Every traffic cop should get dancing lessons from Tony Lepore. -Brian Storm Dancing Cop, still traffic jamming at 64 by the Boston Globe on YouTube. See other videos that we think are Worth Watching.
The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund extends an open invitation to attend the ceremony for the 33rd Annual W. Eugene Smith Grant in the Humanistic Photography and Howard Chapnick Grant for the Advancement of Photojournalism. W. Eugene Smith Grant Ceremony October 17, 2012 Doors 6:30 pm | Event 7:00 pm Reception will follow Free admission, limited seating The School of Visual Arts Theatre 333 West 23rd St. New York, NY 10011 The program will include presentations of photo essays by this year's grant and fellowship recipients and finalists, a unique tribute to the work of W. Eugene Smith, a special keynote speech, and the announcement and presentation of the 2012 jurors' discretionary grant, the 2012 Howard Chapnick grant, and the 2012 W. Eugene Smith Grant. About The Grant The W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography is presented annually to photographers whose work is judged by a panel of experts to be…
This is what happens when you give extremely talented visual storytellers the time to make something special. - Brian Storm Columbia River: Great River of the West from Oregonian News on Vimeo. To see more videos and learn more about the project at ORne.ws/columbiariver. See other videos that we think are Worth Watching.
It's time to pull together the best of your images for entry in the annual College Photographer of the Year competition. There are important changes in the portfolio and multimedia categories this year as well as the addition of two new interpretive categories. Entry fee: Free, courtesy of Nikon Inc. Deadline: Oct. 7, 2012, 11:59 pm CST Apply: entry.cpoy.org This year's awards include a Nikon Digital SLR camera set, an internship at National Geographic Magazine, National Press Photographers Foundation scholarships, and post-production collaboration with MediaStorm, among others. Judging will be Nov. 8-15 on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. You are invited to attend, or, watch the judging sessions via either screencast on the CPOY website or on iTunes starting Nov. 8th. Fore more information email info@cpoy.org. Learn more and apply at entry.cpoy.org.
Rick Robinson, division vice president of marketing for Vision Research opened the last session of the conference with a stunning video by Variable shot using high speed imagery. He said there is an "undeniable appeal of high speed imagery." The high-speed cameras that Vision Research makes can shoot up to 1.4 million frames per second. Earlier this year they released a small 2500 fps camera for about $40,000. Up until that time their cameras cost a minimum of $125,000. High speed photography is often used in science and engineering, functioning like a "time microscope." But high speed photography has an important place in photography as an art as well. He pointed out the emotional response that people have to images played back in slow motion. "When you see it in slow motion you see it again for the very first time," he said. Check out some other stunning videos that use high…