PetaPixel Friday June 3, 2022
A Canadian wedding photographer has a novel approach for getting her clients to feel relaxed: She asks them to pretend to be “super drunk.” Myriam Ménard demonstrated her technique in a TikTok post, notes PetaPixel. The short clip took off and has garnered over 15 million views. “I truly want them to escape their mind,” she says of her clients. “Their bodies then tend to relax and in photography, this is wished for since the camera captures all the details, the energy of a posture, of a gesture.” Read the full Story >>
CNN Friday June 3, 2022
With Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, Vogue looks back at “the sweetest photographs” of the monarch as a young girl. Meanwhile, CNN looks into what it’s like to photograph the queen by talking to the Shutterstock agency's royal photographer, Tim Rooke. “It is important for me to showcase her true personality, which is why I am always so pleased when I catch her smiling or having an interaction with the public. I think the thing that piqued my interest in the royal family is how mesmerized people are in their engagements,” he says. Read the full Story >>
Technical Image Press Association Friday June 3, 2022
The Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) has announced the winners of its 2022 awards, which cover everything from cameras and lenses to software, printers, phones and more. As DIY Photography notes, mirrorless cams dominated. Among the winners: Best MFT camera: OM SYSTEM OM-1; Best APS-C camera: Nikon Z fc; Best full frame expert camera: Sony Alpha 7 IV; Best full frame professional camera: Nikon Z 9; Best camera innovation: Canon EOS R3. Read the full Story >>
The Guardian Friday June 3, 2022
For more than a decade, Shanghai-based photographer Luo Yang has been documenting Chinese youth—drawn, she tells The Guardian, to recording emotions that rise up during adolescence. “They live bravely and authentically under the limits of traditional culture,” she tells the newspaper. Luo, who studied at the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in China, created he acclaimed series “Girls” in 2019, which, she says, reflects the “shifting mindset” about femininity and identity in China. Read the full Story >>
