The Times - Photographer killed in Kenya

The Times - Photographer killed in Kenya: ""

NAIROBI - A New Zealand-born photographer was found dead with head injuries today in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, police said.
"Initial observations showed that the body had visible injuries on the head. An inquest file has so far been opened," police spokesman Eric Kiraithe told AFP.
A police statement said the body was found "in a drainage trench" near the main highway that runs through the capital but did not elaborate.
The statement said a document found on his body indicates the deceased was a photographer by the name of Trent Keegan and added he was believed to be an Irish national, although his identity could be ascertained.
However, a picture of the photographer featured on his personal website was positively identified by a police official. The website describes Keegan as originally from New Zealand.
The website features several photo projects from Kenya and the victim’s biography says he had recently been working for several Irish newspapers and magazines.

Yeah! What the duck titles!

I put in for the witty titles on What the Duck from time to time.. And it paid off.
My title was used for yesterdays strip!

WTD 484: "The right tool for the job": "© 2008 Aaron Johnson"

(Via What the Duck.)

Eric Chan and the Epson Pro 3800

Eric Chan is a brand new hire for Adobe and working hard with colour and Camera RAW. From promises on the Lightroom Forums, he's working on something hot. I know his workd from before this, and it due to his excellent Epson Pro3800 website: Epson Stylus Pro 3800 Printer Notes and Resources. Enjoy!

Cross Process and EOS 5 Command Dial repair

I've not shot a lot of film recently and a recent post over at Epic Edits has me hankering for a little cross processing. My local lab used to do it, so hopefully they still are willing to do some.
The main obstacle was that my EOS 5 had a broken Command Dial. It's a rather common fault and stems from a serious design flaw that Canon never acknowledged. Fortunately a little searching found some instructions on how to get it going again. As it turned out my issue is a broken spring. I removed it. Now the command dial moves freely, but pushing down on the centre button still lets me twist and set the camera to manual. Yeah!
It's obviously not 100%, but it is usable, which is more than it was.

Jeffrey Friedl: Panning a Timelapse with Lightroom and Perl

Jeffrey Friedl

has posted a blog about the script I discussed in my last post. Along with the script, he includes all instructions and warnings. I'll be doing a video about this shortly, showing the making of a time lapse on a day when I don't have a little boy under my feet ;)

Innovatronix upcoming products

I'm a Tronix Explorer user. For those not familiar with the product, it's a battery pack that allows me to bring my studio strobes outdoors.
Well I got a newsletter from them today with hints about some new products.


Tech info: Canon EOS300D, 17-40mm F4L, 1/10 sec at F4, ISO100, Tronix Explorer 1200ws, prototype Tronix Radio Slave

Order now and get your strobes' and powerpack's portable power supply.
http://www.innovatronix.com/explorerxt.asp

Upcoming product: Portable smoke machine, prototype unit was used in this photo shoot.

To know more about the product and independent product reviews or the company (Innovatronix) please do a Google, Yahoo or MSN search.


I've used a portable smoke machine before and it was simply a disaster. The brand is well respected, with great reviews, but I had no joy with it (no names as it's not the general experience). If the reliability of the Innovatronix one is like the Explorer, I'd be a very happy user. As to a prototype Radio Trigger? I'm already a very happy Skyport users.

New stuff at Blurb

The Blurberati Blog over at Blurb has details of forthcoming cool product, and a change of pricing. Some prices are up, some are down, some the same.
The new product is ImageWrap, a hardcover photo book with an image on the cover, rather than on a dust Jacket. It looks great.

Mark Cleghorn videos for Lastolite

Mark Cleghorn has done a series of Video Demos for Lastolite. Now I use OEM versions of their Ezybox hotshoe, but I do also use their triflectors and trigrips. As well as getting to set the product in action, you also get to see Mark in action, which makes these useful. Along with the instruction in product use, there are also videos on setup and takedown of relflectors and backgrounds. The videos are also downloadable in mp4 format, so you can use them with MP3 players and compatible phones.