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Technicolor donates archive to George Eastman Museum

March 28, 2010

Rainbow-Paint-Splatters

ROCHESTER, NY.- George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film announced a major gift to the museum — the historic archive of Technicolor dating from 1915 to 1974. The donation includes rare cameras, documents and drawings, photographs, printers and processing machines, corporate records, and other important materials that represent the history of Technicolor’s groundbreaking contributions to motion pictures. This collection joins the Eastman House’s current Technicolor holdings of early research papers, technology, and the world’s largest collection of Technicolor camera negatives, including The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind.

courtesy of: Art Knowledge News

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Call For Artists and Photographers (Center City Philadelphia)

March 25, 2010

Artists and Photographers are invited to submit work(s) to the “Black and White” open juried exhibition to be held April 4th to April 23rd, 2010 at the Plastic Club, 247 South Camac Street ( Between 12th and 13th, Locust and Spruce Sts.). You may submit one to two works that must not have any other color in them other than Black and White and shades of grey. Work will be taken in on Friday and Saturday, March 26th and 27th from 10 AM to 3 PM. Go to our web site plasticclub.org for the full prospectus. Click on “Exhibitions”.

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writing LMCC proposal or wasting time looking for something found

March 23, 2010

today i am trying to finish up a Lower Manhattan Culture Council application for a workspace. this is my first time application for anything of this kind. seems collage people take classes in this or are born with these qualities. for me it’s a big push, not in doing my artistic work,  just writing about it. glad i took those creative writing courses at the new school. i am sort of stymied at doing a resume, i don’t want a job, i’ve had too many of those. all i want out of this is a clean space to work.

so i needed to put together a cd of images and all the ones i selected are a few years old, lets dig through a HD and see what i can find, it’s always interesting.

indian female dancer

Parul Shah Dancer

these images are part of a commission work for the Parul Shah Dance company advertisement but are my outtakes. originally they had me shooting in a dance rehearsal studio way too small and ugly background, but ‘all we need are the images and we’ll photoshop the background out.’  OK

Parul Shah Dancers

but i think listening to me and doing these images in a more controled enviroment is better for the images, but hey what do i know

Parul Shah Dancers

these images are from  reshoot in my studio because my camera canon 20d at the time stopped working. it does that every once in a while oh well. so we did these the next day. but i can’t remember if they were happy with the other images or what but i got a couple for me.

female indian dancer

Parul Shah Dancer

odd that some people come through my life briefly and i never hear from them again while others keep in touch, life is that way.

jene

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Canon firmware update correction-standby for update to update

March 18, 2010

Canon 5D Mark II Firmware Update = 24p (UPDATED)

03.17.10 @ 12:00PM Tags : ,

This went live Monday, but unless you shot something yesterday, it shouldn’t matter that I’m a couple days late with this. Yes, the Canon 5d Mark II, a wonderful camera previously limited to shooting 30p video with automatic, terrible-sounding audio, is now many, many times more valuable thanks to a free firmware update live on Canon’s site. Kind of a big deal:

  1. Adds 24p and 25p.
  2. Adds a function for manually adjusting the sound recording level (64 levels).
  3. Adds a histogram display (brightness or RGB) for shooting movies in manual exposure.
  4. Adds shutter-priority AE mode (Tv) and aperture-priority AE (Av) mode to the exposure modes for shooting movies.
  5. Changes the audio sampling frequency from 44.1 KHz to 48 KHz.

UPDATE FROM CANON: Recently we have discovered a malfunction that occurs with Firmware Version 2.0.3, in which the manual recording levels for C1/C2/C3 are changed and the camera becomes unable to record audio if the power is turned off (or if Auto power off takes effect) after registering “Sound Recording: Manual” in the camera user settings.

We apologize very sincerely for the inconvenience, but we are going to stop making this firmware available for download. For customers who have already updated to the new firmware, when using the camera with the mode dial set to C1/C2/C3, please either set the sound recording settings to Auto.

We are currently preparing firmware that will correct this malfunction. As soon as those preparations have been completed, we will let you know on this Web site. In the meantime, we apologize for the inconvenience this represents, but please wait until the fixed firmware is ready.

Thanks noschool.com.

Wouldn’t you think canon would have a 5D Mll hanging around the tech support department to test firmware on before they release it? duh

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Long awaited 5D firmware update

March 16, 2010

well here it is at least a link to the canon web site with a download button and instructions for loading it into your camera. it first time i tried to do a firmware update on my 20D i just couldn’t get it. sometimes when i read something i just don’t understand what i read, but following these instructions step by step is pretty easy.

this page also tells you what the features are in the software for recording video and sound. looks like they have listened to some of the comments on the cinema 5d web site.

if i can do it so should other people.

jene

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two gallery openings last night

March 12, 2010

last night i made the effort to leave my safe warm house to attend two photography show openings. the first gallery was the Aperture Foundation Gallery and Bookstore opening of ‘Angry Black Snake’ by Michael Corridore which runs from 2/25/2010 thru 4/8/2010, 547 W 27th street, 4th floor, New York, NY 10001.

In the words of Aperture book publisher Lesley A. Martin, “Corridore’s project, Angry Black Snake, is an exercise in minimalism. Each image has been pared down to the barest of elements—urgent gestures and barely traceable figures cloaked in smoke and dust. Yet each image pulses with palpable emotional tension, telegraphed by these barest of representational sketches and the subtle shifting colors of the clouds that descend upon each scene like a flimsy curtain.”

but what i found really exciting at aperture  was the exhibit ‘ No Singing Allowed‘ Flamenco & Photography which runs 2/6/2010 thru 4/6/2010,  with prints supplied from collections from all over the world. Yes they have an accompanying book for sale. in the web page notes

Whether as social phenomenon or musical expression, flamenco has been of enduring interest and inspiration to photographers from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. While some photographers from outside of Spain went in search of it or encountered it by chance, to others flamenco and its practitioners are an essential, if not innate, aspect of their cultural heritage and their photographic work. This artistic form—also considered a way of life or being—has generated fascination in cultured urban circles, remaining one of the most secret, mysterious, and seductive manifestations of twentieth-century European popular art. Marginalized and ostracized, the world of flamenco took root in an economically backward region of southern Europe, culturally peripheral and marked by a history of authoritarianism and local despotisms. This exhibition of more than one hundred and fifty years of images, frequently taken by foreigners rather than Spaniards, is an extensive survey of how photographers of different eras have approached the universe of flamenco, whether documenting the dance itself, gestures that recall it, or the culture that is developed around it.

way cool was the best discovery of the night Wendy Paton’s work at Sous Les Etoies Gallery, 560 Broadway,#205, NY, NY 0012, 212 966 796, runs from 3/11/2010 thru 4/30/2010. her show is called Visages De Nuit consisting of a series of gelatin silver black & white candid night images that are intended to provoke compelling and mysterious emotions of uncertainly .

wendy paton

wendy paton

the gallery program says Wendy Paton ‘allows herself to disappear in order to let her subjects emerge from the night.’ ” my experience is that people act differently a night. they let their guard down.they become who they really are, or they transform themselves into someone,real or imagined,that the want to be. there are seemingly no restrictions at night. life seems to become more free flowing as opposed to how people tend to act in the light of day” she says.

but at the opening Wendy was the shining light with her red hair,  busy talking to everybody, it surely was her night and she looked lovely. good luck

jene

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Deborah Turbeville exhibit until March 20, 2010

March 10, 2010

Past Imperfect

if you’ve never seen this fashion editor turned photographers work i think you’ll be in for a treat by visiting this exhibit at Staley-Wise Galley located at 560 Broadway, suite 305, NY,NY 10012, 1 212 966 6223.

turberville 'Bath'

i was first introduced to her work by a deceased mentor who worked at B&H video who always had time to share stories of people he knew and had waited on during his long career. i miss him when i walk into the developing department. he always had time to share his knowledge.

jene

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What a busy day, march came in like a lion today

March 1, 2010

i had three art contest deadlines today.

one in france, The Prix de la Photographie Paris 2010 which i submitted a series called Man. last year i got an honorable mention in the 2009 contest and we are trying to go to europe again this summer. hoping to see the Caravaggio exhibit in Rome  Italy  at the Scuderie del Qurionale

nude male

man standing in a pool of light

nude male

shame

nude male

The Fall

nude male

repent

then another series submitted to the Xto Image Awards Calling all photographers and illustrators inspired by the human form to submit their work to the Xto Image Awards.  The final deadline is March 1, 2010.

Awards: $2000- Top Overall and $1000-Runner-Up; An exhibit in Los Angeles for the top two winners of each category.

The exhibit will be April 1-7, 2010 at the Robert Berman Gallery in Santa Monica, CA. The winners celebration will be held April 3, 2010, 7pm-10pm in conjunction with MOPLA.

i submitted a female series for this one.

female nude

Awaking

nude female

nude female

nude female

eyes wide open

now for the third contest  i submitted  the females from above to The Silicon Gallery Fine Art Prints Ltd.

boy that was some work day which i don’t usually put myself through because i try to submit long before the deadlines, but somehow things got away from me this year. hope this isn’t a harbinger of the year to come.

i’d be happy with any of these associations because looking at past winners  i’d be in some pretty good company. tomorrow i have to pack up my Ascending print and send it off to C4fap.

woohoo the day is done .

jene

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new york art week

March 1, 2010

the first week in march here in the city is full of art events starting with the huge armory show right down to the smallest gallery events. how does one manage to see it all, beats me. i’ve never been able to stay on my feet that long and trudging through the crowds just rattles my nerves.

but mary and i manage to give it the old school try untill our feet give out. we start at the armory show then plan our way from there, usually it’s home because that show is so large. we always go to red dot particular to see other smaller galleries and friends. but this year the list of events is so large we will need to pick and chose what we can fit in given our time frame.

see the list below of events or go to Artcards NY for more detailed information including maps etc:

The Armory Show
Piers 92 & 94, Twelfth Avenue at 55th Street
Wednesday, March 3, 5pm Vernissage
Thursday, March 4 – Saturday, March 6, noon-8pm; Sunday, March 7, noon-7pm   $30 (students $10)

ADAA Art Show at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue at 67th Street
Tuesday, March 2, 5:30-9:30pm Gala Preview ($150)
Wednesday, March 3-Saturday, March 6, noon-8pm; Sunday, March 7, noon-6pm  $20

Dutch Art Now
The National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South
Wednesday, March 3 – Sunday, March 7, 11am-5pm; March 8-14, call ahead   Free

Fountain New York
Pier 66 at 26th Street and West Side Highway in Hudson River Park
March 4-7, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 11am-7pm VIP Preview benefiting the Museum of Arts & Design ($20)
Friday, March 5 – Sunday, March 7, 11am-7pm
Friday, March 5, 7pm–midnight Public Reception
Saturday, March 6, 7pm-midnight Artlog Live   $10

Independent
548 West 22nd Street
Thursday, March 4, 4-9pm Opening Reception
Friday, March 5 – Saturday, March 6, 11am-8pm; Sunday, March 7, noon-4pm   Free

Korean Art Show at la.venue
608 West 28th Street, between 11th and 12th Avenues
Tuesday, March 2, 3pm Preview, 6pm Reception
Wednesday, March 3 – Sunday, March 7, 11am-7pm; Thursday, March 4, 11am-8pm   Free

PooL
Gershwin Hotel, 27th Street and 5th Avenue
Friday, March 5, 6-10pm Vernissage ($20)
Friday, March 5 – Sunday, March 7, 3-10pm   $10

Pulse
330 West Street (corner of West Side Highway @ West Houston)
Thurdsay, March 4, 9am-noon VIP Preview
Thursday, March 4 – Saturday, March 6, noon-8pm; Sunday, March 7, noon-5pm    $20 (students $15)

Red Dot
Skyline Studios, 500 West 36th Street at 10th Avenue
Thursday, March 4, 6-9pm Benefit Reception
Thursday, March 4, noon-6pm; Friday, March 5 – Saturday, March 6, 11am-8pm; Sunday, March 7, 11am-6pm
$10

Scope New York
Pavilion at Lincoln Center Damrosch Park, 62nd Street andamsterdam Avenue
Wednesday, March 3, 3-9pm VIP FirstView ($100)
Thursday, March 4 – Saturday, March 6, noon-8pm; Sunday, March 7, noon-7pm   $20 (students $10)

Verge New York 2010
The Dylan Hotel, 52 East 41st Street (Between Madison and Park Avenues)
Thursday, March 4, noon-6pm Professional Preview, 6pm-10pm Opening Reception
Friday, March 5 – Saturday, March 6, noon-8pm; Sunday, March 7, noon-6pm    $10 (students $5)

VOLTANY
7 West 34th Street (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues)
Thursday, March 4, noon-2pm VIP Preview
Thursday, March 4, 2-8pm; Friday, March 5 – Sunday, March 7, 11am-7pm   $15

jene youtt

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letter reply from Canon CEO & President Mr. Adachi, 5D MK II

February 23, 2010

Your recent letter to Mr. Adachi has been forwarded to my attention for reply. I sincerely appreciate your concerns and would like to apologize for any misunderstanding you may have encountered during your visit at the 2009 Photo Expo.

The EOS 5D MK II is the first and foremost a still image camera, and offers the ability to make high quality video clips. Unfortunately, HDMI output at 1920 X 1080 is not possible as the camera is not capable of handling the massive amounts of data written to the card, and output an HD signal via the HDMI port at the same time. This is why Live View is limited to 640 X 480 resolution.

The firmware update you are referred to in your letter, is intended to be released sometime during the first half of 2010. There was no release scheduled for January. When the update is released, we will see what frame rates the firmware offers.

As for the other features you mentioned as being absent from the EOS 5D MK II, they may be considered for a future product.

I hope this information is helpful to you and once again appreciate your interest in Canon.

Miichael Schimmel
Customer Relations.

This is what happens when one sits down and actually writes a letter  to a company. this is how companies do business via written letters. what with all this tweeting, emails and blogging just communicating the old fashion ways still works.

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