It has been said that you can pick the best magazine by its cover and that a cover without focus is a magazine without content and that bad covers belong to bad magazines. It has also been said that that […]
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Eileen Ford, founder of the iconic modeling agency has died 1
Eileen Ford, who founded Ford Model Agency 70 years ago, died Wednesday at the age of 92, the company said. Ford, who lived in Califon, New Jersey, died of complications from meningioma and osteoporosis, according to daughter Katie Ford. Ford […]
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STC Featured @ Photokina, the world’s leading imaging fair 1
Every two years there is one focal point in the sector: Photokina, the world’s leading imaging fair. Photokina brings together the industry, trade, professional users and end consumers with a passion for photography — in a way no other event […]
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ESPN Body Issue 2014 Includes Sizzling Star Athletes in the Nude [NSFW] 0
ESPN’s Body Issue 2014 is on newsstands now and it is worth the wait. We know we are bending some STC-rules by displaying male nudes but the results are simply stunning and inspiring. Properly displaying the human form with our lighting techniques […]
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GETTING INSPIRED: Evelyn Bencicova’s Stunning Twist on Fine-Art Photography [NSFW] 0
Not all images portraying nudes are oozing sexuality. Where does it become artistic? And who gets to decide if it’s “art” or simply “prurient”? A less sexual way of portraying female form/nudes can actually be the right direction for the […]
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Second Look: Music video that reveals how easily editors and photographers can enhance looks 0
Hungarian singer Boggie made waves when she released her video earlier this year, and it still blows everyone’s mind. So why discuss an old video? Because it shows a helpful path and workflow that photographers and videographers usually don’t follow. […]
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Pentax’s Medium Format 645Z Gets Buried in Sand and Drenched by a Shower 1
We have seen countless camera tests over the years but we’ve never seen anything like the new video-capable medium format Pentax 645z with its weather-sealed body that definitely looks dust and water proof. We don’t know anyone (and don’t recommend […]
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Aperture RIP 0
It appears that Aperture and iPhoto will bite the dust when Apple gets around to “cloudifying” all our photos. Are we going to trust all our photos to some anonymous datacenter somewhere far away where we have no control […]
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VENUS WILLIAMS BARES ALL 0
Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams will be featured in this year’s edition of ESPN The Magazine’s The Body Issue, hitting stands July 11. A complete list of athletes featured, including 2013 Wimbledon quarterfinalist Tomas Berdych, will be announced Wednesday on […]
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What’s a Call-Sheet? – Organize Yourself 0
A known fact is that photographers usually take good care of their photography equipment specially when they own it (the same does not always apply for rentals). But photography also goes beyond the equipment. There is planning required in […]
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