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New Local Rental Gear Resource: F8 Rentals

April 22, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

Running for Mom by Rob Cannon
Running for Mom by Rob Cannon

When Calumet Photo filed bankruptcy and closed their stores across the nation last month, the largest local camera rental department in the area disappeared with it. Hardly missing a beat, Jerry Smith, the former manager of the Calumet’s rental department in Tyson’s Corner has opened his own business, F8 Rentals, to help fill that void.

Transferring a small portion of a previously existing business to a new endeavor is not new for those in the former Penn Camera and Calumet family. The former head of the Penn Camera Workshops, Marie Joabar, broke out on her own after Penn went bankrupt in early 2012 and founded the Capital Photography Center. Now Smith is trying to follow a similar path. We asked him a few questions about F8 Rentals.

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Filed Under: Gear Talk Tagged With: Calumet Photo, f8Rentals, Jerry Smith, Local Business, Local Resource Guide, Penn Camera, rental gear

Friday Links

April 4, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

Shadow Play by alsacienne
Shadow Play by alsacienne

TGIFL! This week we have heavy metal cats, head-whacking images, geologists in the field and so much more. Our 2014 Exposed DC Photography Show is open for just one more day at today until 6 p.m. and our last day Sunday, April 6, 12 to 5 p.m. at Long View Gallery. (They’re closed for a private event on Saturday.) Most of the Exposed staff and many of the photographers will be there hanging out, so stop by to say hello and for your last chance to get a view of this year’s winners. You can purchase any of the images and our 2014 exhibition program in person on Sunday, or online (prints; program).

  • The 6th annual “Mirror to the World” documentary photography exhibition opens tonight at Glen Echo Park. The show is curated by photographer Frank Van Riper, and features many local photographers.
  • Tragic news this morning: AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus was killed and reporter Kathy Gannon was wounded in Afghanistan when a local policeman opened fire on their car.
  • Not to be outdone by his wife, former President Clinton got his own sunglasses photo this week.
  • The ripples from the Calumet Photographic store closings are still being felt. Customers at the Rockville store are still waiting for pictures to be returned. You might want to bookmark our new local resource guide for camera stores.
  • Photographer Yang Yongliang layers thousands of photographs to create dreamscapes that represent how rapidly China is developing.
  • Photographer Alexander Crockett is proving that cats can rock. He’s the photographer behind Metal Cats, a photo book with images of musicians from the hardcore metal music scene posing with their furry feline friends.
  • The excellent Garry Winogrand retrospective is open until June 8 at the National Gallery of Art. Our reviewer recommends multiple visits.
  • DeShean Jackson may have signed with the Washington Football Team this week, but the photo behind him at the signing got a lot of attention.
  • Cops stopping photographers is not a new phenomenon. In 1955, Robert Frank was arrested in Arkansas while photographing The Americans.
  • The BBC has a slideshow of work by Christina Broom, Britian’s first female press photographer.
  • “None of the images in the series…were set up; All of them were taken serendipitously and examine clashing cultures, tradition versus modernity, and sometimes situations that are simply perplexing.” Martin Kollar’s “Nothing Special” examines the often bizarre world of Eastern Europe during the post-Soviet era.
  • This photo essay from Columbia University shows what life is like as a geologist working in Panama.
  • Kaija Straumanis gets our vote for series we would most like to see the outtakes from. She took portraits of herself while objects collided with her head.
  • Interesting article on how photographers are getting sponsorships on Instagram.
  • You know we love dog photos, but these intimate shots by Chris Sembrot of dogs kissing people is heavy on the PDA.
  • Save the date for our next monthly happy hour, April 16 at El Centro D.F.
  • And finally, adorable photos of Indochinese tiger cubs at the Saigon Zoo.

Filed Under: Friday Links Tagged With: Alexander Crockett, Calumet Photo, Chris Sembrot, DeSean Jackson, friday links, Instagram, Kaija Straumanis, Martin Kollar, MIRROR TO THE WORLD, tiger, Yang Yongliang

Friday Links

March 14, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

Exposed 2014 Photography Show poster by ep_jhu
Exposed 2014 Photography Show poster by ep_jhu

So you’ve bought your Exposed 2014 opening night tickets, right? Ok, then. Your reward is this week’s allotment of alluring links, including fantastic Snowy Owl research photos, local photographer Jim Darling’s upcoming pop-up studio, and the sad story behind Calumet’s demise:

  • We learned yesterday that Calumet Photo filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Their website is gone, all their twitter feeds have been deleted, and the short update they wrote on facebook about their closing has also been deleted. Calumet took over three Penn Camera stores in the area after they closed down a few years ago. Peta Pixel has an interview with a former employee which details how bad things had gotten at the retailer.
  • Just how valuable are your Instagram photos? Daniel Arnold made $15K in one day selling prints of his popular Instagram shots.
  • A Photo Editor wrote his own guide to photography contests.
  • The Baltimore Police are at it again. They forced Baltimore Sun photo editor Chris Assaf away from the scene of an office involved shooting. We wrote about another similar incident with Baltimore Police last year.
  • D.C. area photographer Kristi Odom is headed to Bolivia to photograph the illegal animal trade. She is looking for financial backing on the project, and has almost met her goal.
  • Photographer Meredith Rizzo has some great images in an NPR story on the snowy owl.
  • Need a good headshot? Local photographer Jim Darling, whose portraits we profiled last year, is hosting a pop-up portrait studio on 3/22.
  • D.C. based photographer Mathew Ramsey is getting a lot of attention for his burger porn project. The photos look very tasty.
  • Combat photographer Stacey Pearsall shared stories about working as an Air Force photographer with Photoshelter.
  • This week PetaPixel wrote about the work Paulo Ordoveza, or @PicPedant, is doing to expose fake or copyrighted photos posted on twitter. You may remember that we interviewed Ordoveza back in January.
  • General Colin Powell posted a selfie he took 60 years ago to facebook yesterday. He even managed to call out Ellen in the process.
  • (e)merge art fair will return for their fourth year to D.C. this fall.
  • “Permitting photography led to constant tension between those who wanted a clear view for their camera and those who wished to look at the paintings.” To ban or not to ban cameras at museums.
  • An finally, Nepal celebrated some happy news this week when it marked 365 days without a tiger, rhino or elephant being poached.

Filed Under: Friday Links Tagged With: (e)merge art fair, A Photo Editor, Baltmore Police, Calumet Photo, Colin Powell, Daniel Arnold, friday links, Jim Darling, Kristi Odom, Mathew Ramsey, Meredith Rizzo, Paulo Ordoveza, Photo Rights, snowy owl, Stacey Pearsall, tiger

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