When Vivian Maier died in obscurity in 2009 she left behind a huge collection of photographs, taken over several decades. A new collection of her work, ‘Vivian Maier, Street Photographer’ showcases the breadth of her hitherto unrevealed talent. Barnaby Britton takes a look.
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What an amazing episode! For Episode 10 of Photo Talk Plus we interview fine art photographer Jaime Ibarra. Jaime’s unique in camera work and especially his post production work take color to great photographic heights. By the way, check out Jaime’s awesome SmugMug site where you can buy prints here.
Joining Lotus Carroll and myself to interview Jaime are panelists Joe Azure, Sly Vegas, Charli Blake, Jackie Freeman, Keith Barrett, Petra Cross (from Google), and Cliff Baise.
?Trey Ratcliff also makes a surprise visit in the second half of the broadcast.
In this episode we talk about the New Nikon D800 and the new Canon 24-70 L Series lens, the winner of Chrysta Rae’s Scavenger hunt Kimberly Pemberton, an update on Carlos Miller’s arrest (including the video he was able to recover that the Miami PD allegedly deleted), and we talk about sensor cleaning techniques.
Thank you as always to our show sponsors SmugMug and Drobo! Be sure to check them out at http://smugmug.com and http://drobo.com.
Thomas Hawk Digital Connection
Gary Fong, a professional photographer for 20 years, and inventor of the Lightsphere Flash Diffuser, explains how to take your camera off of fully automatic, while keeping safety and creativity to a maximum by adjusting the camera settings. These settings greatly increase consistently correct images, yet give the photographer the ability to have creative control over contrast, ambient light during flash, and more selective focus when outdoors. Intended for photographers from beginning to advanced event photographers. To see my light modifiers, please visit my website at www.garyfong.com
Video Rating: 5 / 5
I just got an email from Getty Images that I suspect is a mass email to all of their various contributors. In the email Getty is asking for help in identifying our photographs that might contain images of designer furniture. The email states that French courts have found in favor of the Le Corbusier rights-holders against Getty in a case where furniture was in the stock photograph.
Here is the email below with emails redacted:
“Attention all Flickr Collection on Getty Images Contributors!
You may have heard about a recent case (actually more than one case) where Getty Images and some of our photographers have had claims lodged against us in French court for images which include designer furniture, even as a minor part of the image.
This is a serious issue that involves potential liability for you as photographers.
The French courts have found in favor of the Le Corbusier rights-holders who initiated these claims. While we disagree with the decision and we are appealing it, we are very mindful that for now, it is a valid decision. It is critical that you understand that any claim like this one is extremely serious and requires action on your part in order to protect your interests, not just ours. We will continue to fight this decision, but in the meantime we must continue to actively pull content from our site that may be deemed infringing. We simply cannot identify all problematic images as quickly without your active participation. And quick action is vital.
Most importantly, if you believe that any of the images you have uploaded to us might possibly include any designer furniture, please email the Getty Images ID numbers to [email redacted] as soon as possible! The sooner we can identify and remove potentially infringing images the better we can reduce potential legal problems.
We are including links to information and FAQs that give more information on this issue and we strongly request that you read them and study the visual guides included.
You can also read the original Le Corbusier complaint here:
In English
Original in French (clearer photos)
Please note: because we are still engaged in litigation, we are very limited in what comments we can make or questions we can answer. If you do have questions please email [email redacted] especially for any specific images you believe may be a problem.
This is only for images you have on the gettyimages.com site. We cannot answer questions about images you have posted on Flickr or elsewhere.
Thank you for your help and attention to this very important matter.”
Thomas Hawk Digital Connection
The former President and Chairman of Olympus who oversaw the financial mismanagement that has seen the company’s value more than halved, has been arrested. Tsuyoshi Kikukawa and his former vice-president Hisashi Mori who has also been arrested, were only forced out of the company after ex-CEO Michael Woodford spoke out, saying he was removed for uncovering their actions. Company auditor Hideo Yamada and four bankers connected to the cover-up of billions of dollars-worth of investment losses were also arrested. (from Reuters)
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Taking place in a colorful and musical universe, “Al Dente” is a short film which tells us the story of a little street girl discovering the magic and the dangers of an ogre’s kitchen.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Some cool visual art images:
Silk Mill Press Conference – Ed Kerns
Image by Lafayette College
The Redevelopment Authority of Easton and the Bushkill Creek Corridor Council for the Arts held a press conference to announce developments of Silk: A Creative Community. The event was held at the former Simon Silk Mill on North 13th street in Easton. Lafayette Art Department member Ed Kerns addressed the gathering along with Mayor Sal Panto. Artist Stephen Antonakos will be the first person to exhibit there.
Samsung US is showing off a range of tough, waterproof and magnetproof SDHC and Micro SDHC cards. The range includes several high-speed versions in addition to the ones announced in Europe last July. The latest cards include ‘Extreme Speed’ Class 10 16Gb cards (24MB/s read, 21MB/s write), and ‘High Speed’ 32Gb (24MB/s read, 17MB/s write) cards also described as Class 10.
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Photo Talk Plus, Episode 11, With Special Guest Ivan Makarov
*TONIGHT!!!! 8PM PST — http://vidcastnetwork.com*
I took this photo at a wedding that I shot a while back with my good Pal Ivan Makarov. Ivan is our special guest tonight on Photo Talk Plus. In addition to talking about the latest Plus One Collection book that he’s spearheaded, he’s also going to be sharing a lot about his own work and techniques on the show.
Join my cohost Lotus Carroll along with this week’s panelists Google’s Ricardo Lagos, Kerry Murphy, Nick Gatens, and Keith Barrett, as we talk with Ivan about the upcoming book and his own work as well as discuss some of the biggest Google+ Photography stories of the past week.
This week’s show is sponsored by our wonderful sponsors SmugMug and Drobo. Be sure to check them out at http://smugmug.com and http://drobo.com!
Thomas Hawk Digital Connection
We’ve been taking a look at Fujifilm’s recently released firmware update for the X10, which was designed to reduce the much-discussed ‘white orbs’ blooming effect. Our initial conclusions are disappointing enough for us to pre-empt our forthcoming coverage of the issue with a quick update on our findings so far. Sadly, all the indications from our studio and real-world shooting so far are that the update appears to have very little effect on the appearance or intensity of these artefacts.
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