Cynthia Boylan

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Photo Book Review: Petcam, The World Through The Lens Of Our Four-Legged Friends
Cynthia Boylan  |  Sep 11, 2014

These days we consider dogs, cats (and other animals, both large and small) to be much more than just pets, they are our beloved four-legged friends and full-fledged members of the family. Many pet parents have often wondered what the world looks like from their fuzzy pal’s unique vantage point. What do they do when we aren’t around and where do they go? Questions like these are answered in the book Petcam: The World Through the Lens of our Four-Legged Friends by Chris Keeney.

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Photo Book Review: Instant, The Story of Polaroid
Cynthia Boylan  |  Sep 11, 2014

From the 50s into the 80s, nearly everyone had a Polaroid instant camera at home and most of our family pictures were captured with one. We all had a great time with this ingenious device because it was easy to use, economic and provided fast results. Polaroid cameras were also an indispensible tool of pro photographers before the invention of LCD screens and the ability to “chimp” the shot. 

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Fujifilm Debuts FUJINON XF50-140mm F2.8 R LM OIS WR and XF56mm F1.2 R APD Lenses
Cynthia Boylan  |  Sep 10, 2014

Fujifilm debuted two lenses this morning: the FUJINON XF50-140mm F2.8 R LM OIS WR and FUJINON XF56mm F1.2 R APD.

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Fuji Intros Large Format INSTAX Wide 300 and Mini and Classic INSTAX Cameras In New Colors
Cynthia Boylan  |  Sep 10, 2014

Fujifilm just announced the latest additions to their popular INSTAX line of instant film cameras. Debuting today are the new INSTAX Wide 300; two new color versions of the INSTAX Mini 8 (raspberry and grape); and the INSTAX Mini 90 Neo Classic model in a stylish shade of brown. 

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Book Review: ROY G. BIV, An Exceedingly Surprising Book About Color
Cynthia Boylan  |  Sep 10, 2014

Every child delights at the sight and knows that the rainbow has a name. At a young age we are all taught to call it Roy G. Biv, a catchy title crafted from the first letter of each color it contains and it is also the perfect title for this interesting little book. Our environment (both natural and made-made) is simply alive with a constant riot of color and because each shade has a subtle influence on our appearance or an effect on our mood, we named them and gave them a distinct meaning. 

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New Photo Show: Confessions For A Son
Cynthia Boylan  |  Sep 09, 2014

SlowExposures 2014 (an annual event created to celebrate photography of the rural South) will be host to the Confessions for a Son exhibit. Featuring a selection of images from photographer Millford Evans’ book of the same name, the show will be on view from September 19 to 28 at the R.F. Strickland Building, 144 Main Street, Concord, GA 30206. The accompanying pre-publication book signing will be held on September 21 from 12:30 to 1:30pm. 

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New Lomo LC-A Compact, Fully Automatic 120 Film Camera Unveiled
Cynthia Boylan  |  Sep 08, 2014

Due to its wonderfully quirky nature, photographers love experimenting with Lomo film-based toy cameras. Unlike the images produced by its more high tech digital and film cousins, a quirky Lomo produces shots with a certain style and character.

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The ioShutter SLR System Lets You Control Your Camera from Apple's Mobile Devices
Cynthia Boylan  |  Sep 08, 2014

If you want to move out from behind the camera and join the fun by getting into your shots, ioShutter SLR is an innovative system that allows photographers to connect their DSLR camera to an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. With the aid of the ioShutter cable and a companion app, you can remotely control the camera’s shutter from your mobile device.

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New Photo Project: ICP & United States Holocaust Memorial Museum To Digitally Share Roman Vishniac Archive
Cynthia Boylan  |  Sep 05, 2014

The International Center of Photography (ICP) and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum have embarked upon a unique project to make photographer Roman Vishniac’s (1897-1990) archive available to the public and the research community. Developing an innovative digital database to help facilitate access to this vast archive that is known to contain 40,000 objects and spans more than 60 years. The ICP and the Museum are pleased to invite scholars, students and families to explore the archive and to contribute their own family stories.

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Photo Book Review: Toy Tokyo
Cynthia Boylan  |  Sep 04, 2014

Admittedly, toy cameras were never designed to produce the professional quality crystal clear, razor sharp images we so often strive to create. They are simply toys but because of their unique nature they do have a lot more to offer than one might suspect. They are amazingly good at producing wonderfully blurry, strangely distorted images marked with the odd streak of light but—for some photographers—these aren’t unwanted or undesirable traits at all. These quirks add an entirely new dimension of creativity to their work.

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