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American photographer Jay Maisel, his photos, and his ginormous house.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3U7bnIYcvRM
The BBC has a slideshow of some fascinating photos by American photographer Joel Meyerowitz.
“Photography is brilliant at describing and yet not letting you know.”
The BBC have a fascinating article posted discussing the very real problem of how our brains can vividly recall events that never happened - based on simple fake photos. A really interesting read!
Jumping the proverbial gun a bit perhaps, but the Wall Street Journal have published their photographic review of the year for 2012. As to be expected from mainstream news, rather a lot of shots of violence, human suffering, and sports. But there’s some other great stuff in there too.
Cameras stolen and trashed by animals are always such a classic. I love the expressions on this one, though.
Self-illuminated. But a crazy 14 hour exposure! Awesome!
The ever-prolific Roger Cicala has a new blog piece devoted to an area shrouded in a lot of mystery: adjusting lens optics. Very interesting read for those curious about such things, which normally isn’t discussed much in public since it’s usually done behind closed doors in camera repair shops.
Lensrentals’ Roger Cicala has a blog post detailing his thoughts on the new Canon 40mm “pancake” lens. Interesting reading.
One of the biggest things that we, as photographers, tend to obsess over is image quality. But, as any obsessive forum user knows, not every lens has precisely the same optical characteristics as another, even the same model.
Roger Cicala of LensRentals.com has a very interesting article concerning lens sharpness and autofocus characteristics. Fascinating read!
