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Around The Horn
29 June 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 AP's week in pictures, Denise Marcotte, Smart Collections, the Atacama Desert, word of mouth, direct feedback and a long exposure.
- The Associated Press showcases its Global Week in Pictures curated by photo editor Eloy Martin in Madrid.
- Girls Girls Girls is Denise Marcotte's best phone picture, captured on an iPhone 7 Plus in 2018. To photograph teens in their bedrooms she had used a Fujica 6x9 film camera with a tripod years before but this time around, she opted for an iPhone. "There is nothing that makes a teenager feel more comfortable than an iPhone," Marcotte said.
- Julienna Kost continues to update her Lightroom videos, the latest being Working With Smart Collections in Lightroom Classic:
- Lisa Michele Burns photographed the Atacama Desert of Chile with the OM-1 Mark II in high resolution mode. Handheld.
- Mike Johnston adds a note about Word of Mouth and Free-Floating Goodwill to his previous reflections on working as a pro.
- In Direct Feedback and Learning, Jim Kasson points out a few occasions on which an observer with expertise pointed out something he hadn't noticed he was doing. :Sometimes, the opinion of an expert can yield insights you can't get all by yourself," he writes.
- A Reddit poster wonders How to Replicate This Effect by Alexey Titarenko. The black-and-white image of a subway station stairwell shows a blur of people leaving the station. A long exposure contained by a neutral density filter is the answer.
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