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How about a little controversy to start the working week. The famous photo of a soldier falling to his death after being shot in the Spanish Civil War is being called a fake once again. It seems to pop up every now and then on photography forums and web sites the world over every six months or so.

The case against the photo.

How Capa’s camera does lie: The photographic proof that iconic ‘Falling Soldier’ image was staged | Mail Online.

The case for the photo.

Robert Capa – In Love and War | American Masters | PBS.

I have read them both and I am still on the fence. What do you think good reader?

Many thanks to w00dsy for sending me the first link.

Ladies and gents, some eye popping news. I have discovered the wonderful world of Podcasts. That’s right, 2003, here I come. Given my arrival at Podcast nirvana, I was wondering what you good people out there in interweb land can recommend for me in the way of Photography Podcasts? Podcast, should I be capitalising the P?

It is about 2:30am. I have watched an Aussie win a F1 Grand Prix for the 1st time since Fred Flinstone drove a Ferrari around Fuji. The Tour de France riders have finished their pedal over the Pyrenées and are having a rest tonight. I am now watching the Australian cricket captain throw away a potential test match win. Oh, and I have just scanned in some 120 film out of the Yashica 635. Looking at it in Photoshop, I am wondering if I should clone out some of the imperfections. Well, should I?

Click on that photo to see it at a higher resolution, which will give you an idea just how rough the scan came out.

So, after looking at that, do you think I should have spent the time ironing (cloning) out all the little and big imperfections? I actually like it looking rough and ready like that, makes it feel more real to me. But I am interested to hear what others think.

Anyone know what this is? The answer later today.

Leave your guesses in the comments. See who gets it right first. I reckon we will have someone out there who gets it correct.

Click the photo for a larger view.

Good luck.

I don’t know what to make of this article. Have a read and tell me what you think. If nothing else, it will get people thinking.

What’s a REAL Photographer? « Photofocus.

So there I am, out on my nightly (read, every 4 nights) run with the dog in tow (read, me following madly running dog) when I had an idea. And, for the first time in god only knows how long, I could remember it when I got home! The fish oil tablet I ate 6 months ago has kicked in, whoohoooo. So, the big idea. Could I possibly so an interview, via Twitter? Questions and answers less than 140 characters. What a concept. I reckon I could do it. Now I just have to find a willing participant.

Volunteers?

I am wondering, is there an iPhone app that acts as a rudementry light meter? Surely it wouldn’t be that hard to do. The phone already has a camera. People are writing apps like it is going out of style. Surely some smart geek could come up with an app that could be used as a light meter? Come on geeks of the world, get to it. And I want my cut of iStore profits!

Note: I dont actually own an iPhone yet, but if anyone wants to give me one of the new iPhone 3GS phones, I would be more than happy to test drive it.

Given the previous blog post talks about mobile (cell for the US audience) phone cameras, I thought I would ask the question. Anyone actually use their mobile phone camera? I know I do, but I have heard plenty of people scoff at the thought of it. Well it sure beats trying to get a 5D in my pocket. And it is handy for a quick shot of something you see in your travels.

Without the phone camera I wouldn’t have got this shot.

Granted, the cameras is mobile phones aren’t exactly the best cameras around (especially ones that are 12MP) but they are more than sufficient in grabbing a moment in time. Seeing all the people using their phones on Twitter is exactly what I mean.

So, who uses their mobile phone camera?