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Sunday, February 3, 2008 -
Gerd Ludwig
Gerd Ludwig is the subject of the most recent videocast from George Jardine on Adobe Lightroom. It is presented in a really interesting format, with the audio track being an interview between George and Gerd, and the visuals being a photo slideshow of photographs that relate to the conversation. The tie up between audio and choice of photograph is really well done, and whilst originally I thought that this format might be distracting, by a few minutes in (it has a 45 minute duration) I was really appreciating it and enjoying the conversation and imagery.
If you have a spare 45 minutes, and a spare 105MB then its worth downloading and watching (the podcast can be downloaded from George's iDisk - it is labeled "20071120 Podcast - Gerd Ludwig").
If you have a spare 45 minutes, and a spare 105MB then its worth downloading and watching (the podcast can be downloaded from George's iDisk - it is labeled "20071120 Podcast - Gerd Ludwig").
Labels: inspiration, podcast
Thursday, January 3, 2008 -
Photoblogs of the year
wink is the photoblog of the year according to Photoblogawards. All of the finalists are impressive and provide great inspiration.
Via Bruce and openculture.
Via Bruce and openculture.
Labels: awards, inspiration
Andreas Gursky
Whilst I was on my pre-Christmas travels around the country, I caught up with some back issues of the British Journal of Photography. Among other useful articles, I was particularly taken with a review of Andreas Gursky's exhibition At Large, illustrated with an amazing photograph of skiers at the annual ski marathon in Engadin.
The exhibition is on at the Kunstmuseum, Basel until the 24th February and looks like it'll be amazing. Here's hoping there will be an opportunity to see this exhibition in the UK at some point.
The exhibition is on at the Kunstmuseum, Basel until the 24th February and looks like it'll be amazing. Here's hoping there will be an opportunity to see this exhibition in the UK at some point.
Labels: exhibition, inspiration, photographer
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 -
Russ Shea
I recently attended the Snowboard show at Tamworth Snowdome and of course took advantage of the opportunity to take some demo boards out for a ride, but also listened to Russ Shea from DopeShots talking about photography. He is one of the photographers for Document Snowboard magazine and put together a great talk. It lasted about an hour and covered both general photograhy hints and tips but also snow sport specific stuff.
My key learnings were about batteries (buy lithium batteries as they aren't as affected by the cold) about traditional sweet spots (1/1000th and f5.6 for film, probably 1/1000th and f7.1 for digital) and got a few more items for my shopping list - a fish eye lens, a light meter and a flash unit.
He recommended shooting on manual, and getting to learn how the camera responds in different situations. I must admit to being an Aperture based photography and I tend to leave my camera on this mode 95% of the time. I obviously need to kick this habit and experiment more. He also mentioned that film was a great way to learn as you were more inclined to try and get it right first time rather than shoot away and choose later. I've found it to be the other way round, and in my early learning days found in really helpful to take lots of shots and use the EXIF information to learn abut both technique and my camera.
He also mentioned the usefulness of flash at all times - to help the rider stand out. Another tip to take on board and trial more. One of the official photographers at Ash and Mitul's wedding also advised the use of flash to remove shadows from portaits, even/especially in bright sunshine (which I've been trying to do) so it looks like time to investigate in a proper flash unit rather than just relying on the on-camera flash.
My shopping list grows ever larger.
My key learnings were about batteries (buy lithium batteries as they aren't as affected by the cold) about traditional sweet spots (1/1000th and f5.6 for film, probably 1/1000th and f7.1 for digital) and got a few more items for my shopping list - a fish eye lens, a light meter and a flash unit.
He recommended shooting on manual, and getting to learn how the camera responds in different situations. I must admit to being an Aperture based photography and I tend to leave my camera on this mode 95% of the time. I obviously need to kick this habit and experiment more. He also mentioned that film was a great way to learn as you were more inclined to try and get it right first time rather than shoot away and choose later. I've found it to be the other way round, and in my early learning days found in really helpful to take lots of shots and use the EXIF information to learn abut both technique and my camera.
He also mentioned the usefulness of flash at all times - to help the rider stand out. Another tip to take on board and trial more. One of the official photographers at Ash and Mitul's wedding also advised the use of flash to remove shadows from portaits, even/especially in bright sunshine (which I've been trying to do) so it looks like time to investigate in a proper flash unit rather than just relying on the on-camera flash.
My shopping list grows ever larger.
Labels: inspiration
