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Around The Horn
21 February 2023
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Greenland, Kin Coedel, frilly godesses, Walter Smith, wildlife, editing letter forms, tabletop photography, photography sins, third-party Z lenses and Thunderbolt 4 hubs.
- Jessie Brinkman Evans's series Greenland documents the lives of Niaqornat villagers facing the dual threats of climate change and forced relocation. "Most of the portraits were made outside while subjects were engaging together with the world around them," she says. "Capturing that point of interaction, lent balance to images of vast landscapes and minute details that rely on each other for context."
- Marie-Louise Schmidlin showcases Kin Coedel's series Dyal Thak that captures "how nomadic communities carefully weave threads between a traditional lifestyle and an ever-changing world."
- Harold Davis calls his flowers Frilly Godesses because they resemble "fabrics or garments." And to prove it, he photographed a ranunculus on black velvet and an iris on a lightbox.
- Heidi Volpe interviews Walter Smith about his AI Experimental Portraits. "I did not set out to fool anyone and it brings me to the question of honesty and authenticity," he says. "We live so close to dishonesty on a daily basis with social media, not all but a great deal is curated to show us the best of something."
- Dave Williams points out an Important Wildlife Consideration. "When it comes to pointing our camera at the animals there's one key point -- the eyes."
- Julieanne Kost shows How to Change the Shape of a Letter in Photoshop. You never know when this might come in handy:
- Dahlia Ambrose provides A Guide to Tabletop Photography. "You do not need a studio or other fancy gear and lighting equipment for tabletop photography but can capture impressive images with mostly what you have in hand," she writes.
- Derrick Story catalogs Seven Photography Sins to Avoid. Three mortal behavioral and four venial technical sins.
- Thom Hogan analyzes Third-Party Lens Support for the Nikon Z system.
- Howard Oakley does the math to show why Thunderbolt 4 Hubs Can Slow Down Fast SSDs. He tested three SSDs on two hubs, demonstrating "that, for some SSDs at least, their maximum write speed can be capped to half of that [3 GB/s] or 1.5 GB/s, even when there's no other device connected." The piece extends his previous report on hubs and SSD performance.
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