If you’ve ever had to take a shot from an airplane window, a dirty skyscraper or a fence at the zoo to get a shot, you often end up with unwanted backgrounds and artifacts that make it an unusable shot. MIT and Google have fixed this problem by creating an advanced algorithm that erases unwanted, […]
Avoiding the Mirror: 5 Reasons I Went Mirrorless
The benefits of shooting with a mirrorless camera has been a subject covered extensively for the last few years by blogs, magazines, photographers, etc., so I don’t plan on droning on about the usual suspects as to why my camera is so great. However, after being on the road with one lens, one camera, one […]
The Connoisseurs: Upcoming Book Project
Oftentimes we glance at a stranger and assume who or what they may be. Looks are often deceiving, and some of our assumptions are far from who that person is. We are all in this world floating around in a fishbowl, trying our best to avoid pitfalls, strangers, and anything we perceive as foreign. But […]
On The Road: The Florida Keys
90 miles to Cuba, and the sun was melting my bald head as we waited in line to get our picture taken at the Southernmost Point buoy in Key West. This is literally the end of the line, and when you hit Key West you’ll start seeing “Mile 0” everywhere, because that’s it, there is […]
Remembering Bill Hurter
I first came to know Bill when I started working for him at Rangefinder magazine in 2010. Bill, along with his staff editors at Rangefinder, took a chance on me after I had been laid off in 2009 from another photo magazine. I was grateful for the opportunity to be back in the photography world, […]
On The Road: Great Expectations, Some Malfunctions
From Chaos to Pura Vida was a true statement I made a few weeks ago before I started my life on the road. I’ve been living out of my car like a vagabond by converting my 2002 Honda CR-V into a “Car-V” dubbed “Atlas,” and so far she has held up like a true road […]
Day 1: Fear and Serenity; Watkins Glen State Park, NY
I have traveled alone since I was 18. I’ve always had a burning desire to experience and explore what was unknown to me since I was a kid. I always hated the fact that I had to cram my travels into a small time frame instead of having the freedom to do and go wherever. […]
Somewhere Between Chaos and Pura Vida – Getting On The Road
What is it about the road that gives us a sense of freedom? What revelation or divine experience are we seeking when we travel down those old gravel and concrete highways that connect the lower 48 states from coast to coast? Jack Kerouac was looking for what he called the ‘it,’ in his novel ‘On […]
Suspending Time: The Miniature and Landscape Photography of Yoav Friedlander
A moment in time is the movement of light, a retracting, ever-changing illumination photographers chase to expose the world. Israeli photographer Yoav Friedlander’s world is still life, miniature, and landscape photography, which is an exploration of his personal diaspora, and a meditation on constant war. Yoav creates intricate miniatures and introspective landscapes that trigger his […]
Thievery Loves Company: Fighting Image Copyright Infringement
The chances of one of your photos being used without permission is pretty high, and according to IMGembed, that number it is around 85% of all images on the Internet. This is a staggering number when you think about it, and it raises questions about the effectiveness of copyright law in the United States, and […]