Hello, my name is Alyssa Urtula and I am a young aspiring photographer. My work consists of both digital and analog photography. My photography has a wide range of messages and techniques from the beginning of my work to the more recent, in conjunction to the switch from analog to digital. To begin with, I started out my photography with mainly analog because that is what I … [Read more...]
Open Shutter Awards Announced
BJP, in association with Canon, has launched Open Shutter, the first UK HD-DSLR Awards. Aimed at all UK-based photographers and film-makers, Open Shutter aims to encourage excellence in the fast-developing world of convergent image capture, recognising the best films and multimedia works shot on HD-DSLRs such as Canon’s EOS 5D Mark II. “The introduction of broadcast-quality … [Read more...]
Camera+ iPhoneography
As many of you know I love photography and run my own little personal photoblog over at (www.flixelpix.com). Although I can’t ever envisage the day phone cameras will replace the SLR they are getting considerably better for quick, creative photography. Firstly there is Hipstamatic and Swankolab for capturing and processing classic style photos on your iPhone, then if you … [Read more...]
Embracing Analog Photography in a Digital World
Photography came into my life almost three years ago when I was in dire need of some form of true self-expression especially given the demands of my career at an LA area investment firm. Even though I could check the box on many items that are desirable in life, I couldn’t help but feel as though I wasn’t living up to my full potential. I felt that something was truly … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : Silvia Allegri
I am Italian and I will turn 27 next week; I started taking photos when I was five, playing with some toy cameras that pretended to be cheap imitations of expensive ones. Later on, I got my first real camera and I remember how enthusiastic I was of shooting with film, because I needed to concentrate and no mistake was allowed to me. … [Read more...]