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London Retouching Workshop - 5 Spots Left!

I’m proud to announce my next retouching workshop in the beautiful city of London! With just a few short announcements, we are already down to our last 5 spots. If you know anyone who would love this opportunity, please let them know fast. There will be only one workshop in the city. 

Date - March 16th
Registration and Details - Link to the information

You don’t have to know everything to attend, as long you know the brief basics, you are set! This course is designed for photographers to be able to retouch in a way that allows for the best results possible while spending the least possible time, regardless of what you shoot, fashion, beauty, weddings, portraits, anything. 

Outrage Over The Photographs Of The United States Olympic Team

UPDATE: Joe has responded after the images went viral:

“I was under the impression that I was going to be photographing athletes on a stage or during press conference where I would take their headshots for our archives,” he explained. “I really had no idea that there would be a possibility for setting up a studio.” It was the first time AFP had been invited to participate in the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Media Summit, which was held this year, in May, at a Hilton Hotel in Dallas.

I work for a news agency and I wasn’t taking pictures for a Nike ad.”

Original Post:

People are not happy (per the comments below) about the quality of the photographs by photographer Joe Klamar at the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Media Summit in Dallas, Texas. The complaints came as a whole, but primarily from photographers, who claim that these photographs do not represent the upcoming U.S. Olympic team very well. 

The U.S. Olympic C.M.S. invited photographers to take pictures of our country’s best athletes. 

What are your thoughts on the photographs? Are people over reacting or or do you feel they could have been done better? Keep in mind that the media during these events do not have much time for setup and execution. You can check out this article for what goes on behind the scenes. 

You can see the full set over at CBS: Link.

You can also see how Germany did in comparison: Link.

Our friends over at Reddit.com have also looked further into the event. Take a look at the conversation for more on the backstory and some other speculation: Reddit Link.

With that in mind, we’d like to know your thoughts. 

Portraits of Team USA 2012
Michael Phelps of the US Olympic Swimming team 

Portraits of Team USA 2012
Jonathan Horton of the US Olympic Gymnastics team 

Portraits of Team USA 2012
Cassidy Krug of the US Diving Olympic team

Portraits of Team USA 2012
Nastia Liukin of the US Olympic Gymnastics team 

Portraits of Team USA 2012
Rebecca Bross of the US Olympic Gymnastics team 

Portraits of Team USA 2012
Siblings Diana Lopez and Steven Lopez of the US Taekwondo Olympic team

Portraits of Team USA 2012
Sarah Robles of the US Olympic Weightlifting

Portraits of Team USA 2012
Tony Gunawan of the US Badminton Olympic team 

Portraits of Team USA 2012
Leshawn Merritt of the US Track and Field Olympic team 

Portraits of Team USA 2012
Debbie Capozzi of the US Women’s Olympic Sailing team

Portraits of Team USA 2012
Gaby Douglas of the US Olympic Gymnastics team 

Portraits of Team USA 2012
Lindsey Berg of the US Olympic Volleyball team

Portraits of Team USA 2012
Shot putter Jillian Camarena-Williams of the US Track and Field Olympic team

Portraits of Team USA 2012
Lashinda Demus of the US Track and Field Olympic team

Portraits of Team USA 2012
Kayla Harrison of the US Judo Olympic team

Portraits of Team USA 2012
Brendan Hansen of the US Swimming Olympic team 

Credit to Matt for sending this story in.

NOKIA’S 4D PROJECTION DISPLAY

Deadmau5 and Nokia team up for the launch of their recent phone to produce this jaw dropping building sized display in London.

This is very epic. 

Info:

On Monday 28th November Nokia Lumia 800 with Windows phonehttp://nokia.ly/uBVXxw brought deadmau5 and the world’s most advanced 4D technology together and created an amazing free light show at Millbank Tower, London.

Millbank was plunged into darkness with the iconic tower acting as the canvas for a never-before-seen spectacular. Each of the 120 metre high building’s 800 windows were covered with vinyl as 16 powerful projectors, stationed 300 metres away on the other side of the river, beamed 3D images onto the structure. Huge butterflies flew across the London skyline and the tower was twisted, pulsated and even fell down. Billed as the “future of live events” the spectacular show was accompanied by music from super producer deadmau5, who created exclusive remixes for the performance — adding the 4th dimension.