Photography Entropy | 24 Oct 2010
Essentially, video has been at the fingertips of photographers for years, but it’s only in the past few years, that full frame, HD video has made its way into the D-SLR camera after Nikon D90. The significance is less that photographers can be videographers, as much as it allows low-light, shallow depth-of-field videography that simply [...]
Photography Entropy | 13 Oct 2010
The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people’s reality… – Susan Sontag Every image tells a story, but it’s rather special to hear it from the photographer. The legendary photo-journalist and Magnum Photographer Steve McCurry spoke to Phaidon about the stories behind some of his iconic photographs taken from around the world. Explore Steve [...]
Photography Entropy | 01 Apr 2010
The White Balance Lens Cap -Perfect White Balance every time. No Gray Card required! You may think automatic white balance is good enough. But if you’ve ever had to fix dozens (or even 100s) of photos with just slightly different colors, one-by-one, you know the true meaning of pain. The White Balance Lens Cap leaves [...]
News &Photography Entropy | 30 Mar 2010
In 1941, Ansel Adams was commissioned for a special project. Harold Ickes, secretary of the interior at the time (i.e., the federal department responsible for the management of federal land), asked the photographer to produce large-format murals of areas controlled by the department. The project was cut short with the attack on Pearl Harbor, and [...]
Photography Entropy | 25 Mar 2010
Cloak™ Bag Travel Camera Bag The Cloak™ Bag is a SLR camera bag that doesn’t look like one, and you can take photos without getting the camera out of the bag. You’ll never hesitate to carry your camera around your neck – and never miss another good shot. The clever design of the Cloak Bag [...]
Books &Music &Photography Entropy | 20 Mar 2010
The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965 From 1957 to 1965 legendary photographer W. Eugene Smith made approximately 4,000 hours of recordings on 1,741 reel-to-reel tapes and nearly 40,000 photographs in a loft building in Manhattan’s wholesale flower district where major jazz musicians of the day [...]