Photos for Samoa
TweetThe heavy loss of life and a devastated tourism industry are the immediate consequences of the massive earthquake and tsunami which hit the Pacific island nation of Samoa on September 30, 2009. Samoa's recovery will be long and costly. To help, I am donating 100% of photographic prints sales proceeds of a selection of Samoa images, [...]
Leica Announces Full-Frame M9 Rangefinder & X1 Compact Camera
TweetAt 9.15am today (US Eastern Time), Leica officially announced its highly anticipated 18 megapixel full-frame M9 rangefinder and the 12 megapixels X1 compact camera, via webcast. With its custom Kodak-designed 18 megapixels CCD sensor, the Leica M9 is the world’s first full-frame (24x36mm) 35mm rangefinder camera. Typically found in much larger and heavier SLR cameras, [...]
Sony’s New Full-frame Digital SLR: Alpha 850, US $2000
TweetWith today”s announcement of the US $2000 full-frame Sony Alpha 850 digital SLR, the pressure is on the other photography players, Canon and Nikon, to offer competitively priced full-frame cameras. For only a few hundred dollars less than Sony’s flagship A900, the Alpha 850 is a 24+ million pixel full-frame digital SLR offers practically all the features of [...]
Speaking At NZIPP INFOCUS 2009
TweetOn August 23 and 24, I was invited by the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography (NZIPP) to present my photographic and digital visual effects work, at the ‘INFOCUS 2009′ conference in Wellington. I presented an overview of digital visual effects and illustrated their use with several video clips from films I worked on. A particular emphasis was [...]