6 Feb
The Philadelphia-based Design duo The Heads of State have created some prints exclusively for sale on Fab and this Camera print (8×10) is available now for $14. Get yours today!
31 Jan
The Grand Rapids, Michigan based Ryan Pavlovich is a life-long music lover and recently fell in love with motorcycle culture.
“I think everyone should experience a great rock concert, and a ride on a motorcycle at least once in their lives, those things can change your thinking sometimes.”
He uses a variety of cameras like the 5DmkII, but is loving the new Fuji X-100 and has it with him at all times.
“I can’t say I have a favorite camera per say, but if I had to pick only one to have it would be my Canon FTB 35mm with a 50mm … that camera is a tank.”
Ryan loves environmental portraits and capturing people and the true life around them. He aims to keep the equipment simple to not overwhelm his subjects. His ongoing artist portrait series began with artist/designer Drew Melton (thepraseologyproject.com) and continues now as he meets new and inspiring artists like designer Chuck Anderson and a host musicians in his local community.
When he’s not traveling Ryan also likes to give back to his community by volunteering with organizations and events like Help-Portrait.
“You can’t really describe how it feels to take part in such a great event, but getting to help out families, hear their stories, and meet new people is a really cool thing. My hats off to Jeremy Cowart and all the people who originally created the event. So much goes into making something like that happen, so its awesome to see so many people involved each year.”
Ryan turns 30 this year and wants to challenge himself and others stay inspired, travel, take lots of pictures and Keep Living. Enjoy a selection of some of our favorite images from his portfolio.
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Be sure to Contact Ryan for your next portrait, lifestyle or music shoot.
All Images © 2012 Ryan Pavlovich. Used by permission.
30 Jan
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and the camera kids at Lomography have released a new batch of cameras for the animal-loving camera-lover in you.
From the Roarrr series:
The teal Diana F+ Zebra
The pink Diana Mini & Flash – Leopard
the green Fisheye No. 2 – Python
The Snakeskin Sardinas:
The orange La Sardina – Orinoco Ochre
The blue La Sardina – Sapphire Serpent
20 Jan
Feeling a void out there with photographers not getting the credit they deserve for their images, photographer Tim Mantoani set out on his own personal 5-year long project now titled Behind Photographs. He has now photographed over 150 of the most iconic living photographers with the images that made them famous. One unique aspect of the project is that Tim used the mammoth 20″ x 24″ Polaroid Camera to capture the images and allowed the photographers to write a short story about their iconic shots at the bottom of the huge prints.
The final result is a beautiful 220 page, 11″x14″ book, Behind Photographs in 3 versions—Standard, slip-case and special edition (150 cloth bound book blind embossing and case.) If you buy 3 of the standard books ($60) from his site he’ll even upgrade one of them to the slipcase edition ($99).
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17 Jan
Photographer and author Michelle Bates first discovered the Holga camera back in 1991 and has been playing with them ever since. She’s an advocate for analog toy cameras and claims they are:
“the Antidote to the tyranny of Technology.”
This clip from TEDx explores her work and some of her toy camera contemporaries who are using Holgas to capture amazing images from around the world.
Via @holgajen
8 Dec
If you’ve ever wanted to know about photography and camera history, The George Eastman House museum has a ridiculously drool worthy collection of cameras. In this video, Todd Gustavson, (the curator) talks about the Museum’s awesome new book, 500 Cameras: 170 Years of Photographic Innovation.
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3 Nov
Lomography finally puts their photos on the move with their new retro-inspired crank-driven LomoKino-Super 35 Movie Maker camera. By using any of your favorite 35mm films you can create roughly 45 seconds of footage with 144 or so little images (24mm x 8.5mm). Then all you LomoMovie makers need to do is load it up into their new LomoKinoScope, point it at a light source and enjoy the fruits of your directorial labor. Lomography is also allowing people to upload and share their movies online.
Here’s one of the first released silent short films using the LomoKino, Ghost of the Beach by Satomi Sugiyama.
Retail Price: $79 for the Lomokino, $99 for the Lomokino + lomokinoscope
Film type: all kind of 135 roll film
Lens: 25mm
Exposure area: 24mm x 8.5mm: 144 images/film
Continuous Aperture: f/5.6 – f/11
Shutter: 1/100
Hand-cranked: approx. 3-4 fps, 36-48 sec. movie per roll
Focusing: (normal) 1m~infinity,(press button for) 0.6m close up
Tripod mount: yes
Website: www.microsites.lomography.com/lomokino
Update: If you’ve been wondering how it works, our friend @xo_azuree found the Lomokino production notes.
1 Nov
Producer and camera operator Matt Stanley of L.A. shoots some behind the scenes footage of photographer Ian Ruhter at work capturing some skateboarding shots on wetplate (really old photography tech.)
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14 Oct
New to our Must-Have wish list is Lomography’s newly released Caviar Edition of the fun La Sardina Series cameras. These new 35mm cameras, the Beluga (red) and the Czar (blue) take on a similar shape to their plastic sea worthy cousins, but have been remade in long-lasting brass with fun engravings. Even their new flash, Fritz the blitz has been updated in brass for this edition. They’re not cheap, drifting in at $179 a piece, but they should be with you for a long time.
12 Oct
We get inspired when we see people living life to the fullest and photo-duo Wiissa comprised of U.S.-Born Vanessa Hollander (17) and French-born Wilson Philippe (18) is doing just that. These two have beautifully captured their love for life, photography and each other on film. While still teenagers, the couple hasn’t been behind the lens too long, but after gifting each other film cameras on their birthday a few years ago, they haven’t stopped shooting each other, their friends and the world.
Here’s a look at a sampling of their work and keep scrolling for an interview with Wilson, one half of the talented photo-duo.
HERE’S THE CAMERALUV INTERVIEW WITH WILSON PHILIPPE, ONE HALF OF Wiissa.
Cameraluv: Where do you two call home?
Wilson Philippe: We live on a small island next to Miami.
WP: We’ve been to so many great places, including France, Mongolia, Switzerland, and Brazil.
CL: What are some of your short term and long term goals for your photography?
WP: Short term we’d love to be able to work and collaborate with creative people and long term making a career out of taking pictures would be pretty great.
CL: Who is your ideal client?
WP: We have many ideal clients such as Levi’s, Nasty Gal, Urban Outfitters, and our favorite band, The Strokes.
CL: Do you have some favorite cameras?
WP: We love our Canon AE1 & Pentax K1000.
CL: What’s your most favorite subject to shoot now?
WP: At the moment we shoot our friends and ourselves so I guess our favorite subjects are young people!
CL: Could you tell us a bit about what brought on the trip to Mongolia and who you went with?
WP: The trip was organized by my parents, they had this idea of going to Mongolia and we were lucky enough to be able to go with them!
CL: What was it like giving pictures to someone who had never seen themselves in print?
WP: It was a truly humbling experience, photographs are something modern society take for granted. The pictures had a huge impact on them, they kept coming back for more pictures and told all their friends who then came themselves! We even had a family dress up in traditional modern clothing. They were very thankful for what seemed like a small gesture.
CL: Did doing a project like this change how you look at the world?
WP: Definitely, we see the world in a completely new way now. Seeing how they live and how they can be perfectly happy with how little they have really makes you
rethink your outlook on things.
CL: Do you have any more trips/projects like this planned?
WP: We don’t have any planned yet but we would love to do more. I think it would be great if we could get help from The Impossible Project film company to help us pay for the trip. I’d love to go on many kinds of trips like these and make a book out of it, that would be really cool.
Visit Wiissa’s sites:
Wiissa’s Portfolio
Wiissa on Flickr
Wiissa on Vimeo
Wiissa’s Printshop
Contact them for your next editorial or travel adventure: wiissa@me.com
The Lomography crew is at it again with a brand new set of 10 beach inspired La Sardina Clones.
The new LC-A+, coming in chrome and brown leather …
Lomo releases a new batch of animal-inspired camera clones.
Lomo is putting their photos on the move with their new camera and viewer.
The revolutionary Light Field camera is finally here and it doesn’t really look much like a camera.
A former Maine Real Estate agent turned L.A. fashion photographer. Unlikely? Perhaps, but this guy is good.
25-yr-old Lynnsey hails from Denver, Co and uses the natural environment as a backdrop for her fashion and portraiture work.
Tim is a self-proclaimed world citizen who’s not afraid of natural light and a splash of color.
The talented Kelsey splits her time between shooting in Brooklyn, NY and Dallas, TX. She makes honest and beautiful work for editorial and commerical clients.
This talented photographer creates beautiful and inspiring silhouettes in all the cities he visits.
Photographer Michael Shindler of PhotoboothSF captures the recent 99% Conference’s speakers in beautiful vintage TinType glory.
We love cameras, collections and fun animations like this!
A sleek interface and streamlined workflow … What’s not to love?
Cinemagraphs in three-dimensions and galaxies of glitter. Cool …
Photographer Richard Kendall has combined light painting and bullet time into an awesome video that shows 3D-light painting.
Photographer Michael Shindler of PhotoboothSF captures the recent 99% Conference’s speakers in beautiful vintage TinType glory.
Framed takes us to Jeremy Cowart’s Los Angeles home to talk with the man whos talents range far beyond a camera.
The Lomography crew is at it again with a brand new set of 10 beach inspired La Sardina Clones.
We love cameras, collections and fun animations like this!
A sleek interface and streamlined workflow … What’s not to love?
The Nashville photographer is never without her camera and has traveled around the world working with amazing artists and musicians.
Photographer Kim Ripley is obsessed with collecting vintage cameras. We’re ok with that.
Steven’s a hard-working music lover who’s living his dream of shooting likes of Snoop Dogg, John Mayer, Incubus, Pharrell and many more.
Put down your computer and DSLR and just pick up your iphone.
Killer short film by the crew at Astray Films (Mickey Smith, our featured photographer Alastair Sopp, and Alan Wilson) Their commitment to the ocean and their craft is inspiring.
