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My Favourite Nightmares

30 May

© Marcel Meyer

Ein Beitrag von: Marcel Meyer

Als ich auf die bewegten Fotografien von Marcel Meyer stieß, war ich fasziniert und wusste sofort, dass ich sein Projekt auf Kwerfeldein vorstellen wollte. In ihm setzt er sich mit Hilfe einer ganz besonderen Technik mit seinen Kindheitsängsten auseinander.
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12 Tips for Travellers to Bring Home Better Photos

30 May

There’s nothing better than browsing through old holiday photos during a long cold winter. Capturing the joy of our friends and family as they explore new cities and lands is priceless – travel photography is just as about the subjects as it is about the surroundings. Here are top 12 tips for travellers to help you make the most from Continue Reading

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Google and GoPro unveil 16-camera ‘Array’ VR rig

30 May

During the re/code Code Conference earlier this week in California, GoPro’s CEO Nick Woodman detailed a rig the company is working on that will accommodate six Hero4 cameras to record multi-angle footage for virtual reality uses. Google revealed a similar setup at its I/O 2015 conference yesterday, with the primary exception being that it holds 16 GoPro action cameras rather than six. The rig is called Array, and it was made in partnership with GoPro for Google’s new Jump virtual reality platform. Click through to read more

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Meet PJ:Amy Edition

30 May

Name: Amy “thewildamy” Kosar

What Do You Do Here? I’m an obsessive number tracker who keeps day to day operations running smoothly.

Favorite Camera: Anything with film in it!

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DPReview is hiring for two Editorial Writers!

30 May

DPReview is hiring! We’re looking for two editorial writers to join our growing editorial team based in Seattle, WA. Responsibilities will include testing and producing reviews of digital system cameras, compact cameras, smart phone cameras, lenses and other photographic equipment. Successful applicants will have have a store of solid practical knowledge about the theory and practice of photography, and a strong understanding of dpreview, our principles and our community. Click through for more details

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Vortex: Black Whirlpool Spins Endlessly in a Movie Theater

30 May

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A seemingly bottomless vortex of black water spins endlessly in the unlikeliest of places: the floor of a brightly-lit movie theater in San Gimignano, Italy. Peer into its mesmerizing depths, however, and it’s easy to forget where you are, feeling as if you might get sucked inside.

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‘Descension’ is an installation by artist Anish Kapoor, specifically conceived for the former cinema, which has now been transformed into a gallery. The whirlpool is among a series of works by Kapoor on display in the space, including alabaster sculptures and large-scale works in fiberglass.

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“I have always thought of it (the void) as a transitional space, an in-between space,” says Kapoor. “It’s very much to do with time. I have always been interested as an artist in that very first moment of creativity where everything is possible and nothing has actually happened. It’s a space of becoming.”

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The artist, who’s best known for massive inflatable buildings, London’s ArcelorMittal tower and Chicago’s iconic Cloud Gate, previously installed a spiraling black whirlpool in the floor of the Aspinwall House in Fort Kochi, India for the country’s 108-day-long contemporary art biennale.

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Weekly Photography Challenge – Still Life

30 May

In this set of images I rounded up some imaginative images of objects, non-living things. Things don’t always have to appear as they really are in photos. Light, the right lens selection and angle of view can create an image of an everyday, seemingly ordinary object, and make it look interesting.

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By ~lzee~by~the~Sea~is~not~really~all~here~

So your goal this week is to find some inanimate objects to photograph – in an interesting way. Use your imagination and creativity. How can you bring this ordinary thing to life? What camera settings or techniques can you use? What is the best lighting? You can use natural light, or flash, it’s up to you.

Weekly Photography Challenge – Still Life

Julie Falk

By Julie Falk

Pascal Bovet

By Pascal Bovet

Dhilung Kirat

By Dhilung Kirat

Dave Gray

By Dave Gray

Harry (Howard) Potts

By Harry (Howard) Potts

MelisaTG

By MelisaTG

Chimpr

By Chimpr

Look around your house, see what you can find just sitting around that might make a good subject. Don’t be afraid to place it where you want, or even take it outside on location. Use a reflector to add light, or add off-camera flash for more dynamic lighting. The possibilities are unlimited and your subject has all the patience in the world – so experiment and have fun with it.

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Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer upload them to your favourite photo sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge. Sometimes it takes a while for an image to appear so be patient and try not to post the same image twice.

Zoltán Vörös

By Zoltán Vörös

Lorenzoclick

By Lorenzoclick

Jeff Slinker

By Jeff Slinker

SomeDriftwood

By SomeDriftwood

Ben Seidelman

By Ben Seidelman

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29. Mai 2015

30 May

Das Bild des Tages von: Markus Lehr

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Im Ausblick: Kellogg’s, Frauenbilder und Eisberge.
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26 Imaginative Images of Inanimate Objects

29 May

When you’re just learning photography non-living or inanimate objects make great subjects because they have infinite patience and don’t move. You can take your time getting your shot just right, checking the lighting, and composing the perfect image.

These images of objects, table top products, still lives, are great examples of what you can do with such subjects. See if you don’t get some ideas for your own photography.

Photograph Farewell, dear friend! by Victoria Ivanova on 500px

Farewell, dear friend! by Victoria Ivanova on 500px

Photograph Outsider by Gert Lavsen on 500px

Outsider by Gert Lavsen on 500px

Photograph Love... by Tiziano Giumelli on 500px

Love… by Tiziano Giumelli on 500px

Photograph pedal organ by Mills Brock on 500px

pedal organ by Mills Brock on 500px

Photograph The shining by Thomas Hufer on 500px

The shining by Thomas Hufer on 500px

Photograph The Weight of Time by Michael Lanzetta on 500px

The Weight of Time by Michael Lanzetta on 500px

Photograph Aquamarine by Randall Epp on 500px

Aquamarine by Randall Epp on 500px

Photograph Table Top by Ameya Godbole on 500px

Table Top by Ameya Godbole on 500px

Photograph Say cheese! by Oliver Jordan on 500px

Say cheese! by Oliver Jordan on 500px

Photograph play of light by Andrea Schuh on 500px

play of light by Andrea Schuh on 500px

Photograph Be good to me okey? by Andreas Hartanta on 500px

Be good to me okey? by Andreas Hartanta on 500px

Photograph Cølørful Symphøny by Silver Paul on 500px

Cølørful Symphøny by Silver Paul on 500px

Photograph Intimidation by Peter Baumgarten on 500px

Intimidation by Peter Baumgarten on 500px

Photograph *** by Igor Alekseev on 500px

*** by Igor Alekseev on 500px

Photograph Van Surf by Alvaro Perez on 500px

Van Surf by Alvaro Perez on 500px

Photograph Natural Light by Paolo Oliviéri on 500px

Natural Light by Paolo Oliviéri on 500px

Photograph Film & The Rail Road by Phoomin Karagate on 500px

Film & The Rail Road by Phoomin Karagate on 500px

Photograph Injured Teddy Bear by Teemu Tretjakov on 500px

Injured Teddy Bear by Teemu Tretjakov on 500px

Photograph Still life. by Mostapha Merab Samii on 500px

Still life. by Mostapha Merab Samii on 500px

Photograph See, does not see by Milan ?ar?anský on 500px

See, does not see by Milan ?ar?anský on 500px

Photograph Pirate Smiley by Sanjin Jukic on 500px

Pirate Smiley by Sanjin Jukic on 500px

Photograph Sunset Bottle by Andrew Crocker on 500px

Sunset Bottle by Andrew Crocker on 500px

Photograph Everything is in the books by Guillermo  Carballa on 500px

Everything is in the books by Guillermo Carballa on 500px

Photograph Remembrance. by Mostapha Merab Samii on 500px

Remembrance. by Mostapha Merab Samii on 500px

Photograph Old parchment by Miguel Angel Oliva on 500px

Old parchment by Miguel Angel Oliva on 500px

Photograph With my child scooter! by Adithetos ????????? on 500px

With my child scooter! by Adithetos ????????? on 500px

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Thoughts on Google Photos

29 May

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Google launched Google Photos today.

For months now people have been talking about how Google was going to decouple photos from Google+ and create a standalone photo product and today at I/O they finally unveiled their latest effort to the world.

Last August when rumors about this new service started circulating I wrote a blog post titled 10 things Google should consider in launching a standalone photo sharing service. Here I outlined ways that Google could come up with a very competitive product in the photo sharing space. Google could have given the world something really amazing today and instead we just got something lackluster.

The new offering is fine, but in a lot of ways it is a big disappointment to me.

The biggest part of today’s announcement was that Google was going to give every user unlimited photo storage.

That sounded pretty good until I understood the catch. The catch is that the unlimited photo storage offer only applies to photos 16 megapixel or smaller.

Although it may be tempting to write this off as a “Pro” problem as most modern DSLRs today shoot over 16 megapixel, there are also a lot of new non-pro consumer cameras that shoot over 16 megapixel today too. Heck, there’s even a mobile phone out now (admittedly an outlier) shooting at 41 megapixel. So what this means is that almost every DSLR out today, along with many smaller consumer cameras, will require your Google Photos images to be downsized.

It’s not just Canon and Nikon DSLRs that produce images over 16 megapixel today, but many models of popular mirrorless and consumer cameras by Panasonic Lumix, Sony, Olympus, etc. Here is a list of currently manufactured digital cameras 15 megapixels and above which shows some models and brands this might include.

While I do understand that storing photos is not cheap, I do not understand why Yahoo’s Flickr is able/willing to give every user a full terabyte of full high res original photo storage, and Google, a company almost 10x the size of Yahoo by market cap cannot or will not. Flickr raised the bar when they offered every user a free terabyte of high res photo storage and Google’s response is to offer us unlimited downsized and compressed photos? Come on Google, you can do better than that!

The other problem is that the camera manufacturers (for better or worse) are in a war of who can raise megapixels the most. Earlier this year Canon came out with a mindblowing 50.6 megapixel 5DS. 16 megapixels is going to feel smaller and smaller as new and better camera, and even mobile phone technology is released.

If this was the year 2003 and Canon had just released the 6.3 10D, this might make sense to me — but in 2015? No way.

While you can purchase Google Drive storage for your photos over 16 megapixel at Google, 1TB of high res storage at Google would cost you $ 120/year — the same thing that Flickr will give you for free.

In my case I have one of the old grandfathered Flickr Pro accounts where for $ 24.95/year I get even more than 1 terabyte of high res storage on Flickr, I actually get unlimited (I’m currently using about 940 GB of my unlimited storage on Flickr, which is a lot).

The other main thing missing from this new offering by Google is social. While Google has had a tough time with social and I get why they are wary of it, I was hoping that there would be a social element to their new photo service. Instead, every photo you upload to Google Photos is private only for you and you then share out your photos to other platforms. One of the most exciting things about Flickr is that there are a lot of social components to the site. While photos are uploaded as private to Flickr by default (like Google), you have the option of making these photos public and sharing them with other users on the site.

While you can use Google and Flickr both as private shoeboxes for all of your photos, I like that Flickr gives you the option to turn your photos public and share them with the world. 99.99% of the photos that I upload to the web are meant to be shared publicly and so I was disappointed that Google didn’t deliver us anything here today. Google does still have Google+, or course, where you can share your photos too and be social, but that’s an entirely different site that you leave Google Photos to go use. Flickr does a much better job at combining both private and social.

Google did showcase some other features with photos today. They released a sort of timeline camera roll view and some image recognition technology. What I saw today was very similar to what I saw two weeks ago when Yahoo rolled out Flickr 4.0. I’m not saying Google copied Flickr here, but it is odd how Flickr shipped these almost identical features two weeks before Google did. Whatever the case, I’m not terribly excited by camera rolls from Google or Flickr, although I do see where they would be helpful and nice features for the broader mass market audience.

I prefer to organize my photos myself rather than have an algorithm try to do it for me. I carefully keyword each of my photos in Lightroom and when I upload them to Flickr I’m able to create smart albums (like smart playlists in iTunes) where I can organize my photos into albums by keywords. That’s something that I still can’t do at Google Photos today, at least not in the automated way that I do it with SuprSetr.

I am glad that Google is still investing time and development into photos. For a while there when they first launched Google+ it really felt like they were going to do something spectacular with photos, today, unfortunately, not as much. To me, today’s offering feels more like a step back from Google+ to Picasa circa 2004.


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