Picture Stories by Stephen Alvarez

@thephotosociety on Instagram

above, the @thephotosociety feed

I've been using Instagram for over a year now and still really like it. Figuring out who to follow is daunting and collected feeds make life easier on the viewer. The @natgeo feed has a great collection of contributing photographers posting their different magazine pictures. 1.7 million people follow it. But did you know those same photographer also post their personal photos to @thephotosociety? 

If you love photography it is a great one to follow.

Stephen Alvarez

uncompressed video from the Canon 5D MK III firmware update

A long awaited firmware update is available for the Canon 5D MK III (available here). The update brings uncompressed 4:2:2 8 bit video from the HDMI port. 

It also improves autofocus capabilites. I'm downloading now.

Stephen Alvarez

Sewanee, TN

A photographers life by Joel Sartore

Joel Sartore, A photographer's life from Joel Sartore on Vimeo.

A great video by my friend Joel Sartore.

 

Apply Now: Getty Emerging Talent Award

Getty Emerging Talent Award

To complement our Grants for Editorial Photography program, we offer an opportunity for young photographers to receive mentoring and support through our Emerging Talent Award. Applicants must be under the age of 25 or currently enrolled in a full time photojournalism program (please include a signed letter from a faculty member, confirming this). Winners are added to the Emerging Talent roster on Reportage by Getty Images.

To apply, please email a CV or bio and a website showing a selection of your work to studentgrants@gettyimages.com. If you do not have a website, you may email a low-resolution selection of 15-25 images as an example of your work. The total file size should not exceed 8mb.

The deadline will be May 1. All applications will be reviewed at this time, and winners will be featured for one year. 

 

Reminder: Howard Chapnick Grant

In 1996 the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund announced a new award, the Howard Chapnick Grant, to encourage and support leadership in fields ancillary to photojournalism, such as editing research, education and management. The Grant was established to honor the memory of Howard Chapnick, and acknowledge the value of his enormous contribution to photography.

The annual $5,000 grant may be used to finance any of a range of qualified undertakings, which might include a program of further education, research, a special long-term sabbatical project, or an internship to work with a noteworthy group or individual. According to the Fund’s Board of Trustees, special consideration will be given to projects that promote social change and/or serve significant concerns of photojournalism. The grant is not intended to be used for the production of photographs, which will continue to be funded by the main grant of the Smith Fund.

Deadline is May 2013. For more information visit: http://smithfund.org/howard-chapnick-grant