Reviews
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Book Review – Pictures from Home by Larry Sultan
The work was “about family history and the American dream, and how those two intersect,” Larry Sultan told The Times in 1989. “My father bought a one-way ticket from New York in 1949 and ended up in a dream house in Sherman Oaks. It was part of the cultural myth of the ‘50s about going west.” Larry Sultan was born in Brooklyn on 13 July 1946, but he primarily grew up in Los Angeles, California and graduated college with a degree in Political Science at UCLA and UCSB. He began photographing in 1968, for the Chicago Seed and the Good Times. “It was the psychedelic culture and photographing rallies and…
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Twelve iPhone iOS 4.1 Photography App Updates
Originally posted on 2010-09-15 @ 04:38 With the advent of iOS 4.1 for iPhone and iPod Touch, developers have been racing around making sure their apps are up to date and have the facilities to make the most of Apple’s update. We’ve rounded up some photography apps that you should take a look at, right now. iMovie Requires iPhone 4 or iPod touch (4th generation) Make beautiful HD movies anywhere with iMovie, the fun, feature-rich video editing app designed for Multi-Touch. Create a video postcard of your day at the beach and publish it to the web — without ever leaving your spot in the sand. Or make a movie…
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Every Nanosecond Counts
Originally posted on 2010-09-15 @ 03:47 Whether you are aware that one nanosecond (ns) is one billionth of a second, or not, if you are determined never to be late again, you now have the option of wearing your iPod Nano on your wrist as a wrist watch. The 22mm Maratac Nylon band slips through the Nano’s clip and is available in a variety of colors. Another little something you never knew you really wanted. Price: $17/Click here to order
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Meet the Samsung S21 FE: A Flagship Smartphone Designed for Fans of All Kinds
The newest member of the Galaxy S21 family delivers fan-favourite S21 features – like powerful performance, a pro-grade camera, and seamless ecosystem connectivity – all in a refined, iconic design
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Apple iPhone 13 Pro Camera Review
We’re very excited to publish Austin Mann’s Apple iPhone 13 Pro Camera review, don’t miss this! We couldn’t rate his work higher, if we tried. “We’ve spent the last week in southern Tanzania, exploring this vast natural habitat and capturing all its beauty with the iPhone 13 Pro’s camera. As I watched Apple’s keynote about this year’s iPhone release, I was most excited about the new macro capability, increased telephoto zoom, and Cinematic mode. Boarding my flight, I reminded myself of the answers I’m looking for:
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Saramonic launches VGM stabilisation kit with Vmic Mini Mic
Saramonic UK announces the launch of its new VGM Stabilisation Kit with Vmic Mini Mic. Together they provide a complete stabilisation, mounting rig and microphone bundle for shooting with devices from smartphones to handheld digital, mirrorless, DSLR and even Action Cameras. The VGM is a versatile, highly robust vlogging and video production solution, providing users with everything they need for crystal-clear, broadcast quality sound and stable video, whatever the input device. Added to this, the system offers a suite of flexible customisation options for any shooting style or device, including options for one or two-handed operation. The VGM system provides rock-solid stabilisation for handheld shooting, fully configurable to individual creators’…
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Fairphone and Honest Mobile launch industry first sustainable smartphone with a carbon negative mobile network
Fairphone, the Dutch social enterprise building a market for ethical smartphones, and Honest Mobile, the UK’s only B Corp certified mobile network, announce the launch of the first ever carbon negative and sustainable mobile proposition. The B Corps are joining forces to offer UK smartphone users with an industry first: a sustainable smartphone with the world’s first carbon negative mobile network. “We want to show the industry – and consumers – that it’s possible to do things differently in the smartphone industry. Our partnership with Honest Mobile is proving to the electronics industry that making people and planet an integral part of doing business is a viable option. We’re excited to join forces with an…
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Book Review – A1 – The Great North Road by Paul Graham
Photographer Paul Graham is an entirely self-taught contemporary British artist who works in Fine Art Photography. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, the Hasselblad Award and received a Guggenheim Fellowship. His work has been the subject of more than eighty solo exhibitions worldwide. Graham’s first serious project commenced in 1981 through to the end of 1982, when he was aged 25. It consisted of photographing all the people and places he came across while traveling repeatedly to and fro along the A1 in a borrowed Morris Mini Traveller car. It was the wooden back estate version, which just about allowed him enough…
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Book Review – Portraits and Dreams by Wendy Ewald
Photographer Wendy Ewald is a community based practitioner who has worked on collaborative photographic projects with children for more than fifty years. Within her newly republished and updated book Portraits and Dreams, it is immediately apparent that we are not just viewing images of children, we are actually getting to meet them. Ewald has the inert ability to treat children with profound tenderness, nurturing their fragile self esteem, enabling them to realise a range and depth to their imagery that originally would not have seemed possible. This book is rich in humanity. Each child shares not only their dreams and sometimes their fears, by creating portraiture of themselves in some…
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iPhone 12 Pro Max Camera Review
We’re very excited to publish Austin Mann’s Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max Camera review, don’t miss this! We couldn’t rate his work higher, if we tried. hello from zion national park, ut! “We’ve been adventuring through canyons, rivers, mountains, and more with the iPhone 12 Pro Max and have learned a lot along the way. In case you missed it, I posted my iPhone 12 Pro review from Glacier National Park a few weeks ago and we found significant camera improvements, driven mainly by major software upgrades. Be sure to check it out as most of my focus today will be on the major hardware upgrades of the iPhone 12 Pro Max,…
