Thursday, April 23, 2009

Photographic best practices guides

Best Practices for the Business of Independent Photojournalism
This best practices guide, put together by the National Press Photographers Association in the U.S. is divided into two sections: the first for those who hire independent photojournalists and the second to guide photojournalists in their business practices. Each section has five clearly laid out points to consider and steps to take during business transactions to ensure fairness and professional respect. A PDF version is available at the link below. Link»
http://www.nppa.org/professional_development/business_practices/best_practices/
Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines
Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines (UPDIG) is a group of industry professionals who are working towards creating worldwide standards for the commercial use of digital images. The introduction of the document states: "These 12 guidelines -- along with the accompanying Best Practices documents -- aim to clarify issues affecting accurate reproduction and management of digital image files. Although they largely reflect a photographer's perspective, anyone working with digital images should find them useful." Link»
http://www.updig.org/guidelines/index.php

 

Sunday, April 19, 2009

GigaPan robotic panoramic camera device

* Creating a panoramic experience *
Richard Taylor tries out the GigaPan http://gigapansystems.com robotic camera device which builds hundreds of pictures into a panoramic experience. http://gigapan.org
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/programmes/click_online/8004657.stm
Most Popular
http://gigapan.org/searchGigapansList.php?keywords=&sort=popular

Partners
GigaPan was developed by Carnegie Mellon University in collaboration with NASA Ames Intelligent Robotics Group, with support from Google

Epic 100 now available to fit larger point and shoot digital cameras and smaller DSLR cameras
 
The GigaPan Epic 100 comes with fully integrated software, the GigaPan Stitcher, which automatically combines photos to create gigapixel panoramas and uploads them to GigaPan.org. Specially designed to fit larger point and shoot cameras, the Epic 100 is also compatible with several small DSLR cameras. The Epic 100 can support a camera and lens combination of up to 3 lbs. See below for a complete list of features. For a list of compatible cameras visit our camera list.

For a camera to fit on the GigaPan Epic, it should be no more than approx. 111 mm wide (left to right) and 45 mm deep (front to back)

For a camera to fit on the GigaPan Epic 100, it should be no more than approx. 148 mm wide (left to right) and 69 mm deep (front to back)


Thursday, April 16, 2009

History of Photography

History of Photography

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photographers/photography-timeline.html?source=email_photo_20090416&email=photo


Thursday, April 09, 2009

Mile zero: Chelyabinsk, Russia


DSC_7052, originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

This is the mile zero post for the region. All distances on regional maps are measured as starting here

These images were taken from atop the highest building in Chelyabinsk, Russia and show the panorama, size of the city and some of the many factory around the town. Photo by George Lessard

Saturday, April 04, 2009

Call For Submissions / CONTACT Photography Festival

Call For Submissions / CONTACT Photography Festival 2009 / Contact918 / Toronto, ON / Deadline Date: Thursday, April 30, 2009
 
For CONTACT Photography Festival 2009, 918 Bathurst is launching a new initiative called CONTACT918

918 Bathurst is a new centre supporting culture, arts, media and education in downtown Toronto, Canada. We are an inclusive centre that supports academic, artistic, health, personal and professional career programming with an emphasis on personal development.  As a facility for educational opportunities, cultural exchange and special events, we invite people, groups and organizations to contact us with program ideas to be held in our venue. 

For more information visit us at: www.918bathurst.com
918 Bathurst St. Toronto, ON M5R 3G5. 416-538-0868

What:  Contact 918
Where: 918 Bathurst St. Toronto
When: May 9, 16, 23, 30, 2009
Time: 12 - 4 pm

Theme: Still Revolution
Photographers should submit images that will explore the ever-evolving manifestations of photographic imagery that influence the way we see the world today.  CONTACT918 creates an international online forum for photographers, and will be launched live as a digital projection for the Contact Photography festival. It emerges as an exciting digital playground that connects photographers and communities by linking the virtual with the physical.  Live rotating projections will occur every Saturday in May, showcasing the images that have been submitted by a global network of photographers.  Photographers are invited to upload images at www.contact918.com to be included as part of a slideshow, which will run at 918 Bathurst for the month of May 2009. 

918 Bathurst is a new centre supporting culture, arts, media and education in downtown Toronto, Canada. We are an inclusive centre that supports academic, artistic, health, personal and professional career programming with an emphasis on personal development.  As a facility for educational opportunities, cultural exchange and special events, we invite people, groups and organizations to contact us with program ideas to be held in our venue.

To become part of CONTACT918 or for more information visit us at: www.918bathurst.com or contact us at: info@contact918.com  
918 Bathurst St. Toronto, ON M5R 3G5. 416-538-0868

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