Underwater Videography: Pharaoh Cuttlefish

Pharaoh cuttlefish from Steve De Neef on Vimeo.

Black and White: Horse Photography

Fall - Ivan Borys (500px)

Cold Wait - David Bair (500px)

Love - Max Bryan (500px)

winter - Jesper Hake (500px)

3 Horses - David Donohue (500px)

Expert Talk - Darren Jew

On the Sony RX100 Mark V

Black and White Film: Kodak Tri-X

Kodak Tri-X is one both the best black and white films ever made: read the blog post on Zorki Photo: link

Wildlife Photography: Japanese Snow Monkeys

The snow monkeys from Joshin'etsukogen National Park in Japan are famous.

Famous for taking a bath in the hot springs while outside it is snowing. This should be a target for every ambitious nature and wildlife photographer.

Here a National Geographic documentary: link

Hasselblad: My evening with Marilyn...

Many iconic photographs have been taken using Hasselblad equipment. Now and in the past.

Douglas Kirkland took, in the 1960ties, pictures of Marilyn Monroe in intimate atmosphere.

Read the article at hasselblad.com

Underwater Videography: Anemonefish - Nature's Aquarium

"Anemonefish: Nature's Aquarium" DVD preview from Undersea Productions on Vimeo.

Black and White: Barn Photography

Barn Morning - Jeff Clow (500px)

Forgotten - George Cisko (500px)

White Farms - Stuart Deacon (500px)

Beach Rd Barn - Teal Photography (500px)

Canaan Barn - David Fronapfel (500px)

Travel Photography - Martin Engelmann " MITTELAMERIKA - Die letzte Prophezeiung der Maya"

Martin Engelmann's travel photography reports are very special and entertaining.


Currently he is working on a new project documenting the heritage of the Maya culture in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize.

After having seen his documentary on Angkor in Cambodia I am looking forward to this new multi-vision sessions which he will be touring with soon.

Hasselblad Mirrorless Medium Format: Testimonial

Cine Still Film - Motion Picture Film for Still Photography

CineStillFilm: "For the first time ever, motion picture cinema film is now available for standard 35mm still photography and processing!"

The film has special features such as ultra fine grain for maximum sharpness. It brings some of cinematographic glamour to your still photography.

I bought some of this film. For what occasion should I expose these rolls? - I am still indecisive. 

Further more I am waiting for the 120 medium format versions to come out. CineStill is still fundraising at indiegogo.com.

Scenic Places in Black and White - Golden Gate Bridge

Baker Beach - Arleta Rogozinska (500px)

The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is one of the most famous landmarks of the USA. A target of many tourists and travel photographers.

Shooting the Golden Gate Bridge in black and white opens up some interesting possibilities.

Black and white is well suited to picture the silhouette of this iconic man build landmark.

The special weather conditions in the area give rise to interesting light conditions or limited visibility sceneries with fog, clouds, and low available light.

Silver Gate - Dayne Reast (500px)

Not only light and weather conditions but also the geographical surroundings are very interesting.

Golden Gate Bridge -
Nathan Camarillo (500px)

There are thousands of opportunities to find the right spot for shooting a picture of this historical construction.

golden gate
bridge -
daprano84 (500px)

The Waves Above Us - Christopher Soukup (500px)

Influential Photographers: Scott Rinckenberger

Watch this portrait of Scott Rinckenberger. - Scott is an amazing landscape and adventure photographer. As an advocate for mirrorless Olympus OM-D - a camera well suited for mountaineering - he shows how famous adventure pictures are taken.

Some of his landscape shots are truly unique. Scott has a special sense for unique light conditions. Check out some of his fine art panorama shots in his portfolio: link

It's not only the landscape but also the exposure he finds.

Many of his landscape images are back lit. Such as these snowy mountain scenery with the trees and the sun hitting them from the back.

Or te image on the left. A mysterious landscape somewhere around Meteorite Peak in Alaska.

Underwater Videography - Banda Sea

Schooling hammerhead sharks captured on video by Nu Parnupong.

Black and White - Portrait Photography

*** - Evgeniy Savukov (500px)

selfie - Sam Brockway (500px)

Now You See Me... - Evgeny (500px)

Rain is fascinating - Lorenzo Murelli (500px)

A Touch of Class - Sham Jolimie (500px)

Expert Talk - Chase Jarvis on Strobe Sequences

Photographer Chase Jarvis and his crew explain how the strobe sequence of freestyle skiers was taken.

They elaborate on technical challenges they were facing when preparing for this series of sequence shots.
The main challenge is having a strobe system which is strong enough in order to have the reach to freeze the athlete in action and second to have a short enough recharging time in order to keep the sequence.

Texture - 5 Images by Dani Pfister

All Images by Dani Pfister published at 500px.com

Film Photography - Shoot Film!

Ted Forbes advocating for going out and shooting film...

Scenic Places - My To Do List (II)

This is my list of potentially interesting photo locations which I would like to visit for some shooting.

The list is not organised at all. Neither by subject, nor geographical location. - Just a collection of ideas.

Over time the list shall be enriched with more information - either out of my collection, or feedback from readers.

• Creux du Van
• Creux du Van is a natural rock formation in the Swiss Jura.
• How to get there: link

• Saut du Day

• Close to Vallorbe in the Swiss Jura the river Orbe bursts out of the limestone mountain.
• How to get there: link

• Cascades du Flumen

• The Cascades du Flumen are located in the Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura in France.
• How to get there: link

• Graffitti Bridge Lörrach
• Underneath the autobahn bridge in Lörrach, Germany a series of very artistic graffitti master pieces has been sprayed on to the concrete pillars of the bridge.
• The place is called the Bridge-Gallery: link
• How to get there: link

• Spreepark Berlin
• The Spreepark is an abandoned amusement park in Berlin.
• How to get there: link

• Angkor Wat fromt he air
• Angkor Wat in Kambodia is one of the most impressive archeological places on earth. The size of these temple architecture can best be seen when airborne. Using a drone could be an option, but how about getting on a microlight plane?
• An example: 360° aerial panorama
• How to get there: link

Influential Photographers - Pauline Dupont

Watch this short documentary on how Pauline Dupont thinks on film photography.
View the results at: link

Underwater Videography - Underwater lock shot collection

Underwater lock shot collection #1 from Eunjae Im on Vimeo.

Black and White - Schooling Fish Photography

Wade Hughes - Wade Hughes (500px)

Eagle Rays - uncovery (500px)
"No fish but still nice picture"

underground - JL Jamali (500px)

Got some fish b&w - Thomas Conrad (500px)

sardines vortex - Mathieu Foulquié (500px)

Expert Talk - Mark Thompson on Space Photography

Medium Format Film Cameras

On shootingfilm.net a post by Hkanh Hmoong features a series of famous medium format film cameras.

Only to mention two of the cameras presented on this blog there is the Rolleiflex 2.8F twin lens camera. It is a TLR (twin lens reflex system). A classic for portrait and action photography. The camera has been built in Germany right after world war II in 1949.

The second one to mention is the Mamiya RZ67. This is a medium format single lens reflex camera. The first model has been released in 1982 but the camera was built until later than 2004.

Urban Exploration - David de Rueda

Scenic Places - My To Do List (I)

This is my list of potentially interesting photo locations which I would like to visit for some shooting.

The list is not organised at all. Neither by subject, nor geographical location. - Just a collection of ideas.

Over time the list shall be enriched with more information - either out of my collection, or feedback from readers.

• Creux du Van
• Creux du Van is a natural rock formation in the Swiss Jura.
• How to get there: link

• Saut du Day

• Close to Vallorbe in the Swiss Jura the river Orbe bursts out of the limestone mountain.
• How to get there: link

• Cascades du Flumen

• The Cascades du Flumen are located in the Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura in France.
• How to get there: link

• Graffitti Bridge Lörrach
• Underneath the autobahn bridge in Lörrach, Germany a series of very artistic graffitti master pieces has been sprayed on to the concrete pillars of the bridge.
• The place is called the Bridge-Gallery: link
• How to get there: link

• Spreepark Berlin
• The Spreepark is an abandoned amusement park in Berlin.
• How to get there: link