nofilmschool Tuesday November 23, 2021
LED tube lights have fast become an essential part of most filmmakers' toolkits: Not only are they great for tight interior work in cars or small rooms, but they can also be useful on larger and more complicated setups where their ease of use makes them a fast rig when you need just a touch of light, notes NoFilmSchool, which spotlights Quasar’s new the Double Rainbow (a double-wide rainbow tube) and the Rainbow 2—LED Tubes, it says, that will really brighten your day. Read the full Story >>
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Wonderful Machine Tuesday November 23, 2021
People often talk about taking their talent (whatever it is) to the next level. But photographer Gareth Brown was recently tasked with visualizing that idea for a new campaign for Hong Kong-based
fitness company PURE. In collaboration with PURE's creative team, Gareth expanded upon the company's working theme "Lift Off" to conceptualize a series of images that motivates people to push to the
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Los Angeles Times Monday November 22, 2021
It was a hot Sunday in August 1962 when photographer Bill Beebe got a tip from volleyball players on a Santa Monica beach. The president of the United States had ditched the Secret Service and was heading into the surf. A staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times, Beebe raced to the ocean’s edge a mile north of the pier, where he found John F. Kennedy coming out of the water, as frantic Secret Service members struggled to contain gleeful and stunned admirers. The photographer waded into the water with his Rolleiflex to create what would become a classic document of Kennedy’s presidential glamour. Beebe died on Oct. 24 at at 94, reports the Times. See also: Yahoo! News. Read the full Story >>
AnOther Monday November 22, 2021
Timed to coincide with Helmut Newton’s centenary last year but delayed because of Covid, the exhibition “Helmut Newton: Legacy” at the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin provides an abundant view of the groundbreaking photographer’s career, notes AnOther. (The show is accompanied by a new book from Taschen.) Work is laid out chronologically, allowing visitors to begin with Newton’s early years in Berlin, where he worked as an apprentice to the famed fashion photographer Yva, and ends with his death in the 2000s. Read the full Story >>
