John Harrington wrote an interesting article about UPDIG, Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines. At least interesting because all issues about Image pre processing are mentioned at one place. A great starting point if you’re struggling with things like color management, color spaces monitor calibration etc. Have a quick look at the UPDIG website and bookmark it!
During the 61st Annual General Meeting of Magnum, two new nominees were welcomed into the circle of Magnum Photographers. Once a year, the photographers from Magnum travel to Paris, London or New York for their Annual General Meeting (AGM). The 2008 AGM took place at the end of June in Paris. One day of the AGM is reserved to look at submitted portfolios and to decide upon new nominees, associates and members.
English photographer Olivia Arthur (28) and American-Dutch photographer Peter van Agtmael (27) are the new nominees for 2008. Read more at Magnum weblog.
Today the Nikon D700 is officially introduced by Nikon. Intended to fill a gap between the Nikon D3 flagship and the midrange D300 (Although this is a pretty amazing professional camera). At least they have committed themselves to bringing the full-frame digital camera to the masses. It’s still a long way to go, price-wise, but I expect this to be a new trend. Read more about this camera at DPreview
Nikon D700 Key Features
* Different to D3
At the Wired weblog an item about war photographer Ziv Koren. Ziv Koren is a world-renown combat photographer whose coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has vaulted him to international acclaim. Now, he’s helping invent a whole new visual aesthetic that digitally combines still photos with moving images, seamlessly.
Koren has spent years shooting for titles, including Time Magazine, the New York Times, and Paris Match. His photograph of the aftermath of a suicide bombing of an Israeli bus was selected by the World Press Photo Organisation in 2000 as one of the most important photos in the last 45 years. But when film director Solo Avital asked Koren to be the subject of the documentary, “More than 1000 Words,” the photographer found his work started to expand beyond the still, frozen frame.
Continue reading at Wired Blog Network
If you believe in the Leica myth despite my earlier posts then have a look at Michael Kamber’s website. Here a real professional photographer tells about his experiences with his Leica M8.
Michael Kamber’s concludes:
As I said earlier, I do not write this because I dislike Leica, quite the opposite. I have used their cameras for 23 years and invested tens of thousands of dollars in their products. When working in war zones, however, my first rule is to eradicate all the uncertainties from my kit. There are enough uncertainties when the shooting starts. The M8 introduces numerous uncertainties into the photography equation. For a working photojournalist in a combat situation, I would judge the Leica M8 to be unusable.
If you like to win one of these grand prices: Nikon Digital SLR Camera D3, AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm F2.8G ED or the AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm F2.8G ED, you can enter the Nikon Photo Contest International 2008-2009.
One of the world’s most renowned photo contests, entries to the 32nd Nikon Photo Contest International will be accepted from September 1 to November 30, 2008.
A contest with an impressive history:
The Nikon Photo Contest International has been held by Nikon Corporation since 1969 to provide an opportunity for photographers around the world to communicate and to enrich photographic culture for professionals and amateurs alike. Renowned among photo enthusiasts worldwide, the contest has so far attracted more than 1,270,000 images from a total of 306,000 photographers. In fact, so popular has the contest become among photographers that a total of over 47,000 images were received from more than 16,000 entrants in 135 different countries for the 31st contest alone.
This year’s categories
With these categories, Nikon welcomes and embraces photographic creativity and encourages images of human happiness from all over the world.
Nikon has updates for the the firmware of the D3 and D300 ready for you to download. Full instructions and download files are to be found here: