It looks like the VC’s that bought into the Orient Express that was Digital Railroad have a bit of a problem on their hands, snapped in half by the mousetrap spring they didn’t see coming to crush them. In an effort to stem the burn-rate of what rose at points to be $800k a month, … Read more
This, the November 3rd issue of Time Magazine, has on its cover a Diebold voting machine, shot on a white seamless. Or, was it?(Continued after the Jump)It looks like it wasn’t. Here’s the first issue – the two adjusting clips on each leg do not form a cross-bar, yet the “shadow” that was laid down … Read more
Yes, let’s call it what it is. Corbis, not content with taking 50% of a stock sale for housing images on it’s servers, has decided that that’s not enough, and they now want another 10%. What with Bill Gates having retired from Microsoft, he’s likely paying more attention to his other daliances, and now his … Read more
Photographer Tim Mantoani is working on a labor of love – Behind The Photographs. A an auspicious project documenting the photographers behind well known photographs, along with the photographs themselves. He writes on his blog about them here – and we had a chance to catch up with him while he was inbetween portraits during … Read more
The final day of PhotoPlus Expo 2008 brings interesting information from ImageSpan, and more from the newcomer on the Pro SLR block – Sony.Video archived — restoration pending.(Comments, if any, after the Jump)Please post your comments by clicking the link below. If you’ve got questions, please pose them in our Photo Business Forum Flickr Group … Read more
Day 2 brings several other interviews, including a chat with Contact Press Images Founder David Burnett, Christina Mittermeier and Sony’s new camera, Grover Sanschagrin of PhotoShelter with some amazing new technology, and Quest Couch of Lumiquest with a neat flash adapter.Video archived — restoration pending.(Comments, if any, after the Jump)Please post your comments by clicking … Read more
So you’re probably asking yourself – What’s that photo of? Sadly, that’s my laptop bag, containing one 17″ Apple laptop, and one Macbook Air – my backup laptop. Why, pray tell, is it sitting in the middle of the sidewalk on 34th Street, next to a construction site and FedEx? Because that’s where it fell … Read more
Day 1 of the PhotoPlus Expo in New York City, featuring interviews with Vincent Laforet, Brad Mangin, and equipment insights about the new Hensel Porty. Have a look.Video archived — restoration pending.(Comments, if any, after the Jump)Please post your comments by clicking the link below. If you’ve got questions, please pose them in our Photo … Read more
Do you feel bad when you see a crook who just held up a little old lady at gunpoint and shot her, while fleeing, gunned down by an off-duty police officer? “Gosh, that man shouldn’t have been shot….”. No, of course not. (ok, well, maybe just a little). Instead, most people would say the crook … Read more
So today is “Day 0” of PhotoPlus Expo. It’s Press Preview Day, and we took some time out Wednesday night to check in with a few folks at the reception. Here’s a look.Video archived — restoration pending.(Comments, if any, after the Jump)Please post your comments by clicking the link below. If you’ve got questions, please … Read more
