Jazz Age Beauties

By Scott Lewis on October 2, 2012

Jazz Age Beauties

“Jazz Age Beauties: The Lost Collection of Ziegfeld Photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston” is a book I stumbled across on Amazon a while back. Its shows the private collection of New York photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston (known as “Cheney” to his friends and associates). Born April 1885 Cheney was best known for his portraits of Ziegfeld Follies showgirls and actors and actresses of the 1920s and 1930s

Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Universe (October 17, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0789313812
ISBN-13: 978-0789313812

Warning the following post contains mild female nudity

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Félix Nadar

By Scott Lewis on October 1, 2012

Nadar

There is a photographer that has fascinated me for years “Félix Nadar”. Félix Nadar was the pseudonym of ”Gaspard-Félix Tournachon” born in April 1820 in Paris and died in March 1910. Nadar was a photographer, and a friend of the painters, writers, and intellectuals in Paris during the time of Napoleon III. As an early pioneer of portrait photography he developed lighting concepts that are the basis studio work today. Earlier this year we were in Avignon and stumbled across a museum with an exhibit of over 100 of his photos, you can’t imagine how ecstatic I was to actually see his work up close ….

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Photokina 2012 Part 1

By Scott Lewis on September 22, 2012

Intro

Unfortunately I only got to spend 1 day at photograph this year but what a day…. I had several stands on my visit list and managed to get to them all and pick up a few cool toys for the studio at the same time.

Sony and Hasselbald

The big news this year would have to be the Hasselbald Luna. The prototypes that we got to play with are based on the Sony NEX 7, but with custom hand made body. It sits very nicely in the hand (even with my big sausage fingers). It will be custom hand made to order in a variety of finished but at approximately 5000€ its not in my price category.

Picture Gallery

Photokina 2012 Part 1

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This entry is filed under Internet life, Photo trip, Review and tagged 2012, Bowens, Germany, Hasselbald, Leica, Luna, NEX 6, Photography, Photokina, Photostudio, Review, Samyang 8mm, Sigma 19mm 2.8 EX DN, Sigma 30mm 2.8 EX DN, Sony, Sony 16-50 3.5-5.6 OSS pancake zoom, Sony 50mm 1.8. | 1 Comment

JJC MSA-10 ISO Hot Shoe Adapter For Sony Nex Cameras.

By Scott Lewis on September 21, 2012

Intro and Description

JJC MSA-10 is a hot shoe adapter designed for use with the Sony NEX cameras inbuilt Smart Accessory Terminal. This adapter enable users to attach any wireless trigger system or flash unit onto the SONY NEX. The hotshoe mount is designed to fire your flashes with a radio trigger attached. While it is possible to attach a flash unit directly onto the hotshoe, it is not recommended as the weight of the flash may not be fully supported by the mount. We tested it on a NEX 5 and a NEX C3.

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Lens Loops

By Scott Lewis on December 15, 2011

This is the first product review on my new site :). Vadim from Lens Loops sent me a few samples of their cool new designed camera strap.

INTRO

Lens Loops is an American start up company, their first product is a camera strap using car seatbelt webbing. It has a retro look to it and comes in several different colours and an XL version.

DESCRIPTION

Made from high quality automotive seat-belt webbing, 5.1 cm (2 inchs) wide
Camera Connector designed to prevent accidental disconnects.
No seams, folds, or hardware on the inside surface to get snagged on clothing.
There is no bulky shoulder pad to slide out of position or get in your way.
Hardware made from top-quality steel, with attractive, industrial-grade finishes.
Rolls up compactly for storage in a camera bag.
XL version is 45.7 cm (18 inches) longer than the standard version.

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