Access FREE tips and exclusive content with new Photography and Video Show podcast

Jun 8, 2023 By Admin in Photography

If you’re a podcast person and you just happen to love photography tutorials, you’ll love the brand new series of podcasts from The Photography and Video Show. Every Thursday of the month there will be a new session offering the hottest news from the photography and video world, exclusive interviews with industry experts plus a range of tips and tricks that will help you become a better photographer.

The Photography and Video Show is Europe’s largest show dedicated to photographic equipment, content creation, photo printing, and creating a successful photo or video business. Each year, thousands of people flock to the NEC in Birmingham not only to bag a bargain with a special show process but to take part in masterclasses led by professional photographers, attend talks from successful industry people, and get stuck in with hands-on workshops where you can have a go at flash photography, posing a model or even shooting action sports.

• Check out thre very best mirrorless cameras to suit a range of budgets and requirements from Canon, Nikon, Sony and more!

Even though the Photography Show is only on for four days a year, visitors will now have access to high-class, quality content all year round thanks to this new series of podcasts which has just launched. They’ll cover everything from exciting new camera launches, to exclusive chats with world-class photographers plus tips and tricks to get the most out of your photography.

Episode one is off to a great start with host David McClelland and DCW’s very own editor James Artaius co-hosting, the pair deep dive into a discussion about the recently launched Nikon Z8 and the Canon EOS R100.

Royal photographer Hugo Bernand also makes a guest appearance on the show to talk about how it felt to take the first official photos of King Charles III and why it made him fall back in love with medium format cameras, particularly the Fujifilm GFX 100S.

Each podcast will cover a broad range of topics so there really is something for everyone no matter whether you’re a tech nerd and love hearing about the latest technological advances or if like me you love hearing about the story behind their image and the passion that keeps photographers pushing forward, even on the hard days.

To tune in, head to the Photography and Video Show website on the first Thursday of every month to be one of the first to access the latest highlights news and discussions on everything cameras, photography, and videography.

Why not also check out the best cameras for video if you’re more into filmmaking than photography

ECOVACS Adds Major Mopping Innovations to Its Newest DEEBOT T20 OMNI

Jun 8, 2023 By Admin in Design

Can we ask you something personal? How often do you clean your floors? If you’re like us, busy and stretched thin, probably not as often as you’d like. Wayward pieces of popcorn, strands of hair, stains from spills past and forgotten, with a community of dust bunnies peeking out from underneath the sofa – they are all remnants and reminders of responsibilities deferred till “tomorrow.” But we understand – cleaning can be a tedious task, especially within homes with a mix of floor surfaces, requiring switching between vacuuming and mopping. Thankfully, autonomous cleaning technologies designed to relieve the burden of everyday chores have continued to improve to the point where there is a strong argument that every home should have a bit of robotic help around the house.

This is where the state-of-the-art ECOVACS DEEBOT T20 OMNI presents a very compelling solution: a 4-stage autonomous cleaning system equipped to solve the either/or dilemma of cleaning both hard and soft surfaces. Equipped with a flexible vacuum and mop hybrid system, complete with integrated hot water mop and drying, the DEEBOT T20 OMNI distinguishes itself from other robot vacuum cleaners by offering an unmatched degree of cleaning capabilities without compromise, cleaning and emptying dry or wet debris automatically.

The fully sealed style OMNI base station is where dust and allergens are automatically emptied into and also where the unit self-washes with hot water for maintenance-free cleaning for more than 60 days at a time.

The promise of a cleaner home done faster – and better – than other robot vacuums is made possible by ECOVACS’s OZMO Turbo 2.0 mopping system, a hot water mop washing technology engineered to automatically detect grime while gliding across hard surfaces, applying a water heated pressure wash at 131°F to easily remove stains and loosen debris. A pair of spinning mop heads rotate 180 times per minute to make floors sparkle before concluding with a blow of hot air, speeding up drying for near instantaneous results.

Front facing photo of DEEBOT T20 Omni robot vacuum revealing its array of navigation sensors/cameras.

Regardless of your home’s decor and furnishing, the T20 OMNI is ready to confidently negotiate any floor plan using the same LiDAR-based technology that helps self-driving cars navigate city streets.

Imagine sending out the DEEBOT T20 OMNI for one last clean sweep on days when you have guests coming over. Or scheduling the vac every morning after you leave for work, ensuring you return to a home that is cleaner than when you left. Instead of worrying about wet footprints or slips and slides, you can trust that your floors will be dry and safe for kids, pets, and everyone else at home.

In addition to these standout features, the DEEBOT T20 Omni robotic vacuum excels in everyday vacuuming duties with its intelligent mapping system. An array of sensors allows for efficient and thorough cleaning, effortlessly navigating through normal furnishings and everyday objects within the home, and capable of getting to those hard-to-reach nooks and crannies most robot vacuums skip over.

The vacuum’s powerful category-leading 6000Pa suction power suction, aided by a new rubber brush with spiraling blades, ensures that every speck of dirt is grabbed, leaving no trace behind. Most importantly, the DEEBOT T20 Omni’s strength is its adaptability and versatility, equipped with sensors that can automatically detect whether your floors require vacuum-only cleaning, mop-only cleaning, vacuuming while mopping, or vacuuming first before mopping.

Robot vacuum cleaning hardwood floor and navigating toward gray low tuft rug underneath a bed.

ECOVACS designed the DEEBOT T20 Omni to be fully compatible with smart home systems, allowing you to control and schedule cleaning sessions with ease using Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri Shortcuts or by calling out, “OK YIKO” with the ECOVACS app.

The DEEBOT T20 Omni is a shining example of how the smart home has advanced to a degree where robotic technologies no longer exist as speculative “in the future” promises, but are now genuinely making the most mundane of everyday duties less burdensome, and adapting to how you live instead of requiring you to adapt to the technology you’ve invited into your home. To learn more about the ECOVACS DEEBOT T20 OMNI and all of ECOVACS robot vacuums, visit meetdeebot.com and ecovacs.com.

Gregory Han is the Managing Editor of Design Milk. A Los Angeles native with a profound love and curiosity for design, hiking, tide pools, and road trips, a selection of his adventures and musings can be found at gregoryhan.com.

Around Baton Rouge: Markets, a drag brunch and a sunset paddle

Jun 8, 2023 By Admin in Printmaking

FRIDAY

Vermeer film proves that people really do want to watch art in cinemas

Jun 8, 2023 By Admin in Art World News

“We certainly didn’t predict this,” says the award-winning film-maker Phil Grabsky. “Clearly, we have provided something that people are very excited about. The stars have all aligned.”

Grabsky—who, a decade ago, established Exhibition on Screen, a series of documentaries about art and artists based around exhibitions—is talking about his recent film Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition, which has broken the company’s box-office record since its cinema release in the UK on 18 April. At the time of writing, the film’s takings are reported at just over £818,000, from screenings in around 300 cinemas, an excellent result for a film that is essentially a supercharged guided tour of an art gallery.

We do not say, ‘you do not need to go to the shows anymore.’ The idea is to do both

Phil Grabsky, film-maker

It helps, of course, that the art gallery in question is the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and that the subject of the film—the universally acclaimed assembly of 28 of the 37 known works by the 17th-century Dutch Old Master painter—sold out almost immediately. Like the touring “event films” released by London’s National Theatre or New York’s Metropolitan Opera, this allows those unable to attend a major cultural event—the vast majority of the potential audience—the ability to experience it. Grabsky is aware that there will always be suggestions that films somehow devalue the art. “We do not say, ‘you do not need to go to the shows anymore.’ The idea is to do both.”

The Exhibition on Screen films offer added value, with curators, researchers and critics talking on camera and interpolating contextual detail including artists’ biographical information, readings from letters and the like. Grabsky—who has shared the majority of directing duties with artist and film-maker David Bickerstaff—has overseen a simple, elegant style, strong on clarity and watchability involving lingering close-ups of the work and intelligent, but not opaque, critique of the work.

The series now runs to 34 films, with titles ranging from the blockbuster (Leonardo: The Works and I, Claude Monet) to the less obvious (The Danish Collector: Delacroix to Gauguin, about pioneering Impressionist collector Wilhelm Hansen). With a “season” of four to five offerings per year, not all the films do as well as Vermeer, and Grabsky is upfront about the business side of it. “I have worked at the cutting edge of film-making for 40 years, and getting any film about art made is really tough. There are some films that we take risks on, there are some that felt like they were going to do slightly better than they did. The great thing about Vermeer is that it allows us to take more risks with future productions.”

Filming *Tokyo Stories*, about 400 years of artists based in the city Photo: David Bickerstaff; © Exhibition On Screen

Grabsky says the series is “largely self-funded”, with each film costing around £250,000 to make. In the UK, broadcast TV has largely given up on shows about art, he says. But he is hopeful that, now the film catalogue is pretty sizeable, he can make a deal with a streaming company. “My hope is someone like Netflix will come along and say, ‘we want to talk to an older, more cultured audience’.”

A handsome record

In terms of the actual subjects, Grabsky is keen to point out that he does not operate as a marketing arm for galleries—they do not pay to be included, nor do they get final cut—but, he says, they are enthusiastic to participate as, on top of everything else, they get a handsome record of their exhibition. He also points out that many of their films are not walk-throughs of a specific exhibition. The recent release Tokyo Stories is a case in point: “It is sparked by the Ashmolean’s Tokyo show [Tokyo: Art & Photography, 2021] but it is also an opportunity to make a film about 400 years of Tokyo-based artists looking at their city.”

Grabsky says he is currently working on a film about Klimt’s painting The Kiss (1907-08). “It won’t do as well, but we want it in the catalogue as we have never done anything about the whole Secession period,” he says. “I always come back to this: it is all about storytelling. We are driven by our own interests, by what we think the audience is interested in—and what we can make them interested in.”

Coral Dreams: My Miniature Paper Automata Sculpture Of A Flying Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (4 Pics)

Jun 8, 2023 By Admin in Sculpture

This is a miniature paper automata sculpture of a Ruby-throated hummingbird hovering over coral honeysuckle flowers. This automata sculpture is inspired by avian life and it shows the mystical wing motion of a flying hummingbird through a simple yet intricate crank and shaft mechanism. I want the audience to rediscover their love of nature through these tiny automata.

Natural Visions Exhibit at AHACC features work by Jill Jensen

Jun 8, 2023 By Admin in Printmaking

Painting, printmaking, and drawing have been cornerstones of Jill Jensen’s work. She has used them separately to create finished works of art, and since 1998 she has combined them in her fiber-based work. An exhibit of her latest works has just opened at the Alleghany Highlands Arts and Crafts Center in Clifton Forge, Va and […]

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Jun 8, 2023 By Admin in Art World News

Young people help create ‘Garden of Imagination’ for new Festival

Jun 8, 2023 By Admin in Art World News

By Dom Stevens – 8 June 2023

Children from Spire Junior School, Sharley Park Community Primary School, and New Bolsover Primary School have been working with artists to create an immersive art piece called The Garden of Imagination.

Junction Arts have commissioned the ‘Garden of Imagination’ for the Chesterfield Children’s Festival. Theatre practitioner Monika Johnson, musician Phil Pearson and visual artist Rachel Scanlon are creating the immersive art piece.

Taking the form of a children’s bedroom at the festival for children to enjoy and engage with. There will be elements to play with, including sound sensors and fantasy characters.

The artists spoke to local primary schools to share ideas with the children about childhood and play. Collecting stories from the children to create a performance that will run alongside the “Garden of Imagination”.

Artist Monika Johnson said: “We are excited to work with Junction Arts to create a new immersive children’s theatre piece.

“We are creating a bedroom outside! It’s a bit of a tipsy topsy dream-like setting with some strange items in unusual places. We hope that families will enjoy interacting and playing with our set. They will be able to change the music and sound effects themselves and become part of the performance.

Chesterfield Children’s Festival

The Chesterfield Children’s Festival will take place at Queen’s Park on the 29^th and 30^th of July, from 10 am – 4 pm daily.

The festival is free to attend and will have family-friendly acts and activities taking place over the weekend. These will include a silent disco tour, an interactive game zone, a comedy club, circus skills, storytime yoga, tie-dye workshops, face painting, and live music.

Music and live theatre will also take place in and around the town centre during the festival weekend.

For more information visit: www.junctionarts.org or follow Junction Arts on social media @JunctionArtsUK

Junction Arts supports the marketing and economic growth of the town through Chesterfield Champions, a network of over 200 organisations across Chesterfield and North Derbyshire.

Tiffany Yvette Ayala Celebrated for Excellence in the Field of Photography

Jun 8, 2023 By Admin in Photography

Rooted in a unique specialty of producing street photography that features her native Mexican culture, her work is appreciated for its profound creativity and inventiveness.

SAN DIEGO, CA, June 08, 2023 /24-7PressRelease/ — Tiffany Yvette Ayala is a distinguished biographee of Marquis Who’s Who. As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are chosen from among a pool of the most prominent professionals and are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.

Ms. Ayala is an independent photographer and cinematographer excelling in diverse freelance projects in the San Diego metropolitan area. Rooted in a unique specialty of producing street photography that features her native Mexican culture, her work is appreciated for its profound creativity and inventiveness. Ms. Ayala also contributes to the industry via related appointments that include an affiliation with the New York Film Academy where she was a technical assistant.

Outstanding administrative and management proficiencies have made it possible for Ms. Ayala to accept multiple concurrent roles, and she successfully processes responsibilities related to exhibitions, client relations and on-set duties that include oversight of camera coordination and positioning. For example, in 2016, she served as a key production assistant for the hit television program “So You Think You Can Dance,” and in 2015 she was named a camera utility for the Los Angeles production “How to Build Everything.” Additionally, Ms. Ayala has served as a camera assistant for major hit shows such “Love is Blind and “FBoy Island,” and her broad industry portfolio includes the role of camera operator for the 2014 Los Angeles-based productions “Selfie: The Documentary” and “A Chance for Trust.”

Ms. Ayala cites determination, persistence and discipline as integral to her professional and creative advancement and as indispensable for her artistic freedom. She also relies on comprehensive academic experiences and training, having completed undergraduate coursework in diverse subjects in support of her business pursuits. For example, she accumulated valuable knowledge through formal study of kinesiology and exercise science at San Diego State University between 2005 and 2007, and Ms. Ayala enrolled at California State University-Northridge in 2011 for academic work in cinema and television arts with an emphasis in cinematography after completing an Associate of Arts in telemedia from Southwestern College.

Numerous accolades have marked Ms. Ayala’s creative milestones, including a 2012 award from the Journalism Association, of which she is a member. She also participates in the Local 600 division of the International Cinematographers Guild, which represents elite camera professionals across the globe. Looking toward the future, Ms. Ayala aims to persist toward in realizing her ultimate objective of depicting diverse narrations through images; moreover, she will complete her current documentary project and then disseminate it through film festival circuits before submitting the piece for Emmy Award consideration.

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