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26 Weeks
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Patrick Demarchelier shooting Emma Watson for VF
I love this — all those assistants and operators and screens and computers, but at the end of the day it’s a master photographer, his subject, a hassleblad and a single light. Beautiful.
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Light painting
Just beautiful. See more of Atton Conrad’s work at his site.
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And introducing…
We’re having a baby!
Such is the power of photography that they gave us these print outs in a little wallet sized window sleeves just like a school photo — which is perfectly apt since this is the first image of our child. Barely three months since conception, touch under 6cm big and we have a photo already. I can’t wait for the 18th birthday party slideshow!
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Natsuko and Derek
At the end of March I had the very great privilege of photographing my good friends Natsuko and Derek’s wedding… in Japan! It was so lovely to be back in my other home town and to do it celebrating their wedding was brilliant.
Congratulations Natsuko and Derek!
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Not your typical car commercial
And that drifting! Make sure you check out the making of video.
(Originally from Chase Jarvis)
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Gregory Heisler talks about portraiture
(Originally from Strobist.com)
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Diana Birch – Valentino
Make sure you watch the making of video too!
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This is my goal
This video beautifully illustrates what I want to achieve in life and career — to so thoroughly master a skill that even the most boring task looks beautiful. I love the way he irons with no wasted motion, every move of his hand is vital and necessary to the production of the end result. Fantastic.
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Technology in Photography
We all know that technology changes lives, but for photography it sometimes amazes me that until digital came along (and for a while after as well) the basic essence of photography really hadn’t changed since it was first developed. A camera was basically a light-tight box that lets light in in a controllable way, while film basically worked in much the same way as it had since it was first invented. Small steps were made forward, from faster films to faster lenses, autofocus primes to autofocus zooms. These were important advances, but it didn’t really rewrite the book.
When digital came along it looked to rewrite the rule book, but really, from the first pro dSLR to now it was all about the catch up. Until this latest generation of digital capture devices (I use this term so I can include not just 35mm systems but also medium format systems) the goal was to be as good as film. Of course digital was more convenient than film (in some ways), but it’s the difference between using an AF lens verses a manual focus lens — the AF lens is more convenient, but it’s not necessarily better than the manual focus lens.
And while I’m not an expert in film and video, I think the same could be said for the motion guys — until now, digital was just catching up to what film could do for the last 100 years.
But now. Now. Now we’re starting to see technology that really changes things, in tangible ways that non-experts can easily see. Take this Pedigree ad for example:
This just wasn’t possible before the development of cameras that can record at 1000 fps. 1000 fps! Film would melt if it was made to run through a reel at that speed, and you’d need to clone the sun a few times to get enough light into each frame.
And look at what Nikon is doing with the D3s — 102400 ISO! That’s five stops faster (or 32 times more sensitive) than the fastest film you could buy. The D3s is more sensitive than your eyes, letting you see what you wouldn’t normally be able to see at all!
And now with Nikon’s new 70-200 f/2.8 VRII, you have a vibration reduction system that will let you shoot hand held at 200mm at obscenely low shutter speeds, all these innovations are just changing everything. It wasn’t that long ago that if you were shooting an indoor event you’d need flash on camera, there’s just no other options. Or if I was using a telephoto lens I’d have to shoot at a faster shutter speed to minimise camera shake. Now, I could walk into a nightclub with a D3s and a 70-200mm and take hand held portraits that’s sharp as a tack, and film it too.
How’s that for revolution?