Trawling through several hundred e-mails and over a thousand RSS news items has been a time-consuming task but I’m almost up to date now. I thought I’d share a small selection of things that caught my eye:
After the recent closure of the PhotoShelter Collection, it seems that Digital Railroad is very likely to close. Their own web site says that they’ve been unable to secure additional funding and I know that the CEO and at least one other member of the board have been let go. I’m probably in no position to judge but it seems like only yesterday they were boasting about a $15 million investment. How can it have been so poorly managed? If you have images with Digital Railroad, I’d suggest making sure that those are not your only copies!
Check out Jason Parkinson’s and Marc Vallée’s film “Collateral Damage“, an account of techniques employed by the Metropolitan Police’s “Forward Intelligence Team”, a misnomer if ever there was one. Freedom of the press? Anyone remember what that was like?
Matt also has an interesting post where he examines the need, or otherwise, for digital images to be razor-sharp. It’s a thought-provoking piece.
“…professional photographers wake up in the morning, dust off their genius and their impermeable self-confidence, rush out to see the world, unearth their truant vision, shoot 12 perfect images and then rush home to post them online with only a curves adjustment and a little sharpening. Sometimes we wear a bag over our heads to shield others from the reflected glory, too.” says David duChemin with his tongue firmly in his cheek. Read his spot-on description of what it’s actually like to be a “pro” photographer.
I realise that I’m pushing my earlier post containing Bhutanese pictures further down this page and that’s what I wanted to share most this week so here’s another image that links directly to that entry.
I photographed this lady at Gante Goemba, where they are currently rehearsing for the upcoming coronation ceremony. This image has been desaturated quite significantly. It’s clearly her face and hands that demand attention and I didn’t want to see them being overpowered by the bright reds and pinks in her scarf and coat.
Bhutanese festival spectator with prayer beads (1/400, f/2.8, ISO200)
I took that colour test a week or two ago and came up with a 7 but I think i’ve got a year or two on you if i remember correctly so that’s my excuse … Welcome back m8
I took that colour test a week or two ago and came up with a 7 but I think i’ve got a year or two on you if i remember correctly so that’s my excuse … Welcome back m8
Cheers Ian. Good to hear from you.