photography

Vicon Helps You Capture Your Life Without Lifting a Finger

Stephanie Schomer — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:47:21 -0400

We're a pretty snap-happy society when it comes to documenting our lives--we take photos wherever we go, even using our phones to post images online while we're on the move. Thanks to U.K.-based firm Vicon, capturing these memories is about to get even easier.

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Michael Krakovskiy — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:58:17 -0400

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Brand Yourself and 4 Other Tips for Success From The Sartorialist

Fast Company staff — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:15:05 -0400

Starting in September of 2005, Scott Schuman became The Sartorialist, a fashion blogger with a lot more up his tailored coat sleeves than street shots of pretty people. He has created a thriving street style blog, not only accrediting himself as a guy with a great eye for fashion, but as a world-recognized photographer, and as a brand. This August, he released a compilation book of his photos aptly titled, The Sartorialist.

Friday Fun: Does This Count as Animal Cruelty?

Cliff Kuang — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:51:16 -0400

If you've got a dog, you've probably thought to dress him up in a costume. You've got nothing on these poodle owners, documented by photographer Ren Netherland. As the Telegraph reports, every year Netherland logs thousands of miles, documenting the insane transformations that occur in poodle-grooming competitions. Apparently, he's the only dog photographer entrusted with the task by the show organizers. The results have to be seen to be believed:

Wonder what this guy things about Ben Roethlisberger:

Nikon's S1000pj Digicam With Picoprojector: Convergence Gone Mad?

Kit Eaton — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:57:53 -0400

Nikon's just pulled the official wrapper off its S1000pj Coolpix digital camera, and it's a real mutant hybrid: A standard point-and-shooter, but with a picoprojector riding shotgun. Is this device convergence gone mad?

Well, That's the End of Flip: iPods to Get Cameras

Kit Eaton — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:05:47 -0400

There's no hard news on the actual devices themselves yet, but a bunch of Chinese protective cases for the next-gen iPod Touch and Nano reveal they're both getting digital camera units. And that, basically, is the end of the line for Flip.

Fujifilm Wants to Take Your Family Pics Into 3-D, Expensively

Kit Eaton — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:06:15 -0400

3-D imagery was so much a disappointing tech--heralded on sci-fi movies for decades, and never really popping into reality--until now. Because Fuji is releasing both a camera and digital picture frame that work in 3-D.

A Tribute to Architecture's Best Photographer, Julius Shulman

Alissa Walker — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:45:08 -0400

When photographer Julius Shulman passed away July 15 at the age of 98, he left behind a trove of images that immortalized modern residential architecture. Without Shulman, you might not have known the work of Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler or John Lautner. But Shulman's images represent more than just the swanky modern scenes he was most famous for.

"Invisible Flash" Takes Photos in the Dark

Cliff Kuang — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:39:05 -0400

Everyone hates flash bulbs--they make for crazy shadows, unflattering shiny spots, and distorted colors. But we deal with them because we don't have any good alternative, if we're looking to take pictures when it's dark out.

Archives of the Planet

Jed Share — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:11:19 -0400

'The Dawn of the Color Photograph' is a wonderful book I recently
had the pleasure of discovering. It's a treasure trove of color images from
the early 1900's, collected by Albert Kahn, a banker, yet really an
internationalist who dedicated his life to collecting and preserving
the earliest collection of color photographs depicting life at that
time, all around the world.

“The question is not what you look at, but what you see”

Jed Share — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:49:10 -0400

Henry David Thoreau wrote: “The question is not about what you look at, but what you see”

When I first read Walden Pond, it influenced me deeply to seek peace
in nature and as a professional photographer to become mindful of the most minute detail. Is this a
Dandelion or a network? Inter-connected, inter-dependent, balanced,
and stronger as a whole.

Are we stronger when we connect to others, I think we are, how do you see it?

See more evocative photography at http://jedshare.com

Sony's Alpha DSLRs: New Outside, Old Inside

Kit Eaton — Wed, 20 May 2009 06:29:24 -0400

Sony's entry into the DLSR market with the Alpha camera range has been pretty well accepted. So the tech maker went back to the lab to tweak its lineup with new units--though, perhaps, this should be called an along-grade instead of an upgrade.

Shepard Fairey Strikes Back! The Artist Breaks His Silence on the AP, Obama, and Warhol

Alissa Walker — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:21:17 -0400

We don't have to remind you of chapters 1 through 15 of the Saga of Shepard Fairey, in which the artist saw a photo, made a poster, got famous, got sued by the AP for seeing that photo, and subsequently suffered scathing criticism from creatives who claim his work is based on stolen imagery.

Love this magazine!

Chad Bills — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:02:49 -0400

I've been a Fast Company reader/subscriber since their launch in the mid 90's (back when the magazines where 3/4 of an inch thick!). They have been a source of inspiration throught my years in Corporate America in terms of managerial ideas and practices. Now, as a business owner, I'm depending on FC to keep me updated with the latest trends in innovation and business practices.

Why You'll Buy-Not Download-U2's "No Line On The Horizon"

Kit Eaton — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:04:15 -0500

Plenty of people have already written eulogies for the compact disc now that iTunes is the number one U.S. music retailer, and CD sales are in a death spiral.

Casio Squeezes Ultra-High-Speed Shooting into Compact Cameras

Kit Eaton — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:18:18 -0500

Casio's Exilim EX-F1 caused a huge stir when it launched last year--the prosumer camera was the first to bring ultra-high-speed photography, the kind you see used in beautiful slo-mos in nature documentaries and the like, to the public. Casio's taken that tech and put it into two new compact-sized point-and-click cameras.

Best Photo Schools

Shannon Weaver — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:12:00 -0500

Check out this link

http://www.smartschoolfinder.com/best-photography-school

Guide to the Best Photography Schools

by Shannon Weaver

category: Photography

career: Arts/Design/Fashion

Interested in a degree from a top Photography School? Keep reading...

Samsung Memoir: 8MP Camera, Touchscreen Smartphone Mashup

Kit Eaton — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:04:07 -0500

Although the megapixel war continues, stupidly, in cameraphones, Samsung's Memoir gets a pass. It's a sweet mashup of an 8-megapixel camera married to a cellphone with a huge touchscreen.

Panasonic's New Lumix Cameras Herald Orwellian Photo Future

Kit Eaton — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:30:59 -0500

Panasonic's adding four new compact cameras to its already extensive Lumix digital camera range. But these are no ordinary point-and-shoots, because they sneer at mere face recognition technology, and instead offer face identification.

Snapture Gizmo Adds Proper Xenon Flash To iPhone

Kit Eaton — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:45:55 -0500

One of the iPhone's few weak spots is its camera: fixed-focus, just 2-megapixels and no flash. But that's where the Snapture gizmo comes in.

Tech Gear of the Year

Chris Dannen — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:30:19 -0500

Smartphones, flat-screens, robots, green tech: We wade through it all to ID the coolest innovations, including Sony's absurdly svelte, impressively vibrant XEL01 TV screen and the newly customizable Flip Mino video camera.

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Michael Krakovskiy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:58:13 -0500

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Photrade: Sharing, Selling and Protecting Your Photographs

Saabira Chaudhuri — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:25:07 -0400

Sharing photographs is now easier than ever before. Gone are the days when you held your breath while images attached to the email you were mass mailing to friends and family. The last five years have given rise to a plethora of photo sharing sites like Flickr, Photobucket and Picasa.

Social networking sites have jumped on the bandwagon too -- Pownce was created around the very premise that sharing media should be easy, while Facebook, Twitpic and others are also popular places for people to share photos.

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Michael Krakovskiy — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:10:04 -0400

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New Canon 5D Specs Leaked

Chris Dannen — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:36:09 -0400

Canon [NYSE:CAJ] is reportedly refreshing their 5D digital SLR with a new version called the 5D Mk II, which may arrive as soon as September at the Photokina show. CanonRumors is spreading word that they've gotten leaked specs for the 5D Mk II, which their sources say will feature a full-frame, 21.1MP sensor, DIGIC IV, and even a movie mode that can shoot in HD.