DIYPhotography Tuesday November 30, 2021
Feiyutech has announced two new motorized 3-axis gimbals, the Scorp and the Scorp Pro. The Feiyu Scorp features a 1.3-inch touchscreen display and a magic wheel controller for focusing or movements on all three axes. A five-way balancing system allows you to quickly and easily balance your camera on the gimbal.The “Pro” model isn’t just the regular gimbal with a bunch of extras added—it’s actually a modular gimbal adding “a lot of versatility and shooting options over the basic model Scorp,” notes DIY Photography. Read the full Story >>
By David Schonauer Tuesday November 30, 2021
Chinese fashion photographer Chen Man has apologized for her work after online critics called it insulting to the Chinese people and the Dior fashion brand removed one of her photos from a show in
Shanghai, notes The Hollywood Reporter. The photo removed from the Dior show featured a tan, freckled model of Asian descent wearing traditional Chinese clothing while holding a black Lady Dior … Read the full Story >>
By David Schonauer Monday November 29, 2021
People say Kim Kardashian has no talent. And yet she has helped solve an ongoing criminal case for a stolen artifact. That artifact is the gold coffin of an ancient Egyptian priest, which was
purchased by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2017. According to the New York Post, Kardashian posed next to the coffin for photographer Landon Nordeman during the 2018 Met … Read the full Story >>
JSTOR DAILY Monday November 29, 2021
What does it mean to remember? For some, remembrance means capturing an image, documenting not just a life, but a death. In the 19th century, photographers were often called upon to do postmortem photography, capturing the stillness of the final moment, notes Ashawnta Jackson at JSTOR Daily. Part science, part illusion and a permanent reminder of a temporary moment, early photography had a sort of magic to it, explains Victorian-literature scholar Nancy M. West. Read the full Story >>
