The 800-pound gorilla finally chose where to sit! Initial specifications of Canon’s new EOS R5 have been floating around online for a couple of months now, some from Canon development releases, others from leaks, and they have looked very interesting (to say the least). Early in the morning of July 9 (Eastern Standard Time), Canon [Read More]
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Lee Towndrow: American Form Beyond Function
I met Lee about ten years ago when I ran a fashion boutique and mini-gallery/store in downtown Toronto. This was before his move to NYC, where Lee cauterized his role as fine art and commercial photographer. Lee’s work does something difficult to achieve; it manages to smuggle the absorptions of literary street photography into the [Read More]
Olympus has Fallen – Who’s next?
In a move that will surprise few watchers of the camera industry, Olympus is selling their camera business to Japan Industrial Partners, a private equity group that specializes in helping troubled companies spin off insolvent businesses. JIP is most famous for having bought the VAIO computer business from Sony in 2014, which it spun off [Read More]
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Breaking (up) News – Apple moving away from Intel and the impact on photographers
We don’t know what new Macs are going to look like, so why not just look at a beautiful, if slightly cloudy, future? In what may, at first, seem like an unimportant piece of computer geekery, Apple announced on June … [Read More...]
Two James Maher follow-up videos
James Maher follow-up: The East Village Project In this follow-up to our piece on New York street photographer James Maher, we look at a long-term portrait project James has been working on about long-time residents … [Read More...]
Ajani Charles – The Impact.
Growing up in the extremely multicultural city of Toronto, my friends, family members, and collaborators invariably represent a diverse group of people. The network of artists I draw inspiration from consist of people … [Read More...]
Kings of the Mirrorless Hill – Sony A7r IV and Nikon Z7
Shot with the A7r IV – Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Part 1- introduction and competitive landscape For photographers looking for the ultimate in image quality in a reasonably affordable and portable camera, … [Read More...]
The Holocaust Memorial Berlin By Gerry Phillipson with Editors note.
Editor's note: I was trawling the often toxic environs of the internet this morning before even getting out of bed (always a mistake). I came across the eventual and usual cross-section of vitriol and rhetoric. Much … [Read More...]
James Maher: Streets of New York City
https://luminous-landscape.wistia.com/medias/rhx0i7ovg1 The latest in our video series on photographers in their favourite environments was filmed last November, but now feels like a lifetime ago. New York City … [Read More...]
A printer deal worth noting, a note on raw conversion, some speculation on the industry and some notes on lenses, especially slow ones.
A Canon Pro-10, a great entry-level printer (and really cheap right now) I get 100 or more deal notices each month, and almost never pass one on, but this is worth it… For those who have been following the … [Read More...]
Always With Us.
At our home in Mexico Today marks the fourth anniversary of the death of my father and founder of The Luminous Landscape Michael Reichmann. Undoubtedly he would have found our current era perplexing and … [Read More...]
A New Japanese Photographic Landscape – The Covid-19 Effect
Mid-December, life was grand. Bookings were at an all-time high. My team and I were gearing up for our traditional Japanese Year-End celebration, and I was looking forward to leading a record number of photography … [Read More...]
Printing Part IV – Software Part 1 – raw converters and editors.
Goodbye old friend? Lightroom Classic’s Develop module. For years, photographers have relied on Adobe’s Lightroom (now called Lightroom Classic) for their entire image-processing pipeline – from initially … [Read More...]
The Synthetic Authentic of Maya Fuhr
At the nexus of the Floridian cultural void, there is a beauty to the sun-set drenched, air-conditioned culture of gated communities and the seedy swamp of degraded America. The color palette that paints over much of … [Read More...]
(Rediscover) Make it Long
A Preference for Long Lenses On a regular basis, a newbie will ask on one of the forums..."What wide angle lens should I get for landscapes"? Since I don't want to get sucked down that particular rabbit hole … [Read More...]
On Printing and Paper Part III – Printers.
Big prints are impressive on a wall – this is nearly 8 feet long! Making your own prints, especially using a large-format printer that can produce 16x24” and larger prints, is a substantial commitment in time, … [Read More...]
7 Crucial Steps to Getting Colors Right in Landscape Printing
I read an article lately that was entitled – “Why Camera Manufacturers Are No Longer Relevant”. We can't deny the fact that the latest smartphone cameras have made some remarkable achievements in developing a decent … [Read More...]
