MY MODERN MET Friday June 24, 2022
Most wet plate photographers stick to studio portraits, for good reason. The equipment can be heavy and working quickly is essential. But, notes My Modern Met, photographer Bill Hao went in another direction—or directions: He spent two years building his own giant camera and converting a bus into a portable darkroom so that he could take his wet plate photography on the road. When completely open, the camera is 52″x37″x70″ and weighs 110 pounds. His glass plates are 3mm thick and measure 32″×48.″ Read the full Story >>
KICKSTARTER Friday June 24, 2022
Founded in 2013, Moment capitalized on the popularity of Kickstarter to launch a variety of products, from anamorphic adapters for your smartphone to camera bags and diffusion filters, notes NoFilmSchool. Now the company is launching Moment Anamorphic—a cinema-grade 1.33x adapter that makes your new or vintage camera lens a classic anamorphic. The adapter comes with a native 67mm filter diameter for attaching to lenses, which can be expanded to 72mm, 77mm, and 82mm with the included step-up rings. Read the full Story >>
The New York Times Friday June 24, 2022
“I was born and raised in Baltimore. I was in middle school when The Wire was made,” writes Gioncarlo Valentine at The New York Times. “Back then,” he adds, “everybody thought, wow, this is Baltimore’s moment. It was a very exciting experience for the city.” In accompanying photos, however, Valentine shows what the celebrated HBO series failed to capture: "There was very little about the interior life of Baltimore,” he writes. “It showed only this flattened idea of Baltimore as: drugs, poverty, criminality, corruption, violence.” Read the full Story >>
THE VERGE Friday June 24, 2022
Creators on Facebook and Instagram won’t have to share a cut of their revenue with the platforms until 2024, notes The Verge. Meta previously said it would hold off on revenue sharing until 2023. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the change in a recently post. Creators make money on the platforms through fan subscriptions, paid events, badges, and other methods, and the companies are adding more and more ways for creators to make money in an attempt to lure them away from platforms like TikTok, adds TV. Read the full Story >>
