Mimi Alford tells the story of her affair with President John F. Kennedy in “Once Upon a Secret.”
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Books of The Times: ‘Once Upon a Secret’: Mimi Alford on Her Affair With Kennedy
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A Parisian Detour: Eugène Atget at MoMA
Walking Off the Big Apple8 Feb 2012 | 4:25 amPhotographer Eugène Atget (French, 1857-1927) made over 8,500 pictures of Paris during his prolific life as an artist - the romantic city's cobblestone streets, its windows with store mannequins, luscious but tamed parks, mysterious courtyards, his own neighborhood in the 5th arrondissement, and much more - but he did not take one picture of the Eiffel Tower. Not one. A couple of reasons why this most recognizable symbol of Paris fails to show up is that didn't like to pander to the postcard set and he really didn't care. His Paris was more the ephemeral pre-modern city, a place of… -
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Remember Netvibes? It’s Finally Acquired By Engineering Giant Dassault Systèmes
TechCrunch8 Feb 2012 | 11:48 pmIt’s been a long and winding road since Tariq Krim created and eventually left Netvibes, but today Netvibes has been acquired by huge French engineering giant Dassault Systèmes for an undisclosed amount. Krim continues to pursue his original dream of organising the social web on Jolicloud. -
Ready-to-Wear: An Eye on 20s Fashion
bloggers@brooklynmuseum25 Jan 2012 | 9:05 amFirst impressions of the exhibition Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties might suggest that the only important article of clothing during the Jazz Age was the bathing suit. Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889–1975). Self-Portrait with Rita, 1922. Oil on canvas, 49 x 39 3/8 in. (124.5 x 100 cm). National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Mooney. © T. H. Benton and R. P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / UMB Bank Trustee / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution / Art Resource, NY…
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Books of The Times: ‘Once Upon a Secret’: Mimi Alford on Her Affair With Kennedy
8 Feb 2012 | 10:42 pmMimi Alford tells the story of her affair with President John F. Kennedy in “Once Upon a Secret.” -
Fashion Week : Christian Siriano Seeks Fashion Industry’s Approval
8 Feb 2012 | 10:40 pmThanks to “Project Runway,” Christian Siriano is a star in the eyes of the broader public, but now he’s trying to appeal to the fashion crowd. -
Music Review: JACK Quartet in Pop Up! Concert at Miller Theater
8 Feb 2012 | 9:20 pmThe JACK Quartet and Ensemble Signal performed in a Pop Up! concert at the Miller Theater. -
Ishmael Houston-Jones Brings a New Parallels to Danspace
8 Feb 2012 | 8:49 pmThe choreographer Ishmael Houston-Jones has organized a new, bigger version of Parallels, his 1982 Danspace Project work that asked, what is black dance? -
The Carpetbagger: Oscar Nominees in the Crafts Categories
8 Feb 2012 | 8:47 pmThe craft professions behind the movies — costume design, art direction and makeup — get a moment in the spotlight too.
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Walking Off the Big Apple
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A Parisian Detour: Eugène Atget at MoMA
8 Feb 2012 | 4:25 amPhotographer Eugène Atget (French, 1857-1927) made over 8,500 pictures of Paris during his prolific life as an artist - the romantic city's cobblestone streets, its windows with store mannequins, luscious but tamed parks, mysterious courtyards, his own neighborhood in the 5th arrondissement, and much more - but he did not take one picture of the Eiffel Tower. Not one. A couple of reasons why this most recognizable symbol of Paris fails to show up is that didn't like to pander to the postcard set and he really didn't care. His Paris was more the ephemeral pre-modern city, a place of… -
The Wow Factor: A Stroll in Brooklyn Bridge Park, and A Visit to Jane's Carousel
5 Feb 2012 | 1:44 pmOne of the many charms of living the life of a flâneur, aside from being oblivious to the fact that it's the wrong time (21st century, not the 19th) and the wrong city (New York, not Paris) is to embark on a long winter's walk in a city park without caring about much of anything and then suddenly being struck by a surprising view. The academics among us talk about the notion of visual culture, a relatively new paradigm popular among art historians that suggests that our life is characterized by the tendency to visualize knowledge. Whatever can be discovered and understood will eventually be… -
Navigating Fort Greene: Between BAM and the Barclays Center
1 Feb 2012 | 5:34 amEn route to a performance at the either of the main venues of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the BAM Harvey or the Peter Jay Sharp Building, especially near the train stations that service the Brooklyn neighborhood of Fort Greene, it is possible to observe many visitors from other boroughs looking tentatively around in every direction to get their geographical bearings, as if they were lost. I would wager that they are lost. Where Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall are served by immediately adjacent subway stops, making it possible to see these venues right away after climbing stairs to the… -
A Winter Walk on the High Line: A Slideshow
28 Jan 2012 | 11:51 amWinter is proving elusive this season. This time last week, a snow blanketed the city, and a walk in Central Park lived up to the billing as a winter wonderland. The snow is gone now. A walk along the High Line this past Thursday turned up all sorts of colors, few of which we normally associate with winter. Waves of wheat-colored grasses offset nicely with the cool blues of the contemporary buildings and the moody grays of the sky. Some bright orange twiggy barks dazzled along the path, and plump rosy-red buds generously covered some branches. If it weren't for the High Line's official… -
A Walk to Weegee's Street: Centre Market Place
26 Jan 2012 | 2:36 pmFrom 1934 to 1947, the years that serve as the focus of the current Weegee exhibit at the ICP, the photographer lived in an apartment at 5 Centre Market Place in Manhattan. Living directly across the street from the old Police Headquarters, the freelance crime photographer had quick access to the activities of the police, and he often could get simple shots of suspects just by walking out his front door. While this area of Lower Manhattan has changed a great deal since Weegee's time, especially since the police long ago relocated their headquarters further downtown, the neighborhood around…
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Google Wallet's PIN System Has Been Cracked But Don't Panic Just Yet [Video]
8 Feb 2012 | 8:20 pmThe security PIN system that Google Wallet users have to enter to verify transactions has been compromised. Thankfully, the chances of your wallet being used against you is relatively low—assuming you haven't rooted your phone, that is. More »
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Remember Netvibes? It’s Finally Acquired By Engineering Giant Dassault Systèmes
8 Feb 2012 | 11:48 pmIt’s been a long and winding road since Tariq Krim created and eventually left Netvibes, but today Netvibes has been acquired by huge French engineering giant Dassault Systèmes for an undisclosed amount. Krim continues to pursue his original dream of organising the social web on Jolicloud. -
Analytics Dashboard Netvibes Sold To Dassault Systèmes
8 Feb 2012 | 11:06 pmNetvibes has just been acquired by European product design company Dassault Systèmes (sure this isn’t the type of thing I usually write, but I like the founder Tariq Krim so bear with me here … ). French startup Netvibes is a sentiment analytics dashboard that allows Fortune 500 companies to track their social media presence throughout the realtime web. Dassault is a “3D experience” design company — which lets designers virtualize how products will work in the real world — so the acquisition actually seems jarring at first, but Netvibes CEO Freddy Mini… -
Hipster CEO Also Apologizes For Address Book-Gate, Calls For “Application Privacy Summit” [Guest Post]
8 Feb 2012 | 8:07 pmThe following is a guest post from Hipster CEO Doug Ludlow, following yesterday and today’s revelations that select apps were uploading users’ entire address books to their databases. We blew it, we’re sorry, and we’re going to make it right. It’s Hipster’s goal to provide a fun and beautiful service for our community to share where they are, and what they are doing – creating a safe environment for our users is of the utmost importance to us. However, when we built our “Find Friends” feature for iOS, we clearly dropped the ball when it comes to protecting our… -
Is A Hash Of Hash Of A Torrent Of A Torrent Of Copyrighted Data Copyrighted?
8 Feb 2012 | 7:23 pmLet’s try to parse this. Pirate Bay (.se) user allisfine just recently uploaded a torrent to the site that is a collection of all the magnet identifiers for the entire site (actually, only about a quarter of the site, but all the publicly visible ones). That is to say, it is a list of the unique identifiers, cryptographic hashes, of every .torrent file on the site. In a way, this torrent file, or indeed its magnet identifier (938802790a385c49307f34cca4c30f80b03df59c), contains millions or billions of dollars worth of pirated content. Or does it? It’s more a philosophical question… -
Stealthy Startup timeRAZOR Raises $3.4M Pre-Launch, Partners With Major Household Brands
8 Feb 2012 | 7:01 pmGot FOMO? (That’s “fear of missing out” for those of you who don’t do slang.) There will soon be an app for that, or so says the $3.4 million in angel funding the stealthy D.C.-area startup called timeRAZOR has raised. In its pre-launch state, the curious company is already lining up brand partnerships with big names like Marriott and L’Oreal in preparation for its March debut. But what the heck is a timeRAZOR? According to CEO and co-founder, Jeff White (formerly the founder of govWin), timeRAZOR is a mobile application that will help people discover…
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Ready-to-Wear: An Eye on 20s Fashion
25 Jan 2012 | 9:05 amFirst impressions of the exhibition Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties might suggest that the only important article of clothing during the Jazz Age was the bathing suit. Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889–1975). Self-Portrait with Rita, 1922. Oil on canvas, 49 x 39 3/8 in. (124.5 x 100 cm). National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Mooney. © T. H. Benton and R. P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / UMB Bank Trustee / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution / Art Resource, NY… -
What’s Behind the Green Doors?
10 Jan 2012 | 9:04 amOn the first floor of the Museum, if you look to your left while waiting for the double elevators, you will notice two wide green double doors. Behind the green doors, educators install the Student Exhibition of the Gallery/Studio. If they doors are open, you might see some works of art on the far wall. If you step through the doors you will notice many more artworks filling the gallery. There are sculptures and paintings, artist books, prints, digital photographs, videos, models, and sometimes (for example this January) even interactive works that ask for visitor participation. This is the… -
QR in the New Year?
4 Jan 2012 | 11:57 amA while back, I reported that we were in the process of a trial period with QR codes. We’ve just taken a look at the stats, so I’m giving a run down of what we’ve seen. If I asked the Magic 8-Ball if we’d continue with QR in the New Year, I think the response might be anything from “outlook not so good” to “don’t count on it” or, possibly, “cannot predict now.” In general, our staff at the Visitor Desk is seeing increased QR awareness among visitors and a rise in demand for the mobile palm card we produced, but stats will… -
In the Gallery vs. Online: How a Split Second Can Differ
28 Dec 2011 | 7:50 amOne of the questions people always ask me is how web differs from what happens in the building and that’s a difficult thing to get metrics on. With Split Second, we are in a unique position to answer that question because we’ve been running the same online activity on kiosks in the gallery. In this final Split Second blog post, I’m going to compare these two sets of data. Visitors were invited to take the online activity using kiosks in the gallery, so the data could be compared. 2600 visitors sat down at the kiosks to take the activity for a spin. You may remember from… -
Split Second: A Curator’s Reaction to the Results
21 Dec 2011 | 6:57 amI’ve had a lot of time to mull over the results of the Split Second, so here are a few of my thoughts—roughly one week before the Split Second exhibition closes. Please bear in mind that I don’t bring any expertise on Sociology or Psychology or Statistics to the picture. What I do bring is many years of experience working with Indian art and with people who are looking at Indian art for the first time. The original intent of the Split Second experiment was to measure people’s reactions to works of art as they encountered 1) objects that varied in degrees of complexity and 2) viewing…
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Oddsmaking: Will Adele Go "Rolling" Over Her Song Of The Year Competition?
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Maurizio Cattelan App Named Top App for 2012
7 Feb 2012 | 2:10 pm{ezvideo 33} The Sunday Times (UK) has recognized Maurizio Cattelan: All in its list of Top 500 Apps. Produced on the occasion of the Guggenheim's Maurizio Cattelan retrospective exhibition, which was on view November 4, 2011–January 22, 2012, the app is available on iPhone, iPad, and Android. It includes dramatic views of the Guggenheim installation, texts about the works, and video commentary by many of the artist’s key collaborators. The annual list is compiled by a team of experienced app reviewers and experts, and features a roundup of apps from around the world in categories such as… -
Guggenheim Exhibition of American Avant-Garde Art to Open in Rome
31 Jan 2012 | 1:48 pmThe Guggenheim will open a special exhibition at the historic Palazzo delle Esposizioni in the heart of Rome on February 7, 2012. Showcasing more than 60 exemplary works from the museum's permanent collection, Guggenheim Collection: The American Avant-Garde 1945–1980 traces the key upheavals in art during the decades after World War II and highlights the often radical challenges to traditional notions of art and art making that emerged during the period. Through paintings, sculptures, photographs, and installations, the exhibition examines one of the most important periods in American art,… -
A Look Back at 2011
24 Jan 2012 | 10:18 amThe Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York welcomed 1,107,054 visitors in 2011, making it the museum's second-highest attended year after the the 50th anniversary in 2009, and the fourth consecutive year with more than one million visitors. The year closed with the popular exhibition Maurizio Cattelan: All, for which the museum offered extended hours throughout December and much of January. In conjunction with the exhibition, the museum developed its first mobile app, which includes dramatic views of the installation, texts about the works, and more than 20 video interviews with Cattelan's… -
The Guggenheim Organizes Seven-Hour Finale for Maurizio Cattelan: All
17 Jan 2012 | 6:24 amOn the occasion of Maurizio Cattelan's announcement of his retirement from art making, the Guggenheim is marking the closing of the Maurizio Cattelan: All exhibition by holding a multidisciplinary program called The Last Word on Saturday, January 21, at 6 pm. During the seven-hour finale event, thirty or so prominent representatives from the fields of visual art, philosophy, literature, film, music, economics, law, politics and activism, religion, dance, theater, sports, and fashion will come together to contemplate the subject of voluntary endings. Maurizio Cattelan: All brings together… -
Blog Series To Explore Trends From BMW Guggenheim Lab New York
13 Jan 2012 | 10:37 amLab | Log, the blog and travel diary of the BMW Guggenheim Lab, has launched an eight-week series called “Lab Notes I: Trends from the New York Lab.” The series will feature Guggenheim curators Maria Nicanor and David van der Leer, journalist Christine McLaren, author Jon Cotner, and a prominent array of guest bloggers—artists, scientists, and journalists—who together will examine four themes that emerged during the Lab’s remarkable ten-week run in Manhattan’s East Village. The Rise of Open-Source Urbanism (January 11–23): Leaders in the fields of design, urban planning, and…
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In Today’s News…New Classes at Kelby Training
6 Feb 2012 | 5:30 amJust finished two new classes for Kelby Training, which are in the pipe, and will most likely come out fairly shortly. They’re pretty in depth looks at creating, with just light and a plain wall, an environment in which dancers can thrive, create their own sublime shapes, which then, at camera, you simply hope to capture. I’m a big believer in the fact that when the camera observes a performer, it simply stands in service to their creativity. Consequently, the best thing a shooter can do is provide a comfortable place for them to experiment, light them simply and well, and then… -
GPP-A Reunion in the Desert
30 Jan 2012 | 1:52 amI’ve been away from Gulf Photo Plus for a couple years now, but heading back for 2012. Dubai remains fascinating, to be sure, but what really has rocked me, once again, is the gathering of talent in the city of the sands. I kinda wish I could go and clone myself for a week, and just shuttle around to hear some wisdom. I’m especially psyched for the return of Greg Heisler. I missed him there last year, and he knows light and color like no one else. Also, David Burnett is coming. David and I know each other now for thirty years. He’s simply one of the most intelligent… -
Nikon D4- Behind The Scenes Video
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Nikon D4 Video….The Blues in His Shoes….
23 Jan 2012 | 5:44 amLittle Freddie King is the real deal. He hopped the rails at the age of 14, and went from his family farm in Mississippi down to New Orleans, ’cause that town was swayin’ with sound, and he knew he had to be there. The ever magical Lynn Delmastro in our studio got in touch with him, and his manager, “Wacko” Wade Wright, and we were invited, briefly, into his life, and his music. It was enriching and wonderful to be around Little Freddie. I doubt a nicer man ever picked up a guitar. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpo5AC-wETY We shot this short, sweet and simple,’cause… -
Buds
17 Jan 2012 | 8:21 amOne of the cool things about shooting for Nikon a bit of late has been hanging with my Italian and Jewish brothers, Mike Corrado and Lindsay Silverman. Among the three of us, we must have about eighty years of camera experience. (They would immediately assure you right now that they each have ten of those and the remaining sixty belong to me.) We collectively survived the acetate era, and arrived intact in the age of digital. Intact physically, anyway. Mentally, the three of us are a few pixels short of a full frame chip, if you know what I mean. I love going on location with Corrado. His…
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Boo
1 Feb 2012 | 12:04 pmGoing to the gym is supposed to be a boost, right? When you work out, you are supposed to have a nice endorphin kick, rosy cheeks from exertion and that good feeling that comes with knowing that you... Kristin Armstrong's online journal : Mile Markers. Share the road with Kristin Armstrong. -
Welcome
27 Jan 2012 | 4:31 pmLast week I talked about dread; this week I want to talk about overcoming. Sometimes the thing you fear or the person or situation you want to avoid is upon you, whether you like it or not. As... Kristin Armstrong's online journal : Mile Markers. Share the road with Kristin Armstrong. -
Stones
20 Jan 2012 | 2:24 pmDread is such a waste of time and energy – but we all do it from time to time. We look out into the future, and focus in on something or someone we wish we could avoid. The person or …... Kristin Armstrong's online journal : Mile Markers. Share the road with Kristin Armstrong. -
Iwouldbut
12 Jan 2012 | 3:23 pmHopefully you have made some time to think about the things you want for and from yourself in 2012. A friend of mine shared how powerful it is to write out goals from the perspective of "one... Kristin Armstrong's online journal : Mile Markers. Share the road with Kristin Armstrong. -
Full Cup
5 Jan 2012 | 8:06 pmHere we are, peeps, brand spanking new. Five days into 2012. Hope your transition zone was smooth and meaningful. I have a ritual each year, before the clock strikes, where I carve out time with my... Kristin Armstrong's online journal : Mile Markers. Share the road with Kristin Armstrong.
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Roadtrip to Marfa – Part 1
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Still Images In Great Advertising- Shawn Michienzi
7 Feb 2012 | 7:15 amStill Images In Great Advertising, is a column where Suzanne Sease discovers great advertising images and then speaks with the photographers about it. I have known Shawn Michienzi for decades throughout my career as an art buyer. I never had the honor to work with him but came close once. Shawn is a pure advertising photographer-he loves the business and brings a lot to the table when he shots a campaign. I interviewed Shawn with his West Coast rep, Kate Chase (he was sick as a dog and had a hard time finishing his sentences before breaking into a coughing fit). Suzanne: There is a lot of… -
Chances Are, You Suck
7 Feb 2012 | 6:06 amThere’s nothing wrong with not being any good at photography. Everybody started out bad and none of us does all aspects of it well. But it’s a crying shame to want to be good at it, to spend time and money trying to be good at it, and not getting any better. This isn’t like teaching a child to read. Positive reinforcement is your enemy. Your Facebook friends, your Twitter followers… hate you. Instead of taking ten seconds to say. “This doesn’t work. You need to do better”. They readily push that “like” button, because it’s easy and…
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Cliff Mautner on the Nikon D800
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It’s Free Stuff Thursday!
8 Feb 2012 | 9:01 pmPhotoshop World DC – 9 Days Left for Early Bird Registration! Photoshop World Washington DC is quickly approaching, and there are only 9 days left to save $100 on registration! Head on over to PhotoshopWorld.com to sign up, get hotel info, see the full schedule of classes from instructors like Jay Maisel, Joel Grimes, Lindsay Adler, Glyn Dewis, and a ton of other incredible people! And, there are only a few spots left in some of the pre-conference workshops like Lightpainting 101 with Dave Black, On Location DSLR Workshop with Rich Harrington, Real World Concert Photography with Alan… -
It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring Jake Peterson!
7 Feb 2012 | 9:37 pmMaking History Come to LifeTen months ago I was attending Photoshop World in Orlando, FL. It was the second time I had been to Photoshop World, but after the blast of Vegas the previous September there was no way I was going to miss the one that Spring. One morning in the instructors’ lounge Jay Maisel, someone who I knew of but had never met, was sitting at a table. I introduced myself and we started to talk. Afterward Jay went up to my Dad and said, “You have failed as a parent if you let your kid go into photography as a career.” He smiled and my Dad just laughed;… -
Jumping the gun on the Nikon D800
7 Feb 2012 | 7:46 amSince my post last night here on Google+ (http://www.scottgplus.com), and here on my blog earlier today, I’ve seen a lot of comments flowing in pro and con about this camera, and I just want to say a quick few things about the comments I’ve been reading thus far:(1) The D800 was apparently created for a very specific type of photographer There is no law that every camera introduced by a camera company has to be designed to fit your personal needs. If you read that it has 36.3 megapixels and you’re like “36.3 megapixels is overkill!!!” then obviously this… -
Nikon Announces The D800 And Baby Does It Look Sweet!!!!
6 Feb 2012 | 9:33 pm36.3 megapixels (wow!) with a full frame sensor. Full HD video with stereo sound (yay) built in HDR (sweet) and it looks like its aimed at the commercial, wedding and landscape markets (photographers who shoot medium format digital backs. I mean who used to shoot digital backs). ;-)I haven’t seen one, held one, etc., but it sounds amazing and I want one. Bad!!!! (And yes, sometimes you need 36.3 megapixels). Two words: Whoo Hoo!Read the full scoop at Nikon USA: http://bit.ly/wVaU77
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Sony full-frame camera coming, 500mm F4 lens finally announced
8 Feb 2012 | 7:05 pmSony has confirmed it will be making a full-frame replacement for its flagship A900 DSLR. No further details were given during a round-table discussion at the CP+ show in Japan, but we find it hard to believe the result will step away from the SLT technology the company has invested so heavily in. The company has also finally announced the A-mount 500mm F4 lens that it has been showing in various states of preparedness since PMA 2007 will be available from late March. -
Ricoh reshuffle sees Pentax take control of cameras
8 Feb 2012 | 5:07 pmRicoh has announced that its Pentax Ricoh Imaging (PRI) business unit will take full control of the design, development and sales of the company's cameras, worldwide. PRI was created when Ricoh bought Pentax and is the business that has been responsible for the design, manufacturing and sales of Pentax cameras. It will now absorb the consumer businesses of Ricoh's Personal Multimedia Product Company, which was responsible for the design, manufacture and sale of Ricoh cameras. The change will take effect from April 1st 2012. -
Sony promises more NEX lenses in updated E-mount lens roadmap
8 Feb 2012 | 5:00 pmSony has said it will have 15 lenses ready for the NEX system by the end of 2013. It made the annoucement of an expanded E-mount roadmap at the start of the CP+ trade show in Yokohama, Japan. The roadmap includes a variety of zooms and prime lenses, including a high-end standard zoom with Sony's premium 'G' branding. There will also be a pancake prime and a mid-telephoto prime lens some time during 2013. -
Sigma DP series reinvented as DP1M and DP2M with 15MPx3 sensor from SD1
7 Feb 2012 | 11:00 pmSigma has totally reinvented its DP series of large sensor compacts with the DP1 Merrill and DP2 Merrill. The DP Merrill models are named after Dick Merrill, inventor of the Foveon sensor and include the most recent version of his technology - the 15x3MP APS-C sensor first seen in Sigma's SD1. Because the Merrill cameras feature full APS-C sensors, they also feature totally redesigned lenses, with the DP1M including a 19mm F2.8 lens to offer a 28mm equivalent field of view and the DP2M having a 30mm F2.8 lens to give a 45mm equivalent field-of-view. -
Sigma SD1 becomes SD1 Merrill and gains (much) keener price tag
7 Feb 2012 | 11:00 pmSigma's new CEO, Kazuto Yamaki has announced the re-branding and re-pricing of the company's flagship camera. The SD1 DSLR will now be know as the SD1 Merrill, in honor of Dick Merrill, inventor of the Foveon sensor technology on which it is based. The price will also be revised, falling to what should be a street price of around $2,299, which Yamaki attributes to work conducted to reduce production costs of the sensor. Despite these changes, his letter promises the performance and characteristics of the sensor have not changed. To avoid disappointing existing SD1 customers, Sigma will offer…
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Rob Galbraith DPI
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First deliveries of Nikon D4 delayed until mid-March
8 Feb 2012 | 1:45 pmInitial shipments of the Nikon D4 to retailers have been pushed into next month. The pro digital SLR had originally been slated for worldwide release beginning late next week. Earlier today, however, Nikon USA told us - through their PR firm - that a "minor production delay" means that dealers should now expect to start taking delivery of the company's new flagship closer to the middle of March. -
The Atlantic features Civil War gallery
8 Feb 2012 | 12:15 pmThe Atlantic features The Civil War, Part 1, The Places, an historic gallery of interesting old black-and-white photos. -
Turnley slideshow features human condition
8 Feb 2012 | 11:15 amPeter Turnley features an interesting slideshow called Moments Of The Human Condition on his website. -
Photojournalist shares seven things learned
8 Feb 2012 | 9:30 amGetty Images photojournalist Peter Macdiarmid shares the Top 7 things I've earned as a Getty Images news photographer but what is more interesting is the video below the list. -
Sigma announces dramatic SD1 price reduction, updated DP1 and DP2
8 Feb 2012 | 7:45 amSigma today announced that the price of its SD1 DSLR camera has been reduced to US$2,299 in the U.S. (That is the Minimum Advertised Price, or MAP, which is normally also the actual street price.) This is a reduction of more than $4,500 from the previous MAP. At the same time, the company announced updated versions of the DP1 and DP2 large-sensor compact cameras, which now use the same 14.75 million image pixel, 3-layer Foveon sensor as the SD1.
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DEAN'S BLOG
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Running A Sale
2 Feb 2012 | 8:23 amI recently learned about a running event that was having a hard time getting people to register, so they turned to Groupon to see what would happen. What would be your guess? Amazingly, with the... Dean Karnazes, mega-endurance athlete and bestselling author, blogs about ultra running, life, and the human spirit. Not necessarily in that order. -
Minneapolis Rules (at least this month)
16 Jan 2012 | 11:09 amWhat’s the fittest city of them all? In the US it looks like—drum roll please—Minneapolis wins! According to a MapMyFITNESS survey of the fitness activities of 1.7 million active community members in... Dean Karnazes, mega-endurance athlete and bestselling author, blogs about ultra running, life, and the human spirit. Not necessarily in that order. -
Jocks vs. Jockettes
9 Jan 2012 | 8:10 amMen are from Mars and women are from Venus? Whatever. We’re both pretty much from the same planet as far as I can tell. That said, we do have our differences, and these go for our running preferences... Dean Karnazes, mega-endurance athlete and bestselling author, blogs about ultra running, life, and the human spirit. Not necessarily in that order. -
Cross Training – Part 3 of 3
13 Dec 2011 | 7:48 amSome final thoughts on cross training revolve around incorporating other sports in your overall conditioning program. If these sports involve something you enjoy the likelihood of doing them... Dean Karnazes, mega-endurance athlete and bestselling author, blogs about ultra running, life, and the human spirit. Not necessarily in that order. -
Cross Training – Part 2 of 3
9 Nov 2011 | 9:42 amAll-around body strength is important to run stronger, prevent injury and to be healthier overall. Sufficient upper body and core conditioning are essential. It's not necessary to join a gym to... Dean Karnazes, mega-endurance athlete and bestselling author, blogs about ultra running, life, and the human spirit. Not necessarily in that order.
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Chase Jarvis Blog
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Dope Music Video – Niki & the Dove [via Wintr]
8 Feb 2012 | 1:15 pmHumpday special. Superdope track from band Niki & the Dove, all wrapped up nicely in a superfresh animated video, cooked up by my pals over at Wintr Get it here on iTunes. Featured on The Fader also. —— -
Famous Photographers Pose with Their Most Iconic Images
7 Feb 2012 | 11:52 amSteve McCurry When we gaze upon an iconic (or even just a really good) photograph, it’s difficult to think about the work or the passion behind it – we are seeing a documented scene or a crafted image and–unless you are a photographer–most people don’t wonder about the individual who was behind the camera. Sure, the majority of the populace will automatically recognize the photo of the Afghan Girl that was on the cover of National Geographic, but if you said the name “Steve McCurry” would the everyday person have any idea who you were talking about? Photographer Tim… -
Dead Mobsters Remind Us: Success in Your Work is in Your Quirk.
6 Feb 2012 | 10:37 amAll images courtesy of ICP Photos of dead mobsters lying prone, surrounded by articles of clothing and police chalk markings. The crime scene, the murder as art. Equal parts photographer and old-school sleuth Arthur “Weegee” Fellig had a otherworldly guidance that lead him straight to fresh crime scenes, like the plastic thing on a Ouija board. Working the streets of New York City in the 1930s and 40s, he consorted with both the good guys and the bad guys, as he documented crime and street life in his neighborhood. Ultimately, Weegee was an amateur photographer with a killer eye… -
Talent Imitates, Genius Steals: chasejarvisLIVE REMIX episode with MIKE RELM [coming Tues Feb 7]
3 Feb 2012 | 10:18 amMike Relm will move you. Photo: SF Weekly. UPDATE: if you’re reading this post now…The no “Talent Imitates, Genius Steals – REMIX” edition of #cjLIVE with one of the world’s leading multimedia (audio + video) DJ’s Mike Relm is TODAY 11:00 Seattle Time, 2pm NYC, 19:00 London! Tune in here to the live page to unlock your creative mojo and realize that inspiration is all around you. ——— There’s a saying that you should understand. It’s “TALENT IMITATES. GENIUS STEALS.” Now before your undies get in a wad,… -
The Freshman Yearbook of Power Nerds, Washington DC Style
2 Feb 2012 | 9:46 amAll images by Christopher Leaman Funny segue from yesterday’s political post… Got to thinking about politics and photography…. Though it seems otherwise at time, politicians aren’t actually celebs. Sure, they get their picture taken at press conferences, but–especially early on in their career–they’re not really used to having a photographer take a portrait of them like a rock star. They’re most often power nerds and people who do a job that’s -either wonderfully or catastrophically- public. All this is hyper-evident in this series of photos by…
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Strobist
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How the Other Half Lives: George Holz' Beyoncé for Spin
8 Feb 2012 | 9:00 pmPhoto © George HolzYou know how people on the Strobist Flickr group like to talk about how it is technically possible to shoot blow-away white with just one flash?Yeah, this is not exactly that.Hit the jump for a walk-thru vid for the (ahem, eight-light) shoot, including a key light combo that you're prolly gonna want to rent rather than buy next time you are assigned to shoot Beyoncé. Read more » -
Lighting Inside the Box
6 Feb 2012 | 6:30 amAfter 15 years of long-term planning (and saving) Susan and I finally took the plunge with a full kitchen remodel. We were really pleased with the results, and at some point I had promised the contractor a nice photo of the final product.In a room like this you are basically illuminating the inside of a box by using hidden lights, which turned out to be an interesting exercise. And it's something I would recommend for just about any photographer. Read more » -
Core Knowledge: Working With Remotes
2 Feb 2012 | 6:00 amThere are two things you should always remember about radio remotes:One, radio can be fickle. This is true whether you are using your time-honored PocketWizards or a brand new Chinese offering.Two, radio waves -- and success with your remotes -- are all about the physics. So a little knowledge can go a long way toward ensuring good range and reliability. Some basics that every lighting photographer should know, inside. Read more » -
Tyler Stableford: Dispatches From the Underground
30 Jan 2012 | 6:00 amAspen, Colorado-based photographer Tyler Stableford generally shoots action and adventure, most of it aboveground. But this shoot for Timberland PRO would send him a half-mile deep into the earth. That far down, before adding light it is absolutely pitch black. As in, you cannot see your hand in front of your face. And the lights the miners use while extracting coal there aren't much friendlier -- low-level, and a mix of tungsten and fluorescents. So Stableford shot the entire campaign working on the edge of the quality envelope, and lighting with only a few speedlights. Read more » -
Q&A: Dealing with Glare from Dark Wood Backgrounds
26 Jan 2012 | 6:00 amReader Jefferson, from California in the US, asked via Twitter:"How do you deal with glare on dark wood in background for portraits? Is this covered in Lighting 101 or 102?"Actually, it is covered in L102, if a little obliquely. And yes, pretty much any time you light into dark wood as a background you are gonna get some blowback.But rather than look at this as a problem, I prefer to think of it as a feature… Read more »
