B&H Photo Video Wednesday January 19, 2022
Birds are fascinating and beautiful (see item 2), and it seems to us at PPD that more and more people are photographing them. But doing so can be a challenge that takes patience In a new tutorial from B&H Photo and Video, Colorado-based wildlife photographer Kristi Odom offers five tips for better bird photography. Among them: Learn about the behavior of various species and use that knowledge to bring more “story” into your images. Read the full Story >>
HYPERALLERGIC Wednesday January 19, 2022
“The images first appeared on Instagram in May 2020, one by one, like those mythic radio waves from a long-lost galaxy,” notes Hyperallergic, referring to work by Maurice “Pellosh” Bidilou. In the 1970s and ’80s, Studio Pellosh in Pointe-Noire, Congo, was the place to be. There, Bidilou captured a society eagerly emerging from French colonial rule. The studio exists no more, but the photographer is one of the rare modern African masters still living — until recently in obscurity. Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Wednesday January 19, 2022
There’s more NFT news: PetaPixel reports that Samsung will be incorporating an NFT marketplace into its smart TV system, allowing users to browse, buy, sell, and display art on Samsung TVs. Samsung’s new Smart TVs will ship with what it calls its new “Smart Hub,” which is billed as a system that puts content curation and discovery front and center of the viewing experience. The NFT platform is integrated into this system. The introduction of the NFT platform marks the first time a major television manufacturer has supported non-fungible tokens and provides a more tangible way for NFT owners to enjoy their purchases, notes PPD. Read the full Story >>
Pop Photo Wednesday January 19, 2022
As we noted recently, Popular Photography has returned as a website, with ongoing features including a roundup of favorite Instagram accounts. The list includes “both seasoned and up-and-coming, including street shooters, underwater snappers, portrait pros, rock and rollers” and the accounts of photo organizations like Aperture and photo publications like Hamburger Eyes and gear blogs like Tokyo Camera Style. Among the photographers and publications on the list: Alex Prager, Martin Broen and Women Who Drone. Read the full Story >>
