Is your photography or still images still relevant today? I showcase some upcoming trends and challenge you to be creative with your photography!

2. Convergence, Modern Trends and Relevancy of Photography
and the Still Image Today
by Josh Self (@joshself)
August 6th 2011, BarCamp 2011

4. Where has photography
been and where is it
going?

5. Where has photography
been and where is it
going?
✤ New trends in photography

6. Where has photography
been and where is it
going?
✤ New trends in photography
✤ Convergence (how
photography is merging into
new media)

7. Where has photography
been and where is it
going?
✤ New trends in photography
✤ Convergence (how
photography is merging into
new media)
✤ Relevancy of the still image in
the modern age

9. “Photographers deal in things
which are continually vanishing
and when they have vanished
there is no contrivance on earth
which can make them come back
again.”
~Henri Cartier-Bresson

10. “Hyères, France, 1932″
~Henri Cartier-Bresson

11. Behind Saint-Lazare Station, Paris 1932
~Henri Cartier-Bresson

12. Some rights reserved. Photo by stevenkamenar

13. The last roll of Kodachrome
slide film was developed last
December (2010) by Dwayne’s
Photo, signaling the first death
throes of the film age.
Some rights reserved. Photo by stevenkamenar

14. The last roll of Kodachrome
slide film was developed last
December (2010) by Dwayne’s
Photo, signaling the first death
throes of the film age.
Kodachrome rewarded generations of
skilled users with a richness of color
and a unique treatment of light that
many photographers described as
incomparable even as they shifted to
digital cameras.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/us/30film.html
Some rights reserved. Photo by stevenkamenar

15. Steve Hebert for The New York Times

16. December 30th, 2010 Steve Hebert for The New York Times

17. New Trends in
Digital Photography

18. New Trends in
Digital Photography
✤ HDR / single shot HDR

19. New Trends in
Digital Photography
✤ HDR / single shot HDR
✤ Non-destructive editing

20. New Trends in
Digital Photography
✤ HDR / single shot HDR
✤ Non-destructive editing
✤ 3D photography / 3D motion
photography-video

21. New Trends in
Digital Photography
✤ HDR / single shot HDR
✤ Non-destructive editing
✤ 3D photography / 3D motion
photography-video
✤ Vintage style editing

22. New Trends in
Digital Photography
✤ HDR / single shot HDR
✤ Non-destructive editing
✤ 3D photography / 3D motion
photography-video
✤ Vintage style editing
✤ Mobile photography apps

23. New Trends in
Digital Photography
✤ HDR / single shot HDR
✤ Non-destructive editing
✤ 3D photography / 3D motion
photography-video
✤ Vintage style editing
✤ Mobile photography apps
✤ Cloud storage (Picasa, Eye-Fi
cards)

25. 10 Megapixels declares world peace!

27. Trends: The 10 megapixel standard

28. Trends: The 10 megapixel standard
✤ high enough resolution for printed images less than 24”x36”

29. Trends: The 10 megapixel standard
✤ high enough resolution for printed images less than 24”x36”
✤ anything more is overkill unless you need poster and billboard work
done

30. Trends: The 10 megapixel standard
✤ high enough resolution for printed images less than 24”x36”
✤ anything more is overkill unless you need poster and billboard work
done
✤ Example: Canon decided to keep their new G12 at 10 MP and
improved more important features like HD video and ease of use.

32. Trends: HDR

33. Trends: HDR
✤ 3 or more bracketed RAW
exposures

34. Trends: HDR
✤ 3 or more bracketed RAW
exposures
✤ combine in Photoshop or a
HDR program

35. Trends: HDR
✤ 3 or more bracketed RAW
exposures
✤ combine in Photoshop or a
HDR program
✤ Tone map or fine tune

36. Trends: HDR
✤ 3 or more bracketed RAW
exposures
✤ combine in Photoshop or a
HDR program
✤ Tone map or fine tune
✤ export to JPG or TIF

37. Some rights reserved by omninate from Flickr

38. New Trends in
HDR Photography
Some rights reserved by omninate from Flickr

39. New Trends in
HDR Photography
✤ Single shot HDR
cameras(coming soon?)
Some rights reserved by omninate from Flickr

40. New Trends in
HDR Photography
✤ Single shot HDR
cameras(coming soon?)
✤ HDR mobile apps
Some rights reserved by omninate from Flickr

41. New Trends in
HDR Photography
✤ Single shot HDR
cameras(coming soon?)
✤ HDR mobile apps
✤ HDR panoramas
Some rights reserved by omninate from Flickr

42. New Trends in
HDR Photography
✤ Single shot HDR
cameras(coming soon?)
✤ HDR mobile apps
✤ HDR panoramas
✤ Infrared HDR
Some rights reserved by omninate from Flickr

43. New Trends in
HDR Photography
✤ Single shot HDR
cameras(coming soon?)
✤ HDR mobile apps
✤ HDR panoramas
✤ Infrared HDR
✤ HDR Light painting Some rights reserved by omninate from Flickr

44. New Trends in
HDR Photography
✤ Single shot HDR
cameras(coming soon?)
✤ HDR mobile apps
✤ HDR panoramas
✤ Infrared HDR
✤ HDR Light painting Some rights reserved by omninate from Flickr
✤ Multiplicity with HDR

46. Non-destructive Editors
(Adobe Lightroom, Apple Aperture)

48. Trends: Non-destructive Editors

49. Trends: Non-destructive Editors
✤ Non-destructive to the original photo

50. Trends: Non-destructive Editors
✤ Non-destructive to the original photo
✤ allows quick test of hundreds of presets and filters

51. Trends: Non-destructive Editors
✤ Non-destructive to the original photo
✤ allows quick test of hundreds of presets and filters
✤ fast editing workflow

52. Trends: Non-destructive Editors
✤ Non-destructive to the original photo
✤ allows quick test of hundreds of presets and filters
✤ fast editing workflow
✤ batch synch

53. Trends: Non-destructive Editors
✤ Non-destructive to the original photo
✤ allows quick test of hundreds of presets and filters
✤ fast editing workflow
✤ batch synch
✤ efficient key wording and cataloging for quick retrieval

55. Trends: Vintage Style

56. Trends: Vintage Style
✤ Shooting in film

57. Trends: Vintage Style
✤ Shooting in film
✤ Toy cameras, Holga,
antique cameras

58. Trends: Vintage Style
✤ Shooting in film
✤ Toy cameras, Holga,
antique cameras
✤ Editing vintage style

60. Trends: Mobile Photography Apps

61. Trends: Mobile Photography Apps
✤ Retro Camera for Android

62. Trends: Mobile Photography Apps
✤ Retro Camera for Android

64. Trends: Cloud
Storage

65. Trends: Cloud
Storage
✤ Picassa

66. Trends: Cloud
Storage
✤ Picassa
✤ Dropbox

67. Trends: Cloud
Storage
✤ Picassa
✤ Dropbox
✤ iCloud (coming soon)

68. Trends: Cloud
Storage
✤ Picassa
✤ Dropbox
✤ iCloud (coming soon)
✤ Eye-Fi SD cards

69. Trends: 3D
✤ HD 3D photography (for
viewing on newer 3D HD TVs)
✤ 3D video motion stills (using
motion effects and 3D
modeling)
✤ Magic Pictures Video
http://www.erik-lauritzen.com/lbh.mov

71. Convergence in photography

72. Convergence in photography
converge
verb [ intrans. ]
(of several people or things) come together from different directions so as eventually to
meet

74. Convergence: DSLRs
For Film Making

75. Convergence: DSLRs
For Film Making
✤ What is possible with modern
DSLRs?

76. Convergence: DSLRs
For Film Making
✤ What is possible with modern
DSLRs?
✤ Full 1080p HD video

77. Convergence: DSLRs
For Film Making
✤ What is possible with modern
DSLRs?
✤ Full 1080p HD video
✤ Interchangeable lenses

78. Convergence: DSLRs
For Film Making
✤ What is possible with modern
DSLRs?
✤ Full 1080p HD video
✤ Interchangeable lenses
✤ Large selection of custom accessories
(stedi-cams, monitors, braces, etc.)

79. Convergence: DSLRs
For Film Making
✤ What is possible with modern
DSLRs?
✤ Full 1080p HD video
✤ Interchangeable lenses
✤ Large selection of custom accessories
(stedi-cams, monitors, braces, etc.)
✤ Full scale film production is possible
at a fraction of the cost.

80. Convergence: DSLRs
For Film Making
✤ What is possible with modern
DSLRs?
✤ Full 1080p HD video
✤ Interchangeable lenses
✤ Large selection of custom accessories
(stedi-cams, monitors, braces, etc.)
✤ Full scale film production is possible
at a fraction of the cost.
✤ Full movies are already being shot
and in production right now!

82. Canon 7D custom video rig

84. Convergence: Photos
on Home Appliances

85. Convergence: Photos
on Home Appliances
✤ Samsung RF4289

86. Convergence: Photos
on Home Appliances
✤ Samsung RF4289
✤ includes a touch screen and
apps for: Picasa photo storage
and viewer, Pandora, calendar,
Epicurious recipe finder, and
Twitter.

87. Convergence: Photos
on Home Appliances
✤ Samsung RF4289
✤ includes a touch screen and
apps for: Picasa photo storage
and viewer, Pandora, calendar,
Epicurious recipe finder, and
Twitter.
✤ oh and ice and water in the
door...

89. What is more important
than megapixels or
trends?

90. What is more important
than megapixels or
trends?
✤ Glass (Lenses)

91. What is more important
than megapixels or
trends?
✤ Glass (Lenses)
✤ Dynamic Range

92. What is more important
than megapixels or
trends?
✤ Glass (Lenses)
✤ Dynamic Range
✤ Low Light Sensitivity and
Clarity (sensor noise reduction)

93. What is more important
than megapixels or
trends?
✤ Glass (Lenses)
✤ Dynamic Range
✤ Low Light Sensitivity and
Clarity (sensor noise reduction)
✤ Ease of use (external knobs and
buttons)

94. What is more important
than megapixels or
trends?
✤ Glass (Lenses)
✤ Dynamic Range
✤ Low Light Sensitivity and
Clarity (sensor noise reduction)
✤ Ease of use (external knobs and
buttons)
✤ Composition

95. What is more important
than megapixels or
trends?
✤ Glass (Lenses)
✤ Dynamic Range
✤ Low Light Sensitivity and
Clarity (sensor noise reduction)
✤ Ease of use (external knobs and
buttons)
✤ Composition
✤ Good / correct lighting

97. Relevancy of a
Still Image in
2011

99. Relevancy: What a
photo should do

100. Relevancy: What a
photo should do
✤ Change hearts and minds

101. Relevancy: What a
photo should do
✤ Change hearts and minds
✤ Take you into the past and let you
see the potential of the future!

102. Relevancy: What a
photo should do
✤ Change hearts and minds
✤ Take you into the past and let you
see the potential of the future!
✤ Provoke an emotion in the viewer
(good or bad)

103. Relevancy: What a
photo should do
✤ Change hearts and minds
✤ Take you into the past and let you
see the potential of the future!
✤ Provoke an emotion in the viewer
(good or bad)
✤ Tell a story or make a statement
(same thing?)

104. Relevancy: What a
photo should do
✤ Change hearts and minds
✤ Take you into the past and let you
see the potential of the future!
✤ Provoke an emotion in the viewer
(good or bad)
✤ Tell a story or make a statement
(same thing?)
✤ Create art or promote natural beauty

105. Relevancy: What a
photo should do
✤ Change hearts and minds
✤ Take you into the past and let you
see the potential of the future!
✤ Provoke an emotion in the viewer
(good or bad)
✤ Tell a story or make a statement
(same thing?)
✤ Create art or promote natural beauty
✤ Capture a memory that MUST BE
preserved

107. Relevancy: Why Nostalgia Matters

108. Relevancy: Why Nostalgia Matters
nostalgia
noun
a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy
personal associations
from Greek nostos ‘return home’ + algos ‘pain.’ OR “the pain from an old wound”
Mad Men Video on YouTube

110. “To send light into
the darkness of men's
hearts - such is the
duty of the artist.”
~Schumann

111. “To send light into
the darkness of men's
hearts - such is the
duty of the artist.”
~Schumann
A good photo should provoke emotion,
tell a story, create art, promote natural
beauty or capture a memory that MUST
be preserved.
If it doesn’t do one of these, a photo
isn’t worth having.

113. How Relevant
are your
photos?
Its up to you to MAKE them relevant!
Trends and Convergence are just tools that
you can use to keep your photos fresh and
relevant. But, don’t rely solely on them.
Be creative, set yourself apart and develop
your own style.

115. “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” ~Ansel Adams

117. Thanks for listening!
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