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Monthly Archives: May 2011
NEWS: PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM – is it really just for Artists, Art Students and the over 50s?
If you loved shooting film there are still a few people out there who can’t give it up. Since digital came along, the allure of a discarded technology is catnip to artists and art students. Their enthusiasm for the palpable … Continue reading
NEWS: JIM GOLDBERG has won the 2011 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize
Posted in Awards & Competitions
Tagged contemporary photography, Deutsche Borse Photography Prize, Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2011 winner, Deutsche Börse Photography Prize runner-up, Jim Goldberg, London photography, narrative photography, Olivier Laurent, the dispossessed, The Photographer's Gallery
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WHITE BALANCE in your ‘Camera Settings’
WHITE BALANCE settings in your camera can make your photographs a ‘normal’ or more pleasing colour. Find your camera manual or download it from the camera brand’s website so you can find the White Balance settings in your camera. Watch … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Camera Settings
Tagged AWB, cloudy, color temperature, colour temperature, digital camera, Digital Camera Settings, digital color photography, digital colour photography, Digital SLR, fluorescent light, incandescent light, indoor light, K, Kelvin degrees, light source, light source colors, lighting problem, shade, sunny day, temperature of light, tungsten light, visible light spectrum, WB, White Balance
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NEWS: PLASTIC CAMERAS – a step backwards toward art
Plastic cameras such as the Diana, Holga, or Pinhole cameras, distort the light and the image in unexpected and often ‘arty’ ways. There is a resurgence of retro cameras such as the plastic camera as well as traditional film cameras … Continue reading
NEWS: 150th Anniversary of Colour Photography
Read about The Tartan Ribbon – in colour, 1861. On May 17, 1861, colour photography was created by Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell. Phil Coomes, BBC picture editor, shows us what it looked like and how it relates to digital photography.
OIL, MAN-MADE DISASTERS and POWERFUL PHOTOGRAPHS: Edward Burtynsky photographs the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
SEE VIDEO: Canadian photographer EDWARD BURTYNSKY has been taking industrial and manufacturing photographs of mankind’s heroic efforts to harvest and harness the earth’s natural treasures for fourteen years. His stunning, large photographs of mining operations in Canada and the U.S., … Continue reading
Posted in News, photo exhibitions, Photography Books, Photography Festival, Photography websites
Tagged Alberta Oil Sands, CONTACT, CONTACT Photography Festival, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Edward Burtynsky, Film Board of Canada, Flowers Gallery, Gulf of Mexico, Jason Rehel, Jennifer Baichwal, La Lettre de la Photographie, Manufactured Landscapes, Metivier Gallery, Monegros Spain, National Post Arts, New York Times Art, Oil, Oil Spill, Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico, Photography, ROM, Royal Ontario Museum for Contemporary Culture, Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, shipbreaking Bangladesh, Three Gorges Dam, Toronto Photography
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CONTACT Photography Festival – May 2011
Watch the VIDEO: Fashion Television covers the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival in Toronto during the month of May. ALERT: Toronto is again hosting the fabulous Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival during the month of May. Hundreds of venues and galleries show … Continue reading