PLAINVILLE — Snappy Seniors Photography will have a photo exhibit at Plainville Public Library and the Plainville Senior Center.
The exhibit will be on display at the library at 56 E. Main St. from April 1 through April 19. A public opening reception for the exhibit will be held on Wednesday, April 3 at 4 p.m. at the library.
A photograph of Greta Van Fleet star Josh Kiszka mid-performance has been awarded a top gong at the So.Co Image of Music Awards.
The picture by Fearghal McGlinchey, which is aligned carefully to give the appearance that the onstage fire pyrotechnics are emitting from the musician’s raised hand during his concert at Wembley in London, won the image of music “people choice” awards.
London-based McGlinchey was also named music photographer of the year at the ceremony held in central London on Tuesday.
Reflecting on his process to capture the winning photo, McGlinchey said: “I decided to watch some of their recent live performances on YouTube, to get a gist for the stage design.
“As soon as I saw their pyros go off, I thought to myself ‘I have to be in the perfect position for these later on’.
“Josh’s harmonica even looks like it could be a lighter.”
New York-based photographer Grace Prachthauser won the award show’s first young music photographer of the year prize, a new category which shines a light on emerging talent under the age of 23.
The judges were impressed by her creative entries that included live shots of US rapper Ashnikko and Eurovision stars Maneskin.
It was previously announced that Jill Furmanovsky had been awarded the legend of the year award for her long-standing career in the music industry.
Across her more than 50 years in the business, she has shot defining moments in musical history such as Oasis at Knebworth, Pink Floyd at Live 8 in 2005 as well as a host of intimate portraits of major artists including Bjork, Amy Winehouse, Sinead O’Connor and Charlie Watts.
The venue of the year award went to Paper Dress Vintage based in Hackney in London, which transforms from a clothing shop into a music venue that has hosted the likes of Arlo Parks and Sam Fender.
Mercury Prize nominated rock duo Nova Twins were selected as the must see artist of the year through a public vote while innovation of the year was awarded to the Canon EOS R50, selected by the judges for “its ability to squeeze high-end tech into an entry level camera”.
The awards were created by music storytelling platform So.Co.
Vince Bannon, So.Co chief executive and co-founder, said: “We are thrilled again to highlight and honour the great work done by music photographers throughout the year.
“As you can see from the quality of the entries, the standard just keeps getting better.”
Shelby Howell of Leesburg, Va., won the grand prize for a photo of a child on the beach, throwing a toy.
Southern Delaware Tourism (SDT) this week announced the winners of its 2024 Southern Delaware Photography Contest, the eighth annual contest held by the organization.
“SDT is grateful to professional photographers Pam Aquilani and Tony Pratt, who served as judges for this year’s contest,” representatives said. “Southern Delaware Tourism is also extremely grateful for the support of tourism partners who contributed contest prizes, including Coast Rehoboth Beach, Tapestry Collection by Hilton; Big Fish Restaurant Group; Kindle Restaurant; Cape Water Tours & Taxi; Delaware State Parks; Hotel Blue; Milton Theatre; Bramble & Brine at the Buttery; Atlantic Sands Hotel & Conference Center; Funland; Grotto Pizza; Block Party Hotels; East of Maui, and Dewey Beer Company.”
The winner in the Southern Delaware Holidays & Events category was Thomas Gelnett of Ocean View, for his photo of a performance at the Freeman Arts Pavilion.
Winners were chosen in three categories, and the grand-prize winner was chosen from among all eligible entries. The winners are:
• Grand prize — Shelby Howell of Leesburg, Va., for a photo of a child on the beach, throwing a toy.
• Southern Delaware Action Shots — Marion Dowling Ocean View, for her photo of a surfer.
• Southern Delaware Amusements & Boardwalk Bites — Beverly Cleaver of Ocean View, for her photo of children in a Funland car.
• Southern Delaware Holidays & Events — Thomas Gelnett of Ocean View, for his photo of a performance at the Freeman Arts Pavilion.
The winner in the Southern Delaware Amusements & Boardwalk Bites category was Beverly Cleaver of Ocean View, for her photo of children in a Funland car.
“This contest was established to celebrate Southern Delaware and to keep our destination top of mind for visitors and potential visitors year-round,” said Scott Thomas, executive director of SDT. “We received entries from all over the Mid-Atlantic and beyond. The entries clearly demonstrate the variety and richness of experiences available in Sussex County, and the incredible enjoyment people get from visiting and living here.”
This spring, camera maker Canon will hold a unique tactile exhibit to allow visually impaired people to enjoy photography.
The free exhibit, “World Unseen,” will be held at Somerset House in London from Friday, April 5 through Sunday, April 7. It welcomes all visitors, whether they are blind, sighted, or partially sighted, and is held in partnership with the Royal National Institute of Blind People.
“World Unseen” will include images taken by “world-renowned photographers,” according to Canon, including multi-award-winning South African photojournalist Brent Stirton, Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado, Nigerian photojournalist Yagazie Emezi, sports photographer Samo Vidic, fashion photographer Heidi Rondak, and Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Muhammed Muheisen. These displays will include inclusive elements like “elevated prints, audio descriptions, soundscapes and braille for a tactile experience that helps visitors connect with these powerful images and the stories they tell,” Canon explains in its press release.
“There are at least 2.2 billion people globally who have some form of visual impairment, for whom photography remains largely out of reach,” the release notes.
Additionally, the “World Unseen” exhibit offers new perspectives for sighted visitors. There will be images obscured in various ways, showing examples of different types of visual impairment, Canon explains, including glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. There will also be an accompanying video series featuring people who are partially sighted, including disability activist Lucy Edwards and Paralympian Menna Fitzpatrick. This is viewable around the world, as well.
“While this raises awareness of accessibility in arts and cultural spaces, it also draws attention to how inclusive design heightens the experiences for everyone,” the release from Canon adds.
The camera company also noted this isn’t the first time it’s employed elevated print. “Through its proprietary PRISMAelevate XL software and Arizona printer series, Canon has been making arts more accessible for blind and partially sighted people for many years, supporting art galleries and museums globally with tactile printing and braille signage,” the company says.
“The World Unseen exhibition opens up the world of photography and enables more blind and partially sighted people to experience the emotive stories, and physical touch, of these iconic images,” Dave Williams, RNIB Inclusive Design Ambassador, explains. “As a braille user, it’s fantastic to be working with Canon to raise awareness of the possibilities of textured print and to see in action how technology can make art more accessible for people with sight loss.”
Image credits: Canon/RNIB
Photography is an art form that allows us to document life’s journey and encapsulate moments that hold profound significance. This fantastic video details one photographer’s transformation from a corporate professional to a passionate artist, giving a compelling narrative about pursuing happiness and finding solace in photography.
Coming to you from Belinda Shi, this inspirational video weaves Shi’s personal story with practical photography tips, illustrating how adversity and a drastic career change led her to discover her true passion. Shi’s tale begins in Shanghai and traverses continents, from the corporate towers of the financial district to the serene landscapes of San Francisco, eventually leading her to embrace photography. This journey is not just about leaving a high-paying job for soul-searching but also about the realization that photography can be a powerful medium for storytelling and personal growth. Shi’s experiences, from waking up at 3 a.m. to photograph an active volcano to sleeping in hammocks in jungles, underscore the richness that photography adds to life, emphasizing that the value in photography lies not in the camera equipment but in the photographer’s vision and perspective.
Moreover, Shi’s insights into photography as an art of observation and her advice on camera equipment and settings serve as a valuable resource for photographers at any skill level. By sharing her learning curve, including the trials and the failures, she inspires photographers to embrace their journeys, highlighting that the beauty of photography lies in how one sees and captures the world. Shi stresses that it’s not about the sophistication of the camera but about the photographer’s ability to find something interesting in ordinary places, a philosophy that can transform one’s approach to photography and life. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Shi.
A spectacular image of birds hunting in the waters off the Shetland Islands has been named the winner of the World Nature Photography Awards’ grand prize.
The photograph, taken by Tracey Lund from the UK, was selected from a pool of entries from across six continents.
The image features two gannets capturing a fish.
“Our winners never fail to take our breath away with their stunning images,” Adrian Dinsdale, co-founder of the WNPAs, said.
Other entries can be found on the WNPA’s website: www.worldnaturephotographyawards.com
Updated: March 26, 2024, 5:27 PM
Concrete is the single most widely used material in the world for constructing residential homes, roads, bridges, dams and skyscrapers. But we don’t tend to see this ubiquitous material as particularly interesting or attractive and as Thomas Guillot, Chief Executive of the GCCA (Global Cement and Concrete Association) says, “we don’t always appreciate it but if we didn’t have it, we’d certainly notice” and it does “offer the potential for beautiful design, as well as durability and strength.”
Udaipur, India by Amish Jain, Concrete in Daily Life category shortlist
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Concrete in Life, an annual global photography competition founded five years ago by the GCCA, shows just how essential concrete is to our lives and how beautiful it can be. And, this year for the first time, there’s an exhibition at the Brunswick Art Gallery in London, showing this year’s winners and over 100 shortlisted images from previous competitions.
Detail from Winning photo of Teopanzolco Cultural Center in Mexico by Saeed Rezvanian,
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A striking image of a boy flying a kite playing on the steps of the Teopanzolco Cultural Center in Mexico, has just been named Concrete in Life Photo of the Year. It was selected from a record 21,000 entries and has won the top prize of US$10,000. The winning photograph was taken by Saeed Rezvanian, at the triangular concrete building in Cuernavaca, which was architecturally designed to pay tribute to nearby Aztec pyramid-shaped ruined temples. Saeed Rezvanian said that his “photo shows how concrete develops both artistic and functional environments in our lives. I was captivated by the children playing amongst the beautiful structures.”
Den Bell Tower, Antwerp. Photo shortlisted in Beauty and Design category
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This year’s judges, Thomas Guillot of the GCCA, Chris George of Digital Camera World and Paul Makovsky, of Architect Magazine chose a shortlist of images from every continent that included striking images of skyscrapers and the modern urban world, as well as key infrastructure such as sea defences, dams and piers, irrigation channels, bridges, roads and walkways. There are also photos of more intimate human interaction in rice fields, sports centers, places of worship, playgrounds and skateparks, communities and homes.
People’s vote winner, Muhammad Nurudin The Bali Mandara Toll Road, Bali
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New this year, was a special people’s vote prize chosen by the public, to mark five years of the competition. The $5,000 prize was won by Muhammad Nurudin, for his image of the Mandara Toll Road in Bali. Mr Nurudin explains that the road “connects the city of Denpasar, Ngurah Rai International Airport, and Nusa Dua in Bali. Under the toll ring road there are several plots of land planted with mangroves. Farmers routinely take care of them.” Four other category winners were announced, each receiving a prize of $2,500. Owen Davies was named category winner in the urban concrete section, for his photo of the Armstrong Rubber Building in New Haven, Connecticut, in the USA.
CONCRETE IN DAILY LIFE WINNER Hari Wibowo, Aquatic Stadium Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta
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Andre Hidayat Arrasuli won the Concrete Infrastructure category for an image of the New Priok Container Terminal in Indonesia. Alexander Arregui Leszczynska, won the Concrete Beauty and Design section for his image of the Maurerhalle, a lecture hall and multifunctional space in Basel, Switzerland. And A.P. Hari Wibowo was named category winner for Concrete in Daily Life, for a photo of the Aquatic Stadium Gelora Bung Karno, also in Jakarta. A.P. Hari Wibowo said, “the photo shows the scene at the Aquatic Stadium Gelora Bung Karno in Jakarta, and paints a vivid picture. The combination of the athletes warming up for the platform diving competition, the architecture of the stadium, the vibrant colors, and the interplay of light and shadow must indeed create a captivating and harmonious scene. It’s fantastic that I was able to capture this beauty through my camera lens.”
2022 Winner, a mosque in Istanbul by Fatma Demir
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The Concrete in Life exhibition is open from 09:00-21:00 until 28 March 2024 at the Brunswick Art Gallery in London. It is free to visit. All the winners and shortlisted pictures can also be viewed online.
The World Nature Photography Awards announced the winners of its 2024 contest, celebrating the best in nature and wildlife photography. British photographer Tracey Lund won the top prize for her stunning portrait of a pair of gannets swimming off the coast of the Shetland Islands.
Lund’s winning image featured above also took the Gold award in the “Behavior — Birds” category. Lund bested photographers in a vast pool of entrants from six continents.
“Taken whilst on holiday in Shetland, sat on the side of a RIB. The hired DSLR camera in the waterproof housing was attached to [a] polecam system and lowered into the water. Thousands of gannets were in the sky above us and then started to dive into the sea after locally-caught fish. An unbelievable spectacle to witness, let alone photograph. I took 1,800 images on that day but only had two that I could use,” Lund explains.
“Our winners never fail to take our breath away with their stunning images. As always, it’s such a joy to see the amazing caliber of entries into the awards,” says Adrian Dinsdale, co-founder of the World Nature Photography Awards.
The top three images — the silver and bronze winners in the case of the Behavior — Birds category — from all 14 categories are featured below.
This year, for the first time, a selection of winning images from this year’s contest and prior years will be available to purchase as wall art in a dedicated online store.
“We’re thrilled that people will now have the chance to buy some of these images to grace the walls of their homes. What’s more, we’re planning to plant a tree for every piece of wall art we sell,” Dinsdale adds.
Photographers can now enter next year’s contest. The complete entry details and rules are available on the World Nature Photography Awards website.
Image credits: World Nature Photography Awards. Individual photographers are credited in the captions.
In today’s digital age, the battle for smartphone supremacy has shifted focus from raw processing power to the realm of optics—where megapixels mingle with artistry, and artificial intelligence enhances reality. Casting shadows over its contemporaries, the Huawei Mate 60 Pro+ emerges from the testing labs of a href=”https://www.dxomark.com”>DXOMARK wearing the crown of the ultimate king in smartphone photography, leaving even the most illustrious competitors, like the iPhone 15 Pro Max and Google Pixel 8, grappling for light.
Seizing an astonishing score of 157, this high-tech marvel outshined its rivals in a spectacle of color, clarity, and creativity. When it comes to freezing moments in time, the Mate 60 Pro+’s triple-lens tableau—boasting a 48MP main sensor, a 40MP sky-stealing ultra-wide lens, and a 48MP telephoto eye with the farsightedness of optical image stabilization—paints a vivid picture of Huawei’s uncompromising dedication to photographic finesse.
An inquisitive soul may pose the question, “What is the secret behind Huawei Mate 60 Pro+’s illustrious photo achievements?” The answer lies in a tapestry of technological triumphs: an enchanting texture-to-noise waltz that captures whispers of light with an artist’s grace, an autofocus as swift as a peregrine in pursuit, and a depth of field as expansive as an epic saga.
In nocturnal narratives, this device dances with photons, etching images with a finesse that rivals the very muses of Greek myth. Yet, it is not without its Icarian flaws—the Mate 60 Pro+ soars less confidently in the dimly lit labyrinth of video capture, yearning for advancements that would let it conquer the night.
Some of the results displayed are akin to peering through the eyes of an eagle—an unprecedented 3.5x optical zoom that defies the very distance. Yet, at the apex of its arching flight, digital noise whispers into the scene, a reminder of the delicate balance between ambition and technological limitations.
And for those who seek to invoke the ethereal essence of bokeh—the camera’s deft manipulation of focus transports subjects into the limelight, surrounded by an impressionist blur that mimics storied lenses of cinematic lore.
Thus, we stand at the precipice of a question echoing through the halls of tech enthusiasts worldwide: “Is the Huawei Mate 60 Pro+ the photographic pantheon’s final word?” In accordance with the critics and connoisseurs, the answer is nuanced—alluring for still-life sculptors, yet video virtuosos pine for future hymns of progress.
FAQs unveiled for the probing:
– What breathes life into the DXOMARK Camera test? Here unfolds the tale of photographic valiance—a benchmarking odyssey by DXOMARK.
– Where has the Huawei Mate 60 Pro+ carved its mark in DXOMARK’s annals? It boasts a score of 157—an anthem to all that’s grand in smartphone photography.
– What enhancements hold promise for the Mate 60 Pro+’s night-time video? Forging ahead, those paths that lead to brighter, clearer video realms in the whispering dusk.
As the curtains draw, let us acknowledge—the Huawei Mate 60 Pro+ is a beacon for those who chase the perfect frame, unbridled passion captured in pixels. Yet let us also find solace in the thought that even amongst the stars, there is room to ascend higher, reaching towards the next constellation in our relentless quest for visual perfection.
For further illumination, a pair of electronic scrolls:
– a href=”https://www.huawei.com”>Official Huawei Website
– a href=”https://www.dxomark.com”>DXOMARK
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