Yesterday at E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, Sony announced it was releasing a new, extra-intense installment of “Twisted Metal,” its car-combat videogame series for PlayStation. (If you’re unfamiliar with the gaming world, trust the blogosphere—it was a big deal.) The surprise announcement was accompanied by a trailer for the game shot by [...]
Canon recently asked Vincent to collaborate with them on a shoot to show off what the Canon 1D Mark IV, one of its new HDDSLR cameras, can do, so he chose to do a spec ad with a silver VW Bug. “It was shot over two days in downtown Los Angeles with a Canon behind-the-scenes [...]
. Technically, summer doesn’t begin here in the Northern Hemisphere until June 21, but with Memorial Day behind us and the heat all around us, it sure feels like summer right now. And what better way to celebrate the season that most represents fun—and to procrastinate the first day back at work after a long [...]
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. While photographers feverishly discuss the pros and cons of shooting motion work with digital SLRs, at least one TV network has leaped into the fray in a very bold way. The season finale of the hit FOX series House—which aired this past Monday—was shot using, of all things, the Canon 5D Mark II. . [...]
. Last week was a vacation week for me but a bustling time for Stockland Martel’s photographers. Herewith, some highlights: . . The Huffington Post created a gallery of the entire military-themed Gisele Bundchen fashion story that Nino Muñoz shot for Vogue and invited readers to “let us know which is Gisele’s fiercest moment.” . [...]
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Zack Seckler over at The F STOP has posted a long interview he did with Vincent Laforet that covers everything from the story behind these two aerial photos… . . …to his beginnings as a photographer—how he went from shooting weddings and bat mitzvahs to covering sports for a wire service to landing a staff [...]
February 23, 2010 – 10:23 am
. Rob Haggart at APE has posted a big interview he did with Vincent that touches on how the Pulitzer Prize–winning shooter reinvented himself, his decision to relocate from New York to L.A., the difference between cinema lighting and photography lighting, shooting DSLR video, and lots more. “It’s been a very interesting few years,” Vincent [...]
January 4, 2010 – 11:30 am
… PDNPulse featured James Worrell’s slideshow on a typical day in his life, which Dan Havlik sardonically introduces thusly: “Yes, it all begins at 6:30 am on a dreary morning in New Jersey but gets brighter as it goes along. He is, after all, working, which these days is an accomplishment in itself.” … RESOLVE [...]
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Is there hope for the annual-reports market?
Technology may have opened up new possibilities for photographers, but it’s also decimated a number of previously reliable markets. Printed annual reports, for instance, have taken a hit because more and more companies are opting for PDFs and thus are much less interested in spending money on original photography. Kind of makes you wonder: Is [...]