Welcome to episode 38 of The Circle of Confusion, the professional photography podcast.
This week, it’s the Roger & Neil, The Dynamic Duo, Ride Again Show as Peter is missing in action somewhere in southwest Ireland taking pictures of sheep. Worried we are.
We talk about the new Apple Podcast App, since, you know, this is a podcast. We also talk about the GigaPixel camera with it’s 960 megapixels that you can carry in your back pocket.
Intel has launched a competition for photos, time-lapse, and slow-mo clips for future adverts, which Roger has a problem with.
After a few comments on the topic of the Olympics and photography in Episode 36, we respond to a few questions raised.
To finished off on a light note, thanks to Ann Scanlan ( i.e. Peter’s wife ), a dare to discuss a new trend in photography: moms-to-be photoshopping sonograms onto their belly pics.
A new low for The Circle of Confusion Team. ( Peter, please come back soon )
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Apple’s Podcast App
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The AWARE-2 Gigapixel camera-
A 960 megapixel camera designed by a team from Duke University for the US Department of Defense’s research agency provides us with a camera to overcome the problems with super high resolution cameras. We make a stab of explaining how it works but jump over to to this website to find out more The Aware-2 Link here
Intel contest seeks Photos and Video
Intel has announced the “A Momentary Lapse” competition with a chance to win prizes including computers and digital camera. Submit a photo or time-lapse and/or slow motion video, and the winning entry will be used in a future advert. There are two problems with this: 1. Who needs a professional video production team and 2. You give all right away to Intel. Mind you, they do have 17 pages of rules and highlight the important parts, so fair play to Intel. Amateurs can and do produce some stunning work and companies have copped on to this and are using competition to get this work for free.
Find ont more here : The Intel Competition Link
Here is the video “Nocturne” by Vincent Laforet that kick-started the whole video DSLR
Nocturne from Vincent Laforet on Vimeo.
Olympics and Photography
You can read all the comments and listen to Episode 36 of the podcast here : Episode 36 & The Olympics
Moms & Sonograms
First, there was the normal maternity shoot, then the nude maternity shoot. So what next? How about you photoshop a picture from you sonogram onto a picture of your belly? Is this something a professional photographer would add to the his or her portfolio of work?
Have a look at what we mean here : The Sonogram Photoshop
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Loved the podcast! And a great response regarding the Olympics.
Please, keep up the great work.
The t-shirt idea could work!!!
) I can see some fathers to be wanting one too!!
Great show guys.
The rights-grab fun never ends. Here’s an interesting read from the BBC today:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18623293
While Peter is away chasing sheep or whatever, it might be a good time to discuss a documentary photographer issue. More particularly, I am seeking some clarification between the terms documentary photography, photojournalism, and street photography. In most instances I find that these terms are used interchangeably.
However, my photojournalism professor was quite clear about the ethics and standards that apply to “real” photojournalists. They certainly differ from street photographers who, while invoking the name of Cartier-Bresson, seem to grab “character” shots of poor homeless street people sometimes giving them money to pose. Some photographers seek to “document” life on the streets by shoving their camera into the faces of strangers in a most intrusive way.
I was uncomfortable asking people for their names and ages when doing news events. There is no way I’m going to take pictures of complete strangers on the streets and in shops. I’d probably get punched in the nose. Yet, I have watched tutorials of street photographers insisting they have the complete right to do any photography they wish in public places. What is the appeal or artistry in this type of street photography?
Real documentary photography seems to me to be more dignified and take a more thoughtful approach. The photographer seeks not to become part of the action but only to record events much as a photojournalist would. However, unlike a photojournalist, the documentary photographer seems to be interested in telling a more complete story; there is a continuity not present in most photojournalism and certainly not in street photography.
Did I get that right? Perhaps the Dynamic Duo can illuminate this issue and especially tell us what good documentary photography is and how it should be practiced.
Thanks,
Rich
@Rich – A great question, Rich.
We’ll definitely be looking at this in an upcoming episode.
-Roger-