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Giving Thanks

So today is Thanksgiving! Well, it is in the United States. Here in Canada we had it the 12th of October. But never mind the date, we should always give thanks to what we have, appreciate what we have, and give back.

This year, Jeremy Cowart started a movement, Help-Portrait. I briefly touched on it last week before talking about what's new (primarily a hockey-tournament, it went EXTREMELY well).

"I've been organizing a shoot. Well started organizing it, but now I have help from an amazing person; Sarah Goblot. This shoot isn't like normal shoots. It's not for me, not for an assistant, not for anyone participating in the shoot, except for the subject. We aren't getting payed, we aren't showing these pictures to anyone except for the subject, we aren't using these in our portfolio. The shoot is part of an international event called Help-Portrait.December 12th photographers (at all levels) in cities across the globe are reaching out to people in their communities to create portraits.

Help-Portrait Montreal"

That's a quote from last week's post, and now that I have time, I'm going to further talk about Help-Portrait. Today is thanks giving, and I owe a lot to photography, and to the community of photographers. A way of giving back is Help-Portrait.

The tournament last weekend went REALLY well, and I'd just like to thank (this is thanksgiving, well for most people) Jesse Kaminski, he's a web designer, and a semi-professional photographer, he helped me out, so THANK YOU! :) You can check his work out at http://www.jessekaminski.ca/. Also another "thank you" goes out to Sarah, Sarah Goblot is an amazing, amazing person! She seriously helped me with the organization of Montreal Help-Portrait.

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Now, for a little update: I have a shoot Saturday, I can't talk much about it now, due to NDA's, but when I can, I will forsurly talk about it! Follow me on Twitter for constant updates: http://twitter.com/FatherlyFilms

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Goings On

Hi,

It's been 10 days (well in a couple of hours it will have been 10 days) since my last post! That's been a long time! I have worked on a big post, and it's still being worked on. I just haven't had the time. And that's what I'm going to talk about...why I haven't had time!

So what's been going on? I've been organizing a shoot. Well started organizing it, but now I have help from an amazing person; Sarah Goblot. This shoot isn't like normal shoots. It's not for me, not for an assistant, not for anyone participating in the shoot, except for the subject. We aren't getting payed, we aren't showing these pictures to anyone except for the subject, we aren't using these in our portfolio. The shoot is part of an international event called Help-Portrait.

December 12th photographers (at all levels) in cities across the globe are reaching out to people in their communities to create portraits.

Help-Portrait Montreal

I've also been getting ready for a shoot this weekend. It's a hockey tournament, starting tomorrow until Sunday. I also have another shoot that I've been working on, but I can' talk much about that now due to NDA's

Also, to keep me busy (which I so need ) I've been working on a music video for a friend of mine, we are right now in pre-production, but the shoot will be in or around March. We are planning on using the Canon EOS 1D Mark IV. Which will be very cool!

And just to round things up, a little shout out to another photographer, Chase Jarvis, (who is amazing) made this great Plexiglas "shooting stand" allowing him to get shots that are out of this world!

Thanks for reading! And I will post about the shoot later this week/weekend!

And as always, go and shoot! Go get your camera and take a picture that you wouldn't normally do! Try something new this week!

Thank you, until next time.

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New Camera Concept

Hey!

So first just a little update,

Finished 2 shoots, one over the weekend, one last Friday, they both went very well, and the one that was last Friday I spoke

about in my last post. It's a

joint shoot and website. For more i

nfo on the convergence of medias check out my last post. I also did a little shoot for fun on Sunday (shoots for fun is what it should always be, the commercial shoots should always be for fun also) consisting of surfers surfing in water that must have been about 2 or 3 degrees Celsius. I'll talk about that next time, but today a new concept for a camera was announced that may (I say may 'cause it could be a complete blunder also) change the way camera's are produced in the future.

We all know how SLR's and DSLR's work, how the

interchangeable lenses work and how the Micro 4/3 system works. For those of you who do you can skip ahead to the next paragraph. An SLR stands for Single-Lens-Reflex camera, a DSLR stands for Digital-Single-Lens-Reflex. It is the same as an SLR, but with a sensor in the place of film, and quite a few other changes, yet the concept is the same. They use a semi-automatic mirror system that moves allowing the photographer to usually see exactly what is being capture by the film/sensor. They usually have an interchangeable lens system, mean

ing you can switch lenses, from telephoto's to wide-angles, to primes, what have you. Yet there have been a very few significantly altering concepts from the SLR with the exception of the invention of digital. A variant on the DSLR concept is the Four Thirds system. The 4/3 system was designed solely for digital use. And most lenses were

designed computerized, and tailored to meet the requirements of the digital sensor. The sensor is physically smaller than that of most DSLRs, resulting in that lenses can be smaller in size.

Today Ricoh anounced it's first digital system. Scroll to the bottom for pictures. Coined the GRX. It has interchangeable lenses, yet in a completely different concept of that of the 4/3 system or normal DSLRs. The GXR offers interchangeable slide mount "lens units". These "units" consist of the gla

ss (lens) and the sensor. This allows the photographer to s

witch from an APS-C size sensor (the sensor size of most CMOS sensors) to a CCD sensor. Being able to switch from a 12mp CMOS to a 10mp CCD allows for constant switching resulting in hypothetically a do-it-all camera.

"The new GXR is an interchangeable unit camera system in which lenses are changed by using a slide-in mount system to attach camera units to the body. The lens, image sensor, and image processing engine are integrated into the camera units so the body itself does not contain an image sensor." (Dpreview)

This can change the way photography (and video for that matter) is looked at. This is similar to the RED system, which i

s where everything is interchangeable, yet this takes REDs concept to a whole new level.

Yet the initial price creates hesitation for me. I am looking for a compact point & shoot to keep in my pocket at all times (the iPhone is amazing, yet I would like RAW files, for more on the camera that is always with you check out www.chasejarvis.com) and the Canon G11 is to big and doesn't accomplish what I would like it for. The body is $549 and the "kit" lens will be $440. Hence a total system will cost nearly $1, 000. Panasonic makes a "competit

or" to this, the Lumix DMC-GF1 with a zoom and a 20mm prime is $1, 300. Yet the Ricoh allows for multiple cameras to be carried in "one" camera. The 2 announced "units" are a 50mm equivalent (due to the crop factor) on an APS-C sensor that would do 24fps video at 720p. The other unit is the 24-72mm equivalent lens with a 10mp CCD sensor, that's capable of ISO 100-3, 200, VGA movies, and the big seller for me? 5fps RAW.

Yet the after market for this will be small. They may not be able to make the sensors that go with the lenses, unless Ricoh p

rovides a generic CCD or APS-C sensor.

If the glass is good Ricoh has a buyer here, with the 1D and a 100-400mm on my shoulder at an event and I want to snap a picture for a friend for (insert your choice of social network) I would pull out the Ricoh. And the crop sensor increases DOF (Depth-Of-Field). Glass wise, Ricoh is known for great glass, and they do make the highest end RAW compact (supposedly).

As long as the body is solid, and weatherproof (may be a bit to much to ask in a size this compact, it IS the size of a point & shoot) they may have a very good product here, this results in me not having to upgrade camera every second year (which I will do anyway, but not compact) and the "interchangeable sensor/lens" would result in no, or very little dust getting on the sensor.

I would like to see the price go down though, but right now it is also a great alternative to a Rebel (which is how I got started) or another "starter" camera. It is a great introduction to SLRs.

Now if they drop that into video cameras...

Thanks

for

listening and be sure to hit up Ricoh, also CNET and dpreview have some great previews and opinions on it!

Thank you, until next time.

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The "New" Photographer

Hello, I am the chief photographer and producer of Fatherly Films. I have chosen to begin a blog. Let me introduce myself; I am a commercial photographer specializing in fashion and sports photography. I also do commercial video, which is where my roots are, which led me into photography. Photography is constantly changing; photographers aren’t just photographers anymore. Our roles has drastically changed from the mastery of the still image to not only, pre and post production, and also to networking and marketing/publicity.

In the twenty first century, and the rising of the “digital-era” the independent publisher has risen in numbers and achieved great success. You are now your own editor, your own agent, your own publisher. And yet, the consequences of this are forcing larger corporations to push their product harder. Photographers (and videographers also) can do everything now. They are their own producers, doing pre-production, the actual production (the shoot) and the post production. And now, with the internet these pioneers are able to publish their work, to a stock website, or even to creating and publishing their own website. I had a shoot last Saturday and another tomorrow for the same client, in which I am taking the shots, and designing the website (I’m also somewhat a web designer). This is a perfect example of cross medias. The world is changing and we need to adapt to the new world. With converging technologies of still and video (the RED Epic & Scarlet are perfect examples) the still photographer and the videographer are getting left out by the Web 2.0 adapters. For example, one of my friends just got married, and their photographer also did the video (well he didn’t but his studio did). It’s all one shop shopping, and today’s companies and advertising agencies want this, also with the arrival of the digital camera has resulted in less expensive, that are of GREAT quality. These tools are making professional level photography possible to those without a lot of available capitol, and this also allows them to pursue their dreams.

Eventually someone will come around with an iMovie that blows away the competition that is using Premiere and Final Cut. And with the new form of digital capture, it is possible for a shoot to occur in the morning, full edit and the final product is in the hands of the client by sun-down. Yet, the need for specialists will remain, but commercial photographers need to familiarize themselves with the moving image. Also creating relationships with film production companies (such as Chase Jarvis with Superfad) will result in an easier entrée into the moving image market. Photographers are no longer photographers anymore, we need to change and adapt.

Thank you, until next time.

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