Being a photojournalist is a tough gig, especially when you re working with less than reliable gear. Roman Yarovitcyn spent the 1990 s working as a newspaper photographer in Russia and shooting primarily on cheap and quirky Zenit-E cameras. Despite the shortcomings of his gear, the B&W images he created during this era are nothing short of mesmerizing.
These images are made even cooler by the fact that Roman is still a working photojournalist in Russia. Click the link below for his insights, and to read more about his experiences and view a much larger selection of his images. Oh, and if you liked what you see/read, grab a copy of his photobook,
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The Pentax K-3 Mark III is Ricoh s latest flagship APS-C DSLR that s been a long time in the making. With a new 26MP sensor, updated autofocus and refined ergonomics and features, the K-3 III looks like the ultimate APS-C DSLR on the market right now. We re settling in for our usual testing, we took it for a spin around the Puget Sound region to see what it can do â and while we haven t yet taken a look at its Pixel Shift mode, keep an eye out for an update with samples very soon.
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Film stocks from a century ago weren’t just limited to only capturing details in black and white; they could only capture a limited band of the colour spectrum, resulting in images of famous individuals that didn’t accurately represent how they actually looked. So a new approach to colourisation using AI finally takes that into account, resulting in eerily lifelike photos that look like they were snapped with a modern camera.
Film stocks from a century ago weren’t just limited to only capturing details in black and white; they could only capture a limited band of the color spectrum, resulting in images of famous individuals that didn’t accurately represent how they actually looked. So a new approach to colorization using AI finally takes that into account, resulting in eerily lifelike photos that look like they were snapped with a modern camera.
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We’ve all seen old black and white photos of Abraham Lincoln that are dirty, noisy, and feature a shallow depth of field that only puts part of his portrait in focus. The low-quality images are the result of the limited capabilities of cameras and lenses at the time, but there was another problem at play that resulted in Lincoln looking more wrinkled with skin that appeared to be in desperate need of a moisturizer.
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