[IG Weekly] bethanymarieco
Everybody is on their phone. Thousands of people everyday wear out their thumbs scrolling through photos, deciding which ones to post on Instagram. It’s so easy to do whether you’re a photographer or not; just point, shoot, choose a filter and post whatever you created. From funny duck face selfies, to breathtaking landscapes, to gritty city streets. Some use it as visual journal giving glimpses of their lives, while others have taken it to another level by creating works of art. All of us at Ruby Hornet are fans of the social media platform and decided to do a weekly series highlighting people whose Instagrams stand above the rest. Let us know in the comments section if you’d like to be featured, or let us know about some other cool Instagrams. Be sure to follow Ruby Hornet on Instagram, too.
This week’s featured Instagram comes from @bethanymarieco. This Seattle based photographer really has a talent for capturing beautiful landscapes. When checking out her feed, you get sucked into each photo because of the composition making you feel like you're actually there. For anyone you enjoys landscape photography like myself, you'll really enjoy all the imagery that she creates. Check out some of her work below and head on over to her Instagram for more photos.
[via @bethanymarieco]
Instagram Releases An Impressive Update in Version 6.0
Set to roll out today, Instagram releases an impressive update in version 6.0 of their amazing social photo sharing app. Seemingly to be it's most significant update to date, they have enabled video sharing, adjustable filters, and 9 new effects. It's new filters and effects will give you the ability to adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth, highlights, shadows, vignetting, sharpening and filter strength by using it's slider tool to select the intensity.
In an interview with PetaPixel, Instagram CEO and co-founder Kevin Systrom, was adamant to the fact that the new update has taken many months of research and testing. He also noted that the bar was set very high to match high-end photo editors like Photoshop and Lightroom, and improvements in speed were also taken in effect. All set for a nice level playing field for the Instagram community.
Instagram for iOS version 6.0 is available in Apple’s App Store, and Instagram for Android version 6.0 is available on Google Play today. See a quick demo video below of the new features in Instagram 6.0, and let us know what you think.
[Via PetaPixel]
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Klause Kampert's Water Erotica Shoot [NSFW]
Photos by Klause Kampert
Klause Kampert's work focuses on the human form, particularly women, as evident by the body of work he's created. He captures his subjects in a variety of ways each project being different from the previous one creating a style of his own. These aren't your typical portraits with each one having a specific message, and his latest collection, "Water Creatures," is no exception. When looking at the photos, you can see that the model and water are the focal points, and it shows how both the female body and water are one in the same. As Kampert states he'd rather "like to present the human being as a whole. Body and mind united." You can check out the Water Creatures series here, then you can check out more of his projects at his website here.
[via Juxtapoz]
Nikon Dedicates $17.7 Million to Finally Repair D600 Issues
Nikon has certainly let down certain customers in a big way, more specifically, those who spent their money on the Nikon D600. The camera was plagued with oil and dust issues since its release, and Nikon did not handle the situation as one might have expected, leaving customers with cameras that were unusable. There was complete outrage from customers who bought the Nikon D600 because the company didn't ever really acknowledge the issue or provide a solution to the problem that many users were facing.
Now it looks like Nikon is finally manning up to the problem and is going to work on either repairing customer's cameras or completely replacing them. Nikon has set aside roughly $17.7 million to fix a problem that should have been handled earlier, and now it hopes to restore the confidence of the customers that had issues with the D600. As the company states it is "taking the matter very seriously." You can read the rest of the statement at Nikon's official website here.
[via Nikon]
Dysturb: Photojournalism Hits the Streets of Paris
Photos by Rafael Yagobzadeh
The internet has made it easier for photographers to showcase their work and get it out to the masses. However, it's because of this that your work can get lost in the mix with so much information floating around. When it comes to getting your stuff published in magazines, that becomes a whole other challenge... something that photojournalist Pierre Terdjam has faced time and time again. Due to the subject matter of his photography, he has found it almost impossible to get the photos he's taken published from his visits to Egypt, Georgia, and Afghanistan. He wants to share what he has seen in war-torn parts of the world and show people what is really going on.
In order to get his photos noticed, he and some friends created a project known as Dysturb, which involves wheat pasting their images that can get published all over the streets of Paris. Their photos are blown up to billboard-sized prints so the masses can get a glimpse of what life is like in places such as Ukraine and Egypt. The goal of this project is to raise awareness and tell the story of what is going on in parts of the world that many never see. The group hopes to inspire other photographers to think of different ways to get their work out into the world, and they plan on expanding into the U.S. You can check out some of their work in the gallery below.
[Via Time Lightbox]
[IG Weekly] whighfield
Everybody is on their phone. Thousands of people everyday wear out their thumbs scrolling through photos, deciding which ones to post on Instagram. It’s so easy to do whether you’re a photographer or not; just point, shoot, choose a filter and post whatever you created. From funny duck face selfies, to breathtaking landscapes, to gritty city streets. Some use it as visual journal giving glimpses of their lives, while others have taken it to another level by creating works of art. All of us at Ruby Hornet are fans of the social media platform and decided to do a weekly series highlighting people whose Instagrams stand above the rest. Let us know in the comments section if you’d like to be featured, or let us know about some other cool Instagrams. Be sure to follow Ruby Hornet on Instagram, too.
This week’s featured Instagram comes from @whighfield. I really enjoy this Instagram gallery because you get a bunch of awesome imagery ranging from portraits to shots of the Big Apple. This photographer clearly has a great style, and I definitely enjoy her portraits, but what I think is really awesome are her shots that involve fog. There is something haunting about the images she captures, be it the scenery or someone walking through foggy weather. It's hard for me to explain all of this, so I'll let her photos do the talking below. Make sure head on over to her Instagram for more.
[via @whighfield]
Real Estate Photography via Drone Technology
Featured photo by DJI
News on the use of Drones have been heard in mainstream media a lot these days. Whether they are used for military purposes or for delivery services, the fad seems to be catching on to a widespread audience, and most recently it's been used to capture aerial photography. Larry Malvin, who has worked in real estate for over 13 years, found this idea to his advantage, and is the first in the Chicagoland area to capture real estate photography via drone technology.
Malvin uses a 2.8-pound drone with four propellers to carry his 14-megapixel camera to photograph homes, which he says depicts houses “with a perspective that doesn't compare”, and he's right. The photos he is able to capture reaches heights up to 30 feet in the air, shooting angles and space that go above and beyond, literally. Using his smartphone, he simply mounts it on a controller with a joystick and is able to control the drone and see what it's seeing. And what's even more surprising is that the costs he charges for his real estate photography hasn't even changed much, since the drone was fairly affordable for him. Specifically, he notes that the DJI Phantom 2 Vision Plus was bought for about $1,400, and is considerably easy to maneuver.
Although the Federal Aviation Administration may change the authorization that prohibits commercial use of small unmanned aircraft without a pilot's license by September 2015, photographers will continue to use this technology to their advantage. Check out the following photos shot by Larry Malvin, which perfect examples to type of aerial photography these drones are capable of. Also be sure to check out more of his work here.
[Via Chicago Business]
Protestors Continue to Rise and Revolt in Istanbul
Photos taken by VICE UK
In the face of oppression, clashes progress as protestors continue to rise and revolt against the government in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city. In recent news, popular social media sites Twitter and YouTube were banned in the country as a “precautionary administrative measure” by Turkey’s telecommunications authority (T?B), stirring up plenty of controversy. And just this past weekend, Vice UK was able to capture photos of a rally created to demand justice for the death of Berkin Elvan, a 15-year-old boy who lost his life during the Gezi protests.
The protestors gathered in Istanbul's Okmeydani neighborhood, an area known for it's large Alevi population. And at their disruption, police responded with tear gas, water cannons, and gunfire. Unfortunately, a stray bullet fatally killed yet another citizen, Ugur Kurt, who was only there to attend a funeral nearby. The footage captured by Vice contains of graphic video of the incident, and include photos that are simply jaw dropping. Take a look and tell us what you gather from Turkey's current situation.
[Via VICE UK]
