Photo Corners mikepasini.com archivebestsbookscalendar
A S C R A P B O O K O F S O L U T I O N S F O R T H E P H O T O G R A P H E R
Friday
14 May 2021
UPDATED
Fri 12:35 pm PDT
Sigma 35mm f1.4 Art Lens For Mirrorless
Tamron 11-20mm, 150-500mm Zooms
Data Point: Photoshop 2021 Crashes
About That Lemon (and Deconvolution Sharpening)
Using Exiftool as an Image Organizer
Ernst Haas: New York in Color, 1952-1962
Picasso's Foray into Photography
Liszt's Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
Connect
Subscribe to our RSS or Jason feeds or follow us on Twitter or Apple News:
Enhancing the enjoyment of taking pictures with news that matters, features that entertain and images that delight. Published frequently.
C O N T A C T • S P O N S O R S H I P • S U B S C R I B E • F O L L O W • A B O U T
-
Neighbors
-
Friends in High Places
-
Faye Schulman
-
Glass Pagliaccio
-
Deconvolution Sharpening
-
Robert Houston
-
The Promise of Another Day
-
James Prigoff
-
The Money Tree
-
Anatomy of a Lemon
-
A Storm Passes Quietly
-
Ferrari 458 Italia
-
Earth Day
-
The Jury Returns
-
Exiftool Image Organizing
-
The Grinder
-
DxO PureRaw
-
June Newton
-
The Last Egg
-
Seclusion
-
Stumped
-
Manhole Cover
-
Happy Easter, Happy Passover
-
Morning Light
-
Early Cherry Blossoms
Friday Slide Show: Neighbors
14 May 2021
The weather has turned here. As the heat of the Central Valley hits the cool air blowing in from the Pacific Ocean, we get fog all day. We've also been battered lately by strong onshore winds. But one day this week, we had sun all day with little more than a breeze.
Around The Horn
14 May 2021
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 Eid Al-Fitr, Mirja Maria Thiel, George Aquilla Hardy, the Sigma 24-70mm Art, impulse buys and Andrew Molitor.
Shop Our Affiliate Links to Save Money and Support Our Efforts!
Prince Albert Environmental Photography Award Winners Announced
13 May 2021
The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation has announced the winners of the first edition of its Environmental Photography Award. Over 1,300 photographers globally responded to the call for entries with 5,600 images submitted in the three categories of Incredible Wildlife, Wildlife in Crisis and Reasons for Hope.
Around The Horn
13 May 2021
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 Kristin Bedford, before-they-were-famous photos, Ishiuchi Miyako, Tony Novak-Clifford, Printerville, voice-over image descriptions as you shoot, dSLR lens discontinuation, Carmen Docampo and shedding gear.
Site Note: That 'Not Secure' Warning
12 May 2021
For some time now, Google has been reporting any site that uses "http" instead of "https" as insecure. Many of us who run secure sites that do not (because they can not) use an SSL certificate and yet also do not "host confidential information or perform material transactions" have complained that this is at best misleading. And frankly, false.
Around The Horn
12 May 2021
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 Castelgrande, Lauren Tepfer, long exposures, Peak Design Marketplace, the Sony A6600, finding studio space and a lifestyle shoot contract.
Friends in High Places
11 May 2021
We've always liked this corner cottage in St. Francis Woods. It has a fairy tale feeling to it, as if it were made of watercolors instead of stones. But as many times as we've wandered by it, we never noticed one little thing.
Around The Horn
11 May 2021
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 BPPA Press Photographer of the Year photos, the Polish secret police, Austin's Tent City, Total Relighting, customizing Photoshop, landscape patterns, depth of field and Pixlr.
Around The Horn
10 May 2021
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 15 Asian photographers, Alfredo Cunha, Katerina Vo, ants, the best all-around cameras, the WeMacro focus stacking rail, ON1 Effects 21, Joe McNally and Ifeoma Ozoma.
Remembering Faye Schulman
8 May 2021
Faye Schulman, the only know Jewish partisan of the second World War, died last month at the age of 101.
Matinee: 'Dotty'
8 May 2021
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
Around The Horn
8 May 2021
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 Cuba, a 1970s Canon 50mm FD-mount prime, a FujiFilm GFX 100S review, a GFX 100S bracketing issue and camera bag inserts.
Friday Slide Show: Glass Pagliaccio
7 May 2021
This Murano glass clown has entertaining us since Christmas 2004. Joyce discovered it in a little store that was closing and made a present of it. It stands in the alcove where once the telephone of the house, with a cord long enough to reach any bedroom, would (clown-like) ring its own bell.
Around The Horn
7 May 2021
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 Marco Kesseler, Wolfgang Fröhling, lighting tips, portable photo printers, photo tricks and Aperture.
About That Lemon (and Deconvolution Sharpening)
6 May 2021
We had applied our usual corrections and enhancements to our macro shot of lemon skin the other day and left it at that. It was the best we could do, after all, even if it didn't appear entirely sharp to us.
Remembering Robert Houston
6 May 2021
Robert Houston, who documented the civil rights movement in the U.S., died late last month at the age of 86.
Leica Adds 24-70mm f2.8 SL Prime
6 May 2021
Leica Camera is expanding its SL lens portfolio with a lightweight, weather-sealed 24-70mm f2.8 zoom lens, while also launching in two new bundle options with the SL2 and SL2-S.
Around The Horn
6 May 2021
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 Brad Walls, the Holodomor, Shahzad Bhiwandiwala, Roger Ballen, Selene Magnolia, blinking, content-aware fill, the rise of photography, holograms and a new directory.
Around The Horn
5 May 2021
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 an Asian American photo exhibition, underwater photography, a powdery pooch photo, camera debates and Munker-White illusions.
The Promise of Another Day
4 May 2021
Somehow we had an urge this morning to wander through the garden with a long lens before the sun had a chance to flood the foliage with light. Almost everything we shot suffered from camera blur but a few came through.
Think Tank Photo Introduces Rotation Backpack Series
4 May 2021
Building on the MindShift Rotation180 Backpack series, Think Tank Photo has introduced its next generation of Rotation Backpacks.
Around The Horn
4 May 2021
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 Cholita's Escaladoras, Patagonia, birds, military camps and infrared on the Fujifilm GFX 50R.
Remembering James Prigoff
3 May 2021
James Prigoff, who had documented public murals since the 1970s, died April 21 at home in Sacramento, Calif., at the age of 93.
Around The Horn
3 May 2021
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 Ioanna Sakellaraki, Geloy Concepcion, Nelvin Cepeda, Deanna Templeton, the Empire State Building, a background effect, the industry, a 1.4x teleconverter, AI technologies and Safari 14.1.
Site Note: Bing Blocked
3 May 2021
We began the month on an ominous note. Our Internet service provider advised us that after a gigabyte of downloads the first day of the month, we were headed for a $75 surcharge.
Matinee: 'Doing All Right!'
1 May 2021
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
Around The Horn
1 May 2021
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 nature, used gear, breathless reviews, a case in point, infinity, Peter Eastway, NFTs and Frank Bernard Clench's statue.
April Archived
1 May 2021
We've just archived Volume 10, Number 4 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 19 Features, 17 commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 169 items of interest), one review and one site note for a total of 64 stories.
Friday Slide Show: The Money Tree
30 April 2021
When Joyce was hospitalized last summer for several weeks while radiated tissue was removed from her leg, friends in Texas sent her a pachira money tree from Monica's Florist across the street from the hospital. It was tiny but extravagant and sat in her one window looking out for her.
PhotoShelter Webinar: Business Own First, Photographer Second
30 April 2021
PhotoShelter has announced it will host a free webinar titled Business Own First, Photographer Second on May 7 at 12 p.m. ET with freelance photographer and photojournalist Melissa Lyttle.
Around The Horn
30 April 2021
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 Steven Kovacs, Ted Soqui, Chris Winton, Paul McDonough, travel tips and Gordon Parks.
Anatomy of a Lemon +
29 April 2021
Spring buds and blossoms have appeared in the garden with the blink of an eye. They are so delicate though that wind has made it difficult to photograph them even with a very fast shutter speed.
Avalanche for Capture One 1.0 Released
29 April 2021
Cyme has announced the release of Avalanche for Capture One 1.0, the photo migration software for macOS with Machine Learning capabilities, to migrate Aperture, Luminar 4, Luminar AI or Lightroom catalogs to Capture One. At the same time, the company has added support for Capture One to Avalanche Unlimited.
Around The Horn
29 April 2021
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 Helsinki, India, Li Huaifeng, Alena Kakhanovich, camera prejudices, birding and a weather contest.
Around The Horn
28 April 2021
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 portraits, parakeets, giving back, a loupe, shooting sports, Python film simulations and macOS installers.
DxO Announces Free May Photography Webinars
27 April 2021
DxO has announced its program of free photography webinars for May. Topics feature working with Nik Collection 3.
Smith Fund Announces 2021 Judges
27 April 2021
The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund announced the judges for its 2021 annual grants including the Eugene Smith Grant, Howard Chapnick Grant and Eugene Smith Student Grant. They will be joined by members of the Smith Fund board of trustees who serve as jury chairs in each grant category.
Sigma Announces 35mm f1.4 Art Lens For Mirrorless
27 April 2021
Sigma has announced an updated design of its 35mm f1.4 Art lens for mirrorless cameras. The 35mm Art lens, first produced in 2012, is now smaller and lighter with "sharpness right to the edges of the frame at all apertures, as well as exceptionally smooth and attractive bokeh and remarkably well-controlled optical aberrations," the company said.
Around The Horn
27 April 2021
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 Toby Ord, Jeffrey Milstein, old photos, slices of time, pro gear tips, lens flare, the next Web and Daniel Kaminsky.
A Storm Passes Quietly
26 April 2021
The remnants of some wicked weather in Asia passed softly over us yesterday, sprinkling the city with some much needed rain. By this morning only a few passing clouds were left.
Around The Horn
26 April 2021
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 the red carpet, Tomasz Kawecki, Jo Fischer, home, spring, the Sigma 35mm f1.4 Art lens, composition, upgrading firmware, pixel-shifted images and Louise Dahl-Wolfe.
Nikon Releases Z Series Firmware Update
26 April 2021
This morning Nikon has released the Z series firmware updates, as promised last week. The new firmware, with installers for either Windows or macOS, brings a variety of improvements to each Z series mirrorless camera, including the Z 7II, Z 6II, Z 7, Z 6, Z 5 and Z 50.
Matinee: 'Requiem by Roger Bruhn'
24 April 2021
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
Around The Horn
24 April 2021
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 photo puzzles, Fujifilm Pixel Shift Combiner, GFX 100S stuck/jammed shutter, a camera store owner dishes, the difference we don't celebrate and superficiality.
Friday Slide Show: Ferrari 458 Italia
23 April 2021
Saturday. Running some errands. Time for lunch. We wonder if Joe's of Westlake, with its new "outdoor terrace" would have a table. We try. Thirty minutes. Too long for the lady. Back to the car.
Around The Horn
23 April 2021
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 Henry Fox Talbot, Théo Giacometti, Shakespeare, macro flash, Canon's ERR 70, Panasonic S1 autofocus, Fujifilm pixel shift and Gigapixel AI.
Earth Day
22 April 2021
We woke up this morning to the same public radio station we always listen to with the aid of a couple of pillows to cover our ears. You can't be too careful these days.
But we didn't hear any bad news at all. None. Zippo. Nada.
That, it turns out, was because the radio station had decided to observe Earth Day with a "Nature Takeover" of it's airwaves featuring a selection of soundcasts from around the Bay area.
The Special Earth Day Broadcast, as it called it, happened to be of Ocean Beach when we listened in. As we write this, the broadcast is of Lake Chabot.
Lake Chabot has tweeting birds so it's rather enjoyable as background audio to our typing. But Ocean Beach at 7 a.m. sounded like static. Good thing we had those pillows handy.
Fortunately, photographers can celebrate Earth Day in a more civilized way.
Tamron Announces 11-20mm, 150-500mm Sony E Zooms
22 April 2021
Tamron has announced two new Sony E mount zooms, an ultra wide-angle 11-20mm f2.8 for APS-C sensors and a full-frame telephoto 150-500mm f5-6.7.
Around The Horn
22 April 2021
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 Charlotta Hauksdóttir, 4,400 wildlife photographers, a corn poppy, Fernando Santos, M1 floating-point arithmetic and a one-day Rocky Nook discount.
PhotoShelter Webinar: Vitale on Earth Day
21 April 2021
PhotoShelter has announced it will host a free webinar titled Every Day Is Earth Day: Ami Vitale on Using Photography to Effect Change on April 30 at noon ET with National Geographic photographer, filmmaker, writer and explorer Ami Vitale.
Around The Horn
21 April 2021
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 reaction to the Chauvin verdict yesterday, the first M1 iMac, that monochrome film look, blogging your photos and a big contract.
The Jury Returns
20 April 2021
The jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd returned a few moments ago. Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Sony Adds FE 14mm f1.8-GB Master Prime Lens
20 April 2021
Sony has announced the FE 14mm f1.8-GB Master, a compact, fast, ultra-wide-angle lens with little to no distortion that uses two extreme dynamic linear motors to focus.
Polaroid Introduces Compact Polaroid Go Camera
20 April 2021
Polaroid has announced the Polaroid Go, a compact instant film camera that uses a miniature version of the square instant film. It features a selfie-mirror and double exposure mode to enhance the fun.
Around The Horn
20 April 2021
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 John Myers, the Jefferson Proving Grounds, Somira Sao, McNally in NYC, Tau Ceti in Austin, relative sensitivity puzzle and a MAX sessions photo playlist.
Nikon To Update Z Series Firmware April 26
19 April 2021
Nikon has announced it will release a firmware update for its Z series of mirrorless cameras on April 26.
Using Exiftool as an Image Organizer
19 April 2021
Phil Harvey's free Exiftool is an unusually excellent tool for reading and writing metadata in image files. We add copyright information to all of our images with it. And you can correct capture times if you forget to spring forward or fall back, as we point out now and then.
Around The Horn
19 April 2021
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 Laura Pannack, Josh Edgoose, Lightroom beginner tips, the Canon EOS R6, assaults on journalists, adapting a lens, the GFX 100S sensor, a personality study and Charles (Chuck) Geschke.
Matinee: Picasso's Foray into Photography
17 April 2021
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
Around The Horn
17 April 2021
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 June Newton, the Pixel Stick, Cindy Sherman, three dimensionality, Asian photographers and Fabian Oefner's Leica M6.
Friday Slide Show: The Grinder
16 April 2021
Tucked into a corner of the kitchen, this ancient coffee grinder waits patiently to be of use again one day. And, on occasion, we put it to work. Or, more accurately, it puts us to work.
Around The Horn
16 April 2021
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 the Tamron 150-600mm, Lindsey Rickert, black-and-white post production and a free webinar.
Around The Horn
15 April 2021
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 the Sony World Photography Awards, Ivor Prickett, Richard Radstone, beam angle and the industry's quiet start.
Fujifilm Announces Fujinon XF 18mm f1.4 Prime Lens
15 April 2021
Fujifilm has announced its Fujinon XF 18mm f1.4 R LM WR lens for the APS-C format X Series family of mirrorless digital camera. The lightweight, wide-angle optic features a 35mm equivalent focal length of 27mm and a maximum aperture of f1.4.
Test Drive: DxO PureRaw Preprocessor For Improved Raw Files
14 April 2021
When DxO Labs released PhotoLab 4 with DeepPRIME, we took a deep dive into the technology that uses artificial intelligence designed for developing Raw photo files that has been trained through deep learning on millions of images. And we liked it. A lot.
Around The Horn
14 April 2021
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 spring frost, Enda Burke, Caberet reanimated, a new M1 MacBook Air and Same Energy.
Hasselblad Masters 2021 Competition Opens for Entries
14 April 2021
Hasselblad has announced its 2021 Masters Competition is now accepting entries. The competition is open to all professional photographers who have been actively working in the field for more than three years.
Canon Announces R3 Mirrorless, Three RF Lenses
13 April 2021
Canon has announced it is developing the R3 full-frame mirrorless camera and introduced three new RF lenses: the Canon RF 100mm f2.8 L Macro IS USM, RF400mm f2.8 L IS USM and RF600mm f4 L IS USM.
Around The Horn
13 April 2021
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 love in a time of hate, mammal photos, dreamscapes, customizing a workflow, portrait lenses, value systems, photography jobs and shutter shock.
Remembering June Newton
12 April 2021
June Newton, the Australian-born, globetrotting portrait photographer, died at her home in Monte Carlo at the age of 97. The wife of Helmut Newton, she used her own name when she worked on his art books. But as Alice Springs she was known as a portrait and fashion photographer.
Around The Horn
12 April 2021
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 FEP awards, Gaudenz Danuser, 150,000 Hearts, Don McCullin, a Fujifilm X-S10 with 27mm lens, strange things, three superzooms, Brooks Jensen and backing up to APFS volumes.
Matinee: Don Bartletti
10 April 2021
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
Around The Horn
10 April 2021
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 two street photographers, five photo printers, shooting from behind, lens development and the Fujifilm GFX 100S.
Friday Slide Show: The Last Egg
9 April 2021
Almost a week after Easter, you may be happy to have seen the last of the hard boiled Easter eggs by now. Like most things, that calls for a celebration. And we just happen to have a decorative egg with which to mark the occasion.
Around The Horn
9 April 2021
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 dancing at home, fashion industry slavery, JPEGs, old cameras, Fujifilm G lenses and "that guy."
Seclusion
8 April 2021
The ebullient color of these walls attracted us to this scene, especially as it was echoed by the happy plants bordering the building.
But the white window frame with the shade drawn and shadows falling across it told another story. The one we've all known lately of isolation.
There is no doubt the inhabitants are shut away from the world.
But looking closely at the scene, it doesn't seem unpleasant. They could be said to be more in seclusion than isolation.
The flip side of isolation, seclusion promises some sort of peace from the daily tumble. It speaks more of hiding than or being hidden away. An intentional withdrawal.
That's how we saw this scene. That's what drew us to it.
There was more than a little poetry to the editing, too. That never hurts.
We shot this at an angle from across the street. And we used a perspective tool to get those verticals parallel. But we left the horizontals receding to the left. We thought that would work.
Around The Horn
8 April 2021
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 Portrait Awards, Crater Lake, snow polo, StyleGAN2, the Smallrig GFX 100S L-bracket, black backgrounds and slow photography.
Stumped
7 April 2021
Above the Muni Metro station in West Portal, where the tunnel under Twin Peaks begins (or ends depending on your direction of travel, although there's[!]been none during the pandemic), is a park.
Fujifilm Introduces INSTAX Mini 40
7 April 2021
Fujifilm North America Corp. has announced its new INSTAX Mini 40 instant camera along with Contact Sheet, a new INSTAX Mini instant film which mimics the look of a film contact sheet.
Around The Horn
7 April 2021
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 ProRaw + Super Resolution, moiré, an upgraded M1 Mac Mini, Backblaze hard drive stats and the Lightroom Ambassadors.
Around The Horn
6 April 2021
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 Roff Smith, PF Bentley, the Pen tool, Dave Williams, Erwin Puts and a Retrospective bag discount.
Manhole Cover
5 April 2021
If it's Monday (oh, it is), it's time to go back down the manhole into the slime and slop of the world we inhabit and get back to work. This manhole cover struck us as something of a shield, though, from all that. Were life a video game, we'd pick it up.
Around The Horn
5 April 2021
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 Donna Ferrato, Buenos Aires, Briony Horgan, StyleCLIP, webcamming, the Leica 90mm R-Elmarit and behavior adjustment.
Happy Easter, Happy Passover
4 April 2021
For the last day of Passover and for Easter Sunday, a lily opened up in the alley and we took its picture. We picked this one for the contrast between sunlight and shadow that we all seem to be living in these days.
Matinee: 'Liszt's Sonetto 104 del Petrarca'
3 April 2021
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
Around The Horn
3 April 2021
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 the Smithsonian winners, Daniel Tjongari, lane changing, Andrew Molitor and a bird photography book.
Friday Slide Show: Morning Light
2 April 2021
Our usual routine involves rolling out of bed at a certain predetermined angle and stumbling into the kitchen with the help of a wall or two to make a cappuccino. Armed with what will pass as breakfast, we tumble down the stairs rappelling along the handrail into the bunker to land in our office chair, swiveling around to the keyboard, the thick cappuccino froth preventing any drips. Then we go through the news.
Director's Cut of 'Mapplethorpe' Released Today
2 April 2021
The biopic Mapplethorpe, The Director's Cut directed by Ondi Timoner and starring Matt Smith as the photographer, is being released today on demand.
Around The Horn
2 April 2021
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 Ryan Debolski, birds, Snap It, Sharpen AI and a scammer shamed.
Early Cherry Blossoms
1 April 2021
The BBC reports that the cherry blossom season in Japan has peaked at its earliest date since records began 1,200 years ago. "Increasingly early flowerings in recent decades are likely to be as a result of climate change, scientists say," the report says.
Around The Horn
1 April 2021
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 whales, Pemulung scavengers, bricks, printing mistakes, black-and-white tutorials, detents and free housing.
March Archived
1 April 2021
We've just archived Volume 10, Number 3 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 18 Features, 31 commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 204 items of interest), one review and one site note for a total of 78 stories.
Get Off To A Great Start With Beginner's Flash
DESIGNED TO BE UNDERSTOOD without a background in photography, each of these 134 essays addresses some facet of photographic fun.
Some are tips, others tutorials, still others explanations of some of the more interesting aspects of the art. All of them are written in a uniquely engaging style.
At 18 cents each, you pay just $24.95 for this collection -- unless you become a subscriber (it's one of the free benefits our subscribers enjoy).
Visit our Beginner's Flash information page for more information. Or click the Buy button:
Wait a Minute ...
10 December 2012
It would almost always catch us by surprise. We'd advance the film on our Nikon FM2 only to find out we'd already taken the last shot.
Sometimes that happens in life, too.
After 13 years as the editor of the Imaging Resource Newsletter, we have parted ways. It's going one way, we're going another.
We wish the company well and remain grateful for the opportunity to discuss our passion for getting the picture with each reader who welcomed such a long email every two weeks in their inbox.
But as we used to tell our (usually) patient subject when we realized we had to put a new roll of film in the camera, "Wait a minute!"
Because we aren't done yet.
And this publication is our way of continuing to discuss our passion for getting the picture. We have several reviews in progress, covering tablet software, new image editing software for the desktop, LED lighting and more.
And this is where you'll be able to read about it.
So we hope you'll join us as we publish here at Photo Corners. If you like the idea, support us with a sponsorship or a subscription. Both come with some benefits right away and more to follow.
Previously on Photo Corners:
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Current
The Monthly Archive