hitRECord Geometry Daily Celebrated Food Photog Marcus Nilsson Dishes on Shooting On-Camera Flash, Tilt-Shift Lenses, and Why He Hates Sandwiches Marcus Nilsson thinks outside the box. A former chef, Nilsson stumbled into food photography and ended up being one of the photographers who shaped our contemporary approach to cuisine. Today, Nilsson is still pushing that envelope (with on-camera flash, what?!), and regularly works for some of the world’s top foodie magazines, including Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Martha Stewart Living, Details, Esquire, Everyday with Rachael Ray, the Food Network, GQ, and Travel+Leisure. Check out the full FS Spotlight interview below, where Nilsson dishes on shooting on-camera flash, tilt-shift lenses, crazy Mexican market foods, and why he hates sandwiches.
20 Historic Black and White Photos Colorized One of the greatest facets of reddit are the thriving subreddits, niche communities of people who share a passion for a specific topic. One of the Sifter’s personal favourites is r/ColorizedHistory. The major contributors are a mix of professional and amateur colorizers that bring historic photos to life through color. All of them are highly skilled digital artists that use a combination of historical reference material and a natural eye for colour. THE BUS Frederico Martins Puts a Beach in the Living Room As a fan of the beach, Frederico Martins loves mixing his photography with the sand and surf. To throw a unique twist on his latest shoot for an 8 page spread in Elle, Frederico, decides to set up a beach shoot inside a house. With the use of a ton and a half of sand, a boat, two dogs, and a lot of natural light from the windows, Frederico grabs some really fantastic images. Related The Wednesday Rundown 4.25.12 Howdy and welcome to the Wednesday Rundown.
The most stunning drone pictures of 2014 10 December 2014Last updated at 19:36 ET Earlier this year we brought you news of a new competition, backed by National Geographic, looking for the most impressive drone photography. It was arranged in conjunction with Dronestagram - a website for drone photographers to share and discuss their favourite work. Fiat Advert Master photographer and composite photographer Dave Hill shot a “moving still image” campaign for Fiat Abarth using a combination of stills from a Canon 5D mkII and Hasselblad H3D-50 and slow-motion video from Phantom Flex and Phantom Gold. If you haven’t heard of Dave Hill , he is well known for taking a dozen or more separate composites and seamlessly blending them to make a complex, yet believable image. For this commercial, Dave shot multiple composites in both video and stills of football players, the Fiat Abarth, a female model referee, and flying dirt at the wonderful Studio Orange in Los Angeles and a Miami studio. While we never got to see the pre-planning and conceptualizing of this shoot, I’m pretty sure that everything that was individually shot was planned out in advance and thoroughly thought out.
Smithsonian Magazine's 2012 Photo Contest - In Focus The editors of Smithsonian magazine have just announced the 50 finalists in their 10th annual photo contest. They've kindly allowed me to share several of these images here, including some great shots from each of the competition's five categories: The American Experience, The Natural World, People, Travel, and Altered Images. Be sure to visit the contest page at Smithsonian.com to see all the finalists, and vote in the Reader's Choice Awards as well. [21 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: