Paris Through Pentax from Maison Carnot on Vimeo.

Going Underground ...

Stockholm's Subway System by Alexander Dragunov

Alexander Dragunov

The best street photographer you've never heard of ...

... until now.

Vivian Maier, the unknown photographer

Wood Photo Prints...

Power Drill + Camera =

Cool Video F/X

Seeing in circles from Oscar Lhermitte on Vimeo.

Of Time and Light ...

The Art Of The Timelapse | Meet Michael Shainblum from The Creators Project on Vimeo.

Mystery Photos ...

It's All About Vision ...

... and going for it.

"I'm not a brilliant, creative genius, but I do have a certain vision that I'm very tenacious about going after. And I'm willing to sacrifice for that. That's my strength."

~ Joel Grimes

Youngbloods ...

Five Under 20: Young Photographers You Should Know

Virtual Photographer ....

Street Photographer Takes His Craft Into the Video Game World

by DL Cade

"Photography student and street photographer Fernando Pereira Gomes is used to practicing his craft on the streets of New York, but recently, he’s taken to shooting photos on the virtual streets of Los Santos, San Andreas, the fictional city of Grand Theft Auto V."

While he wouldn’t ever dart into traffic in the real world to get a shot, he can do that in the game; however, at the same time, your character is stuck standing upright, severely limiting the kinds of perspectives you can capture. You’re also limited to very low resolution photographs, a problem Gomes is working hard to get around.

Those limitations aside, his description of capturing photos in-game could easily be confused for a description of taking real street photos: “I’ll go on long walks, and sometimes I’ll find a background on the street that really pleases me, and maybe I’ll hang around there and see if anything interesting happens,” explains Gomes. “I can’t go out and look for the photo — you have to anticipate what is going to happen around you, and you have to react to it with your camera.”

The Firefly Time-Lapse ...

Photography by Vincent Brady

Relax.

Take a break.

Breathe deep and slow.

Now let your mind go as you watch "Fireflies."

Enjoy.

Marty Knapp ...

Excellent portrait of an inspiring photographic artist.

For more on Marty Knapp please visit... martyknapp.com

Nomad iPhone Photog ...

Dogs in Cars

Martin Usborne ...

"When I first had the idea five years ago I thought it was foolish. Dogs in cars? errrr..

But the best ideas are the ones that stay with you and after many years of being lodged in my subconscious this one eventually had to come out barking.

I now realize the pictures come from fairly deep fears I've had of being alone and without a voice (I found it almost impossible to express myself when I was a kid) and also from my early fascination with animals, dogs in particular, who also seemed vulnerable and somehow mute."

Link

How Not to Suck on Instagram

Basically, as with any good photography, have an interesting story to tell... and share.

Image Artist Extraordinaire

Photographer Peter Langenhahn

The most breath-taking cinematography you will see this year...

Never imagined I'd see something that I thought could rival Koyaanisqatsi. Then I saw this...

Be sure and check for local showings.

My Hero ...

Chase Jarvis

In a profession where the highest practitioners of the art often try to protect their knowledge like magicians do theirs, Chace Jaris is just the opposite kind of professional photographer.

"There's at least ten amazing pictures where you are right now."

What are you waiting for ?

The First Full-Frame Point-and-Shoot Camera

Sony RX1 Hands-on Preview

dpreview.com

This isn't just Sony's most serious compact camera, but arguably the most serious compact camera we've ever seen. It features a full-frame sensor and a fixed 35mm F2 lens, making it a real heavyweight in terms of lightweight photography. Sony has said it is targeting professional photographers and we see no reason to question that.

If it lives up to the promise (and a lot of that will depend on how fast the autofocus works, and how dependable it is in low light), the RX1 could easily become a classic, used by photojournalists and other working pros who need a small, flexible camera with excellent image quality. The image quality samples we've seen have been confidence inspiring, offering the low-light performance and shallow depth-of-field that only really come from having a fast lens in front of huge sensor.

Sony DSC-RX1 specification highlights

24MP full-frame (24x36mm) CMOS sensor

35mm F2 lens

ISO 100-25600

Focus range switch for focus down to 0.2m (14cm from the front of the lens)

Dedicated aperture ring

Five user-customizable buttons

Multi interface hotshoe (combines ISO 518 standard contacts and proprietary connector)

1.23M dot RGBW 'WhiteMagic' LCD

1080p60 HD movies in AVCHD (50p on PAL region models)

Focus peaking to aid manual focus

Bulb mode and threaded cable release socket in shutter button

The lens, which is designated as a Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* features a leaf shutter for essentially silent operation (though you can engage a sound effect if you wish). This design means the camera can sync with flashes all the way up to its 1/2000th maximum shutter speed, as well as allowing the lens to reach closer to the front of the sensor.

Many photo enthusiasts have been dreaming of a full frame point and shoot for quite some time. Now that Sony has been first to introduce one it will be very interesting to see how and with what other manufactures respond.