#22: “Ann Curry is a Better Photographer than You”

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Bill and Jeffery respond to feedback about workshops & websites, famous people buying Leicas, and why taking less pictures is better. Then Bill recounts being ignored by Philip Glass and his methodology behind a group shot of 10 people. Of course Edward Steichen, our photographer of the week, could have done a better job I’m sure.

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Show Notes

Lost Memories (Ferracci created the film as an entry to a competition in Paris that asked filmmakers to imagine what the future will be like. It was shot using a Canon 5D Mark II. Although writing, filming, and editing the footage took only about a day, adding in all the visual effects took Ferracci half a year to complete.):
http://www.doobybrain.com/2012/09/18/lost-memories-by-francois-ferracci/

Ann Curry – Photographer (Lieca M9) Calling them ‘photographs’
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35927229#35927229

Celebs love the Leica:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/fashion/leica-cameras-favored-by-celebrities.html

John Mayer’s post about his M4
http://jhnmyr.tumblr.com/post/25112225337/vintage-new-old-stock-leica-m4-and-35mm-summicron 

Instagram on Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/18/instagram-photography_n_1893230.html?utm_hp_ref=arts

Cheap IR remote for Canon on Newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA07Y0B89552 

Related Books on Amazon
Steichen’s Legacy
Edward Steichen: In High Fashion – The Conde Nast Years, 1923-1937
Edward Steichen: Lives in Photography

#21: “Vanity Fairy”

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Bill is nervous for the first time in a while and it’s not about the latest crop of cameras coming out at Photokina. Also, your portfolio site might just suck, but Jeffery’s diatribe on the subject might just help. All this plus the century old amazing work of Karl Blossfeldt on this week’s On Taking Pictures.

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Show Notes

Bill’s thoughts on the Canon 6D
http://ontakingpictures.com/2012/09/canon-6d-impressions/

Charles Cushman on Faded and Blurred
http://fadedandblurred.com/blog/the-day-in-its-color-charles-w-cushman/

‘Side by Side’ on Amazon Streaming
Side by Side

Bill’s portrait of Jhumpa Lahiri
http://ontakingpictures.com/2008/05/progress/ 

Related Books on Amazon
Karl Blossfeldt: The Complete Published Work (Taschen 25th Anniversary) (English, German and French Edition)
Karl Blossfeldt (TASCHEN Icons Series)

#20: “Moment Much Bigger than that Photograph”

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Different aspect ratios, photo projects based on teenage killers, and a long and somewhat heavy discussion about why we bother taking pictures at all and what they mean to us.

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Show Notes
Disfarmer portraits
http://www.disfarmer.com/

Marilyn Monroe Copyright Decision
http://pdnpulse.com/2012/09/owners-of-marilyn-monroe-photos-win-big-legal-victory-over-actors-heirs.html

Redheaded Peckerwood
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/09/07/opinion/sunday/20120909_Exposures_Killer.html?ref=sunday#1

Related Books on Amazon
Herb Ritts: The Golden Hour: A Photographer’s Life and His World
Herb Ritts: Work
Herb Ritts: L.A. Style

#19: “Bare with a Snoot”

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When 5 lights are just right, why people bother to shoot with a 4×5, as well as who Berenice Abbott was and why her work still rocks.

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Show Notes

Photographer gets dropped from gallery for sourcing from stock
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/09/03/gallery-drops-photo-artist-after-works-found-to-be-sourced-from-stock/

Paul Buff vs Profoto
http://kevsteele.com/blog/profoto-einstein-lighting/

Bill’s new portrait with lighting explanation
http://ontakingpictures.com/2012/09/new-quasi-self-portrait/ 

Audrey Tatou for Glass Magazine
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Glass-Magazine-Faith-Audrey-Tautou/4210225

Large Format Photography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_format_(photography)

Everett and Ralph on Provia
http://ontakingpictures.com/2012/08/everett-and-ralph-on-provia/

Harlan Ellison Rant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5IV23g-fE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Related Books on Amazon
Berenice Abbott: Changing New York
Documenting Science
Berenice Abbott, Photographer: An Independent Vision
Berenice Abbott (Editions Hazan)

#18: “Fifty Dollars and an Ice Cream Cone”

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Fielding work inquiries, moon photography, the impossible rebirth of 8×10 Polaroid, artists vs technicians, and the wonderful work of Greg Heisler.

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Show Notes

Evans Lange redux -melodramatic
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/the-case-of-the-inappropriate-alarm-clock-part-3/

Neil Armstrong – Talk about Moon photography
http://m.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/08/neil-armstrong-1930-2012/100359/
http://history.nasa.gov/ap11ann/kippsphotos/apollo.html
http://history.nasa.gov/printFriendly/apollo_photo.html

Impossible Project revives 8X10 Polaroid:
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/08/22/the-impossible-project-has-revived-8×10-large-format-instant-film/

Art Streiber shoots Paramount 100th
http://fstoppers.com/paramount100th

Ikea goes CGI for their catalog shoots:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444508504577595414031195148.html?mod=WSJEUROPE_business_LeadStoryCollection#articleTabs%3Darticle://

Artist or technician?
http://www.lostateminor.com/2012/08/26/bic-pen-masterpieces-by-samuel-silva/

Related Books on Amazon
In the Shadow of the Moon [Blu-ray]
Full Moon by Michael Light
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits

 

#17: “Still Lifes of People”

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Deep follow-up discussion on seducing your subjects, exploiting them to make a buck, and why we want to be Dan Winters when we grow up.

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Show Notes

The Ongoing moment by Geoff Dyer
The Ongoing Moment

“The True Meaning of Pictures” documentary
http://shelby-lee-adams-napier.blogspot.com/

Walker Evans:
http://www.loc.gov/shop/index.php?action=cCatalog.showSubCategory&cid=65&scid=471&PHPSESSID=f6

Dorothea Lange:
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0013.html

“Normalize” app removes the Instagram-ie-ness from photos
http://www.cultofmac.com/185277/normalize-removes-grungy-filters-from-photos/

Storing photos in DNA
http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/19/harvard-stores-704tb-in-a-gram-of-dna/

Art photography: When ‘reality isn’t good enough’
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/10/living/fine-art-photography-manipulation/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

Link to Bill’s Leica M4 Post
http://ontakingpictures.com/2008/01/the_leica_m/

Jeffery and Nikki’s “Chill” ebook
http://fadedandblurred.com/ebooks/chill/

Related Books on Amazon
Dan Winters: Periodical Photographs
Last Launch: Discovery, Endeavor, Atlantis
Appalachian Lives

 

#16: “Portraiture is a Dance”

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Stephen Shore’s tips for street photography, exploitative vs interesting, and what do we mean by portrait anyway?

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Show Notes

5 Things Stephen Shore can teach you about street photography
http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2012/08/5-things-stephen-shore-can-teach-you-about-street-photography

PitZips.com
http://pitzips.com/gear-list/

Portraits of photographers
http://cnnphotos.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/08/masters-of-photography-pose-for-portraits/?hpt=hp_c3

Albino Portraits
http://designtaxi.com/news/353275/Photographer-Captures-Albinos-In-Thought-Provoking-Photo-Series/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+designtaxi_news+%28TAXI+Daily+News%29&utm_content=FaceBook

One Shot – Everett with little BTW video
http://ontakingpictures.com/2012/08/fuji-instant-4×5-one-shot-everett/

Phillip Bloom DP
http://philipbloom.net/

John Loengard Books on Amazon

#15: “Salting the Steak”

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The Curiosity Mars rover, going on an internet diet, Canon service story, how everything is a trade-off, and Imogen Cunningham.

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Show Notes

Photographer covers Olympics with iPhone 4S
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/27/london-olympics-2012-smartphone

Curiosity Landing on Mars
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/mars/curiosity_news3.html

FoCal – lens calibration software
http://www.reikan.co.uk/focal/

Nikon D800 vs Phase IQ160
http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Nikon_D800/Nikon_D800_vs_Phase_One_medium_format_quality.shtml

Imogen Cunningham Books on Amazon

#14: “Creativity Comes From Doing”

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Refinement vs change, novelty vs quality, the creative mindset, and composite pioneer William Notman as photographer of the week.

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Show Notes

Have We Completely Run Out Of Ideas
http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2012/07/24/have-we-completely-run-out-of-ideas/

Jad Abumrad Interview
http://transom.org/?p=28787

John Cleese on creativity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VShmtsLhkQg&feature=player_embedded

#13: “Hand Gestures & Credit Cards”

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SI runs Instagram pictures, Fuji discontinues a bunch of Velvia, Canon releases a mirrorless EOS body, more talk about shooting outside your comfort zone, and Albert Watson as photographer of the week.

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Show Notes

Canon EOS M
http://www.canonrumors.com/2012/07/canon-eos-m-official/

Fuji discontinues Velvia 50 and Velvia 100:
http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2193030/fujifilm-discontinues-two-professional-films

Instagram photos used in Sports Illustrated:
http://manginphotography.net/2012/07/how-i-made-instagram-images-that-were-good-enough-for-sports-illustrated/

PAI New York
http://www.pai-newyork.org/