The late Cuban photographer Alberto Korda’s Leica camera has been sold at auction for $20,340. What’s notable about this camera is that it’s very likely the one that captured Korda’s iconic portrait of Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara — a photo titled Guerrillero Heroico.
“Guerrillero Heroico”. Alberto Korda’s iconic photograph of Che Guevara
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate, were ever so kind to drop into Kelowna as part of their royal tour of British Columbia and the Yukon this week. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at what it was like to photograph their visit.
I first needed to get accredited, and that is no easy matter. First my editor had to fill out a very long and bureaucratic government form — this included a copy of my driver’s license and a... more
Sony has taken the wraps off of its 24MP a6500 mirrorless camera. The flagship APS-C camera gains five-axis image stabilization and touchscreen operation. A larger buffer and more processing power also help set it apart from the existing a6300. It will cost... more
Sony has announced the latest version of its RX100 series: the Mark V. It maintains a 20MP sensor and 24-70mm equiv. F1.8-2.8 lens, but adds phase-detection AF to achieve focus speeds as fast as 0.05 sec, and a front-end LSI to improve speed of operation and... more
The iPhone 7 lacks the dual camera modules of its iPhone 7 Plus sibling, but it still offers plenty of imaging features. It includes a 12MP sensor with optical image stabilization, 4K video recording and thanks to iOS 10, Raw image capture. We've already posted a preliminary iPhone 7 Plus gallery, but not wanting to neglect... more
In the year 2000 (somehow, living in it never felt as futuristic and cool as saying it), I enrolled as a first-year undergraduate student1 at the University of Durham. For many among the student body, the most exciting thing that happened that year was the use by Warner Brothers of parts of the Cathedral grounds and cloisters for filming '... more
