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- Iris by Mimi Zou Source : Dezeen magazine Royal College of Art Mimi Zou's official website The Royal College of Art in London has just had its 2012 graduate showcase, as a whole a truly inspirational event, however what struck me the most was this designers work. The Iris is an inspiration and an innovation to photographers anywere. I have just watched the vimeo video which you can watch here, my jaw absolutely dropped.. I thought this is the coolest thing ever. The fact that it locks onto your eye, and is controlled by your eye movements is truly remarkable. Zou also showcased the working model at her graduate show. The Iris has some pretty standard camera features on it such as an SD Card, Wifi and the ability to recognise and tag faces. This last feature which is enabled by the Iris's built in biometric data sensor needs the users and subjects information to be imputted before it can recognise faces, which is a nice touch, as it will avoid unwanted tagging. I hope to see the Iris on sale soon. -binoculars

A basic outline of what I would like to take a look at: - the worlds stance on copyright in terms of photographic material - New Zealands stance and its Copyright Act - The Facebook problem - What about Reuters, AP and Getty Images - my own personal comment on the current situation - institutional copyright at design and arts course the world over - Does stating on a website that you have copyright mean you ACTUALLY have copyright. All this and more is in store. If you have anything you want to add to the discussion feel free to leave me a message, email me, or ask a question. send all emails to [email protected]

Well In my journalism class we have to put together a blog about a newsworthy subject, one of which is close to your heart. So naturally I have chosen something photography based. - Photography & Copyright - A contested issue these posts will be on this blog but as a seperate area to my usual rants, moans and photos. I will clearly seperate them for your viewing pleasure by posting them under the guise of eyes - binoculars.

Here is a shot from a recent photo-shoot I did with one of my friends here in Wellington. She is a musician who loves what she does, I am writing an article on her at the moment so I will keep you guys posted...

Well let me introduce myself, I am Cameron Macfarlane and what follows is a sample of the photos I take as I go about my everyday life, as well as a sampling of some travel writing.. hope you enjoy.

Life Flight crewman revels in dream job

Bell & Ross Watchmakers They call themselves Bell & Ross Time Instruments They are makers of aviation and diving watches. There designs range from the classic WW1 design that most aviators wore to the state of the art diving watches that keep track of your ascent/decent and water pressure. I am in the middle of deciding what to get for my 25th Birthday, which is in November. I decided a long time ago that a watch would be pretty cool. I have a design in mind, pictured above. Simple face with large hands & numbers. Something that looks a little classy but still reasonably stylish. I am not sure, what do you tumblrites think I should get?

Yesterday, Phase One announced two new camera systems designed with aerial and fine arts reproduction in mind. The two models are vary similar in design and both take advantage of Phase One's remote software control suite. The cameras are designed to the exacting standards of the Danish camera maker. the megapixel range of both models is between 40 and 80 megapixels, this means that they can produce, beautiful high quality images. They are designed with a specific purpose in mind, and not for the everyday shooter. Read the full article from the British Journal of Photography here. check out Phase Ones website here.