Two journalists were recently arrested this week by police at the scene of a fatal car crash in Hamilton Canada. This hits home for me because I live in Hamilton. As a Canadian, the issue of overzealous police arresting photographers and journalists for the crime of photography always seemed like a US issue or a problem in meaner parts of the world. To be honest, I never thought that something like this could happen in my home town....
I focus my lens not on the forms but on the life that animates them. That’s what attracts me. If this triggers something in you, read on. On December 20, 2011, exactly five years ago, I shot the first picture of my lucky series “Portraits In Silence”. At the time, I wasn’t completely aware of being at a big turning point in my way of shooting pictures. I just followed my gut....
It’s been about 3 years now since that infamous article I wrote, confessions of an ex-gear addict. It is by far the most popular article I ever wrote, it’s the one I hope to overdo someday and the one that birthed a bunch of me-too articles. It’s been a while now and I’ve been a good boy when it comes to cameras, but here are a collection of ideas that came during that time about camera buying and more....
British photographer and director Rankin has already lobbied against selfies in a few of his projects (Selfie Harm, for example). In his latest project titled Selfie Control, the artist wants you to join him. He is fighting against selfies and is inciting all creatives to collaborate with him to create their own self-portraits. As I believe you know, selfies and self-portraits aren’t the same. I even pointed out some differences between the two concepts in this article....
It looks like Rode has a low-budget wireless mic kit coming, perhaps for those that can’t justify the expense of the Wireless GO II. A filing with the FCC was recently published for a Rode Wireless ME wireless mic transmitter. There isn’t a massive detail about its feature set, it largely just covers its wireless capabilities, but what can we guess from this? The “Wireless ME” name suggests a lower budget alternative to the Wireless GO II, presumably to compete with other similar products that are being launched by other brands, such as Hollyland, Godox, and SmallRig....
