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RIP Ernest H. Brooks II
The celebrated underwater photographer and artistic inspiration for a whole generation, Ernie Brooks, sadly passed away last night. Alex and Adam share some thoughts about him and his images and celebrate the stunning body of work that he produced over a lifetime of photographing “The Silver Sea.” The Wetpixel community’s thoughts go out to his family and friends at what must be a terribly difficult time. The underwater imaging community has lost one of its shining stars.
Sony Announces FX-6 Cinema Camera
Sony has announced its FX-6 full frame digital cinema camera, which shares the traditional cinema camera form factor with the technology of the Alpha mirrorless camera system. It has a 4K 10.2MP backside-illuminated CMOS Exmor R sensor with the Sony Bionz XR image processing engine from the Sony a7S III. Sony notes the sensor offers 15+ stops of dynamic range and has a maximum ISO of 409,600 for ultra-low-light shooting.
Wetpixel Live: GDT Photographer of the Year
Adam Hanlon and Alex Mustard discuss the finalists of the Underwater category in the GDT European Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest 2020. This contest, open to photographers based in Europe or GDT members globally, tends to select images that are photographically and artistically creative. This makes them a great source of inspiration!
Wetpixel Live: EMWL Half Term Report
Wetpixel Live: Shooting for Assignments
Continuing to offer advice based on their experience, Adam and Alex provide some guidance on how to complete an imaging assignment. They discuss their experiences when shooting together during the Bahamas Underwater Photo Week for Alert Diver and the Bahamas Diving Association.
Wetpixel Live: Who Will be Underwater Photographer of the Year 2021?
Adam Hanlon and Alex Mustard discuss the Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest 2021, which is now open for entries. They chat about a new award for images taken “close to home” that the extension of entries to images captured up to 5 years before the deadline. Adam mentions that the Wetpixel/DPG contest series will be running in Spring/Summer 2021.
Wetpixel Live: Multimedia Workflow for Underwater Creators
One half of NewMediaSoup, a dynamic multimedia company and part of the team that produces GoAskErin, Joel Penner kindly shares with Adam Hanlon how he wrangles multiple imaging data streams while on location. He discusses working with underwater, time-lapse and drone footage, along with still images and managing to combine them all into daily highlight reels
Blackmagic Design releases Resolve 17 beta
Blackmagic Design has released a beta of DaVinci Resolve 17. The color page has new HDR grading tools, redesigned primary controls and AI based magic masks. For cutting, there is precision audio trimming and a graphical trimmer. Smart reframe is powered by the DaVinci Neural Engine on cut and edit pages and live effect, title, and transition previews on cut and edit pages.
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