Author: Yves Roumazeilles

  • Jared Moossy

    Jared Moossy is a documentary photographer. I was stopped by his series about Afghanistan (Jared spent a large part of 2009 in Kabul) because of the dynamics in his pictures. Far from the standardized war witness with its so-usual documentary view, and far from the normative needs of international press, he puts your mind in…

  • Premium repair for Sony

    Sony will soon offer (at the end of October) a Premium service for after-sales and warranty. It will target pros and top-flight amateur photographers. For a period of one, two or three years (at the price of 109, 219 or 329€), the customer will get a warranty extension (directly from Sony Style Georges V or…

  • Nikon D3s

    After the official presentation of the Nikon D3s, here are a couple of nice videos used by Nikon in its international promotion at launch time. Vincent Munier testing the Nikon D3s during a two-week assignment in Finland, in Summer 2009.YouTube link Bill Frakes testing the Nikon D3s all over Australia. – YouTube link

  • The ugliest photo camera

    To follow up on a previous post, here are the ugliest photo cameras I could find (with the very active assistance of The Online Photographer, I have to admit):

  • Canon EOS 5D: Shutter in slow motion

    Did you already see an SLR camera operating in slow motion? The video here will show you the steps -normally invisible to the naked eye- that are splitting the shutter operation in individual stages: mirror going up, shutter uncovering the sensor, nearly immediately, shutter covering it again (the image is now “in the box”), mirror…

  • Theft-protected, an ugly camera

    This is one surprising idea: Make your expensive camera so ugly that nobody will try to steal it. This is the extremist extension of a solution I already use: In order to reduce the risk of theft, you can use gaffer tape and cover all distinctive marks and logos. Your SLR may still look bulky,…

  • Ana Kraš

    Ana Kraš was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in July 1984. I would not describe her work as mostly oriented toward classic beauty. But, she has a real style made of quietness, softness and partly of the hazy atmosphere of her pictures. People are not absent, but play a role similar to the objects around them.…

  • Wildlife photo the easy way

    It is not always easy to shoot rare animals, like a North Chinese leopard (Panthera pardus japonensis). These photographers found the solution at the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg (Germany). When wildlife photo meets tabloid-like photography.

  • Going through Customs with a photo bag

    When you’re traveling far in order to satisfy your complementary needs for exoticism and photography, you will have to go through the Customs and/or boarding controls of the airplane. A few things would be good to keep in mind in order to ensure this is a better experience. Here are mine: Pack everything really fragile…