From the monthly archives:

August 2008

10 things to know before starting your business

August 28, 2008

With the ever decreasing price of digital cameras, and aided by post production tools such as photoshop, wedding photography has become a profession with a relatively low barrier for entry. This has led to an increase of people taking on wedding photography as a profession. Over the years I have had a chance of observing a lot of people enter the wedding photography market, some of them have survived, most, however have made a quick exit.

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Capturing the history of Iran in Black and White

August 27, 2008

He has been involved in photography for more than 35 years, and he claims photography to be the biggest passion in his life. At one time he worked as a professional photographer and recorded some wonderful images of the Iranian revolution, and after decades he returns back.

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Nikon releases new D-SLR – D90, with video capture facility

August 27, 2008

Nikon has released a successor to the popular D80 DSLR, the Nikon D90. It comes with a series of upgrades and new features, as expected of any new mode, however an additional thing many people may not have expected is the inclusion of a video recording facility in the D90. Other features include a 12.3 MP CMOS sensor, 3.0-inch LCD screen and a continuous shooting of upto 4.5 frames per second.

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Open Air Train Station

August 25, 2008

By Hessam Samavatian

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In Our Time: The World as Seen by Magnum Photographers (Open Market Edition) (Paperback)

August 22, 2008

One of the must haves for anyone having an interest in photojournalism. A beautiful collection of images depicting world history covering subjects such as war, asylums, poverty and famine, family life, drugs and many more. As reviewed by Newsweek
“From the grandly historic to the poignantly human, from battlefield violence to the gentle pleasures of peace, [...]

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Advertising and Fashion Photography – Realising your dreams

August 20, 2008

From law to photography. Story of a professional photographer and an experienced image retoucher. His transition from working in courtrooms to shooting for clients like Mercedes-Benz, Pizza Hut, Volkswagen and Lufthansa.

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Boat on a shore – Babalou

August 18, 2008

Photo of the boat. Taken in Scotland, Loch Lomond.

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Brothels and Fundamentalism

August 17, 2008

This body of work examines the uneasy peace between Islamic Fundamentalism and profanity in the brothels of Pakistan. The story is not simple the Red Light District reveals itself slowly and subtly. A woman sits on her bed, a madam. She recently sold her 14 year old daughter’s virginity.

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Henri Cartier-Bresson/Scrapbook (Hardcover)

August 13, 2008

In 1946 Cartier-Bresson travelled to New York with about 300 prints in his suitcase, bought a scrapbook, glued each one in and brought that album to MoMA’s curators. Here, published for the first time in its entirety, is a facsimile of that famous scrapbook.

Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd (8 Dec 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 050054333X
ISBN-13: [...]

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In England

August 13, 2008

Don McCullin’s view of England is rooted in his wartime childhood and growing up around Finsbury Park in the fifties. His first published photograph was a picture of a gang from his neighbourhood, which appeared in a newspaper after a local murder; McCullin always balanced his anger at the unacceptable face of the nation with [...]

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