Category: Pro photo
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My post-processing tools
Years ago, I was using Adobe Bridge and Adobe Photoshop for nearly all my work. That was the obvious choice at the time, the software tools were reasonably priced. These were the “good old times”, no? Today, subscriptions are everywhere. You must pay by the month. But if you stop, you lose all your tool…
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Heavy-wheight lenses for 2013
While 2012 was relatively calm in terms of new tele-lenses (with the significant exceptions of the Pentax 500mm and the progressive availability of the new great whites from Canon), 2013 appears ready to become a year of big tele-lenses at nearly all the manufacturers: Nikon launches an 800mm f/5.6 which is becoming the biggest product…
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In front of the lion
If you are a wildlife photographer, your experiences may vary from one place to another. But what would be your own reaction in the situation that Mattias Klum found himself into? He found a lioness who failed to see him at first, then walked so near that he could no longer focus on his long…
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Ansel Adams documentary
YouTube link Thanks to PBS for this documentary about Ansel Adams, landscape star photographer.
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2012 Pirelli calendar by Mario Sorrenti
Here it is! The 39th edition of the Pirelli calendar is out and this is Mario Sorrenti who is celebrating the automobile pneumatics with mostly naked top-models mostly in black and white. It was christened as Swoon and it was shot in Corsica as we had revealed here. The models Guinevere Van Seenus Malgosia Edita…
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Job interview
Source: Tastefully offensive.
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Pirelli 2012 calendar – First shots
The Pirelli calendar is certainly the most famous calendar (at least in the automotive world). This comes in a large part from the very high quality of the artistic nudity photographs, as it is maintained from year to year despite a systematic change of photographer. This year, for 2012, the calendar is not yet officially…
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Best Sony SLR lenses for wildlife photo
When Sony first entered the SLR market in 2006, not many people were sure it would be a successful move for a company with a no significant reputation outside of the compact point-n-shoot world of cameras. However, they drew a bold ace by buying the assets of Konica-Minolta (essentially all SLR photography assets for Minolta).…
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Best Nikon SLR lenses for wildlife photo
Nikon: The biggest digital camera seller in the world (mostly because of its sales of compact photo cameras), an internationally famous reference for the quality of its lens and it SLR cameras. Wildlife photographers (professionals as well as amateurs) must take this offering very seriously. But the fame did not come from nothing, and the…