Documentary Photography
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Every year, B&H hosts the OPTIC Imaging Conference, a four-day event showcasing the best nature, landscape, and travel photography. The 2016 edition was a stellar outing, with presentations from some of the most interesting photographers working in those fields. It also serves as a chance for participants to put their hands on the latest cameras, lenses, and gear from all the major manufacturers.
To hear the segment of a particular manufacturer, go to any of these marks in the timeline:
• Sigma: 2:10
• Fujifilm: 10:18
• Canon:
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Pulitzer Prize and Cannes Lions award winner Vincent LaForet has accomplished so much in still and motion photography, yet he continues to push himself to create images he has “never seen before” and this drive has led to his most recent passion project on high-altitude night photography and the incredible book, AIR
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In less than an hour, this podcast will teach you everything you need to know about night photography. Seriously. While our show is not a tutorial, the conversation is so broad and so deep; it touches upon every aspect of the craft. Guests Gabriel Biderman and Todd Vorenkamp blanket this subject with an engaging and humorous tone—from the psychological predisposition common to night shooters and the science of rods and cones to cameras, gear, apps and a recipe for creating images of star trails. This is truly an episode for all levels of
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If you’ve ever doubted that photography is a multi-faceted endeavor, this episode should cure you of that delusion. Here at B&H, we deal with the nuts and bolts of photography—we can talk f/stops, megapixels, composition, and classic cameras with the best of ’em, but for today’s podcast, we clean ourselves up to chat with two leading figures from the art and theoretical side of photography. Roxana Marcoci, Senior Curator in the Museum of Modern Art’s Department of Photography and the adroit, multi-talented Stephen Mayes join us to
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While their approaches are distinct, photographers Dennis Livesey and John Harris both have benefited from taking the long road. As their experience exemplifies, there are many joys and successes to be found in approaching a photo subject with a long-term commitment in mind. Relationships grow, errors are made and improvement is organic as you spend significant time working with one subject. Eventually, the harvests are reaped and the time put into your project is paid back many times over. Citing examples from their work (Livesey’s train
In this B&H Prospectives video, Gabriel Biderman, author of Night Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots, shares expert tips for exploring the night with your camera. Among the topics he mentions are the inherent challenges in autofocusing at night and how to overcome this, the importance of pre-planning and scouting to identify ideal locations, the benefits of shooting continuous short exposures and stacking the
Getting great pictures of your newborn or infant is certainly no easy task. Indeed, the window of opportunity for coaxing a perfect expression and a picturesque pose from your little bundle of joy is fleeting, at best. For parents (and others) who aspire to capture such moments, user-friendly gear, highly functional accessories, and photogenic props can make all the difference. With this in mind, here are our best recommendations to help make photo sessions with your unpredictable little darlings a success.
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While South Dakota is officially known as the Mount Rushmore State, its status as the Land of Infinite Variety might prove even more enticing from a photographic point of view. The hodgepodge of scenic wonders contained in this sparsely populated state spans rolling prairie grasslands, rugged Black Hill forests, sparkling underground caves, and otherworldly Badland buttes, much of which is protected through America’s state or federal system of National Parks, Monuments and Forests.
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This special B&H video presentation features a gathering of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographers speaking before an audience at the Parsons School of Design, in conjunction with the Eddie Adams Workshop. We hope you enjoy the video, and invite you to view the wide selection of other instructional and informative videos at BandH.com.
The OPTIC 2016 Imaging Conference provided numerous opportunities to talk with some of the most respected nature and landscape photographers working today, but the highlights of our two days at OPTIC had to be our chat with Michael Kenna, the event’s keynote presenter, and our conversation with Paul and John Paul Caponigro. It is unnecessary to summarize the work of these three photographers in any quick description but, suffice it to say, each is a master of his craft. While their work is distinctive and unique, it was wonderful to hear of
Every year, B&H hosts the OPTIC Imaging Conference, a four-day event showcasing the best nature, landscape, and travel photography. The 2016 edition was a stellar outing, with presentations from some of the most interesting photographers working in those fields. It also serves as a chance for participants to put their hands on the latest cameras, lenses, and gear from all the major manufacturers.
To hear the segment of a particular manufacturer, go to any of these marks in the timeline:
• Sigma: 2:10
• Fujifilm: 10:18
• Canon:
With more than 5.2 million images at press time that are hash-tagged “#macro” on Instagram, finding great macro photos on the popular social media photo-sharing app is not difficult. However, putting together a list of top macro photographers from Instagram is a challenge with so much macro talent out in the world.
Here is a list of 17 folks that we discovered on Instagram, putting out a solid body of macro work on their Instagram feeds, with a vast majority, if not all, of their images being dedicated to the art. There are many great macro
In this B&H Photo Event Space video, Argentinian photographer and documentary cinematographer Ossian Lindholm discusses the gear and skills needed to capture dynamic wildlife and conservation-related photography.
Topics include methods for approaching animals that may or may not be comfortable around humans, the importance of quick reflexes and gear that can respond in turn, photographing landscapes, how to choose the best gear for each situation, and how to use this gear out in the wild. We hope you enjoy the video, and invite you to view
In this B&H Event space presentation, photographer Keith Ibsen discusses the methodology and techniques he uses to create exciting photographs of people’s pets. The topics he discusses include the best gear to use, camera settings, flash and light modifiers, “tricks” for getting animals to cooperate, and post-production suggestions. We hope you enjoy the video, and invite you to view the wide selection of other instructional and informative videos at BandH.com.
Photojournalist and 2015 World Press Photo award winner Adriane Ohanesian joins us for a captivating two-part conversation on her work in South Sudan, Darfur, and Burma, and describes how she made the transition from anthropology student to conflict and humanitarian photographer. This conversation is divided into two parts, but its themes of women in photojournalism and the difficult but fulfilling life of freelance work in war-torn areas permeates the entire conversation.
With her confident and compassionate demeanor, Ohanesian relates how