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Weekly Photography Challenge – Cityscapes

03 May

Earlier today I shared a set of images of cityscapes. That’s designed to inspire you, make you say “wow” and want to get out there and photograph your city.

This week I’d like to challenge you to photograph close to home. If you live in a city, you’re all set! If you’re in the country or smaller town, you just need to get more creative or take a short drive.

You’ll notice that many of the cityscape images in the collection are shot at night. That’s when the city and the lights really come to life and dance for the camera. Find the best location and angle to photograph your cityscape. Try looking up at the buildings, or getting up high on a rooftop or balcony and looking down. Change up your perspective to create something different and striking.

Maybe try some black and white photography or even some HDR of the city skyline. Go capture the same scene at different times of day including: sunset, the blue hour (twilight), and after dark. Shoot wide and get the whole vista, and try some closer up and focus in on details. Here are a few images to give you more ideas:

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By Chris Smith

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By Pedro Szekely

By Justin Brown

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By Paolo Margari

By Pedro Szekely

By Justin Brown

By ZeroOne

By Nathan Congleton

By Shawn Hoke

By David Yu

Share your cityscape photos!

Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section as pictured below) 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.

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Leica T lenses: Correcting some distortions

03 May

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During pre-launch briefings for the T, Leica was very keen to stress the optical quality of the new lenses. Most interestingly, we were told they relied on optical corrections, rather than software to project the best possible image onto the sensor. So with this in mind, when processing some images from the Leica T, we were surprised by a notification that Adobe Camera Raw gave us. See our results

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Naturportale von Matt Walford

03 May

Matt Walford ist Werbe- und Redaktions-Fotograf aus Großbritannien. Seine wesentlichen Einflüsse sind klar der Surrealismus und Konzeptualismus. Sein Werk wird vorangetrieben durch das ständige Ausloten der Möglichkeiten von Ideen, verwandelt in verspielte Bilder.

Sein Hauptwerkzeug ist dabei oft die Dekonstruktion und anschließende Re-Konstruktion der Natur. Alle seine Arbeiten sind ausgesprochen fantasievoll und leben vom Einsatz von Bildbearbeitungssoftware, mit der der Brite aus ganz unterschiedlichen Versatzstücken vollkommen neue Welten und Bilder mit doppeltem Boden erschafft.

Der Eingang zu dieser außergewöhnlichen Welt könnte aussehen wie eines der Portale aus seiner gleichnamigen Serie. Diese hat mich von all seinen Arbeiten mit Abstand am meisten beeindruckt. Nicht, weil die anderen Serien nicht großartig wären – aber so etwas hatte ich einfach noch nicht gesehen.

Durch Spiegelungen an verschiedenen Symmetrieachsen rund um den Mittelpunkt des Bildes hat Matt aus recht einfachen Naturaufnahmen Gebilde erschaffen, die aussehen wie Eingänge zu etwas. Man sieht nicht, was dahinter liegt, aber die Verlockung ist groß, es auf eigene Faust herauszufinden, einfach einzutreten.

© Matt Walford

© Matt Walford

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© Matt Walford

© Matt Walford

© Matt Walford

© Matt Walford

© Matt Walford

© Matt Walford

© Matt Walford

© Matt Walford

© Matt Walford

Wie genau er vorgegangen ist, um zu diesen Ergebnissen zu kommen, möchte er auf Nachfrage lieber nicht verraten, sondern das kleine Geheimnis für sich behalten. Kann ich verstehen, neugierig war ich aber schon, obwohl man durch eigene Experimente das Ergebnis sicherlich nachvollziehen könnte.

Viel wichtiger ist Matt die Botschaft der Serie: Die Schönheit und Komplexität der Natur zu betonen. Dabei stellt der sich auf einen pantheistischen Standpunkt, den man deutlich sieht. Eine tiefe Verbeugung vor dem unfassbaren Werk von Zufall, Gott oder sonstwem, das sich alltäglich um uns herum entfaltet und nur selten von uns gewürdigt wird.

Matts Arbeiten findet Ihr auf seiner Webseite sowie Behance und wenn Ihr Lust habt, könnt Ihr ihm auch auf Twitter folgen.


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No Ice Cream in Back Pockets: America’s Weirdest Laws

03 May

[ By Steph in Art & Photography & Video. ]

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In Alabama, it is illegal to carry an ice cream cone in your back pocket. But New York-based photographer Olivia Locher is a rule-breaker, and she’s got the photo series to prove it. In ‘I Fought the Law,’ Locher visually documents dozens of ridiculous laws from around the country, including some real head-scratchers that make you wonder how they ever got on the books in the first place.

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In Utah, you’d better not walk down the street carrying a violin in a paper bag, and in California, riding a bicycle in a swimming pool is strictly prohibited. Pickles must bounce to be legally considered pickles in Connecticut, and in Hawaii, you can’t walk around with coins in your ears.

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Kansas makes it illegal to serve wine in teacups, while Wisconsin won’t let you serve apple pie in public restaurants without cheese. In Oregon, you’re not allowed to test your physical endurance while driving a car on the highway. If you want to sell logs in Tennessee, they better not be hollow.

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The photos highlight just how absurd and outdated these laws really are (though most of them are likely not enforced much anymore.) See the whole series (including some that are NSFW) at Olivia Locher’s website and tumblr.

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2. Mai 2014

02 May

Ein Beitrag von: Mandy Koblenz

analoge Mehrfachbelichtung 52-14 © Mandy Koblenz


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C&A Marketing acquires Calumet, some services to be restored

02 May

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Less than two months after Calumet Photographic abruptly closed its U.S. retail stores, C&A Marketing Inc. announced it has acquired most of the company’s U.S. assets. C&A, which also licenses Polaroid instant imaging products has recently acquired four Cardinal Camera stores and is also expanding RitzPix.com, plans to ‘incorporate the Calumet assets’ into its Ritz portfolio. Learn more

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35 Cityscape Images to Take Your Breath Away

02 May

Recently I’ve done a lot of natural world images including landscapes, bugs, waterfalls, flowers and even pets. So it’s time for something different and I’m shifting gears to man-made.

Here’s a collection of cityscape images to get you inspired enough to get out and take some of your own. Enjoy!

Photograph Up and Above by Sebastian Opitz on 500px

Up and Above by Sebastian Opitz on 500px

Photograph Shanghai at Night by Clemens Geiger on 500px

Shanghai at Night by Clemens Geiger on 500px

Photograph Brooklyn Bridge New York City - NY by Dominique  Palombieri on 500px

Brooklyn Bridge New York City – NY by Dominique Palombieri on 500px

Photograph Houses of Parliament, London by David Mar Quinto on 500px

Houses of Parliament, London by David Mar Quinto on 500px

Photograph Concrete Jungle 2 by Kerim Hadzi on 500px

Concrete Jungle 2 by Kerim Hadzi on 500px

Photograph Dark Pace by Toby Harriman on 500px

Dark Pace by Toby Harriman on 500px

Photograph Fire over San Francisco by Toby Harriman on 500px

Fire over San Francisco by Toby Harriman on 500px

Photograph Painted Ladies by Bobby Gibbons on 500px

Painted Ladies by Bobby Gibbons on 500px

Photograph Sydney Harbour by Dragostesun Photography on 500px

Sydney Harbour by Dragostesun Photography on 500px

Photograph Sky Gate by Gianluca Gobbi on 500px

Sky Gate by Gianluca Gobbi on 500px

Photograph Puddle Mirror Reflection on Notre Dame by Loïc Lagarde on 500px

Puddle Mirror Reflection on Notre Dame by Loïc Lagarde on 500px

Photograph Silent morning by Martin Stantchev on 500px

Silent morning by Martin Stantchev on 500px

Photograph Windows by Catalina Justiniano on 500px

Windows by Catalina Justiniano on 500px

Photograph Strolling Venice by Cristina Ramos on 500px

Strolling Venice by Cristina Ramos on 500px

Photograph Blue City by Woosra Kim on 500px

Blue City by Woosra Kim on 500px

Photograph Misty Taj by Daniel Cheong on 500px

Misty Taj by Daniel Cheong on 500px

Photograph The Trench Run by peter stewart on 500px

The Trench Run by peter stewart on 500px

Photograph The Aperture by  M. Rafiee on 500px

The Aperture by M. Rafiee on 500px

Photograph Golden Sunrise by Andi Andreas on 500px

Golden Sunrise by Andi Andreas on 500px

Photograph Hong Kong by César Asensio Marco on 500px

Hong Kong by César Asensio Marco on 500px

Photograph The Twilight Hour by Marc Perrella on 500px

The Twilight Hour by Marc Perrella on 500px

Photograph Golden Bricks by Toney's Photo Journey on 500px

Golden Bricks by Toney's Photo Journey on 500px

Photograph quarters.only by Robert Pfeuffer on 500px

quarters.only by Robert Pfeuffer on 500px

Photograph On the bridge II by Roland Shainidze on 500px

On the bridge II by Roland Shainidze on 500px

Photograph Microzurich by Vladimir Popov / Uhaiun on 500px

Microzurich by Vladimir Popov / Uhaiun on 500px

Photograph Paris TS by Federico Venuda on 500px

Paris TS by Federico Venuda on 500px

Photograph Still Morning by Tristan O'Tierney on 500px

Still Morning by Tristan O'Tierney on 500px

Photograph twilight arcs by Sven Fennema on 500px

twilight arcs by Sven Fennema on 500px

Photograph Roman Forum (Rome, Italy) by Domingo Leiva on 500px

Roman Forum (Rome, Italy) by Domingo Leiva on 500px

Photograph The Petronas Tower. by sk teh on 500px

The Petronas Tower. by sk teh on 500px

Photograph Sunset in Oia by Slava Mylnikov on 500px

Sunset in Oia by Slava Mylnikov on 500px

Photograph Gothic Quarters - Barcelona by Frank van Haalen on 500px

Gothic Quarters – Barcelona by Frank van Haalen on 500px

Photograph Colmenas II by Rosa M.  Font Regí on 500px

Colmenas II by Rosa M. Font Regí on 500px

Photograph Clash of the Titans by Alfon No on 500px

Clash of the Titans by Alfon No on 500px

Photograph Madrid full moon by Juan Carlos Cortina  on 500px

Madrid full moon by Juan Carlos Cortina on 500px

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Photographic treasure trove stored in former limestone mine

02 May

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Where do you store your image archive? A file cabinet? Drawer? A documentary called ‘The Invisible Photograph’ created by the Hillman Photography Institute of the Carnegie Museum of Art explores an old limestone mine where Corbis Images keeps its Bettmann Archive, a collection of more than 11 million historical images. Learn more

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Fujifilm TCL-X100 teleconverter for X100/S samples gallery

02 May

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The Fujifilm TCL-X100 is a screw-in teleconverter for the X100 and X100S which increases the effective focal length of their 23mm F2 lens to 50mm. We’ve been shooting with the TCL-X100 for a few days now, in a range of different situations and light levels to see how it performs in everyday use. Click through to read our first impressions, and see our sample images.

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How to Take Relevant & Pretty Photos for Your Blog

02 May

If you love photography and have a blog, then it’s a no-brainer to put them together. I’m betting you can probably take some kick-ass photos too (especially if you follow the tips here. 🙂 When you know how to take photos for your blog, you become more powerful than ever. Unfortunately, while beautiful photos can get you bunches of “likes” Continue Reading

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