Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be, but when it comes to cameras that I used in my youth, I’m a sucker.
Today’s exclusive essay is a look at one of my favourites, the Rollei 2.8F by István Nagy.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
Lives there a photographer who doesn’t want to see a book of their work in print? Likely not. But publishers are reticent, book markets are contracting, and the costs of self-publishing are high. So how to finance such a venture?
Find out in Peter Cox‘s new essay Self-Publishing a Landscape Photography Book.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
The Kimberly PODAS Workshop June 1 – 8, 2013 has just had a couple of cancellations and now has a Double Cabin (2 people or a couple) and 2 single share berths available.
This is one of the premier workshops for 2013 traveling to an incredible location with the finest instructors in the business. Join Michael Reichmann, Art Wolfe, Christian Fletcher and Kevin Raber and shoot with a Phase One medium format digital system in one of the most remote locations on the planet. If you interested please contact Kevin Raber at kwr@phaseone.com.
On a personal note, this will be the only workshop that I will be teaching during 2013. Don’t miss it.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
Join regular contributor Miles Hecker in reading his February travel essay called A Wise Old Owl – The Road Less Traveled.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
Whatever one might think about Canon’s product strategy, they never let us down when it comes to innovative, interesting and hughly useful new lenses.
One such is the still-to-be released Canon 200-400mm f/4 IS, a critical focal length range that has been a Nikon exclusive for some time now. But Canon has upped the ante this time with a built-in 1.4X teleconverter.
Find out about this exciting new lens with an exclusive video review by Joshua Holko, being published today for the first time.
Irish photographer and teacher Peter Cox together with our friend Icelandic photographer Daniel Bergman, and Chas Glatzer are leading a workshop to the high Arctic and Svalbard island in August to photograph landscape and wildlife.
As a bonus, Phase One’s Kevin Raber will also joining-up, bringing a range of Phase One cameras, lenses, and backs for participants to use.
There are still a few spots left on this teriffic workshop.
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"Every time I go back to a module I had already seen, I learn additional things. I have never seen tutorials that have the excellent mix of what the features are,
how to use them, enough of the under-the-hood information
and concepts so that I can utilize the features creatively and efficiently,
and just enough humor to keep the motivation level high. Wow!"
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
Are you a slave to colour management? If so, why, and if not….?
In a new essay entitled Beyond Calibration : The Heresy of Artistic Intent, contributor Chris Schneiter explores how and why we can become trapped by a mechanistic approach to colour management.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
We’re at a crossroads. For the past 12–13 years since the digital era began in earnest we have focused on tools; more megapixels, bigger sensors, better high ISO and faster autofocus. All worthwhile areas of concern.
But a sort of plateau has now been reached. Real improvements in all of these areas are becoming increasingly difficult to achieve. New models appear at an increasing pace, but do they really give us that much more with which to pursue our art and our hobby?
With this in mind I have turned my attention away from gear this week and instead look at the question (or maybe it’s a statement) Why What Works.
If you are interested in what makes a good image tick I highly recommend your reading this essay, maybe even more than once.
"Every time I go back to a module I had already seen, I learn additional things. I have never seen tutorials that have the excellent mix of what the features are,
how to use them, enough of the under-the-hood information
and concepts so that I can utilize the features creatively and efficiently,
and just enough humor to keep the motivation level high. Wow!"
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
Though it’s been out for quite a while, many photographers are still making the transition to Photoshop CS6.
Last fall Alain Briot write a piece titled Alain’s Favourite CS6 Features. Things were a bit hectic for me at the time, and I neglected to publish it then. Sorry Alain. Here it is now though.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
Many observers (myself included) see the mainstream of photography as somewhat constipated, endlessly self-referential, and boringly repetitious.
Today, one of our finest contemporary photographers, Eric Meola, looks at the use of colour in photography and explores The Architecture of a New Landscape.
"Every time I go back to a module I had already seen, I learn additional things. I have never seen tutorials that have the excellent mix of what the features are,
how to use them, enough of the under-the-hood information
and concepts so that I can utilize the features creatively and efficiently,
and just enough humor to keep the motivation level high. Wow!"
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
One of the most eagerly awaited new lenses from Nikon is the 70-200mm f/4 VR. The weight and cost savings are considerable, but how does this new lens perform. Find out in Nick Devlin’s latest review.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New