photographers from all over the world

Squint is an exhibit organized by one of Philippines top artists, Rosscapili. Squint is composed of different photographers from the newly formed group called Philippine Association of Fine Art Photographers (PAFAP), also formed by Rosscapili. The members of the group are made up of hobbyists,

Squint exhibit and PAFAP: Photographers from all over the world

Perfect Shot Camera Store

Hi guys! Check out the newest Camera store in town, PERFECTSHOT! It is located at the 5th floor of SM North EDSA annex.

 In their tagline it says Experience more than 50 ways to capture every moment. It means that you can really try the cameras out. The staff are also friendly and compared to other stores, they know what they are talking about.

Perfect Shot Camera Store

Ken Rockwell's winning photograph with the help of Mt. Pinatubo

All photographers new or seasoned know Ken. He has this blog that gives you all the technical details you should know about photography and he also gives good reviews about his gear. Just recently a video of him was posted in Silberstudio.tv showing his work taken  after Mt. Pinatubo erupted in the early 90's.
Click more for video link.

Ken Rockwell's winning photograph with the help of Mt. Pinatubo

Cosplay photography

Cosplay is quite an in thing today. I remember doing a shoot for Inquirer 5 years ago featuring cosplayers. That was quite an awesome experience shooting teens in their favorite anime costume

Cosplay photography

Reuters photos of the month

Sundays can sometime be a bit boring. You just want to lie down and even sleep the afternoon away. So here is something light yet powerful.

Reuters photos of the month

Film photography is back

Just this year Kodak's last roll of slide film was used by Nat Geo's Steve McCurry, but just this month Kodak made an announcement of a new film product, the new Kodak Potra 400 color negative.

Film photography is back

Rangefinder craze: Leica limited and Fuji digital rangefinder

This is Leica M9. It is made only for the chosen few, around 500 pieces. For the design they hired Walter de’Silva of the Audi design team. The camera costs around 29,000.00 USD or around 1.5M pesos.

In another rangefinder news veteran camera maker, Fujifilm is coming out with the finepix x100 by March 2011. It is a digital reangefinder equipped with a fixed 23mm f/2 lens. The camera is priced at 1000.00 USD.

Rangefinder craze: Leica limited and Fuji digital rangefinder

Camera Club of the Philippines relaunches site

Camera Club of the Philippines, Asia’s oldest and Philippines’ most prestigious photography club has re-launched its website. Thanks to Nesty Ocampo, the contest committee chairman of CCP for reviving the website....

Camera Club of the Philippines relaunches site

Migrant workers photographed as super heroes

Dulce Pinzon an artist captures migrant workers as super heroes. More photos in his website

Dulce Pinzón was born in Mexico City in 1974. She studied Mass Media Communications at the Universidad de Las Americas in Puebla Mexico and Photography at Indiana University in Pennsylvania. In 1995 she moved to New York where she studied at The International Center of Photography.

As a young Mexican artist living in the US, Dulce soon found new inspiration for her photography in feelings of nostalgia, questions of identity, and political and cultural frustrations. In her black and white series “Viviendo en el Gabacho” (a Mexican colloquialism for living in the US) she illustrates the dualistic phenomenon of the integration of the Mexican immigrant into the New York landscape.
This concept of dualism was further developed when she used nostalgic iconograpic images from a Mexican card game projected over the naked bodies of her New York friends and loved ones in “Loteria”. “Multiracial” portrayed subjects of multiracial heritage against primary color backgrounds, exposing the frailty of our concepts of race. Her latest project “The Real Story of the superheroes” comes full circle to reintroduce the Mexican immigrant in New York in a satirical documentary style featuring ordinary men and women in their work environment donning superhero garb, thus raising questions of both our definition of heroism and our ignorance of and indifference to the workforce that fuels our ever-consuming economy.
Her work has been published and exhibited in Mexico, the US, Australia, Argentina and Europe. In 2001 her photos were used for the cover of a publication of Howard Zinn’s book “A People’s History of the United States”. In 2002 Dulce won the prestigious Jovenes Creadores grant for her work. She won an Honorific Mention in the Santa Fe project competition 2006 with “The Real Story of the Superheroes” series.
Dulce is a 2006 fellow in Photography from the New York Foundation for the Arts.
She currently resides in Brooklyn.

via Pinzons website

Migrant workers photographed as super heroes

FREE PHOTOGRAPHY SEMINAR IN POWERBOOKS GREENBELT

Please join me (Jeff Cua) as I give this free photography seminar in Powerbooks Greenbelt. I will be discussing different tips and tricks such as maximizing the use of camera, shooting like a pro, composition technique like rule of thirds and more!! Just go there on September 18 2010, lecture starts 3pm and ends 5pm

FREE PHOTOGRAPHY SEMINAR IN POWERBOOKS GREENBELT

PORTRAIT CLASSROOM: An Ipad application for photographer

This application is good for newbies who want to quickly get the hang of photography. The application has 10 detailed tutorials that will teach your lighting, camera set up and what to do in photoshop.

PORTRAIT CLASSROOM: An Ipad application for photographer

Philippine Airlines Photo Contest

Calling all photography enthusiasts, join Philippine Airlines' Open Colored Photo Contest and have a chance to win 2 round trip tickets! 

The Philippine Airlines Photo Contest is in collaboration with Mr. Bien Bautista, advertising and travel photographer. 

Prizes:

1st Prize:  Roundtrip tickets (Manila – Los Angeles – Manila) on Mabuhay Class for two (2) 

2nd Prize: Roundtrip tickets (Manila – Brisbane – Manila) on Mabuhay Class for two (2) 

3rd Prize: Roundtrip tickets (Manila – Hong Kong – Manila) on Mabuhay Class for two (2) 

Consolation Prize (7 winners): Roundtrip tickets (Manila- Cebu – Manila) on Fiesta Class

Theme: “Awakening the Beauty” 

Contest Duration: 16 August to 05 November 2010   

Photo Contest Entry form is readily downloadable. Just click on the link provided at the right hand side of this page. 

Rules, terms and conditions:

Philippine Airlines Photo Contest

Famed post war jazz photographer dies

Herman Leonard, one of the most prominent jazz photographers of the 20th century who became famous for capturing musical greats like Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie and Billie Holiday, has died at a hospital in Los Angeles. He was 87. (source)


Watch the BBC's Audio slide show tribute to Herman here

Famed post war jazz photographer dies

New Nikon D3100

 

Nikon has finally graduated from 720P video and has brought forth a new camera today that will record in 1080P. What’s really interesting is that they did it in the new D3100. I’m not sure if this is going to be replacing the D3000, which is their lowest cost consumer DSLR, but the price-point says no. Some other notable upgrades to the camera are the sensor size, ISO range, and wireless flash control. So here’s the in-depth scoop.

New Nikon D3100

Updated Nikon projector camera!

 

Nikon today introduced an updated version of their one-of-a-kind "projector camera". The new Coolpix S1100pj (which replaces the S1000pj) doesn't just take pictures -- it can project them onto a wall or screen, too. The S1100pj features quite a few improvements, including a brighter projector, larger/sharper LCD, HD movie mode, and the ability to project content from your PC (over USB). Here's more:

Updated Nikon projector camera!

Star trail and glowing algae captured in long exposure

I came across this photo in petapixel. Its a place called Gippsland lakes home of the glowing algae.  What is also nice about the algae is the story behind it and the other

Star trail and glowing algae captured in long exposure

Nikon Lens Simulator - This is why I love Nikon

I am a Nikon user, all my film cameras and digital SLR are Nikon. I found this in the Nikon website and it is a lens lens simulator. It shows you what

Nikon Lens Simulator - This is why I love Nikon