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6 January 2024
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 Polar people, Michelle Z Simmons, a DIY camera motion rig, pricing and disposable cameras.
- Polar People, scientists, adventurers, pilots, cooks or electricians who visit the Polar Circles, "fearlessly surrender to the power, endlessness and beauty of nature." French photographer Jean-Gabriel Leynaud photographed these adventurers while on an expedition of his own.
- Grace Holliday presents When the Sun Goes Down,, Michelle Z Simmons's best phone picture. It's a staged shot with ballet dancer Lucas Labrador in downtown Roswell, a suburb of Atlanta.
- In Turn an Old 3D Printer Into a Robotic 4 Axis Camera Motion System, Caleb Kraft presents a DSLR DIY CNC video on recycling printer parts into a camera motion rig:
- Chris Gampat excerpts the chapter on Pricing Your Photography from Photography Business Basics: 10 Years of Photography Knowledge in 10 Short Chapters by Mark Maryanovich.
- A Reddit poster wonders What Makes a Disposable Camera Disposable?. Among the more amusing answers:
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