Voies Off has issued a call for entriesfor the 2011 Voies Off Prize.
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2011 Voies Off Prize Opens for Entries
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November 2010 Competition Winners
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The winners of the November 2010 Photography Blog Competition have been announced. The theme for November was “Friendship” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Here are the 5 winners:
1st Place
The Conversation by Audah
Prize: X-Rite ColourChecker Passport
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2nd Place
Sisterly Love by hbonnough
Prize: Photo-canvas.com 60x40cm Canvas Print
Kindly donated by Photo-canvas.com
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3rd Place
Feathered Friends by donna apsey
Prize: moo.com Pro Photographer Pack
Kindly donated by moo.com
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4th Place
The Usual Place by Henry1942
Prize: Photobird.com one-year subscription with 500Mb of storage space
Kindly donated by Photobird.com.
http://www.photographyblog.com/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.photobird.com
5th Place
Friends by coolgirlsar
Prize: 1 copy of Powerretouche Full Pro Pack
Kindly donated by Powerretouche.
http://www.photographyblog.com/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fpowerretouche.com
Congratulations to the 5 winners and thanks to everyone who took part!
The December 2010 Competition is now open for entries. This is a monthly photography competition with a specific theme and great prizes for the top 5 photos. You just have to submit one photograph to the Competition Gallery that best interprets December’s theme, which is “Frozen”.
A Slice of Cheesecake
Part 1 - The Arrival
I knew nothing of the world and almost nothing about New York City. I had only visited twice on day trips. I had never spent one night away from home alone. There were no ATM machines and I had no bank account. Only some cash. I had one suitcase and arrived at Port Authority bus terminal, never a beautiful or inviting place for the newcomer. I was excited and scared. This is where I had dreamed of living for some time but now I was really here and it was big.I was neither homeless nor on the road. It was 1969, I was 18 and had been accepted to New York University. I had chosen a dorm and was very disappointed that my first choice, Weinstein Hall (the most modern) had been rejected. I was to stay at the older Brittany Residence, a former hotel, under renovation and not quite completed. As an interim measure, for a few weeks, we were housed at the Penn Garden Hotel* on 7th Avenue at 31st Street. I was later to learn that the Brittany, with its prewar ambiance and much larger rooms, was actually highly preferable.I entered my hotel room and met my roommates. I had never shared a room before either, having grown up with two sisters, so this was another adjustment to be made. We chatted a bit.It was evening and I was hungry. I had never eaten out alone, had little money to spend on dinner and I did not want to stray far from the hotel. I recall going to a place resembling a diner and eating at the counter. Things were expensive here. I could not afford a real dinner, so I ordered cheesecake and a soda. Although a poor meal, on reflection, a slice of New York style cheesecake was quite befitting. My first day trips to the city involved more notable restaurants such as the Albert French Restaurant at 65 University Place, dating to 1868 and once a haven for writers including Thomas Wolfe, Nathan's at Times Square or Luchow's on 14th Street. This place, however, was of no import and as is often the case for a New Yorker, decided on the basis of proximity.The identity of the restaurant where I first ate on that evening in 1969 shall remain unknown to me and assuredly it was not the "best cheesecake in New York City." But it was only my first night and there would be plenty of time to ferret out the good, the better and the bests in Gotham City. Street cred would come in time and for the newbie in New York, I could have done worse than a slice of cheesecake ...* The Penn Garden Hotel has gone through numerous incarnations in the last 40 years. The thirty-two story structure was designed by the architects Murgatroyd & Ogden and built in 1929. It was originally called the Hotel Governor Clinton, named for George Clinton (1739-1812), the first governor of New York State. In 1967, the name was changed to the Penn Garden Hotel. In 1971, it became Southgate Tower and in 2004 the Affinia.
I knew nothing of the world and almost nothing about New York City. I had only visited twice on day trips. I had never spent one night away from home alone. There were no ATM machines and I had no bank account. Only some cash. I had one suitcase and arrived at Port Authority bus terminal, never a beautiful or inviting place for the newcomer. I was excited and scared. This is where I had dreamed of living for some time but now I was really here and it was big.I was neither homeless nor on the road. It was 1969, I was 18 and had been accepted to New York University. I had chosen a dorm and was very disappointed that my first choice, Weinstein Hall (the most modern) had been rejected. I was to stay at the older Brittany Residence, a former hotel, under renovation and not quite completed. As an interim measure, for a few weeks, we were housed at the Penn Garden Hotel* on 7th Avenue at 31st Street. I was later to learn that the Brittany, with its prewar ambiance and much larger rooms, was actually highly preferable.I entered my hotel room and met my roommates. I had never shared a room before either, having grown up with two sisters, so this was another adjustment to be made. We chatted a bit.It was evening and I was hungry. I had never eaten out alone, had little money to spend on dinner and I did not want to stray far from the hotel. I recall going to a place resembling a diner and eating at the counter. Things were expensive here. I could not afford a real dinner, so I ordered cheesecake and a soda. Although a poor meal, on reflection, a slice of New York style cheesecake was quite befitting. My first day trips to the city involved more notable restaurants such as the Albert French Restaurant at 65 University Place, dating to 1868 and once a haven for writers including Thomas Wolfe, Nathan's at Times Square or Luchow's on 14th Street. This place, however, was of no import and as is often the case for a New Yorker, decided on the basis of proximity.The identity of the restaurant where I first ate on that evening in 1969 shall remain unknown to me and assuredly it was not the "best cheesecake in New York City." But it was only my first night and there would be plenty of time to ferret out the good, the better and the bests in Gotham City. Street cred would come in time and for the newbie in New York, I could have done worse than a slice of cheesecake ...* The Penn Garden Hotel has gone through numerous incarnations in the last 40 years. The thirty-two story structure was designed by the architects Murgatroyd & Ogden and built in 1929. It was originally called the Hotel Governor Clinton, named for George Clinton (1739-1812), the first governor of New York State. In 1967, the name was changed to the Penn Garden Hotel. In 1971, it became Southgate Tower and in 2004 the Affinia.
Kuwaiti Paper Retracts Report on DSLR Ban
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The Kuwait Times, whose online edition broke the news that the emirate had put a ban on using digital SLR cameras in public, has retracted the story, saying it “regrets failing to verify the information”. The newspaper had originally stated that the “Ministry of Information, Ministry of Social Affairs and Ministry of Finance recently came to the conclusion that photography should be used for journalism purposes only. This has resulted in the ban of Digital Single Lens Reflex Cameras (DSLRs) in public, on the streets and in malls”.
Website: The Kuwait Times
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ100 Review
Straight up this camera ticks most of my boxes!
A swinging LCD screen IMHO is a must and the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ100 has a beauty: 7.6cm, with a high res count of 460,000 pixels; it rotates 180 degrees horizontally and 270 vertically.
The MOS sensor has 14.1 megapixels and maximum image size of 4320×3240 pixels, leading to a 37×27cm print.
A razz of a continuous shooting speed: how about eleven pics per second at full resolution? If you want continuous auto focus, you can still run a burst at five fps.
These shots show how a 24x optical zoom, equivalent to 25-600mm on a 35 SLR, can perform. Super sharp at both ends of the zoom; shots were taken tripod-mounted.
It just gets better! Thanks to a prominent speed grip, holding the camera is no challenge and one-handed operation is definitely on the menu.
Although I’ve spent half a lifetime working with film and video cameras, these days I like to shoot home movies on my still cameras. This one is a winner in that department: Full HD res of 1920×1080, captured in AVCHD, then in AVHCD Lite or Motion JPEG for lower res movies.
You can shoot movies and still use the zoom control. Auto focus is still in play while shooting but, with the lens out to full tele, it is a little tardy. The camera records stereo audio from the tiny onboard mic; there is also an optional, outboard stereo mic available.
You can save still images as JPEGs or RAW files or RAW+JPEG.
Exposure options include auto, Program AE, aperture and shutter priority as well as manual. Added to this are some scene modes directly accessible from the mode dial plus 17 scene modes accessed through the screen menu.
Top to bottom, shots taken at ISO 100, 400, 1600. The ISO 100 and 400 settings were fine but the ISO 1600 point showed noise and lowered definition.
With power turned on, I could shoot my first shot in about two seconds; follow-ons came in at about a second a pic.
The amount of distortion at either end of the zoom was negligible; for such a wide ranging optic, this is an excellent performance.
Quality: the test shots showed that this camera is well above average in image resolution and colour rendition.
The FZ100 committed very few sins in my book: however, I do think the power switch and the button that swings you from single frame to burst shooting should be highlighted in white. Black buttons on a black background? Nah!
Why you would buy it: you want a long zoom and a camera that shoots Full High Def video; you like Leica lenses.
Why you wouldn’t: can’t think of any reason.
At this price level you’re head on with many budget DSLRs. For my money, the long zoom is a swinger … provided you understand its limitations and special requirements when capturing extreme tele shots.
Image Sensor: 14.1 million effective pixels.
Metering: Multi zone, centre-weighted average, spot.
Sensor Size: 11mm MOS.
Lens: Leica DC Vario-Elmarit f2.8-5.2/4.5-108mm (25-600mm as 35 SLR equivalent).
Shutter Speed: 60 to 1/2000 second.
Continuous Shooting: 11 images/second.
Memory: SD, SDHC, SDXC cards plus 40MB internal memory.
Image Sizes (pixels): 4320×3240 to 640×480. Movies: 1920×1080, 1280×720, 848×480, 640×480, 320×240 at 30 fps.
Turret LCD finder: 5mm (201,600 pixels).
LCD Screen: 7.6cm LCD (461,000 pixels).
File Formats: RAW, JPEG, RAW+JPEG, AVCHD, Motion JPEG.
ISO Sensitivity: Auto, 100 to 6400.
Interface: USB 2.0, HDMI mini, AV.
Power: Rechargeable lithium ion battery, DC input.
Dimensions: 124.3×81.2×95.2 WHDmm.
Weight: Approx. 540 g (inc battery and card).
Price: Get a price on the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ100 at Amazon.
Barrie Smith is an experienced writer/photographer currently published in Australian Macworld, Auscam and other magazines in Australia and overseas.
Kuwaiti Paper Retracts Report on DSLR Ban
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The Kuwait Times, whose online edition broke the news that the emirate had put a ban on using digital SLR cameras in public, has retracted the story, saying it “regrets failing to verify the information”.
2011 Voies Off Prize Opens for Entries
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Voies Off has issued a call for entriesfor the 2011 Voies Off Prize. For the past 16 years, the Voies Off Prize has been awarded by a jury of renowned professionals to an artist for the clarity of his vision and the high quality of his work. Voies Off night projections during the opening week of the Rencontres d’Arles festival (first full week in July) have become an international reference for the discovery of emerging authors and the alternative venue that it creates for international photographic creation. You have until 15 January to enter the 2011 contest, whose overall winner will receive €2,500.
Voies-off Press Release
Voies Off Prize 2011 Call for applications
2011 Voies Off Prize > The Photographic Alternative
For the past 16 years, Voies Off has offered an alternative approach to emerging contemporary photography, its particularities, its evolutions, and its areas of resistance.
Voies Off night projections during the opening week of the Rencontres d’Arles festival (first full week in July) have become an international reference for the discovery of emerging authors and the alternative venue that it creates for inter- national photographic creation.
Year after year, the selected themes have met the evolutions of our contemporary world with a critical eye. Over twenty different nationalities are represented at each festival. Every year over sixty candidates are selected for the programme of the night-projections.
Every July, the Voies Off prize is awarded by a jury of renowned professionals to an artist for the clarity of his/her vision and the high quality of his/her work.
The current amount of the prize is 2,500 euros.
Be part of the photographic alternative and participate in the 2011 Voies Off prize.
http://www.voies-off.com
On-line applications from November 15, 2010, to January 15, 2011
http://www.voies-off.com/inscrire/index_en.php
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