Live Video Webinar April 19th: Panoramic Landscape Photography Tools & Techniques

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4/19/2012 1:00pm EDT

LIVE VIDEO SEMINAR:
Join host Joe Brady for this live video webinar on tools and techniques to create panoramic landscape images. Learn how to capture the best images possible in preparation for stitching together in Photoshop with the least amount of editing possible.

Joe will cover the basic technical issues of lens selection, color and exposure and help to simplify the more complex issues of nodal points and hyperfocal distance so that you can create stunning panoramic images with consistent focus and tone while keeping all of the foreground and background elements lined up.

If you want to improve your results with this type of photography that can be both fun and full of impact, join us for this free live video session.

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Allan Williams’ Love of Film Grain

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Photographer Allan Williams and his “wife, muse, and better half” in Allan Williams Photography, Susan, have posted about their recent experiments with Ilford Delta 3200 and a Mamiya 645ADF.

Williams, a self-confessed film grain junkie, was knocked out by the grain. His post explains, “I often used this film in the past when I need to get the shot in near dark conditions, but it occurred to me I have never intentionally used it for portraits in great lighting conditions just for its amazingly rich grain.”

The camera used was a Mamiya 645ADF, a Mamiya 150mm f/2.8 lens, and a Mamiya 80mm f/1.9 lens. Williams also writes, “Nothing can substitute for real film grain.”

Allan and Susan are located in Franklin, Tennessee. Check out more of their work on their site.

Norman Jean Roy and Drew Barrymore for Neiman Marcus

Fashion BTSPhotographer Norman Jean Roy has completed a gorgeous series of photos featuring Drew Barrymore for Neiman Marcus. The great site, Fashion BTS has put together some fine documentation on this collaboration, including a video.

Great behind the scenes still images can also be found on this series entitled The Art of Fashion, with Roy using a Mamiya RZ67 and PocketWizard Plus II radio triggers to fire off Profoto Pro-8a units.

Roy’s photos in this series are saturated, moody, and suit Barrymore’s new hair color well. The shoots were both indoors and out, affording a great spread of different looks, which give the impression of a sizeable project.

Great production and great images. Thanks, Fashion BTS.

Wouter Van de Voorde in Canberra

Wouter Van de Voorde in the Canberra TimesBelgian painter and photographer Wouter Van de Voorde was recently profiled in the Canberra Times. Influenced by artists from David Lynch to Rene Magritte, the article details Van de Voorde’s medium format film photography which documents alternative narratives in and around Canberra, Australia.

Written by Gillian Freeman, the article points readers to Van de Voorde’s show in April at The Photography Room in Queanbeyan.

Van de Voorde, a native of Flanders, shoots a Mamiya 7 II. You can see more of his work at his site and on his blog.

Mil-Leica on the Mamiya DM28

Mil-LeicaWisconsin Photographer Troy Freund has a blog called Mil-Leica, where he shares info and photos taken primarily with Leica cameras. Freund recently posted about his initial testing with a Mamiya DM28.

He includes several bullet point observations and some test shots. “The camera was great to work with. Though larger even than my Leica R8+DMR, it still felt good in my hand and wasn’t hard to hold,” Freund writes.

Check out Troy Freund’s site for more of his work.

Alex Prager Wins Foam Paul Huf Award

British Journal of PhotographyAs reported by the esteemed British Journal of Photography, Los Angeles native Alex Prager has won the latest Foam Paul Huf Award. Known for her saturated film exposures which blur lines across decades by utilizing multigenerational styling, Prager shoots with a Mamiya 645.

The story, written by Olivier Laurent and Diane Smyth, has several great quotes by Prager, and goes into detail on the Foam Paul Huf Award itself.

See more of Alex Prager’s work at her site. Congrats, Alex!

Andrew Macpherson on Fotorater

Photographer Andrew Macpherson was recently featured on Fotorater. Los Angeles-based Macpherson has shot a laundry list of celebrities, always delivering moody portraits of exceptional quality.

In this fascinating interview by Marc Cameron, Macpherson covers his interesting rise to the professional level, which began when he was 15 and left school to learn photography.

Macpherson also has some comments about his camera choices.

“For work I used the RZ67 until 2004, when I went all digi…. I have totally fallen in love the new Phase One – Mamiya 645 system. It is really nice – especially with the 80MP back!”

Don’t miss the complete text of this insightful interview. You can see more of Macpherson’s work at his site and his blog.

David Hibbard’s Tropical Sea Morning

David Hibbard InMenloPhotographer David Hibbard was featured on the Web site InMenlo this week. The article announces Hibbard’s photo “Tropical Sea Morning” being juried into this year’s photo exhibit at Santa Clara’s Triton Museum.

Hibbard shot a series of photos on a beach in Waimea, Kaua’i. His Mamiya 645AF II with a Phase One P45 digital back was used. He reported the exposure as f/11 at 1/40 of a second. The ISO was 100.

Congrats to David on a great shot. We hope to see more of your work in the future. Read the full post at InMenlo.

VIDEO: Turn Your Hassy into an Extreme Camera

A new video on how to turn your Hasselblad into an extreme camera has been posted to our site. It features the Leaf Aptus-II R series, the only digital back in the world with an internally rotating sensor.

Cesar Lloreda Calvo uses a Leaf Aptus-II R series back with his Hasselblad V series camera in the below video. The Leaf Aptus-II R series digital backs are available in both 56MP and 80MP sensors. This video demonstrates how you can bring your Hassy back to life!

You can also see the video on YouTube.