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Monday, August 1, 2016

Will Crooks’ Street Fashion Portraiture Proves The South Has Style

Inspired by Bill Cunningham and Scott Schuman, William Crooks has developed his own take on street portraiture through his Wac Avenue series. "Originally, photography was simply a means of documenting the visually expressive individuals I would spot while walking through the small downtown of my home Greenville, SC. This grew into a passion for street portraiture and I found myself spending nearly every weekend scouring the streets for stylish strangers." Crooks said of his experience.
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How Danielle Nachmani Went from 'Vogue' Intern to Super Stylist

In our long-running series, "How I'm Making It," we talk to people making a living in the fashion industry about how they broke in and found success.Stylist extraordinaire and the ultimate self-starter Danielle Nachmani has one of the most varied careers in the the fashion and styling ...

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The BenQ PV270 Boasts 99% of the Adobe RGB Spectrum

Today, BenQ is announcing their new PV270 monitor aimed at photo and video editors. To that end, they're claiming consistently accurate color in the monitor that they're also stating covers 99% Adobe RGB, 100% Rec. 709 and a 96% DCI-P3 colour gamut with IPS Technology.
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Samyang Announces New 35mm f1.2 Lens for Mirrorless Cameras

While many manual focus lenses obviously lack AF mechanisms, they surely make up for it with cool features like fast apertures--and that's the case with the new Samyang 35mm f1.2 lens. Aimed at APS-C mirrorless camera users, those with Sony E, Micro Four Thirds, Fujifilm X series and Canon M cameras will be able to use this new lens. The new Samyang 35mm f1.2 boasts Ultra Multi Coating, two aspherical lenses as part of nine glass elements in seven groups. These are designed to minimize aberration and unnecessary light dispersion. Plus, it's got a 62mm filter threat--which is fairly large for an APS-C lens based
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An Exhaustive List of All the Fashion Things 'The Hills' Cast Has Done Since the Show Wrapped

On Tuesday night, MTV will air "The Hills: That Was Then, This Is Now," a celebration of the seminal reality show's 10-year anniversary. It seems like just yesterday that Lauren Conrad was perched in the VIP area of Les Deux (RIP), sipping whichever liquor brand had sponsored that ...

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FREYWILLE Is Hiring A Full-Time Sales Lead and Sales Associate In New York, NY

Austrian Fine jeweler, FREYWILLE, seeks one experienced full-time Sales Associate and one experienced full-time Sales Lead, to start as soon as possible. We are looking for a fabulous, polished candidate for our Madison Ave Flagship Boutique location.Able to meet/exceed sales objectivesComfortable ...

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How to Shoot Better Portraits with a 24mm Lens

We've done tutorials before on how to shoot better portraits with a 35mm lens and a 50mm lens, and these days it's possible to create visually appealing photos with something as wide as even a 24mm lens. Modern optics have improved that much to the point where anyone can look good when shot with a 24mm lens--but you need to be the one that makes them look great. Part of this has to do with how you approach the situation while another part pertains to making your creative vision work in the scene.
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