DP Review Wednesday July 6, 2022
Adobe has announced an update to Premiere Pro that adds a slew of new features and performance improvements, including a new Vertical Video workspace that makes it easier to edit vertical video, new GPU-accelerated effects (Magnify, replicate, Spherize and Wave), improved H.264 and HEVC encoding on Apple silicon, and support for RED’s V-RAPTOR camera system. There’s also an update to Proxies that makes it easier to see what videos are proxy files and which ones are source media. Read the full Story >>
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Wonderful Machine Wednesday July 6, 2022
Gritty, real, and industrial is a niche that Austin, Texas-based documentary photographer Scott Van Osdol knows well. His background working alongside heavy machinery brought him an assignment for
Crushing Tigers, an equipment supplier that sells and services huge rock crushers used in mining and construction. Austin is a boom town these days, and construction companies need lots of site work
and lots of gravel. … Read the full Story >>
The Phoblographer Tuesday July 5, 2022
Speaking of wildlife: photographing birds and other creatures usually requires a telephoto lens, which can be big and cumbersome—though in recent years, notes The Phoblographer, they’ve become lights and easier to manage. You might even want to handhold a telephoto now, adds the blog, which has a tutorial on how to do that. “The big thing to remember when you’re going to handhold a telephoto lens is the reciprocal rule of shutter speeds,” declares TP. Read the full Story >>
CNN Tuesday July 5, 2022
Rashod Taylor knows he is raising a son in a country that is not always kind to Black men and boys, notes CNN. Taylor, a portrait photographer based in Springfield, Missouri, channels this fear by taking photos of his son LJ doing doing ordinary things, hoping to change the way the world views black families. There is a "tender, loving and caring" side that isn't always shown in the media, he said. "You don't see positive images of Black families and Black fathers present with their kids," Taylor said. "It's just another side of the narrative that I wanted to show.” Read the full Story >>
