Fstoppers Wednesday February 8, 2023
Why does boudoir photography mean women dressing in lingerie? Fstoppers makes the case for putting men in the picture. “If you are willing to step out of your comfort zone and expand your interpretation of what a boudoir session looks like, you may be able to dramatically increase your clientele and sales,” suggests John Ricard. The proliferation of social media has made many men more comfortable sharing and celebrating their appearance with others, notes Ricard, and you may be surprised at how many of your female clients will bring their boyfriends or husbands in for a boudoir photography session.
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MY MODERN MET Wednesday February 8, 2023
An inquisitive fox wandered close to photographer Ross Harried’s homemade camera trap, resulting in images that look “like they are from a storybook,” notes My Modern Met. Based in Wisconsin, Harried built the DSLR camera trap in 2022 and had only used it a handful of times before capturing his fox photos. To create his DIY setup, he used an old Canon T3i with a lens and flashes he picked up either secondhand or bought on eBay. He outfitted it with camera trap triggers and receivers and housed everything in weatherproof cases.
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NC STATE UNIVERSITY Wednesday February 8, 2023
A new study has found that the majority of images related to health topics on stock photography sites feature light-skinned people within a narrow age range, making it more difficult – and expensive – for organizations to create health education materials aimed at reaching other groups. “Many organizations that produce health outreach materials rely on stock photography sites to produce those materials,” says Michelle Jewell, co-author of the study and a science communicator in the Department of Applied Ecology at North Carolina State University.
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FotoEvidence Wednesday February 8, 2023
The 2023 FotoEvidence Book Award goes to a collection of images focusing on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The book, Ukraine: A War Crime, brings together work from 91 photojournalists from 29 countries, presenting firsthand testimony about Vladimir Putin’s war and visual evidence of the violence and war crimes committed by Russian forces. ”As such, it will serve as a powerful tool for mobilization, legal prosecution, and as an historical document for future generations,” notes the organization.
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