Hi! So tomorrow we’re doing a portfolio review. For you photographers in Portland, if you want to have me and a panel review your work (for free) please come by. Here’s how to submit your work to be reviewed.

http://matthewginn.com/critical-revue-pdx/

It’s Weds April 25th at 7pm.

Via- dpreview: London, UK, 12 April, 2012 – Canon today announces the introduction of the new EOS-1D C, a digital single-lens reflex (SLR) camera targeting the motion picture, television and high-resolution production industries. Delivering outstanding video quality, advanced low light performance and film-like dynamic range, the compact and lightweight EOS-1D C supports in-camera 4K (4,096 x 2,160) video recording with 4:2:2 colour sampling, offering greater creative freedom for video professionals.

The first SLR camera of its kind, the EOS-1D C offers a unique and highly portable package optimised for high-quality video recording. Advanced creative flexibility is provided with support for a range of resolutions and variable frame rates. 4K video is recorded using 8-bit Motion JPEG compression at 24p, and Full HD (1920 x 1080) video capture is available at frame rates up to 1080/60p. The camera supports internal recording to CF cards at all resolutions up to and including 4K, offering enhanced mobility. Video can also be output to external recorders1 via an integrated HDMI terminal using an uncompressed YCbCr 4:2:2 signal.

and a shot of the C500

read more here: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/04/12/Canon-EOS-1D-C-4K-capable-DSLR

I stumbled upon these by accident but found them very interesting. Some of them look exactly the same and some look completely different. Just take a ganders at People’s “Sexiest Man Alive”, George Clooney as a youth!

Bruce Willis

David Schwimmer

The Hoff

Elvis

Hulk Hogan

George Clooney

Check out more of them here: http://www.inspirefirst.com/2012/04/10/celebrity-yearbook-2/

Pictures really are worth a thousand words so I’ll keep it short and sweet today.

You can see more here: http://oddstuffmagazine.com/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words.html

This past Wednesday, customs officers in China announced the bust of a gigantic camera smuggling operation and the arrest of 14 suspects connected with the illegal transportation of $63.5 million worth of camera equipment. The smuggling ring has allegedly smuggled 60,204 cameras, 13,623 lenses, 483 flashes, 1,025 video cameras, and 348 projectors. Since camera equipment is much cheaper to buy in Hong Kong — 20% to 30% less — smugglers profit by sneaking the gear into mainland China (avoiding customs taxes in the process) and selling it through the gray market.

You can read more about it here but you have to use google translate from Chinese to English:

http://gcontent.oeeee.com/9/aa/9aa42b31882ec039/Blog/229/db1d42.html

It seems like just yesterday Pratik pointed out that the folks at SI really screwed up by trying (poorly I might add) to attach the head of one shot of Kate Upton to a clearly different shot of her body. I guess Vogue didn’t get the hint to check and recheck these mistakes as seen in the shot below of Kate Moss and her daughter where it very clearly shows her daughter’s missing ring and pinky fingers. 

Read more here: http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/kate-moss-daughter-airbrushed-in-vogue.html