If you’re looking for a way to do ultra-fast photo backups on-the-go — and you have deep wallets — Samsung has announced a new portable solid state drive (SSD) for you. The new Samsung X5 is the fastest portable drive on the market, boasting a max write speed of a whopping 2.3 gigabytes per second. The X5 features Thunderbolt 3 (which, at 40Gbps, is 4 times faster than USB 3.1) and NVMe technology, the first NVMe-based SSD drive by Samsung. “Whether editing 4K videos, creating real-time 3D rendering images or compiling high-resolution photos, consumers want fast and convenient ways to store and transfer their data,” Samsung says. “Samsung’s X5 delivers maximized performance levels for professionals working with heavy multimedia files.” In addition to the 2,300MB/s maximum write speed, the X5 has a read speed of up to 2,800MB/s, which is 5.2 times faster than SATA SSDs and 25.5 times faster than traditional external hard drives. The X5’s write speed is so fast that you’re able to store a 20GB 4K UHD video on it in just 12 seconds. Design-wise, the sleek X5 has a full-metal body, a glossy finish, and a non-slip mat on the bottom. Inside a shock-resistant frame that allows the SSD to survive drops of up to 6.6 feet (2m). There are also mechanical features inside that prevent overheating. To protect your data, Samsung offers its Samsung Portable SSD Software, which uses AES 256-bit hardware data encryption and optional password protection. All this speed and sleekness comes at a significant price: the 500GB version will set you back $400, the 1TB model costs $700, and you’ll need to pay a hefty $1,400 if you’d like the top-tier 2TB model. The X5 will hit store shelves on September 3rd, 2018. from https://petapixel.com/2018/08/30/samsungs-x5-portable-ssd-has-the-fastest-write-speed-of-2-3gb-s/
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I don’t deserve to be writing this because there are more capable people who can speak more eloquently than I can that can deliver this message to you. This is exact thought that went through my head as I was writing this blog post because I’m not the best writer. It took 10 minutes just to figure out to start and I often make mistakes even after proofreading. I try twice as hard to convey my thoughts, so why should you be reading this? In simple terms, an effect of impostor syndrome is when no matter how good your work actually is, you will always feel like you don’t deserve the praise and accomplishments that come your way. You will doubt yourself for everything you put out. In some people, it’s such a serious issue that it prevents them from progressing forward at all. Some people have even left the industry over it because they never got over feeling like they weren’t good enough. It’s a illogical sense of insecurity that has no real basis behind it. What makes it even worse is that most people often suffer in silence, only coming out in private to specific individuals. I know people close to me in my life that feel this way and it brings them to a point of extreme stress. They feel like frauds no matter how talented they are. They feel other people are just as skilled and they don’t deserve what they’ve received. It gets even worse when they become more noticed than others, it can even lead to breakdowns and outright conflict with themselves. Watching platforms like Instagram Stories can lead to the frustration of it. To put it in photography terms, seeing the final edit of someone’s life doesn’t give you an insight into all the non-selects. The loophole is that no matter what feedback they hear about their work, it doesn’t help. Positive feedback goes on deaf ears and negative feedback affirms the doubts in their heads. If you’ve had similar thoughts with your own work, then you might have impostor syndrome. The main thing we can do is talk about it. And that is exactly why I am here to talk about it. Even though I suffer from it as well and stop myself from putting myself out there as much as I know I can, I want to open up this dialogue to let you know that you don’t have to feel this way alone. You deserve the praise your work gets, and that the voice of doubt is not based in actual fact. Online TrollsThis also leads me to theory I have about people who go out of their way to really bring others down online. It’s inverse impostor syndrome. In essence, if their work isn’t getting the praise they think it deserves, no one else should receive it either and they will go out of their way to tear them down. This vile behavior is especially dangerous to people who suffer with impostor syndrome as it weakens their morale and feeds the illogical mind even further. It’s NormalIf this article summed up what you’ve been feeling, please know it’s completely normal. Now that you’ve identified this, I want you to talk to other creatives about this and see who else feels this way. Take the first step and be the change you want to see in yourself and others. Let’s open the dialogue so we can all feel a little more comfortable being in a space where sharing our work and accolades can feel positive by just knowing we’re not alone. (via Retouchist) About the author: Pratik Naik is a photo retoucher specializing in commercial and editorial work. To see his work, head over to his website or give him a follow on Instagram and Facebook. Image credits: Header photo by Justin Main, and photos photo by Brooke Lark from https://petapixel.com/2018/08/30/impostor-syndrome-might-be-where-your-self-doubt-comes-from/ Star stacking is a popular technique astro-photographers use to create photos and time-lapses of star trails. But what do you get when a lightning storm is also in the frame? Maui-based photographer Joe Domrad created a mesmerizing time-lapse that will show you. Hereâs the 16-second video: Domrad was shooting with an exposure time of around 12 seconds and captured about 500 photos for this time-lapse. The dotted lines you see streaking across the frame are the blinking lights on airplanes. And at a certain point in the video it looks like bioluminescent plankton is causing a blue glow in the water, but Domrad says those glows were simply the result of âboring old car headlightsâ shining into the scene. from https://petapixel.com/2018/08/30/a-star-stack-timelapse-of-a-lightning-storm-in-hawaii/
The MiNT team has recently shared with us a quick and easy project for instant photography fans, particularly those who are fond of shooting with Polaroid films. Aside from emulsion lifts, transfers, collages, or simply hanging them up or taping them on your wall, why not try making Polaroid transparencies?
from https://www.thephoblographer.com/2018/08/30/polaroid-transparencies-crafty-instant-photos/ As the wedding photography industry gets more and more saturated with competition, some photographers may switch over into different niches that aren’t as hot. Here’s a 1.5-minute video that offers a glimpse into the work of Tom Byrd, a professional divorce photographer. “For a lot of people, the day their divorce is finalized is the new happiest day of their life,” Byrd says in the Comedy Central “Mini-Mock” (wink wink). “I encourage people to get personal, vulnerable.” Byrd says he sometimes takes the couple back to the location of their first big fight to rekindle “that energy.” And instead of shooting a wedding party, Byrd’s subjects are often happy divorce lawyers. from https://petapixel.com/2018/08/30/this-guy-is-a-professional-divorce-photographer/ About a year after announcing the OneStep 2 Polaroid instant camera, Polaroid Originals (the company formerly known as The Impossible Project) has announced the new OneStep+. This latest i-Type camera is an improvement on the OneStep 2, adding Bluetooth and several other feature upgrades. The new connectivity of the OneStep+ allows the camera to be paired with the Polaroid Originals app (free for iOS and Android) on a smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth. Once linked, you’ll be able to trigger the shutter remotely, adjust manual settings, do creative photos (e.g. light painting and double exposures), and have the camera be triggered by noise. And while the original OneStep 2 came with a single lens, the OneStep+ now comes with two different lenses: one for shooting portraits and one for shooting landscapes. You’ll be able to switch between the two lenses using a slide toggle on the top of the camera. Other features of the camera include a higher-capacity battery that’s recharged through a microUSB slot, a powerful built-in flash, and a viewfinder. The Polaroid Originals OneStep+ is available now through the company’s online store for $160. i-Type film packs are $16 and up for 8 exposures. from https://petapixel.com/2018/08/30/polaroid-originals-onestep-adds-bluetooth-and-other-upgrades/ I’ve always had bad luck with portable hard drives. Over the years I have had failures with several brands and models, so nowadays I have almost everything in the cloud for more security. The last time this happened was a couple of months ago: one of my backup hard drives became corrupt, I took it to the tech and they gave me a very high quote that at the moment I could not afford to pay. As a photographer I’m not a very good computer technician, I do not know much about recovery software but a friend who is quite geeky suggested that I run a program called Wondershare Data Recovery on my other backup discs to see if I could rescue some of those same files that they were previously stored there before being transferred to the disk that was damaged. So, for several days, I ran the program on all my hard drives, memory cards, even on the hard drive of my laptop. Many files were recovered but I soon realized that unfortunately most of them would not work for me since they were glitched — a mistake of interpretation and representation of digital data quite common in videos, audio, and photographs. I carefully checked the almost eight thousand raw files. They were messy, with mixed names. I noticed the presence of the typical glitch: intense colors of pink, orange, blue, green, very saturated and textures with lines and stripes, images combined with photos from other shoots. I was very sad, at that moment my desire was to throw everything away. I still hoped to be able to rescue at least two or three photos of each photo session. Suddenly this image hit me. It had the glitch but I saw it calmly and I thought it was not quite ugly. It had a strange aesthetic, it looked like the banner of a DJ or some electronic music party. I definitely liked it and decided to look calmly at the photos that had the same effect and separate the ones I liked the most in a separate folder. So I put together a little more than 400 photos. I am mainly a portrait photographer, so the images that I liked the most were the faces of beautiful models with that strange random digital look. I liked the idea that in the same photo faces of two or even more models were combined that have nothing to do with each other, they don’t even know each other and were originally photographed on completely different dates, but in the end they look a bit similar in expression and intention. I ended with approximately 100 images that, when viewed as a series, I find quite interesting, with an aesthetic very different from what I have always done as a photographer. In my work I always use desaturated colors and dark themes. These Glitch images propose much more vibrant and intense colors, and a kind of futuristic techno feel that is very fun and refreshing. I really do not know if I have any merit in making a series like this, because the effects and the finish is the product of a poor process of digital recovery. But I can recognize myself not to have allowed the frustration and sadness of losing my files made me throw everything away, and be able to create an interesting series within all that chaos. Finally, while most of the photos in the series are directly the result of the recovery, in some of them I made a collage or combined with others that were not as interesting. I am happy with the result and the models loved them! People have liked it and have even suggested that I make an exhibition with them narrating this experience. I imagine they will look amazing printed on metallic paper! I feel fortunate and above all, I am encouraged to think that when problems like this occur, not everything is lost. The next time you mess up your hard drive, remember that there can be amazing photos with glitches in there! About the author: Eduardo Gómez is a photographer based in Mexico City. The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author. You can find more of his work on his website, Facebook, and Instagram. from https://petapixel.com/2018/08/30/lucky-accidents-viewing-corrupted-jpeg-photos-in-a-new-light/
Colors often play a big part in fashion photography, and the work of Los Angeles-based Derrick Freske is dripping with them. In fact, his images are brimming with colors that bring both a youthful energy and a hypnotic vibe to his chosen genre. However, this wasn't always how his photography looked, and it took him a while to realize that this vibrant style fit both his personality and creative vision the most. He may only be five years into his career, but he has already worked with a number of big clients -- Aeropostale, Bershka, Chevrolet, Gap, Hollywood Records, and Under Armour, to name a few.
from https://www.thephoblographer.com/2018/08/30/derrick-freske-fashion-photography/
Only a couple of years ago a high-end monitor with a built-in calibration and profile system which was also capable of displaying the entire Adobe RGB (1998) gamut cost serious money. And then BenQ upended that game with the SW series monitors. If you are in the market for a high-performance monitor, performance wise the BenQ SW models are right up there with the Eizo ColorEdge and NEC PA monitors but cost substantially less.
from https://www.thephoblographer.com/2018/08/30/review-benq-sw240-monitor-for-photographers/
If you're seeking inspiration for surreal and emotive imagery, the works of Finland-based Mikko Lagerstedt will certainly do the trick for you. The self-taught fine art photographer has made it his mission to capture the emotion of places through photography. By combining digital photography and photo manipulation, he blends certain elements to take viewers to places that rouse the imagination.
from https://www.thephoblographer.com/2018/08/30/traversing-tranquil-dreamworlds-mikko-lagerstedt/ |
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