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Around The Horn
29 August 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 Paris Paralympics, Tony Danza, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Happy Campers, Bruce Springsteen, Snapshots, bodies of work, adapting lenses and buying used.
- Paul Bellsham curates the best image from the first day of the Paris Paralympics including wheelchair basketball, badminton and action from the pool. The Associated Press has Highlights From the Opening Ceremony, as well.
- Stefano Ukmar photographed the Tony Danza's Upper West Side home (gift link) and Addie Morfoot talks to him about how he ended up there and what's next. No converging verticals.
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year counted almost 60,000 entries from 117 countries and territories with winners to be announced Oct. 8. Meanwhile, The Guardian presents a preview of some of the images.
- Suzanne Sease features Happy Campers, the personal project of Lars Schneider. "It really is a very personal project as I started it purely for fun, for documentation purposes and a to get a look into the world of other campers and their vehicles and ideas and thoughts about camping and a life on the road," Schneider says.
- In A Long, Winding Road, Joe McNally remembers covering a Bruce Springsteen concert in 1978 and just enjoying another last week in Philadelphia. Not that he didn't take a snapshot.
- Julieanne Kost discusses Working With Snapshots in Lightroom Classic and Photoshop in this 6:38 video:
- Mike Johnston examines the concept of Bodies of Work. I was taught in art school that individual images are stronger when they're part of what was termed a 'body of work,' a term which itself could mean either a whole ouvre, meaning all of an artist's work over her lifetime or a project, meaning an intentional multi-work grouping of more limited scope -- say, for instance, all of the pictures in one book," he writes.
- Kirk Tuck prefers Adapting Lenses to his cameras. Setting up for a portrait session, he notes, "The big question was which camera to use and which lens to use on the camera I chose. Since mirrorless cameras are so adaptable and so welcoming to older lenses it's sometimes a struggle to narrow down my choices. You could pretty much use ... anything. And that's for all manner of cameras including my Fuji and my Leica SLs."
- Zach Sutton's Guide to Buying Used Photo & Video Gear offers some tips to avoid getting burned. "Additionally, we would like to highlight a few programs available through our rental channels for those interested in purchasing used gear," he writes. Like LensRentals's Keeper Program.
More to come! Meanwhile, here's a look back. And please support our efforts...