petapixel (unofficial)How Photographer Rick Sammon Shot the Blue Swallow Motel in HDR
#spotlight #travel #blueswallow #blueswallowmotel #hdr #highdynamicrange #howitsshot #philmistry #ricksammon #route66 #sunrise #sunstars
Photographer Gets Up Close with a Crocodile in Mexico
#spotlight #artwolfe #crocodile #howigottheshot #howitwasshot #mexico #nauticam #philmistry #underwaterphotography #wildlife #yucatan
Photographing Tom Brady in His Final Super Bowl
#spotlight #football #howigottheshot #kevinccox #nfl #philmistry #photographer #quarterback #sportsphotographer #superbowl #tombrady
Photographer’s Wide Lens Meets a Seagull’s Gaze
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Photographer Captures Cormorant Trying to Swallow a Huge Fish
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Photographing a Cave of Human Skulls in Papua New Guinea
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Great Reads in Photography: January 9, 2022
Every Sunday, we bring together a collection of easy-reading articles from analytical to how-to to photo features in no particular order that did not make our regular daily coverage. Enjoy!
Aperture 's Best Photography Features of 2021 – Aperture
In 2021 Aperture celebrated photography in New York and New Delhi, revisited Judith Joy Ross's timeless portraits, considered the "photobook phenomenon," and asked how images can tell new stories about Latinx identity.
Meet the Shortlisted Photographers and Winners of Portrait of Britain 2021 – Creative Boom
The UK's biggest annual photography exhibition, Portrait of Britain, has returned. It reflects the turbulent pandemic times we've all endured yet also finds the beauty within this global struggle.
' Born With a Twisted Mind': Helmut Newton's Freaky Fashion – in Pictures – The Guardian
Fashion, Melbourne, 1955 © Helmut Newton, Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin, courtesy Taschen Yves Saint Laurent, Queen, Paris, 1969 © Helmut Newton, Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin, courtesy Taschen
Helmut Newton. Legacy is published by Taschen
The photographer's offbeat shoots for magazines such as Vogue and Vanity Fair had a lasting influence on visual art – and are the subject of a new book.
Through Lens and Time: German Museum Brings History of Camera, Cinema and TV to Life – StarsAndStripes
A small museum near Kaiserslautern, Germany, offers visitors a look back at the development of technologies that allowed us to record memories large and small.
Whoever Invented USB-C Deserves a Nobel Prize -- TheNextWeb
USB-C made being a gadget nerd so much better. Now, if only Apple would stick USB-C on the iPhone….
Georgia Museum of Art Receives Major Photography Gift -- ARTFIXdaily
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia has received a gift of nearly 3,000 photographs with a current appraised value of nearly $8 million, placing it amongst one of the nation's best in 20th-century photography.
Fact Check: How do I Spot Manipulated Images? -- Deutsche Welle (DW)
If an image seems fishy, something is likely awry. But how can you prove if a picture has been manipulated? Here are a few tips.
16 Questions About One Historical Photo: Tattooed Lady Betty Broadbent _– Flickr Blog
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Betty Broadbent, the 'Tattooed Venus', Sydney, 4 April 1938, photographer Ray Olsen, Pix Magazine, courtesy State Library of New South Wales
In this One Photo, 16 Questions interview, Senior Curator at the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Geoffrey Barker shares the story of Betty Broadbent, the most photographed tattooed lady of the 20th century.
How and Why to Use Negative Space in Photography -- MakeUseOf
Negative space helps your subjects stand out in photos.
Duchess of Cambridge: New Photos Mark Kate's 40th Birthday -- BBC
The portraits were captured by celebrated fashion photographer Paolo Roversi, famed for working with industry stars like Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss. The images were taken at Kew Gardens back in November and will form part of a project from the National Portrait Gallery where the duchess is a patron.
In the 1960s, NASA Photographers Captured Glimpses of the Universe. Now, the Iconic Images Are Available on Artnet Auctions – Artnet News
Matthew Parciak, a photography associate at Artnet Auctions, dives into the history of some of NASA's most famous images.
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About the author : Phil Mistry is a photographer and teacher based in Atlanta, GA. He started one of the first digital camera classes in New York City at The International Center of Photography in the 90s. He was the director and teacher for Sony/Popular Photography magazine’s Digital Days Workshops. You can reach him here.
Image credits: Header photo portions licensed from Depositphotos
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Photographer Spots His Doppelganger in a John Lennon Poster
When I first saw the photograph, I was a bit confused. One was Beatle John Lennon because his name was written in bold, but who was the other similar-looking person?
Well, it’s New York photographer Eric Kogan who is often traveling by foot in Manhattan. He loves street photography as it engages him with his surroundings, and he can see something new even in mundane or familiar places.
On the afternoon of October 25, 2020, Kogan was running errands. John Lennon was not on his mind at all when he dressed up to leave his house. New York was on a COVID-19 lockdown and how he looked or dressed was not of any concern.
At Houston Street near West Broadway in Manhattan, an intersection he passed very frequently, Kogan suddenly stopped in his tracks and did a double-take. Oh, yes, it was John Lennon, but…why does Lennon suddenly look so familiar? Of course, he spotted a resemblance for the first time!
“Seeing his portrait made me take a step back and have a good look at myself,” remembers Kogan of that day over a year ago. “I was alone at the time–which was good because I don’t think I would’ve embraced the moment as much as I did if I were in company–and it made me remove my mask to study my face.
“It felt like years had passed since I saw myself from the side and looked at my profile, and what began as a quick and funny coincidence grew into a tedious image to get right. I took it from many angles before arriving at the one you see here.”
It was taken with his phone with his arm extended to keep this versatile camera out of the frame.
“Most of my street photography happens with a camera and a 35mm lens, but the focal length proved to be too narrow this time, so composing on another device felt like a new and engaging experience,” explains Kogan. “It was tricky because he was so large, printed at least 25X larger than life-size. Standing near it would dwarf me, so I fought to find the perfect distance where, thanks to the illusion of foreshortening, we appeared to be equal in scale.”
And so, a very uniquely interesting self-portrait or a double portrait was born!
Eric Kogan was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1985 and lives in New York City. Kogan’s first experience with photography came in his early teens with a position at a photography lab. His first duty was processing film. He recalls his first time working in absolute darkness as a light turning on in his head as the one in the room went off. Getting creative with the medium didn’t start until college. In 2004, a fine art photography course brought him back into a darkroom.
About the author : Phil Mistry is a photographer and teacher based in Atlanta, GA. He started one of the first digital camera classes in New York City at The International Center of Photography in the 90s. He was the director and teacher for Sony/Popular Photography magazine’s Digital Days Workshops. You can reach him here.
Image credit: Photograph by Eric Kogan
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Great Reads in Photography: January 2, 2022
Every Sunday, we bring together a collection of easy-reading articles from analytical to how-to to photo features in no particular order that did not make our regular daily coverage. Enjoy!
**New Year's Celebrations Around the World **– CNN
**New Year's Eve 2021 Around the World – in Pictures **– The Guardian
Embed from Getty ImagesIn many cities across the globe, New Year's festivities were scaled back. In New York City's traditional Times Square celebrations, everybody was expected to wear a mask, and the crowd was limited in size to 15,000 instead of the usual 58,000. ****
TIME 's Top 10 Photos of 2021 -- TIME
Each year in November, the TIME photo team comes together to narrow down the thousands of images made by photographers around the world since January. The ones that make the final cut for our top 10 can be striking in composition, shocking to experience, news-making moments, or all of the above. We find ourselves pausing to honor these images and their creators because we know there is so much more to the photograph than just the click of a shutter. -- TIME
Embed from Getty Images Read also: TIME Has Published its 100 Best Photos of the Year
2021 in Pictures: Striking Photojournalism from Around the World – BBC
Hover your cursor over the photo to read the story of the orphaned mountain gorilla, Ndakasi, who passed away after this photo was taken.
Embed from Getty Images This selection includes some of the most powerful pictures taken by news agency photographers around the world in 2021.
The principal deputy press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, became the first black woman in 30 years to host a daily press briefing at the White House. Jean-Pierre is the first openly gay spokeswoman and second Black woman to give the briefing.
Other 2021 Photo Stories & Lists:
**The Best Photographs of 2021 – and the Stories Behind Them **– The Guardian
17 Of Our Best Photo Stories From 2021 – BuzzFeed News
Vanity Fair's Year in Photographs – Vanity Fair
Pixel Peeping: The 12 Biggest Camera and Photography Trends of 2022 -- TechRadar
Oppo's retractable smartphone camera, courtesy Oppo
1.) Photographers enter a post-Instagram world
2.) Deepfakes go deeper
3.) New camera manufacturers enter the game
Check out nine more trends and details at the link above.
Read also:PetaPixel's Bold Camera Predictions for 2022
We're starting a new tradition here at PetaPixel , where our staff (we are over a dozen strong now) gets together to discuss the things they know, not just think, will transpire over the course of the next calendar year. As bold predictions go, we're almost certainly going to get a lot of this wrong.
Street Views -- Cabinet
Broadway, New York City, 1850 photo courtesy J. Paul Getty Museum
Stanford art historian Kim Beil writes in Cabinet:
City streets seemed eerily empty in the early years of photography. During minutes-long exposures, carriage traffic and even ambling pedestrians blurred into nonexistence. The only subjects that remained were those that stood still: buildings, trees, the road itself. In one famous image, a bootblack and his customer [Louis Daguerre's 1838 photograph] appear to be the lone survivors on a Parisian boulevard…
These static sentinels of early city views were displaced at the end of the 1850s. City streets came to life thanks to improved chemistry and the use of smaller negative plates, which required less light for exposure. The new process was described as "instantaneous" [capturing moving people and horse-drawn carriages]…
During COVID-19 lockdowns, streets and squares truly were plague-stricken and empty. Drones buzzed over the avenues, vacant save for ambulances. Photographers stood in the middle of once-busy boulevards, taking glamour shots of the apocalypse.
Annie Leibovitz: Intimidating and Not. She Talks About her New Photo Book' Wonderland,' What Celebrities are Like and How Magazines are Less Glossy – Chicago Tribune
Sean Combs and Kate Moss, Hyatt Hotel, Paris, 1999 © Annie Leibovitz. From Wonderland by Annie Leibovitz, published by Phaidon.
One of the best stories about Leibovitz is that time she photographed Queen Elizabeth II (also in the book) and asked Her Majesty to remove the crown. The Queen was sort of, well … Wait, who are you? The problem, Leibovitz told me, was a BBC crew was filming this and made it look as if the Queen stormed out when actually she stormed in. – Chicago Tribune
The First Photo of a Single Snowflake in 1885 -- Smithsonian
Photomicrograph of Stellar Snowflake No. 1018. Photograph by Bentley, W. A (Wilson Alwyn) 1865-1931, taken around 1890. Courtesy Smithsonian.
Smithsonian Institute archives record:
Wilson A. Bentley first became fascinated with snow during his childhood on a Vermont farm, and he experimented for years with ways to view individual snowflakes in order to study their crystalline structure.
He eventually attached a camera to his microscope, and in 1885 he successfully photographed the flakes. This photomicrograph and more than five thousand others supported the belief that no two snowflakes are alike, leading scientists to study his work and publish it in numerous scientific articles and magazines.
In 1903 Bentley sent prints of his snowflakes to the Smithsonian, hoping they might be of interest to Secretary Samuel P. Langley.
Read also:These Are the Highest Resolution Photos of Snowflakes Ever Captured
Say Cheese! 5 Simple Tricks to Look Better in Family Photos and Selfies – Kim Komando
Check the link above for three more tips and complete details.
When you "smize," you smile with your eyes. This advice from Tyra Banks, the first African American woman to be featured on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue , makes even more sense in a masked COVID world!
Read also: Tell Your Subjects to Say ‘Cheeks’ Instead of ‘Cheese’ for a More Genuine Smile
**Photography In the National Parks: Being Prepared and Knowing Your Limits **– National Parks Traveler
The colors of winter at Paradise, Mount Rainier National Park © Rebecca Latson
During what season will you be doing your activity? Oh, you're headed to bear country? That salmon scented body wash was a bold choice. Good luck. – National Park Service
What Is Rembrandt Lighting? How to Use It for Portrait Photography _ -- MakeUseOf_
Self-portrait in Oriental Dress showing his signature lighting, circa 1631, Rembrandt
Rembrandt lighting is a photographic lighting style based on the lighting used by Dutch painter Rembrandt in the 17th century.
It is typically achieved by placing the key light high and to one side of the face. It properly lights one side of the face, while the other side uses the interaction of shadows and light coming from the fill light or reflector.
Classic Rembrandt lighting in photography, Depositphotos
Notable: Origin of use of "Rembrandt Lighting" as a Photographic Term
Pioneering movie director Cecil B. DeMille is credited with the first use of the term. While shooting the 1915 film, The Warrens of Virginia, DeMille borrowed some portable spotlights from the Mason Opera House in downtown Los Angeles and "began to make shadows where shadows would appear in nature."
When business partner Sam Goldwyn saw the film with only half an actor's face illuminated, he feared the exhibitors would pay only half the price for the picture. After DeMille told him it was Rembrandt lighting, Sam's reply was jubilant with relief: "for Rembrandt lighting, the exhibitors would pay double!" -- Wikipedia
**Will AI Kill Stock Photography? **– Selling Stock
**The 7 Most Extreme and Bizarre Lenses I 've Ever Tested -- **Christopher Frost
Check out unusual lenses from the Canon EF 50mm f/1.0 L USM (production lens) to the Canon 400mm f/2 (non-production lens)
How a Nat Geo Photographer Selects the Best Images from a Shoot | Whittle Down – WIRED
Steve Winter has been a contributing wildlife photographer with National Geographic for over 20 years. As a wildlife photographer, Winter always has tons of photographs to sift through and eventually whittle down. Watch as Winter lays out how he actually goes about choosing the perfect photograph.
Read also:Steve Winter Gets Up Close and Personal with a Curious Tiger Using a Robot Rig
Photos of Animals on Golf Courses _ -- CNN_
Embed from Getty ImagesSo, you are lining up your putt when an alligator strolls by, and the next time it is a giraffe. Really? Yes, really. The photo never lies!
Photo of the Week
Burning the Effigy of the COVID Demon in Managua , Nicaragua
Quiz of the Week
1.) The Canon EOS 3 was released as a film SLR in 1998 and the Canon EOS R3 **** as a digital mirrorless camera in 2021. Although more than two decades apart, they both have one identical and unique feature, not found in any modern camera. What is it?
2.) Which is the smallest macro lens for full frame cameras? Hint: It can capture 2X life size.
3.) The Nikon Z9 can provide uncompressed RAW
a.) at 20 fps
b.) at 30 fps
c.) The Z9 does not save uncompressed RAW files
Answers
1.) Eye control autofocus.
Notable: Is the R3 named from the EOS 3 as it has the same feature? We would love for somebody in the know to respond in the comments below.
2.) Venus Optics Laowa 85mm f/5.6 2x Ultra Macro APO according to its manufacturer is the smallest. It is available for Nikon Z, Canon RF, Sony E, and Leica M mount.
3.) (c.) The Nikon Z9 does NOT save uncompressed RAW files. It offers a selection of only lossless compression, High-Efficiency STAR (half the file size), and plain High Efficiency (a third of the file size) options. Nikon states, "New RAW format retains the same high image quality … as conventional RAW files with approximately 1/3 smaller file size."
Why I Like This Photo – Richard Bernabe
Giraffe silhouettes reflected in water hole with the last glow of sunset light, Etosha National Park, Namibia © Richard Bernabe
I like this photo because it evokes a sense of mystery. It isn't obvious what's going on at first, but the image slowly reveals itself as viewers engage it as active, rather than passive, observers.
This is a tower of giraffes at a water hole shortly after sunset in Namibia's Etosha National Park. There wasn't much in the way of usable data in the shadowy areas of the image where the giraffes were standing, so I let it all go to black, lending itself to the sense of mystery I desired.
I also liked the balance and spacing of the silhouetted reflections. The giraffe on the far right is "going against the grain" of general leftward energy, which helps provide that balance. There is also almost no merging of reflected silhouettes in the water, so the integrity of their shapes is preserved, which is always important when working with silhouettes. I am always reminded of a Mozart quote about the brief periods of silence between the musical notes being every bit as important as the notes themselves. The same can be said of the spaces between the giraffes and their heads and the near shoreline.
The image was captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III and Canon EF 24-70mm lens.
Richard Bernabe is an internationally renowned nature, wildlife, and travel photographer, teacher and public speaker. His passion for adventure has been the driving force behind his life's quest to capture the moods and character of the world's most amazing places, from Africa to the Amazon to the Arctic and countless places in between.
Quote of the Week – David Hume Kennerly
I look at having my picture taken in the same way I look at going to the dentist. Also, I am empathetic with subjects. I know most people don't like it unless you're a professional model.* -- David Hume Kennerly
*2:04 min in the video above
_David Hume Kennerly, a Canon Explorer of Light, won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for his photos of the Vietnam War and then served as President Gerald R. Ford's chief White House photographer. Kennerly was named "One of the 100 Most Important People in Photography" by _American Photo Magazine. He was a contributing photographer for LIFE , then TIME magazines, and later a contributing editor for Newsweek.
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We welcome comments as well as suggestions. As we cannot possibly cover each and every source, if you see something interesting in your reading or local newspaper anywhere in the world, kindly forward the link to us here. ALL messages will be personally acknowledged.
About the author : Phil Mistry is a photographer and teacher based in Atlanta, GA. He started one of the first digital camera classes in New York City at The International Center of Photography in the 90s. He was the director and teacher for Sony/Popular Photography magazine’s Digital Days Workshops. You can reach him here.
Image credits: All photographs as credited and used with permission from the photographers or agencies. Portions of header photo via Depositphotos, middle horizontal (top) giraffe silhouettes © Richard Bernabe, middle horizontal (bottom) Paradise, Mount Rainier National Park © Rebecca Latson.
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Great Reads in Photography: December 26, 2021
Every Sunday, we bring together a collection of easy-reading articles from analytical to how-to to photo features in no particular order that did not make our regular daily coverage. Enjoy!
Photographer Sings Christmas Song 🎅
**Essex, UK, Photographer Light Paints Christmas Scenes **-- BBC
These complex scenes require multiple photos to be shot and then composited in post. © Kevin Jay
Photographer Kevin Jay, 50, is certainly using his light painting skills to spread digital Christmas cheer in his hometown of Clacton-on-Sea, England, and surrounding Essex County. He shoots at local landmarks to convey his holiday greetings.
"Light painting is my favorite area of photography, so I'm always trying to come up with new ideas to try, and holidays such as Xmas or Halloween always offer inspiration for themes and ideas to be created," Jay tells PetaPixel. "Most of the work is done in real-time and created in one shot with very little editing apart from basic corrections."
The Frinton beach, England, UK, photo was a team effort by Kevin Jay, Nicki Jay and Terry Spires and involved seven separate photos to create the final image. © Kevin Jay
"Sometimes final photos are made up of a number of single shots like the Xmas scene which took several different shots which were then layered in photoshop," adds Jay. "It would have taken too long to draw them in one exposure with the ambient street lighting. If it's dark enough, I do like to do things in one shot as it feels more authentic that way.
"I get the most satisfaction from light drawing photography as it's me creating the scene instead of landscape or portrait photography which I also enjoy, but, in those areas, you are capturing what is already there."
"The snowman shot was a 44-second exposure with me first drawing the snowman then getting out of the way as my friend spun the steel wool from above," says Jay. © Kevin Jay
Read also: These [Christmas] Light Painting Photographs Were Made Using an Automated Drone
How to Make Holiday Portraits with a DIY Christmas Tree-Shaped Bokeh Filter!
**27 Photos to Remind You That 2021 Wasn't Completely Terrible **– BuzzFeed News
**Pantone Unveils Color of the Year for 2022 **-- CNN
The periwinkle shade is a brand-new edition to Pantone's color library. Courtesy of Pantone Color Institute
CNN writes:
On Wednesday, it [Pantone] unveiled Very Peri, a periwinkle hue that the company says combines the steady tranquility of blue with an energetic infusion of red. It's the first time the company has manufactured a color instead of delving into their pre-existing archive, a decision that was a vital element of this year's selection process.
"It was really important for us to come up with a new color because we have a very new vision of the world now," said Pantone Color Institute's Executive Director Leatrice Eiseman in a video call.
"It is literally the happiest and the warmest of all the blue hues," she added, describing the shade. "Because of that red undertone, it introduces an empowering feeling of newness, and newness is what we're looking for."
A Look at the Progression of the Canon Mirrorless Platform -- LensRentals
Canon R3, courtesy Canon
Last October marked the 3rd anniversary of the Canon EOS R line of cameras and lenses.
"The initial announcement of Canon's focus on their mirrorless platform was met with a lot of criticism, as the EF lens mount has become a staple in both the photography and videography worlds," writes LensRentals. "But since that skepticism, Canon has done a lot of great things to propel their RF lens mount forward."
What I Learned from Photographing my First Wedding – PictureCorrect
**Legendary Photos: The Stories Behind 7 of Walter Iooss Jr.'s Iconic Images **-- DigitalPhotoPro
Sports photographer Walter Iooss Jr. shares the stories behind seven of his incredible images of athletes, including Michael Jordan (The Slam Dunk), 1988 and Joe Namath, 1969.
Notable: Walter Iooss Jr. (b. 1943) has photographed for Sports Illustrated for 58 years, including more than 300 covers.
Read also:The Story Behind an Iconic Photograph of Michael Jordan in Flight
Lens Wars: Episode V - Petzval Strikes Back by Roger Cicala – Digital Photography Review
Jozeph Petzval, 1854.
Did Voigtländer have lens maker Petzval's house burglarized to steal his lens designs and optical manuscripts?
Check out the answer as Dr. Roger Cicala tells sordid tales of photographic lens makers of yore in his inimitable style of recounting history at the link above?
Daguerreotype camera, a replica of Voigtlander's first metal camera from 1841. Exhibit in the Tekniska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden. Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
**Were 48 Pictures of the Sun Used to Make This Image? **-- Snopes
This photo is just a SAMPLE of an analemma and not the actual one referenced in the article above. Shot from office window of Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, 1998–99. Jfishburn at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
If a photo is taken of the sun from the same position and the same time of day many times throughout the year and then composited, it will be found that the sun follows a roughly similar path to figure eight. This path or shape is called an "analemma."
How Street Style Changed in 2021, According to Vogue Runway's Photographers - - Vogue
**Finding the Most Colorful Places in the World **-- Uswitch
Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy, Depositphotos
Here is a list of the 20 most colorful locations around the world, using color dropping assessment, Google searches, and Instagram hashtags.
**As Gorbachev Resigned, AP Photographer Snapped Historic Shot **- AP
Liu Heung Shing worked as The Associated Press Moscow photo chief in 1990-1993. Liu and his AP colleagues won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography for documenting the Soviet collapse.
Photo of the Week
Do They Still Operate the Red Payphone Booths in England?
Hover your cursor over the photo for the answer.
Quiz of the Week
1.) 2021 saw the release of the Sony A1, which achieves a maximum speed of 30fps for still images. Next was the **Canon EOS R3 **which also captures at a maximum rate of 30fps. The Nikon Z9, which came soon after, can record a maximum of
a.) 60fps
b.)120fps
c.) 125fps
2.) The f-stop is
a.) the diameter of the opening divided by the focal length of the lens
b.) the focal length of the lens divided by the diameter of its opening
c.) the width of the front element divided by the width of the rear element
3.) The Canon RF100mm f/2.8 Macro lens can close focus at 1.4x life-size. Does that mean it can fill the frame with an object that is
a.) 17x25mm
b.) 24x36mm
c.) 12x18mm
Answers
1.) (b.) 120fps. This is with full AF/AE but only at 11-megapixels and not the full resolution of 45.7-megapixels
2.) (b.) The focal length of the lens divided by the diameter of its opening
3.) (a.) 17x25mm or 0.67 × 1 inch, approx.
Why I Like This Photo –Al Bello
ELMONT, NY - JUNE 10: Jockey John Velazquez is up on Patch during the 149th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park on June 10, 2017, in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
I like this photo because it kind of happened by accident. I was shooting the 149th Belmont Stakes in 2017 and had placed several remote cameras under the rail along the finish line area. My first goal was to get photos of the winning horse and jockey as they crossed the finish line.
I got photos of the winner, which all worked out fine, but as I looked at all the frames after, I noticed the last place horse named Patch framed perfectly, backlit in the back hoofs of another horse, with dirt flying everywhere, adding drama to the photo. Patch was a sentimental favorite because he had lost one of his eyes due to infection yet still ran the race that day.
He went on to have a decent career after this race. This is a photo you hope to get but never really happens often, if ever. I remember being quite excited when I saw this photo and even more excited when I saw which horse it was.
Ahead of the race, I strung several remote cameras together with a hard line that was attached to a foot pedal. As the race ended, I stepped on the foot pedal as the horses crossed the finish line and also shot with my handheld camera at the same time.
Remote cameras are always secondary to your handhelds. There is a bit of risk involved with using them no matter how much you prepare and set up and check and recheck your remotes throughout the day of a race because anything can go wrong. For example, your cameras can short out due to rain, the frames could be timed incorrectly, or the winning horse could finish outside of your frames altogether or show up out of focus.
While I say I was kind of lucky to get this shot, I'd also like to think I made my own luck in preparation for it. A lot of work was put into this photo, and I am glad it worked out.
When a big race is on, and the horses are coming at you all at once, it's very exciting and very tense at the same time, and you hope to get a good shot of the wining horse with your remotes. The challenge with remotes can be the amount of gear involved while setting up across the track, especially if you have to access them during a race. You always have to be on high alert, not interfere with the races or get in the way. It can be very dangerous if you're not careful.
Al Bello was a linebacker on his HS and College football team, and towards the end of college, he took a photo class. In 1993 Bello landed a position as a junior photographer at Allsport Photo Agency which became part of Getty images in 1998. Bello was the Chief Sports Photographer in North America from 2004-2019 at Getty. In 2020 he changed roles at Getty and is now a Special Sports Correspondent hoping to do more sport photo projects and help develop up and coming sports photographers. He will be covering his 14th Olympic Games this Winter in Beijing, China.
Quote of the Week –Edward Burtynsky
Salt Pans #18, Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India, 2016 © Edward Burtynsky, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards
The above photo is from The Sony World Photography Awards' Outstanding Contribution to Photography given to Edward Burtynsky for 2021.
Digital photography and Photoshop have made it very easy for people to take pictures. It's a medium that allows a lot of mediocre stuff to get through.* – Edward Burtynsky
- The Guardian, August 21, 2008.
Edward Burtynsky (b. 1955) is a Canadian photographer known for his large-format photographs of industrial landscapes taken over 40 years. Early exposure to the sites and images of the General Motors plant in his hometown helped formulate the development of his photographic work. His imagery explores the collective impact we as a species are having on the surface of the planet, an inspection of the human systems we 've imposed onto natural landscapes.
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About the author : Phil Mistry is a photographer and teacher based in Atlanta, GA. He started one of the first digital camera classes in New York City at The International Center of Photography in the 90s. He was the director and teacher for Sony/Popular Photography magazine’s Digital Days Workshops. You can reach him here.
Image credits: All photographs as credited and used with permission from the photographers or agencies. Portions of header photo via Depositphotos, middle horizontal (bottom) snowman by Kevin Jay.
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