Photographer Clay Enos goes from shooting super heroes on the set of Watchmen to taking street portraits of random people. He shows us how to do a street-studio portrait session with a sheet of white paper, some tape, and a camera.

Nemo show “Beneath the Surface” 5/1/09 from Todd Templeman on Vimeo.

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The folks at Life have realized that their strength is not just in all of the photos they have at hand but in their curatorial skills. As this beta site shows, they have the content and it is no doubt rich and deep. So many pictures and categories – you could spend days in here. And of course they own a superb url..

Here’s an excerpt from their About page:

Welcome to LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the Web.

LIFE and Getty Images, the two most recognized names in photography, have joined forces to provide you instant access to millions of breathtaking photographs — for free. LIFE.com not only lets you wander through the legendary LIFE and Getty archives, but with more than 3,000 new photos added every day, it also gives you the best pictures of the people and places shaping our world now.

In their photo essay about Detroit, photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre give us a peek into the remnants of a city that was the once 4th largest in the U.S. with almost 2 million people. Since the 1950s, Detroit has shrunk to less than half its peak size and the ruins of its past are lurking everywhere….

American Blur: Photos by May Juliette Barruel and Tamar Monhait

Friday, March 06, 2009 6-10pm. Free admission. Complimentary Wine & Beer.

PORTLAND, OR — NEMO presents American Blur by May Juliette Barruel and Tamar Monhait, a photo exhibit opening on Friday, March 06, 2009 6-10pm. The show will run through Wednesday, April 01, 2009 at NEMO: 1875 SE Belmont Street in Portland, OR. The opening reception will include special musical guest, Sigmund Henry.

american pie. american eagle. american literature. american football. american cars. american dream. american english. american flag. american express. american dollar. american airlines. american idol. american frontier. american pitbull. american presidents. american blur. American Blur examines the images that make-up the “American” consciousness both individually and collectively. Barruel and Monhait exhibit work that creates the feeling of an overwhelming barrage of the social and physical landscapes identified as “American.”

May Juliette Barruel holds a master of arts degree in American Literature from l’Université de Paris Sorbonne Nouvelle and a professional certificate from New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts. A native of Grenoble, France and a resident of Portland, Oregon since 2000, she works as both an artist and curator. As an artist, she creates textile-based work that addresses the themes of nostalgia, obsession and loss in an intimate and often voyeuristic fashion. Her photography reflects the dreamy experience of her foreign eyes in America. As a curator, Barruel has been responsible for Stumptown Coffee Roasters’ downtown gallery since 2006. She has exhibited work by: Portland artists Ty Ennis, Paige Saez, Nicholas Pittman, Norm Sajovie and Alex Steckly; San Francisco photographer Jeff Warrin; and Los Angeles filmmaker William Haswell. Barruel also owns Nationale, a shop and gallery on Portland’s east side.

Tamar Monhait is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Portland, Oregon. She was born and raised in Chicago and has spent time between the two cities studying Electrical Engineering and Art. Her work explores process, ritual, music mathematics, technology, and time. She has participated in group shows at Disjecta, Hall Gallery, PNCA, Mark Woolley, Jace Gace, and the Newberg Gallery at the Glasgow School of Art. She also had solo exhibitions at Stumptown Downtown.
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NEMO is a Portland-based integrated branding, marketing and design shop. NEMO’s capabilities include brand strategy, design, motion graphics, interactive development, film, video, print and photography production. NEMO is at 1875 SE Belmont Street in Portland, OR.

Simon Hoegsberg’s latest image is 100 meters long. There are 178 people in the image that was shot over 20 days from the same spot on a railroad bridge on Warschauer Strasse in Berlin during the summer of 2007. It is fascinating. Look for the two people who both have bandages over one eye – weird. Here’s the link. Mouse over the slide to make it move from left to right.

Found on Twitter from bjmin

This set of images from Paris cafés and nightlife is pretty amazing look back at how things were in 1962 (via ruby press).

Story at Gizmodo.

It’s getting goofy ’round these parts… StudioNemo

Canon G10 review – New but not improved from Dave Allen on Vimeo.

Now those of you who know us well at Nemo, and particularly StudioNemo, would surely understand that we take our cameras very very seriously indeed… Well, we have lived with and loved the Canon G9 for some time now. In fact we loved its ability to be a basic blogger’s work horse so much that it became standard issue around the shop. So naturally we were waiting with baited breath for the new, shiny updated G10 model…. uh oh… read on and watch the video, it gets ugly.

From Nemo’s Trevor Graves – “This is the review I have been excited to write for months. I have read the rumors on the blogs about Canon discontinuing the G9 and all the new and improved features for the G10. I pre-order the rig on Amazon and sure enough it’s delivered today October 3rd, 2008. With the excitement of a 10 year old I ripped open the box and unleashed the new toy.

That is where the excitement ended.

Being intimately familiar with the G9 I intuitively reached for the Video function of the G10 as I have heard about the new and improved DIGIC 4 chip and the ability of it to produce HD quality video on an SLR. How exciting to have better video!! Wait, what’s this, small video format and NO TIME LAPSE feature. WTF??? I pay $50 more and Canon drops features that turned me on to the G9 in the first place. WTF!!! I am pissed! Who was the genius at Canon that is living in a bat cave to lose sight of what makes the G9 wonderful in this new world of bloggin! Was the decision maker a frustrated SLR engineer that wanted to get their rocks off on a 14.7 megapixel CCD sensor? Why even have the G10 at all. Other point and shoots are smaller and have a large enough meg for decent prints, the larger SLR have better quality and better everything so why go with this G10 product that has nothing more to offer than less noisy images in low light and a faster processing speed that is negligible to the end user any way. WTF??? The over under dial is handy and more convenient but come on guys, I can tweak that exposure on the back end in photoshop and the G9 over/under function wasn’t that horrible. Shit even the lens cover looks cheaper than the original G9 lens cover. I bet this one scratches the lens in its poor construction too. WTF? You could have at least made that better for $50.”

Well, Canon, seems like there’s some ’splaining to do….

James Nachtwey is preparing to reveal his photographs, which highlight a shocking and under-reported global crisis. Over the past 18 months, the TED community have been working with James to gain access to locations he wished to photograph and to prepare spectacular plans for unveiling these pictures.

“I’m working on a story that the world needs to know about. I wish for you to help me break it, in a way that provides spectacular proof of the power of news photography in the digital age.”

He says to bloggers – “On October 3, the story breaks. You can help.” Bloggers can get links to the URL for the Oct 3rd unveiling of the photographs here.

Directed by Aaron Rose and Joshua Leonard

Co-director Aaron Rose will introduce the film this Friday at 7:15PM, Saturday at 3:00PM and Saturday at 7:15PM and will hold a Q and A afterward. Cinema 21.

BEAUTIFUL LOSERS celebrates the spirit behind one of the most influential cultural moments of a generation.

Here’s the synopsis:
In the early 1990’s a loose-knit group of likeminded outsiders found common ground at a little NYC storefront gallery. Rooted in the DIY (do-it-yourself) subcultures of skateboarding, surf, punk, hip hop and graffiti, they made art that reflected the lifestyles they led. Developing their craft with almost no influence from the “establishment” art world, this group, and the subcultures they sprang from, have now become a movement that has been transforming pop culture.

Starring a selection of artists who are considered leaders within this culture, Beautiful Losers focuses on the telling of personal stories. It speaks to themes of what happens when the outside becomes “in” as it explores the creative ethos connecting these artists and today’s youth.

Watch the trailer here.

B-Day ride to Bend 08 from Steve Hoskins Jr. on Vimeo.

Two of our Nemo guys, Steve and Morgan, grab the bikes and head Southeast from Portland, climb over Mt Hood, ride through the reservation via Madras, stop off in Redmond and finally hit Bend. Amazing.

Have you ever secretly wondered what the bold and beautiful people inhabiting this planet really live like? Thanks to New York photographer Todd Selby, you can finally find out. Here’s your chance to be a peeping Tom with absolutely no guilt. This is a truly fascinating and introspective encounter that lacks the glossy facade of house and decor magazines.

Art 4 Life at StudioNemo from Dave Allen on Vimeo.

There’s never a dull day at Nemo but when kids come in the energy level always kicks higher. Here’s a bunch of kids from Art4Life art camp putting together a poster for their class with the StudioNemo crew.

HCSC Photo Workshop -Day 3- Tim Zimmerman from Dave Allen on Vimeo.

The HCSC campers woke to Mother Nature playing a game with the weather. The mountain was socked in. While they waited for the clouds to lift, Tim Zimmerman instructed the class all about digital workflow, processing and storage. The clouds lifted on High Cascade and we hit the snow. Molly Aguirre, Hanna Teter, Jeremy Jones all hucked for the workshop shooters.

HCSC Photo Workshop 2008- Bud Fawcett from Dave Allen on Vimeo.

Nemo’s Trevor Graves heads up to Mt Hood every summer to share his experience as a snowboard shooter with the kids at the High Cascades Snowboard Camp. Here’s a first look at the team getting set up on day one. Each year they open up the workshop with a historical slide show from Bud Fawcett. Bud was one of the original gangstas of snowboard photography. The historical sense of snowboarding isn’t as well established as surf and skate. It’s a shame. Bud keeps those authentic real moments alive in his stills.

Find more videos like this on NEMO

Nemo hosted Shayla Hason’s Hope Is A Muscle photo exhibition last night. Here’s the video with Shayla discussing her work with the Portland Rock N Roll Camp for Girls.

Nemo Design presents Shayla Hason’s Hope is a Muscle: Photos from the Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls exhibit opening on Friday, June 06, 2008. The show will run through Tuesday, July 01, 2008 at Nemo Design: 1875 SE Belmont Street in Portland, OR.

“It has been a great honor to watch the camp grow, and with every session to see the girls gain
knowledge, confidence and strength in a single week. As a documentary photographer, I am most interested in the small, sublime moments at camp and the interactions between the girls in the days leading up to the showcase,” said Hason, who has been taking photographs at the Rock n Roll Camp for Girls since 2001, the second year of its existence.

The Rock’n’Roll Camp for Girls, a 501(c)3 non-profit, builds girls self-esteem through music creation and performance. Providing workshops and technical training, we create leadership opportunities, cultivate a supportive community of peers and mentors, and encourage social change and the development of life skills.

Nemo Design is a Portland-based integrated branding, marketing and design shop. Nemo Design’s capabilities include brand strategy, design, motion graphics, interactive development, film, video, print and photography production.

Nemo Design presents Furry Kama Sutra, a photography/Video exhibition by New York based photographer Michael Cogliantry, opening on May 02, 2008. The show will run through Tuesday, June 01, 2008 at Nemo Design: 1875 SE Belmont Street in Portland, OR.

Furry Kama Sutra is the title for a new project by New York based photographer / director Michael Cogliantry.

For this series, Cogliantry captures the little seen world of Furry in a series of photographs and videos that are part position manual, part sexual sub-culture exploration.

Dressed as animal of their choice, Furries are considered the ultimate explorers of anonymous sex. In the fur suit, one can leave the confines of the computer room and venture out into other’s bedrooms, remaining totally anonymous. Groups are based largely online, but hold conventions all over the world, usually barring the media.

The collection of seven 40 x 50” color photographs poses and three video episodes
were shot at various “by-the-hour” motels around Las Vegas.

Nemo Design (Nemodesign.com) is a Portland-based integrated branding, marketing and design shop. Nemo Design’s capabilities include brand strategy, design, motion graphics, interactive development, film, video, print and photography production. Nemo Design is located at 1875 SE Belmont Street in Portland, OR.

Nemo Design presents Andy Batt’s Portraits of The World Famous March Fourth Marching Band photography exhibit opening on Friday, April 04, 2008. Please join us on April 4th from 6PM – 10PM for the opening. Beer and wine will be available. The show will then run through Tuesday, April 28, 2008 at Nemo Design: 1875 SE Belmont Street in Portland, OR.

Andy Batt first photographed the March Fourth Marching Band for Portland Monthly in 2006. Over the past couple years, Batt has done portraiture work of the band, emphasizing their unique personalities and graphic qualities. Batt has chosen 70 of his black and white portraits to display for the show.Andy Batt is a commercial photographer whose work centers around people photography – quirky lifestyle work and moody action photography of athletes and dancers. Andy graduated from the Rochester Instituted of Technology with a BFA in photography, and has been in the commercial photography world ever since. Andy has been featured in Communication Arts and STEP Inside Design Magazines, awarded for his photography by PDN and the International Photography Awards competition, has been interviewed for articles for Rangefinder Magazine, Photo Media, & the National ASMP Bulletin. Andy is currently Co-President of the ASMP Oregon chapter, and is a member of EP.March Fourth will be doing a three-month run at the newly refurbished Bossanova Ballroom on the first Friday of April, May, and June. They will appear with special guest bands, performers, and DJs to create an unforgettable bonanza of fun. March Fourth will be donating the proceeds of each show to benefit some of their favorite organizations, projects, and bands.

Adobe Photoshop Express has arrived. It’s currently in beta but I’m going to give it a test drive. I’m intrigued about the ability that lets users group images into Web albums and then post them to popular social networking sites. More here.

This came in from Adrants.You can play with it here.