Category: Street Photography Photograph: Untitled by Emanuele UbOldi You can't help but be drawn to the face of the child in this untitled image by Emanuele UbOldi. Everything in the scene focuses your attention there, and although small in the frame, this little one becomes the center of attention. There are two subtle but strong
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Garmin has launched an update to its Virb 360 camera that adds raw video stitching and the ability to re-frame traditional video from your 360 footage. With the update, Garmin has enabled its VIRB Edit software to stitch raw footage and stabilise content captured at 5.7K, eliminating the need for third-party software. What's more, Garmin has added a range of new features such as long exposures and new burst mode options to the Virb. Interestingly, Garmin has added a new feature called HyperFrame Director which allows users to film 360 video and then select a fixed-view perspective from that footage that they can save as a new traditional video. We saw this feature first released with the Insta360 ONE, and just this week GoPro debuted the same functionality in the Fusion and its OverCapture function. The Garmin Virb 360's ability to re-frame video after filming allows users to share their videos beyond VR. The Garmin Virb 360 price tag is price $800 / 650.
The post Garmin Virb 360 firmware update adds raw video stitching, HyperFrame Director mode appeared first on Camera Jabber. For anyone who is interested in doing astrophotography, getting perfectly captured snaps of the the Milky Way Galaxy is the ultimate goal when photographing the night sky. However, it's admittedly a challenging a tedious endeavor. Thankfully, there are now many resources, like this one by The Finer Photo on YouTube, that you can use Let's get the facts straight: You're not going to learn how to take compelling photographs by asking for other people's camera settings. Or their EXIF data. Sure, you can get away with it for the first few times when you're still a complete beginner fiddling with your camera's controls. But you will never truly learn
A month and a half after revealing the finalists of the 2017 EyeEm Awards, the photo sharing community and licensing marketplace has finally revealed the winners. The 2017 EyeEm Awards have a few distinguishing factors. First, if you go by number of submissions, they are the world's largest photo competition-over 590,000 photos were submitted by over 88,000 photographers. Second, for the first time in the awards' short history, all of the winning images come from a full series. And finally, this year EyeEm added a Community Vote category. Scroll down to see all of the winning series, along with a short description of the photographer and what they were trying to capture. 2017 EyeEm Photographer of the YearSasha Dudkina is a 19-year-old photographer from Moscow, Russia. She shoots with a Canon 650D and occasionally her iPhone. Sasha's photographic style is characterized by glances and holding on to fleeting moments. She considers herself an observer, always taking in the people and events around her, often times snapping candid photos of her friends and strangers. Her photography is inspired by her home country of Russia, its literature, music, diversity of nature and especially the people. Sasha has been a super engaged community member since joining EyeEm in 2014, said Brada Vivi Barassi, Head of Photography at EyeEm. She regularly participates in Missions and shares life through her lens in a really consistent, intimate way. Sasha is brimming with potential. We're so excited to work with her, help unleash her creativity to the full and provide support throughout her photography journey. The Great Outdoors Category WinnerGuiga Pira was asked to join the crew of an anti-poaching ship as the drone pilot for a campaign to protect the most endangered marine mammal in the world from illegal fisherman. Drones were used to locate, identify and document illegal fishing activities in a protected area. Pira said as the drone pilot in this campaign I saw too much of the dark side of humanity in such a beautiful place. I decided to make the best of my time while flying, so every time the drones were launched I tried to capture the beautiful side of the area I was patrolling. The Street Photographer Category WinnerThe lead photo was taken as part of Julie Hrudova's series, 'LEISURE,' which is an ongoing series Hrudova says is core to what my work is about. It's a play with photography being a trustworthy and truthful medium by creating some confusion about what is actually happening in the image, or why. Hrudova says her subjects are focused on their leisure activities and often isolated. The photos from the series are taken in Moscow, Tokyo and Amsterdam. The Architect Category WinnerDenise Kwong went to a popular spot in Hong Kong to shoot the markets below, when she looked to the left and saw this block of units. Kwong said: With its lighting scheme, it was giving off a cinematic vibe and I also love how how each lit balcony made the building facade look like a sheet of negatives - each telling its own story. The Portraitist Category WinnerThe winning image was taken as part of Adeolu Osibodu's series, 'Losing Amos.' Osibodu says: My Grandfather Amos died in 2014. It was then that I realized how casual my idea of him was. I constantly asked myself why I couldn't see beyond his heavy grins, why I couldn't define him as more than the man who was never unhappy... these were unsettling thoughts that meddled with my conscience. Osibodu decided to take a series of self-portraits wearing different clothes his grandfather owned at various times in his life. Maybe this is inspired by an urge to find consolation or my intimate affection for a time before, or me just being Adeolu. Regardless, I'm forever glad I happened to find myself in this state. The Photojournalist Category WinnerThe winning image is from Ramin Mazur's series, The Process, documenting a production of Hamlet put on in a prison in Moldova. The Republic of Moldova has one of the highest numbers of inmates per capita in Europe, including the highest rate of the long term convicted. To shed a light on the issues of penitentiary system, art centre Coliseum directed a play in the most secure prison in Moldova. For several months inmates were studying the craft of acting to perform on the same level as professionals from the National Theatre. Some of the inmates had already been in prison for more than half their lives. Through this play, directors Mihai Fusu and Luminita Ticu aimed to draw attention to conditions of lifers in Moldova, the penitentiary system as whole and most importantly, stereotypes. Inmates and their right to be changed is a taboo topic among people and, paired with poor economical conditions and corrupted institutions, leaves little chance for those who want to be changed or forgiven. The Community Vote Category WinnerRobert Torrontegui's portrait series captured in Manila, Philippines was selected by the EyeEm community from all of the finalists. The Sony RX10 IV is a fixed lens camera with a 1"-type sensor and 24-600mm equivalent lens that can shoot 4K video or stills at 24 fps, but that's not what we think is interesting about it. The addition of phase detection autofocus is pivotal to all of those features. If you have a little over a minute to spare, we'll tell you why. And for bonus points, we shot this video entirely hand-held with an RX10 IV and continuous AF turned on. The dilemma for the travelling photographer is a tough one. What to take, what not to take. Can this lens cover all these situations? Will I need flash? As someone that travels a lot shooting both stills and 4K video, I often struggle to know what equipment to take with me. This is often compounded by weight limits on canon baggage, Usually around 7kg. Today I am going to give you a brief overview of my current system and some of the reasoning behind my choosing it, The CamerasMy primary camera is now the Fuji X-T2. My secondary is the Panasonic G7. The reason behind their purchase is simple, both shoot excellent 4K video, and the Fuji also shoots fantastic stills. As I often travel with my wife, it gives us the option to shoot 4K on two cameras or 4K on one and stills on another. In reserve, I also have a Fuji X-Pro1, a very capable stills camera but not so good for video. As you will note, all three cameras that I have mentioned are mirrorless and the primary reason for that is weight. Smaller cameras and smaller lenses mean I can walk further and shoot more than if carrying a full sized DSLR kit. The LensesOne of the issues of course with using different manufacturers for cameras is lenses. I have partially negated that by using old Canon FD mount lenses and adapters for Fuji and Panasonic. When shooting 4K it's rare that I need to focus automatically and after a while setting the exposure manually becomes second nature. The FD lenses are a 28mm f2.8, 50mm f1.8 and a 135mm f3.5. I also carry a Canon FD to M4/3 speed booster. This is particularly useful on the 50mm, giving me an equivalent of about 80mm f 1.4 For stills shooting and times when I do need autofocus, I have the Fuji 14mm, 18-55mm and 60mm macro. All reasonably fast and sharp lenses and again most importantly, small and light. The TripodThe tripod legs were an easy choice, the Manfrotto 055C. These are carbon fibre, have a good extension and are very sturdy. Although not cheap, the 055C is not the most expensive set of carbon fibre legs around. The tripod head is always a dilemma. Shooting 4K video I must have a fluid video head. In my case, this is the Manfrotto HDV 701. The obvious problem with video heads, however, is that you cannot tilt them to portrait format. If I am going to shoot a lot of stills as well as video, I will sometimes carry a Manfrotto ball and socket head with me too, The downside of this is that it is quite heavy although I tend to put it in checked luggage rather than carry on. The LaptopLast year I experimented with travelling without a laptop. This was only partially successful and on the whole a frustrating issue. The system I used was an iPad Mini 4 and a Wifi enabled hard drive. Whilst copying and storing images was generally quite easy, the main issue was viewing and editing them. It was painfully slow to transfer from the hard drive to the iPad and virtually impossible to view any of the 4K video clips. This meant I was not able to even pre-select work for editing when I got home. This year I have returned to using a laptop on my travels. The laptop in question is an Apple MacBook. Weighing in at less than 1kg and with a maximum depth of 9mm this thing still packs a 2K resolution retina screen, has 9 hours of battery life and a 500GB SSD hard drive. This allows me to transfer images and video quickly and more importantly view and pre-select them. The images are also backed up to an external 1Tb USB 3.0 drive. Overall the kit is little bigger than the iPad combination I was using last year but much more powerful. The SundriesShooting 4K video a set of ND filters is a must. For stills, graduated NDs and polarisers are extremely useful. To cover all bases I use the Hitech-Formatt 67mm square filter system with adapters for all my lenses and two filter holders. My day bag for equipment is a LowePro Messenger 250. This is a small, discrete over the shoulder bag in which I can pack two mirrorless bodies, several lenses and a filter system. As the bag has no attachment for a tripod, I have an Optitech strap designed specifically for tripods. Overall the combination is very comfortable and easy to access. Travelling is immense fun and highly educational. It's also one of the best ways to get a huge variety of great photographs. However, if our camera equipment becomes too bloated, too heavy for our travels then we are less likely to look for and get great shots. My kit has been honed over many years of travel to a point where I feel it is as good as it can get for my needs. What set up do you use when travelling? The post This is the Kit This Pro Uses for Travel Photography And Why He Chose It appeared first on Light Stalking. |