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AlwaysPhotographing
Welcome to AlwaysPhotographing, devoted to the art of photography using digital and traditional techniques. This site is devoted to photographers who want to learn more about photography, or to discover what others are doing. Through this site photographers Richard Cox and Valerie Whittier share their experience and adventures as they live their lives "always photographing".
Published
by Valerie
on 2012-03-20
on 2012-03-20
Our latest tutorial How to Photograph Food shares tips to make your food photographs look good enough to eat.
Published
by Valerie
on 2012-03-19
on 2012-03-19
Bob Willoughby, a Paramount photographer, has recently published a new book of personal portraits of actress Audrey Hepburn captured over a 14 year period.
Read more in The Hollywood Reporter
Read more in The Hollywood Reporter
Published
by Valerie
on 2012-03-19
on 2012-03-19
IBISWorld, an independent source of market research, has released a new report on the photography industry.
The report notes that demand for formal portraiture has declined. This coupled with the poor economic conditions of recent years has caused revenues to decline.
Additionally, the availability of low cost equipment has brought increased competition from amateurs.
Although the outlook is not too favorable, IBISWorld does see some improvements in niche areas, particularly in wedding and commercial photography.
Read more in the IBISWorld press release
The report notes that demand for formal portraiture has declined. This coupled with the poor economic conditions of recent years has caused revenues to decline.
Additionally, the availability of low cost equipment has brought increased competition from amateurs.
Although the outlook is not too favorable, IBISWorld does see some improvements in niche areas, particularly in wedding and commercial photography.
Read more in the IBISWorld press release
Published
by Valerie
on 2012-03-16
on 2012-03-16
A local news story about an unreliable wedding photographer inspired our latest tutorial, How to Choose a Wedding Photographer. We share tips for choosing a wedding photographer who can navigate through reasonably anticipated challenges and deliver great photos of your memorable day.
Published
by Valerie
on 2012-03-14
on 2012-03-14
A Washington Post article features the work of photographer Dennis Anderson who captures the aurora borealis on an extra large film camera that he constructed himself. Anderson travels North, camping away from home for weeks at a time in order to find the perfect backdrop for nature's light show.
See the images and read the full article at the Washington Post
See the images and read the full article at the Washington Post
Published
by Valerie
on 2012-03-06
on 2012-03-06
Our latest tutorial How to Photograph Night Scenery will get you started with the process of photographing dramatic nighttime scenes.
Published
by Valerie
on 2012-03-03
on 2012-03-03
The photographer who captured one of the most memorable images of the twentieth century died of cancer at age 76.
The photograph caught a salute by 3 year old John F. Kennedy Jr. as his father's body passed by. Sterns was the only photographer to capture the moment as most were focused on First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
As a staff photographer for United Press International (UPI), Stern's only compensation was his salary and a $25 award for best photo of the month. The widely published photograph is likely to have generated millions of dollars in royalties.
Mr. Sterns retired from UPS in the early 1970's to start a photo studio. He continues working until his death.
Read the Washington Post Obituary
The photograph caught a salute by 3 year old John F. Kennedy Jr. as his father's body passed by. Sterns was the only photographer to capture the moment as most were focused on First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
As a staff photographer for United Press International (UPI), Stern's only compensation was his salary and a $25 award for best photo of the month. The widely published photograph is likely to have generated millions of dollars in royalties.
Mr. Sterns retired from UPS in the early 1970's to start a photo studio. He continues working until his death.
Read the Washington Post Obituary
Published
by Valerie
on 2012-03-01
on 2012-03-01
With a May release date approaching for the revolutionary Lytro camera, the Washington Post has published a hands-on review.
The camera will retail for $399 with 8G of storage and $499 with 16G.
The main selling point of the camera is that it shoots the scene from multiple angles, enabling the shot to be composed during the post-processing phases.
However, the specifications of the new camera are far below today's standard for digital photography:
Clearly this is not ready to replace your other cameras, but it is a very exciting look at where camera technology is heading.
Read more in the Washinton Post
The camera will retail for $399 with 8G of storage and $499 with 16G.
The main selling point of the camera is that it shoots the scene from multiple angles, enabling the shot to be composed during the post-processing phases.
However, the specifications of the new camera are far below today's standard for digital photography:
- The camera body is awkward for picture taking
- The resolution is approximately 1 megapixel
- There is no flash and low light performance is weak
Clearly this is not ready to replace your other cameras, but it is a very exciting look at where camera technology is heading.
Read more in the Washinton Post
Published
by Valerie
on 2012-02-28
on 2012-02-28
A new federal law will compell the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to allow unmanned drone aircraft to be used for law enforcement, emergency services, and commercial purposes, including aerial photography.
Many are raising privacy concerns because as the law stands now, anything visible from an aircraft comes under the heading of a "public space" in which citizens have no reasonable expectation of privacy. The more widespread availability of relatively low cost, low flying aircraft is inspiring calls to rethink this position.
Read the details in The New York Times
Many are raising privacy concerns because as the law stands now, anything visible from an aircraft comes under the heading of a "public space" in which citizens have no reasonable expectation of privacy. The more widespread availability of relatively low cost, low flying aircraft is inspiring calls to rethink this position.
Read the details in The New York Times
Published
by Valerie
on 2012-02-26
on 2012-02-26
Last month, Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC) in Belgium showed its hyper-spectral camera at the international Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). The camera can perceive the shapes of objects and also discern their chemical compositions.
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