Digital Camera Reviews & Photography Tips Photographer Tristan Savatier - Industrial, Editorial, Travel & Stock Photography ‘Finding Vivian Maier: Chicago Street Photographer’ @ Chicago Cultural Center Finding Vivian Maier: Chicago Street Photographer is the first American exhibition of photographs by Vivian Maier (1926 – 2009). It opens Friday, 7 January at the Chicago Cultural Center and runs until Sunday, 3 April. The enigmatic, private yet outspoken Maier and the great story behind the recent discovery of her work by a former estate agent at an auction house in Chicago has certainly generated a buzz, both within the photography world and beyond. Maier was a Chicago nanny who took more than 100,000 photos during her lifetime but kept them to herself. The Chicago Cultural Center show will feature images Maier shot in the fifties, sixties and seventies. More exhibition preview photos, after the jump. More information about John Maloof’s discovery of Vivian Maier can be found here and here. AM will be following Maloof’s progress with real interest as additional photos from his collection are published and new information about Maier’s life is brought to light. Text by Patrick Nguyen.
Understanding White Balance White balance (WB) is the process of removing unrealistic color casts, so that objects which appear white in person are rendered white in your photo. Proper camera white balance has to take into account the "color temperature" of a light source, which refers to the relative warmth or coolness of white light. Our eyes are very good at judging what is white under different light sources, but digital cameras often have great difficulty with auto white balance (AWB) — and can create unsightly blue, orange, or even green color casts. Understanding digital white balance can help you avoid these color casts, thereby improving your photos under a wider range of lighting conditions. Color Cast Daylight White Balance Color temperature describes the spectrum of light which is radiated from a "blackbody" with that surface temperature. Relative intensity has been normalized for each temperature (in Kelvins). The first three white balances allow for a range of color temperatures. Automatic White Balance
Los Angeles Photographers - Mark Robert Halper, Portrait and Commercial Photographer- in LA and Orange County, California B&W Magazine WilsonWenzel Nigel Barker shows you how to take a “selfie” by Tim Barribeau posted Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 4:33 PM EDT Nigel Barker is a famed fashion photographer, and probably most well known for his role in the popular reality show "Americas Next Top Model." Barker recently talked to Nightline's Juju Chang, on a segment on the popularity of the self portrait or "selfie." In this six-minute segment, Barker gives his opinion on the art of the portrait, and how to take one with a smartphone. He shares tips about how to make your selfie look as good as possible, some of which you can see in the video below, and the rest are laid out on the ABCNews website. The photographer recommends pointing your head skyward for a few seconds, to temporarily tighten your neck muscles, and snap a quick photo with your chin reduced. While Barker's comments are aimed at people attempting a self-portrait, they also hold true of photographing anyone else, or when someone else is trying to snap a picture of you. You can watch the entire segment below.
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