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	Ideas ... Sometimes you need to just shake things up. You need to reset, restart and re-think what you're doing. In order for that to have meaning you actually have to do SOMETHING. More… I have done my share of random still-life shots, and especially enjoy shooting collections such as colored pencils in a row or old tools in a barn. But I had never created a still-life scene from scratch with the goal of telling a story in a single frame More… Yes, photography is changing. And here's something you should know - there's NOTHING new about that. More… An Environmental Photographer is essentially an environmentalist with a visual message about the condition of the natural world. More… Our memories are our own personal histories. As we age, they accumulate, usually in flattering, merciful ways. This is how Nature has our brains operate, to allow us to preserve a modicum of dignity (or what we think dignity might be). More… A Humanitarian Photographer is essentially a photographer with a visual message about the welfare of humanity. More… I vote for an iPad when an agent comes to see me and wants to show me books of multiple photographers and/or artists. However, I still prefer a big, beautiful printed book for presentation. More… As this future becomes more and more plain to me, I see a rapture of sorts, where old-school photographers clinging to the old-fashioned ways of doing things will be "left behind." More… 'I don't really see a future in photojournalism, if I'm completely honest, as a way to earn a living. But also there are a lot of creative opportunities with moving images that you couldn't possibly dream of doing with stills.' More… In photography, trust and doubt are like yin and yang: You cannot have one without the other, you have to balance one against the other. Trust and doubt exist in a complex relationship. They don't just have to balance each other, they also have to drive each other. More… There's nothing wrong with not being any good at photography. Everybody started out bad and none of us does all aspects of it well. But it's a crying shame to want to be good at it, to spend time and money trying to be good at it, and not getting any better. More… Will the real Cindy Sherman please stand up? Her self-portraits sell for millions and have made her a superstar of the art world. Then why does photography's master of disguise crave anonymity? More… I'm interested intellectually and culturally about how the imaged world is being knit together by technologies such as Photosynth. More or less public images on Flickr, they're all being knit together in this giant quilt. More… A couple of weeks ago, I posted Why SOPA/PIPA Affect All Of Us to help you better understand two bills that were before congress and the impact they could have on us all. I was happy to see both tabled and not put forward for a vote. But again, they were merely tabled, not stopped. More… Every now and then there's a quote I find that completely sets the tone for a post. Jim Rembach, a consultant wrote, "When cost is number one in importance, you've already lost!" More… Tips, Techniques & Technology ... Your website is set up and you're blogging regularly to attract customers, right? Did you set Google Analytics up for your website? Have you been tracking website visitors and actions? Did you know about the Real Time feature? More… NPPA's lawyer, Mickey H. Osterreicher, provides a brief overview of today's copyright law as it pertains to photography, also taking into account how photographs are used and abused on the rapidly-changing Internet and technology fronts. More… Once you start getting all these great ideas for images, how do you keep track of them all? Well, here are a few things that have worked for me More… When it comes to emphasising textures, tones and forms of the landscape there seems nothing like a black and white image to draw out the best in these elements of composition. More… I usually use my 70-200mm lens for portrait work. It works for me. It also works for a number of very successful portrait and wedding photographers I know. But there's a catch, a number of reasons why that works for me and may not work for you. More… For Mac users one of the most powerful image management programs on the market is Aperture. In this series of tutorials I will take you through the basics of Aperture, to give you a working knowledge of the program. More… Taking candid photos are not always easy, but there are various techniques that one can adopt, which will help make taking them a little easier. More… Professional photographer Rob Hanson has taken the time to create a detailed video tutorial to teach viewers how to make HDR photographs. More… There is no shortage of interest in Pinterest, and photographers seem especially keen to take advantage of this most visual of social media. But, as with most everything shiny and new, there are concerns More… There is certain information that I always want to have included in the metadata of my images. Copyright information is one of them and always an important thing to add to your photos. Here is a walk through on how you can automatically add your copyright info in Lightroom. More… Copyright gives photographers, artists, authors, musicians, choreographers and architects the exclusive right to use and reproduce their works. Essentially, all original works can be copyrighted. More… Recently at a get together with 6 photography friends we started chatting about the idea of adding Drama and Mystery to images. More… Rich Harrington shows you how to use ACR's Fill/Recovery Command to fix a poorly exposed photo. More… There's a great saying, "You've got two ears and one mouth, so listen twice as much as you talk!" I really could end this post right here, but lately I've run into a few photographers who don't listen to much of anything. More… How To Blend Two Photos Edge To Edge In PS - How to use Photoshop's Layer Masks to merge two images side by side' edge to edge. More… Flickr user Maciej Pietuszynski had a great shower when the idea of combining a shower head, a rubber glove and an old nifty fifty into a unique tilt shift lens. More… Even the most seasoned traveler has mundane tasks or habits that seem anything less than glamorous. While there is certainly something to be touted and enjoyed from the exotic images we all love, there is also some thing to be appreciated in the mundane. More…   Reviews Shooting with the Leica M9-P and 50mm f/1.4 Summilux-M lens taught us a lot about why people love Leica cameras. But we also learned why most people don't shoot Leica rangefinders, and it isn't just about the very high price tag. More… Widely regarded as one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century, Richard Avedon not only redefined modern photography, but also what (or who) a modern photographer was. More… This is the third chapter in a long-term body of work focusing on China's environmental crises in the early 21st Century. The previous two chapters have focused on increasing desertification and on disappearing wetlands. More… Marc Shoul is a South African photographer, born in 1975 in Port Elizabeth. Interested in exploring social issues, four years ago he began photographing the city of Brakpan, which is a 45-minute drive from Johannesburg. More… When Vivian Maier died in obscurity in 2009 she left behind a huge collection of photographs, taken over several decades. A new collection of her work, 'Vivian Maier, Street Photographer' showcases the breadth of her hitherto unrevealed talent. Barnaby Britton takes a look More… As far as Speedlite Ring Flash lighting modifiers go, my favorite for a while has been the ExpoImaging Ray Flash (overtaking the Orbis, DIY, and the GoPro.) However, when the RoundFlash, was announced, I immediately needed to try it out for myself. More… DPReview has published their review of the Panasonic GX1, a Micro Four-Thirds Interchangeable Lens Camera More… "I'd like to make a film which would mingle the private aspects of my life with my work, which is public by definition... how the two poles of this dichotomy join, interlace, are at variance, and fight each other, as much as they complement each other...Robert Frank More… A few months back The Tiffen Company released version 3.0 of its Dfx digital filter suite (www.tiffensoftware.com). The suite is available as a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Lightroom, Apple Aperture, and as a stand alone program. More… Amongst all the classic techniques we've lost thanks to digital photography, you've probably noticed the vanishing of double exposure photography the least. But a new camera, the Minimo, is a 3.2 megapixel, double exposure shooter that will help bring it back. More… Chin up, Apple users, the iPhone version of the Google+ app has just been updated, and the Instant Upload feature is in full effect. More… Meanwhile, in al-Qsair, a town south of Homs, government marksmen continued to take their toll. Says Alessio Romenzi, a photographer on assignment in the area for TIME: "The snipers do not sleep." More… Cynthia Greig is an image maker who continues to create work that pushes the perceptions of what we know. Cynthia also has a website and resume that reflect a continual exploration of what is real and/or true through photography and video. More… Paolo Colaiocco is a 34 year old italian photographer, from Florence. He shoots pictures to feed his voyeuristic urge for images. More… Street photographer Eric Kim created this video showing what it's like to photograph passers-by on the sidewalks of Beverly Hills, CA. More… Documentary photographer Peter DiCampo captures how lack of electricity impacts life in several nations.In our lives of complete energy dependency, it's hard to fathom that 1.4 billion people (nearly a quarter of the world's population) live without access to electricity. More… Believing Is Seeing (Observations on the Mysteries of Photography) by Errol Morris (Penguin Press, 2011) This is possibly the most astonishing photography book I've ever read, and in a number of different ways. More… The documentary 'Liefs, Melissa' tells us about Melissa, a young woman struggling with depressions and borderline, a mental disorder. More… It's not easy to use humor, simplicity, and self-portraits to talk about ourselves, but Heidi Lender has done it brilliantly in her new series, She Can Leap Tall Buildings. More…   News Olympus's head office in Tokyo has confirmed the death of Tsutomu Omori, the managing director of Olympus India, and issued an official statement in which it expresses a need to respect his family's feelings More… The sixth issue of Adore Noir magazine is now out. Adore Noir is a fine art photography magazine available exclusively in digital format. More… OmegaBrandess is distributing PinPoint, a camera-mounted system made by DeluxGear, that eliminates focus hunting in low-light, the company claims. More… Eric Tabuchi has just released a new book, FAT, A French American Road Trip, published by Matmos Press in Montreal. More… Fashion photographer Lillian Bassman, whose high contrast black-and-white fashion images from the 1940s through the 1960s enjoyed a popular resurgence fifteen years ago, has died in New York City. She was 94. More… Apple is planning to swing back at Kodak with yet another patent infringement lawsuit in the US, but first it wants permission from New York's Bankruptcy Court. More… "PhotoShelter, the worldwide leader in photography portfolio websites, sales and marketing tools for photographers, today released a new free educational guide, How to Grow a Wedding Photography Business." More… 'Remove', a smartphone app developed by mobile imaging technology innovators Scalado, automatically highlights and removes unwanted objects like cars or passersby from a captured photo. More… Photographers have demanded exemptions from new bye-laws that require written consent for commercial photography in Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square Garden. More… Wouldn't it be awesome if you knew that there was a way to help locate a lost camera, or potentially bring a thieving git to justice? Well, bring on CameraTrace. More… Lensbaby claims its new Edge 80 Optic "allows photographers to create images with quality that is on-par with some of the best lenses..." More… Gitzo has announced the launch of its refined and improved Systematic range of modular, professional tripods. More… The Japanese photographer Yasuhiro Ishimoto who has died at the age of ninety was one of the leading figures in the renaissance of photography in Japan in the years immediately after the Second World War More… Following up on the preview of Exposure 4 from last week, Alien Skin has officially released Exposure 4, which is a plug-in for Photoshop CS4+, Elements 9+ and Lightroom 2+. More… ROSS TAYLOR NAMED NSC PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR And more results as well. More… A federal court in New York has dismissed a 28 million dollar defamation lawsuit against photographer Jason Lee Parry on a legal technicality: He's a California resident, the court said, so he's not subject to jurisdiction under New York law. More… Olympics organisers insist spectators will not face restrictions on the size of cameras they can take into the London 2012 stadium, just days after suggesting otherwise. More… Fuji has posted a firmware update for the Fujifilm X100 large-sensor compact camera. More… Fujifilm has released the promised firmware update for its X10 enthusiast compact that aims to reduce the 'white orb' blooming effect that users have complained about. More… Responsible press photographers are not just 'some bloke with a posh camera', says a UK trade body as it launches an attack on 'amateur paparazzi' at the Leveson Inquiry. More… Photographer Simon Marsden, who specialised in b&w images of subjects including mystical landscapes, gothic graveyards and old ruins, has died aged 63. More…
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