Today Allen Murabayashi of Photoshelter announced that they are shutting down the stock photo agency part of the company, known as the Photoshelter Collection.
I had high hopes for the PSC, they were so very innovative and seemed to truly have the potential to change the industry. It felt like they could be a David to Getty's Goliath... seems as they may have bitten off more than they could chew.
The annoucement was made via email to contributor sand on the Photoshelter blog
Very sad news...
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Friday, July 11, 2008
Nerd alert!
Steve Schofield has put together a wonderful series of photographs showing the far reaching influence of America pop culture and Fandom.
He has shot a series of environmental portraits of people, in their own homes, but dressed as if they were at a sci-fi convention.
I could be wrong but it looks to me like the majority were shot in the United Kingdom.
Great stuff!
Steve Schofield
He has shot a series of environmental portraits of people, in their own homes, but dressed as if they were at a sci-fi convention.
I could be wrong but it looks to me like the majority were shot in the United Kingdom.
Great stuff!
Steve Schofield
Friday, June 20, 2008
Fathers for Justice
Ok, so this is not photography related but as a single father of a teenage daughter I was moved to post this...
Mark Harris is a Fathers for Justice activist in the UK, my motherland, where it appears child custody and fathers rights are still stuck in the middle of last century. Read his, and his daughter's, story here.
The Father's for Justice website is here.
Mark Harris is a Fathers for Justice activist in the UK, my motherland, where it appears child custody and fathers rights are still stuck in the middle of last century. Read his, and his daughter's, story here.
The Father's for Justice website is here.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Nazi propaganda
Despite the argument that these images are unrepresentative and undoubtedly Nazi propaganda, I would love to see the exhibition of Andre Zucca's wartime colour photographs, "Some Parisians under the Occupation" (orginally titled "Parisians under the Occupation") currently on show in Paris.
TIME Magazine talks about the controversy here
Although the images only show smiling happy Parisians going about their daily lives seemingly oblivious to the war and Nazi occupation (which we know is nothing more than PR) the photos promise to be quite fascinating.
Andre Zucca was possibly the only photographer shooting colour film in Paris at the time so this collection is quite unique. The restoration on these images was also a major feat and is discussed in an article in this month's PDN , however you will need a subscription to read it online.
TIME Magazine talks about the controversy here
Although the images only show smiling happy Parisians going about their daily lives seemingly oblivious to the war and Nazi occupation (which we know is nothing more than PR) the photos promise to be quite fascinating.
Andre Zucca was possibly the only photographer shooting colour film in Paris at the time so this collection is quite unique. The restoration on these images was also a major feat and is discussed in an article in this month's PDN , however you will need a subscription to read it online.
Friday, May 23, 2008
A Polaroid a day project
Here's an extraordinary polaroid project from way before Noah Kalina created his Photo-a-Day youtube video.
Jamie Livingston made a polaroid photo everyday for 18 years, from 1979 to 1997!
It's many things, impressive, daunting, funny but ultimately it's shocking and sad.
Read and follow the links through Photoshelter's SHOOT! The blog with Rachel Hulin.
More on royalty free stock images, 'Everywhere Girl'.
Jennifer Anderson is a young actress who did a little modeling a few years back, her image eventually ended up on a royalty free photo CD, and it seems that she been featured in so many places that she has been dubbed "The Everywhere Girl", she even chose that name for her own blog.Her image has been used to simultaneously sell Dell, Gateway and Samsung computers, she has been a college dropout yet attends Brown and UNSW in Australia, all the while popping pills from Vivarin!
Anyway, you get the picture... more examples below,
Idee
The Inquirer
Why using royalty free stock images is a stupid idea!
Here's a perfect example of why using royalty free stock images can come back and bite you in the butt! PC computer manufacturers ASUS & MSI both used the same RF image of a young boy in class with his laptop and photoshopped in their own product. Ironically the original undoctored photo featured an Apple MacBook!
The story on engadget.com.
Surely these two companies are big enough and smart enough to know better?! Not to mention, can afford original photography or, at the very least, exclusive RM stock.
The story on engadget.com.
Surely these two companies are big enough and smart enough to know better?! Not to mention, can afford original photography or, at the very least, exclusive RM stock.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Super high resolution photos with the Gigapan...
This is an interesting new device designed to shoot super high resolution photos with a regular camera. Basically it's a combo of a robot tripod head and some photo stitching software. The robot tripod head moves and aligns the camera across the scene, taking as many as 350 different photographs all of which are combined by the software into one hugely detailed photograph.
As you can see from the examples on their website, the Gigapan does have some shortcomings if there are any moving objects in the scene, but it's still pretty impressive!
It's still in beta development and is expected to cost around $300, If the quality proves to be good enough for commercial applications, I'd say that was a bargain!
You can also read an article and view a video here at The Times.
As you can see from the examples on their website, the Gigapan does have some shortcomings if there are any moving objects in the scene, but it's still pretty impressive!
It's still in beta development and is expected to cost around $300, If the quality proves to be good enough for commercial applications, I'd say that was a bargain!
You can also read an article and view a video here at The Times.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Video on flickr...
fridget
Originally uploaded by werewegian
I was pretty much against the idea when I first heard about it, fortunately they have limited it to just 90 seconds. Hopefully, because of that, it won't turn into youtube with TV clips but people being creative with their 90 secs just for the hell of it, like the fridgets pool...
Friday, May 9, 2008
OK, so this one's for Garrison!
So, Garrison has recently been telling me that, instead of emailing him (and others) links to the odd and quirky photography related things I find, I should post them here for all to see. (BTW, I'm pretty sure Garrison is currently my only reader!)
So here goes! I found this through the Photoshelter blog.
Nate Smith has customized a google map with links to polaroids of places in the neighborhood he grew up and he's memories relating to that place... Here's the twist, all the places recall moments in his emerging sexuality. He chose polaroid because of the connotation that polaroids are used to create dirty pictures!
Definately an interesting project, he calls it the Nascent Sexuality Map
So here goes! I found this through the Photoshelter blog.
Nate Smith has customized a google map with links to polaroids of places in the neighborhood he grew up and he's memories relating to that place... Here's the twist, all the places recall moments in his emerging sexuality. He chose polaroid because of the connotation that polaroids are used to create dirty pictures!
Definately an interesting project, he calls it the Nascent Sexuality Map
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Art supplies
I love to shoot the small details in a room, often they can say as much about the subject as the "big picture".
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Blue wall with stripe
I love this shot! It's the back wall of the dugout at a baseball field here in Plano, Texas. The rule of thirds is definitely in use here!
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
My images are available on Photoshelter and Alamy.
UPDATE!
Today (9/11/2008) Allen Murabayashi of Photoshelter announced that they are shutting down the stock photo agency part of the company, known as the Photoshelter Collection.
I had high hopes for the PSC, they were so very innovative and seemed to truly have the potential to change the industry. It felt like they could be a David to Getty's Goliath... seems as they may have bitten off more than they could chew.
The annoucement was made via email to contributors and on the Photoshelter blog
Very sad news...
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