Around the Blogosphere

Posted on November 3, 2007 - Filed Under Link Dump, Reading Material | Leave a Comment

Here’s some photography-related blogs from around the web that you might be interested in taking a gander at:
ProPhoto Home - blog, forums, news, reviews and more.
The Digital Photography Show - a nice little news and gear blog.
f/1.4 - photographs and musings on photography by Sean Duggan.
RRD Photo Blog - from freelance photography Ryan Dlugosz, “includes […]

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Updates, The Sloan’s, Canon 7D, Manual Settings and More

Posted on August 15, 2007 - Filed Under Link Dump, Reading Material | Leave a Comment

In case you didn’t notice, I’ve updated the site a bit. Let me know if you like it and if anything is broken. I checked the usual suspects, but you never can be too sure when you tinker with php. That said, let’s move on to some important topics:
If you haven’t been […]

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Lens Birthdays, Graffiti, New Mac Stuff, Movie Effects and More . . .

Posted on August 10, 2007 - Filed Under Link Dump, Reading Material | Leave a Comment

Check out the date codes on Canon lenses.
Add some graffiti to your photos with Photoshop.
Mac users, iLife ‘08 is available. Oh yeah, there’s also some new iMacs. ;)
Check out 11 Super Awesome Photoshop Movie Effects.
If you want to get real close up on the cheap, learn how to make your own reverse lens mount extension […]

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Licensing Photographs, Stock Photography, Photoshop, and the Groovy New Photosynth

Posted on July 14, 2007 - Filed Under Internet, Learn, Reading Material, Software | Leave a Comment

Yet another example of Photoshop retouching working magic on some otherwise average photos.
A practical lesson on license management and copyright of your photos.
Check out 8 Microstock Websites and What the #&!! is Microstock Anyway. While you’re at it, get some insight into iStockphoto.com by Rich Legg.
Photosynth looks like an awesome new tool. Chalk one […]

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Flickr, Censorship and Rock & Roll

Posted on June 18, 2007 - Filed Under Internet, Reading Material | Leave a Comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTh0JhzWssw

More of Thomas Hawk’s comments here.
Technorati Tags: flickr, censorship, thomas hawk, zooomr, news


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More on Flickr and Censorship

Posted on June 14, 2007 - Filed Under Internet, Reading Material | Leave a Comment

Thomas Hawk has yet another intriguing post regarding censorship over at flickr.  It’s worth a read.
Technorati Tags: flickr, censorship, thomas hawk, internet

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Photoshop Galore, Lens and DSLR Reviews, Keira Knightley Gets Prettier and a Canon Flashback from Wayback

Posted on June 1, 2007 - Filed Under Link Dump, Reading Material | Leave a Comment

Bob Atkins has put up some nice test images of the rather impressive Canon EF 70-300 f/4-5.6 IS lens.
Popular Photography’s got a slew of new reviews:

Sigma 300 f/2.8 vs. Sigma 120-300 f/2.8
Fuji FinePix S5 Pro
Canon EOS 1D Mark III
Tamron 18-250 3.5-6.3 Di II Macro

Check out this cool Photoshop video tutorial on fixing hair root color […]

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High ISO in Compact Cameras

Posted on May 26, 2007 - Filed Under Fuji, Gear, Learn, Reading Material, Technology | Leave a Comment

If you’ve not read this article over at DPReview.com, you need to.
It’s a very well written article that explains the problems and limitations of high ISO settings in compact digital camera.  It’s got some comparisons of the rather popular compact cameras that show just how these high ISO settings aren’t all they’re cracked up to […]

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Nikon’s Picturetown, the Best Products, Photography Workshops and More . . .

Posted on May 25, 2007 - Filed Under Link Dump, Reading Material | Leave a Comment

More props for Nikon and Picturetown.
The 100 Best Products of 2007 from PC World. Notable photography product mentions include: the Nikon D40x (23rd); Google Picasa (36th); Nikon D80 (37th); Flickr (44th); Nikon Coolpix S50c (46th); Canon 30D (51st); Fuji Finepix F40fd (64th); Adobe CS3 (72nd). Unless I missed’em, suprisingly absent from the […]

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Learning Adobe Lightroom

Posted on May 22, 2007 - Filed Under Books, Learn, Reading Material, Software, Technique | Leave a Comment

If you’re like me, you love Adobe Lightroom. If you’re not like me, you should give it a try. The learning curve is easy. The controls are intuitive. It blows through RAW files as seamless as iPhoto does with JPEGs. It’s not quite the power hog that Aperture is either.
I […]

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