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Dreaming Is Free

October 22, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

Untitled by JEO Photography
Untitled by JEO Photography

Cameras are amazing. Technology has advanced so much in the last ten years that our cameras do things photographers a generation ago never would have thought possible. High ISOs, enormous files sizes, speedlights that do much of the thinking for us, and video capabilities that would make Hitchcock swoon are all functions that easily fit in our camera bags.

However, we are photographers. Technological advances are great, but there are always features that could improve our experience. For example, I would love if Nikon or Canon could build professional level gear that was sized better for women. When working for more than an hour with a heavy camera, large lens and a speedlight, my hand cramps up into a position I like to call “The Claw.” It isn’t just that the gear is heavy, but that my hand doesn’t fit comfortably around it. While I’m at it, I know I am not the only woman who would love a camera strap that fit across my torso without squishing my lady parts.

I am not alone in dreaming about camera changes, so I asked a few local photographers what was on their list of dream camera functions. The answers below are as different as the photographers themselves.

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Filed Under: Gear Talk Tagged With: Angela Kleis, Brian Knight, camera functions, Chris Chen, dream list, gear talk, John Ulaszek, Kat Forder

Friday Links

October 18, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

Photo by John Ulaszek
Photo by John Ulaszek

Contest winners, new contests to enter, very sad tiger news (we warned you) and an amazing sports photo. Oh, and Cheese! We can’t forget the cheese.

  • The local camera store Pro Photo has reopened at a new location, 2000 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
  • Exposed contest winner & regular contributor Chris Chen has an exhibit opening tonight at Wild Hand Workshop. Read his interview about the “Souvenir Shop” show which features photographs printed on portable media.
  • Arlington Magazine has an interesting story about the founder of the American Nazi party, along with some fascinating and frightening historical photos of Nazis in Arlington.
  • If you have ever wanted to travel to space, take a whirl around the 360 degree photo of the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Be careful not to push the wrong button. If you like that one, Air & Space magazine has a few more to explore.
  • Speaking of space, this guy wins every “What’s in Your Bag” contest. Ever.
  • High on a hill was a lonely cheesmaker, Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo. Reuters photographer Denis Balibouse documented a summer of cheese making by one family in the Alps.
  • Canon has announced their “Show Us Your City” contest. You could win some sweet, sweet printers.
  • The Chicago Sun-Times may have fired their photo staff, but that won’t stop them from making a profit off their work from the archives. Stay classy Sun-Times.
  • Manfrotto has launched a new line of photo bags.
  • NPPA has announced their Short Grant winners.
  • The first winner of the monthly Leica Store contest is John Ulaszek. We profiled Ulaszek’s work a few months ago.
  • A diverse list of 37 photographers you should be following on Instagram.
  • Stan Grossfield captured what is surely one of the best sports photos of the year this week.
  • In the saddest tiger news ever, the Sumatran tiger born at the London Zoo last month drowned. We are going to leave the Panda Cam right here. And this penguin photo.

Filed Under: Friday Links Tagged With: Arlington Magazine, cheese, Chris Chen, Denis Balibouse, friday links, Go Sox!, John Ulaszek, Leica Store, Manfrotto, NPPA Short Grant, Pro Photo, space, Stan Grossfield

In Frame: September 30, 2013

September 30, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

Photo from John Ulaszek
Photo from John Ulaszek

This photograph from John Ulaszek is all about the timing. The skateboarder’s full body is within the frame of the window, and it would look much different if his arm or leg were partially out of sight. The three levels of progressive dark to light add nicely to the layers of this image.

Filed Under: In Frame Tagged With: in frame, John Ulaszek, jump, puddle

Friday Links

September 6, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

"Ag Fair" by Chris McDaniel
“Ag Fair” by Chris McDaniel

It may have been a short work week, but we have lots of great links for you today. We have the work of two war photographers, discounted Adobe products, exploration of a  Virginia island by a pair of local photographers, technological photography advances from the early 1900’s, and a possible step backwards technologically. We will let you decide that one.

  • Famed war photographer Don McCullin shared some of his thoughts and images with The Telegraph.
  • You will never get this reaction with via instant replay. Probably one of the funniest foul ball photos of all time.
  • Adobe announced a discounted introduction to their new Creative Cloud for photographers for only $9.99 per month. Users who buy in before the end of the year will be able to lock in that price.
  • Kodak is officially no longer a consumer photography company. We imagine Paul Simon is crying in a corner somewhere with his last box of Kodachrome.
  • The view inside the Maryland Statehouse dome is rarely seen by the public, so a Baltimore Sun photographer documented it for everyone’s benefit.
  • The Washington Post shared the story of another war photographer, Goran Tomasevic, about his recent work in Syria.
  • In Focus has a collection of the winners of the Red Bull Illume Photo Contest. This snowboarding photo particularly caught our attention, but they are all jaw dropping.
  • Guns and Fine Art Dog Photography. With a title like that, who needs an explanation.
  • Do you rent photo equipment from Calumet? If so, you can take an image of your gear in action, share it on Instagram, and possibly win $250 in free rental gear.
  • Ghosts of DC has a photo of Blagden Alley from 1923. The alley is located behind the current location of Long View Gallery, where we have held our Exposed photo exhibit for the last few years.
  • A nice collection of images from regular contributors John Ulaszek and Chris Suspect of Tangier Island, VA.
  • No kids, this is not a joke. Someone is trying to fund a project that would make a smartphone photo enlarger. No comment.
  • Interested in real technological advancement? Photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky was making color images of the Russian Empire one hundred years ago.
  • If you don’t want to be seen looking like the village idiot, don’t smile like the village idiot. In what is being called censorship, Agence France Presse killed a photo of French President Francois Hollande making a silly face to French schoolchildren.
  • Ayu, a two year old Sumatran tiger has returned to her home at a zoo in Indonesia after surviving a poisoning attack. Another tiger and two lions were not as lucky, and died from the poisoning.

Filed Under: Friday Links Tagged With: Adobe, censorship, Chris Suspect, dogs, Don McCullin, Goran Tomasevic, John Ulaszek, links, roundup, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, technology, tiger, war, weekly

In Frame: August 30, 2013

August 30, 2013 By Heather Goss

Untitled by John Ulaszek
Untitled by John Ulaszek

Photographer John Ulaszek leaves us with an important life lesson to take into this three-day weekend: Always focus on the cheese.

Filed Under: In Frame Tagged With: cheese, John Ulaszek

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