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Tomb of Abelard and Heloise, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
Tomb of Abelard and Heloise, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris...
Mocha, a young light-red Siberian husky
After four months, my rescued young Siberian Husky Mocha is beginning to get used to being part of a family....
Machu Picchu, a wonder of the New World
Photos from April 2007 tour of Peru....
Autumn leaf collage, Fox River Valley, St. Charles, IL
Crisp, clear autumn afternoon light in St. Charles, Illinois. Nature forms a collage of fall colors and textures....
The Mansion Bed and Breakfast, West Dundee, Illinois
Built in 1907, The Mansion Bed and Breakfast was formerly the residence of iron baron John Fierke....
John Paul Caponigro Blog
Cell Phones’ Radiation Report Card
Which cell phones emit the most and least radiation? Find out here. Read more in this week’s issue of Time magazine....
Here’s an excerpt from my first post on Huffington Post. “Photography’s constant move towards ease, speed, economy, and ubiquity continues today and it has recently reached a new critical apex. In the first decade of the 21st century, Apple released the iPhone (2007) and a host of independent applications followed, designed to...
My New Column on Huffington Post
I’ve started writing for the Huffington Post. Initially, I’ll be focussing on cell phone photography. It is a game changer. Did you know people win Pulitzer prizes and sell fine art prints with cell phone photographs? But they did this with traditional cameras too. What excites me most about cell...
Apple released it’s iPad ad during the Oscars last night. Steve Jobs attended the awards event in black tie. Find more on the iPad here. Why It’s ‘Ahead of Its Time’ 13 Things You Need to Know 9 Worst Things About the Apple Tablet Pee Wee Herman Gets an iPad...
Enhance your Oscars experience tonight with free iPhone Apps. Entertainment magazine has a great add for Oscar related iPhone apps on the back of this week’s cover. They recommend E! Online, Fandango, Style.com, Variety, and IMDb. They forgot one – the official Oscars app. You can find them all on iTunes. Find the...
James Cameron talks about how childhood fascinations became lifetime obsessions and ultimately the primary sources for his greatest successes....
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El Gato EyeTV Hybrid – gets a diminutive new enclosure
San Francisco, March 9, 2010 – Elgato announces America’s smallest TV tuner stick. The next generation of EyeTV Hybrid introduces an ultra-compact enclosure in a matte aluminium finish. The TV tuner stick comes with EyeTV 3 software for Mac and a driver for Windows 7 Media Center. The price of...
I AM NIKON – new website community
At the moment this a complete mystery but you can go to iamnikon.com and see for yourself. At this moment the link is re-directing to http://www.europe-nikon.com/, but by Monday it should be going to a new I AM NIKON website. Update: more I AM NIKON websites 1. http://iamnikon.com 2. http://flickr.com/groups/iamnikon 3. http://youtube.com/user/iamnikon Apparently a new...
NikonDP – Photographer’s ID Card
NikonDP – Photographer’s ID Cards and membership Certificates are now available for all NikonDP User Group members. Please join the NikonDP user Group now and start sharing your photos, joining in discussions and keeping up on all the latest Nikon news worldwide. — NikonDP | User Group Memberships Photographer $10.00 Pro Photographer $50.00...
Quicken Essentials for Mac: Bringing Easy Money Management to Mac Users
Native Mac Product is Easier to Set up and Use; Supports More Banks, and Simplifies Transfer of Data from Previous Editions MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif – Feb. 25, 2010 – For those who manage their money on a Mac, Quicken Essentials for Mac now available from Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU). Built from...
Apple iPad – a big success in a touchy-feely kind of way
I have been spending a good part of the day reading various reports and opinions on the new Apple iPad and although I won’t be buying into the iPad system immediately, I am beginning to understand why it is a very important step in the evolution of personal computer devices. Apple...
2010 – The Year of the Tablet & the Cloud
It is no secret at this point, that Apple is about to astound us with their version of a netbook / e-reader / tablet computer / big screen telephone / and portable video delivery system. It is also no secret that Google is interested in the same market, but rather...
Serious Amateur Photography
Happy Friday! Spring has finally come to central Texas and the trees are beginning to bud, the wildflowers are starting to pop and the rivers are running freely. I’m feeling that old familiar itch to get out and see the countryside. It’s Road Trip Time! Guadalupe River Cypress – Spring Branch, Texas Copyright...
The Dark Night (No, not Batman)
Every so often a reader comments on a post or send me an email asking what my “original RAW image” looked like before post-capture processing. Several have asked how I “enhance” my RAW images in Lightroom and Photoshop before posting them to my blog or my Flickr page. I guess...
Spring is coming soon to a Texas town near you! The poppies are beginning to bloom in the Franklin Mountains and the Hill Country’s lakes and streams are flowing well. The air is cool and crisp and the clouds a billowy white and gray in the distance. Don’t sit home...
Here’s a shot I took last month while hiking the upper sections of Pedernales Falls near Johnson City, Texas (home of good ‘ol LBJ himself). The light was pretty harsh that morning but I really liked the contrast between the smooth, green water flowing through the rough, gray rocks and...
Making Your Photographic Hobby Pay
A friend sent me an email last week posing an interesting question for all amateur photographers namely, “How do you make your photographic hobby pay for itself?”. At first I was tempted to tell him it’s impossible because gear lust tends to overcome common sense in most amateurs (and many professionals)....
If you’ve read yesterday’s post about packing for the Texas Landscape Safari, you might be asking yourself “why all the worry about packing emergency supplies, extra water and first aid kit for a short photowalk in the Hill Country?”. Some of the best photographic opportunities in all of central Texas are...
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Cam & Kuttan hit the local paper!
Amazing what reach Facebook has nowadays! I posted a quick snap of myself with legendary 90yr old Galle Face Hotel concierge Kuttan on Facebook whilst I was on assignment in Sri Lanka. Mates of mine Scott Radford and John “Ando” Andersen from the Townsville Bulletin spotted this and dropped it...
Tricky request calls for creative lighting
Today’s assignment was to photograph the new artistic director of Dance North. My brief was to keep it quite plain, maybe even as plain as with a standard white background. Sounds a bit boring? Well – the pic is to be positioned right across the page with text over the plain...
Too much rain foils angler’s best plans
I was asked to photograph the first day of the barramundi season today so I thought I could make a great pic at Townsville’s Aplins Weir where there would normally have been up to 100 fisherman there to celebrate the opening of the season. The recent rains would normally have provided...
Got a spare AUS$1,000,000 to splash on an out-of-date camera?
Recently I wrote a column for a magazine about my personal transition from film to digital 11 years ago. In that column I mentioned that the invention of digital photography was the biggest change in the industry since Louis Daguerre’s ‘Daguerreotype’ amazed people in 1835. Well, only a couple of days...
Want a customized iPhone security wallpaper? Let me help with that!
A while ago I knocked up a custom iPhone security wallpaper that put your contact details on the front page of your iPhone so that if you lost it someone could easily return it. The iPhone has a couple of security settings which are commonly used by people to safeguard...
God and I spend an afternoon at the beach
Had an assignment for London’s Daily Mail a couple of weeks ago photographing former Brit football legend Robbie “God” Fowler. Fowler is playing for Australian A-League team North Queensland Fury FC as their marquee import and striker. Read Mike Dickson’s story here Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Stumble upon something good? Share it on...
Layers Magazine
Spot Color: From Photoshop to InDesign
In this tutorial, Dave takes an image and uses Channels to create a spot color version which he then takes over to InDesign to ready for printing....
Practice adding animation to a video clip, adjusting position and scale, and do some experimenting with blend modes....
RC talks about some of the new features in Lightroom3 Beta. Corey sits down Larry Becker to discuss the benefits of being a member of NAPP and dishes out a quick tip on creating star shapes in Adobe Illustrator. You can download each episode by subscribing to the podcast on iTunes. var...
Gearing up for Photoshop World!
Hey everyone! Things are full speed ahead in getting ready to head out to Photoshop World March 24-26 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando! I’m pretty excited to be amongst some wonderful instructors to teach the latest and greatest in Photoshop and the web. One of...
Re-Create a Logo in Illustrator Based on a Photo
In this tutorial, we’ll take you through one example of how you can re-create a logo in Illustrator based on a photo....
Using Adobe Bridge to Create a Mosaic
In this example, we’ll use Bridge to create both a filmstrip of images and a mosaic....
Photowalk List
Photowalk Front Royal, Virginia
Saturday, March 20, 2010 12:00pm – 6:00pm 217 E. Main Street Front Royal, VA Front Royal, VA is a [...]...
“The group will meet at the Union Station and walk East on the South side [...]...
Photowalk Detroit at the Detroit Zoo
Date 03/27/2010 Time 1:00 PM THE PLAN: To photowalk a planned route as a group through the [...]...
Photowalk Host Spotlight – Larry Wilder
Please tell us about yourself. A 52 year old Buffalo native with a 40 year [...]...
Date: Tuesday, March 23rd Time 4:30 or 5:00pm “I don’t have all the details nailed down yet [...]...
Date: 02/28/2010 Time: 13:00 Pingxi Sky Lantern festival is on Sunday 28th February. Main lantern release of [...]...
Nicolas Genette, photographie artistique
5 Mars 2010 : Festival international 'Photo de Mer' 2010 !
"La mer, césure du temps" : L'ensemble de la collection Cesure sera exposé à Vannes au Festival international 'Photo de Mer', du 9 Avril au 2 Mai, au Bastion de Gréguennic. "Des expositions gratuites réparties dans les plus beaux sites du patrimoine historique vannetais dévoilent, la mer abordée par des photographes...
28 Décembre 2009 : 9 Divergences, les dernières photographies de l'année !
Neuf nouvelles photographies dans la collection Divergence. Le format carré s'invite dans cette collection, pour les dernières photographies de l'année !...
16 Décembre 2009 : Réminiscence, le plaisir des sens : Exposition Barclays.
Du 15 Janvier au 26 Février, exposition personnelle chez Barclays, Rennes : Extraits des collections Ocean, Marine, Fovea et Cesure. Vernissage 15 Janvier à 18h30, Club Premier Barclays, 9 rue Gambetta, 35000 Rennes. Exposition visible le Samedi 16 Janvier de 10h à 16h, ou jusqu'au 26 Février sur rendez-vous....
22 Aout 2009 : Quatre nouvelles photographies dans la collection Fovea
Quatre nouvelles photographies dans la collection Fovea, les 'Laitus'. Prises indépendemment ou comme série, un petit paradoxe autour de leur contraction....
31 Juillet 2009 : L'exposition personnelle de Redon est en place depuis hier !
Vous avez jusqu'au 11 Septembre pour (j'espère) apprecier une vingtaine de tirages, extraits des collections Divergence, Cesure et Ocean. Ciné Manivel, 12 Quai Jean Bart, 35600 Redon ( Aout : Tout les jours 15h30 - 23h, Sept : 19h30-23h sauf Mer, Sam, Dim 15h-23h )...
16 Juin 2009 : Interview, La photographie d’art vue par Nicolas Genette.
Photovore.fr : "Découvrez cette semaine l’interview du photographe Nicolas Genette, spécialisé dans le tirage d’art. Amateur de belle chose, Nicolas Genette est un photographe talentueux qui a le don de vous transporter à travers ses photographies."...
New Media Photographer | Digital marketing and Social Media for photographers
New Media Photographer Podcast 92
This week Rosh talks with Aaron Hockley reporting from SXSW. New Media Photographer: A photographer who publishes to the web. Time: 38:26 Podcast hosted by Rosh Sillars This podcast is about new media, social media and digital marketing for the photographer. Topics on this week’s show: New interview section of the show starts next week,...
Where do the best blog ideas come from?
The best blog ideas come from your activities. I subscribe to a lot of blogs. I try to keep up on the news from company blogs such as Canon, Flickr and Google, and tech blogs like Mashable and TechCrunch. Photography news, business and trends are also at the top of my...
Following the deafening silence from the Internet community and calls that last year’s hyped platform is dead, Google is working to improve its beta version of Wave. It’s no secret that I’m a Wave fan. I’m also realistic. Google has to make many improvements. Here are some of the developments: As I’ve...
Click on these links for some interesting information: Matt Cutts shares how you can adjust the code in your embedded YouTube videos to start at any point in the timeline. http://su.pr/1ucMjE Aaron at Socialphototalk.com warns his readers: Please Don’t Use HootSuite; Ow.ly is Dangerous http://bit.ly/at5Ju4 Google recently acquired Picnik, a popular online photo...
New Media Photographer Podcast 91
This week Rosh talks about whatever comes to mind. No agenda. New Media Photographer: A photographer who publishes to the web. Time: 30:00 Podcast hosted by Rosh Sillars This podcast is about new media, social media and digital marketing for the photographer. Topics on this week’s show: Tumblr, iPad, Apple and cookie cutter apps from...
What good is a Facebook fan page?
People often ask me if I see value in having a Facebook fan page. It seems as though you start a fan page for yourself, your product or service, collect your fans, and then never hear from them again. So, what’s the point? Here’s the answer: Fans don’t have to come...
California Photo Scout
How to photograph the Hotel del Coronado
The Hotel del Coronado, a wooden Victorian beach resort, is a national historic landmark. The luxury resort spreads over 28 acres, featuring everything the spoiled guests expect. The large, wooden hotel played host to 14 US Presidents, Hollywood celebrities, significant foreign personalities, and allegedly even ghosts. Touted as a romantic...
The Santa Fe Depot in San Diego
Located between the glitzy glass-facades of Downtown's high-rise buildings, the elegant Mission-Revival style Santa Fe Depot grants San Diego's business district the grandeur of an era long gone. The Depot witnessed the rapid development and yet resisted change and persists to delight the traveler with its chic. The Santa Fe Railroad...
The San Diego Maritime Museum captivates mariners, photographers, and casual visitors alike. The impressive collection of historic vessels, the fabulous exhibits, and the premier downtown location make the museum a fantastic lifetime experience. The museum preserves the ships in a seaworthy state and even offers the occasional cruise. You can book...
California Photo Scout on Amazon Kindle
Read this blog on your Kindle or Kindle DX and stay updated on the road. Amazon’s Kindle currently dominates the e-book reader market. With superior battery life, free wireless content delivery, and the electronic ink display, it clearly defines the standard of simple reading joy. Last Christmas, I sprang for a...
How to photograph the USS Midway
In active duty for nearly 50 years, the aircraft carrier USS Midway sailed to conflicts and participated in countless maneuvers around the world. Construction started in 1943. Upon completion in 1945, the USS Midway was the most advanced aircraft carrier in the fleet. She served until her decommissioning in 1992...
The rugged, windswept peninsula of Pt. Reyes protrudes into the Pacific Ocean just north of San Francisco. The elements have shaped the unprotected cape into a delightfully beautiful landscape. Rocky and sandy beaches, grasslands and a fantastic seascape make this a favorite getaway for Bay Area residents. Most of the...
The Photographer And Model Podcast
Ep 40 – Photographer Dawn of House of Ego
(22:58) Dawn of House of Ego Photography works in both model photography and commercial photography, and in this episode we cover some big questions: Is being a professional photographer different when you are a woman? Can you capture someone’s essence with a camera? How can you balance control with letting talented...
A bonus Saturday post of Zinn pouring water. My wife collects blue glass and I thought it would look cool to have Zinn pouring from a richly colored vessel. I think I needed more back light on it and Zinn. Model Zinn Star Related posts:Zinn Star Laughing in the Tub Kind...
Kind of a behind the scene’s shot. Model Zinn Star Related posts:Zinn Star Bath Tub Nude We got a pedestal bath tub for the studio about... Zinn Star Bubbles Make Me Happy Model Zinn Star ... Zinn Star Blowing Bubbles A glamour shoot is suppose to be about fun and... Related posts brought to...
(19:04) We spent the first part of this show with Model Pixie labeling mythical creatures and talking Megadeth. Seriously. It all goes hand in hand with Pixie’s adventurous personality, and in this episode she tells us about some of her adventures in modeling and controversy. This episode is definitely as much...
A glamour shoot is suppose to be about fun and sexy. Bubbles are naturally fun. Model Zinn Star Related posts:Zinn Star Bubbles Make Me Happy Model Zinn Star ... Zinn Star Bath Tub Nude We got a pedestal bath tub for the studio about... Zinn Star Glamour Headshot 2 Another image caught of...
Zinn Star Bubbles Make Me Happy
Model Zinn Star Related posts:Zinn Star Blowing Bubbles A glamour shoot is suppose to be about fun and... Zinn Star Laughing in the Tub Kind of a behind the scene’s shot. Model Zinn Star... Zinn Star Bath Tub Nude We got a pedestal bath tub for the studio about... Related posts brought to...
7 Photography Questions
A Message from the Producers of 7PhotographyQuestions.com
As you may have noticed, it's been several months since we've published a podcast. We want you -- our loyal listeners -- to know what is going on. Due to a variety of factors, we've come to the realization that......
Podcast #54: Holga Cameras-- An Interview with Tom Kirkendall (continued)
In Tom Kirkendall's skilled hands, even a toy like the Holga camera yields fascinating results -- and in this interview, he's ready and willing to share his secrets. Whether you're an old hand with inexpensive film cameras or the......
P#53: Show Notes for Holga Camera -- an Interview With Tom Kirkendall (part one)
If you've ever wondered about the Holga camera or other inexpensive point-and-shoot models, Tom Kirkendall is the photographer for you. Throughout his interview, he explains when and why you'd want to use this infamously flawed toy camera -- and exactly......
Podcast #53: Working with a Holga Camera -- An Interview With Tom Kirkendall
You might think of the Holga camera as a brilliant mistake -- a low quality, toy-type camera whose flaws produce such interesting results that they've captured the interest of photographers worldwide. Tom Kirkendall is one such photographer. He produces......
Professional photographers Christina Handley and Laura Cotterman share their passion for and tips about equestrian photography in the conclusion to their interview. For any horse enthusiasts out there, it's an interview you won't want to miss.......
Love horses, all things horses, but your equestrian photography just isn't turning out right? Then you're going to love the conclusion to our interview with professional photographers and equine enthusiasts Laura Cotterman and Christina Handley since they're sharing their......
A Photo Editor
Stop Accepting $200 Assignments!
I’m a struggling freelance photographer just like many out there, I’m sure. I’m not widely known, nor have I been in the industry for decades with a client list that stretches for miles, but I know the sooner I learn to value my own work and the sooner I learn...
I think the government wants to make sure that people—particularly young people—are not exploited. We don’t want people to be “volunteering” their labor in a way that profits an employer. It’s an easy avenue to exploitation, even easier where there’s a suggestion that you’ll get a job at the end...
PDN 30, 2010 – New And Emerging Photographers To Watch
Congratulations to the class of 2010, read and see it (here): Levi Brown Alejandro Cartagena Scott Conarroe Sumit Dayal Clémence de Limburg Gratiane de Moustier Danfung Dennis Lauren Dukoff Matt Eich Matthieu Gafsou Marcelo Gomes Deborah Hamon Estelle Hanania Ben Hoffmann Sohrab Hura Wayne Lawrence Brent Lewin Eman Mohammed Adrian Mueller Nick Onken Alex Prager Thomas Prior Ben Roberts Anna Skladmann Andy Spyra Gabriele Stabile Peter van Agtmael Elizabeth Weinberg Yang Yi Reed Young ...
Of the $368 billion marketers plan to spend this year, 32.5% will go toward digital; 30.3% to print. via, Forbes.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking to buy a new website? A Photo Folio is a website design company created by A Photo Editor. Have a look (here). ...
Cool Photographer Promo Lands Serious Interest From Clients
Photographer Casey Templeton showed me some of the amazing responses he received from a promo he did recently and I thought you might want to hear more about what went into it. You can see more behind the scenes images and a video about it on his blog (here). Here’s Casey...
Study Shows Magazine Editors Have No Clue What Makes The Web Different
Most editors said their website and their print magazine shared a common mission. 16 per cent of respondents said their Web site’s mission involved community-building with readers. Interestingly, only 5 per cent mentioned new or unique content as integral to the site’s mission, with 96 per cent reporting the primary...
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Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) is located in Chicago, Illinois in Jackson Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood adjacent to Lake Michigan. It is housed in the former Palace of Fine Arts from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Initially endowed by Sears, Roebuck and Company president and philanthropist Julius...
1. Pella Tulip, 2. Tulip, 3. Tulip time, 4. Colours, 5. All Alone ..., 6. Angel's smile, 7. Little master, 8. Kids in action, 9. Vermeer Mill, 10. Pella Architecture, 11. Dutch Architecture, 12. Yellow Tulip, 13. Tulip Time Tower, 14. IMG_8496, 15. Tulip, 16. Fountain, 17. White Tulip, 18....
1. It's Green, 2. Together forever, 3. Flamingo, 4. Chicago Skyline 002, 5. By the Green River, 6. When the sun goes down.., 7. All Alone ..., 8. Bahai temple, 9. Lakeshore, 10. Walk along the shore.., 11. Bird's eye view, 12. Chicago Skyline 005, 13. Chicago Skyline 004, 14....
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White House Photos from State of the Union
The White House photographer has posted the lastest state of the union photos online. They used a 5D Mark II + 70-200 F/4 IS lens http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/sets/72157623301858742/with/4311872762/...
Kodak Gallery is offering a couple of good deals until the 21st of January 35% off photo calendars: 35% off Photo Calendars with Coupon Code: CALENDAR35 and free extra pages in photobooks, and I recently purchased a few of these photobooks and was quite impressed with the quality of the...
Buffalo Bills @ Atlanta Falcons Photos
Please check out my photos from the 12/27/09 event at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA...
Chuck Westfall Tech Tips November 09
Chuck Westfall’s monthly Tech Tips column has been released for the month of November 09 http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0911/tech-tips.html This month focuses on Canon 7D, 5D, and flash synch speeds....
Canon 5D II refurb for $2,399 a great deal Canon 5D Mark II @ adorama...
Great Deal on Refurbished (with warranty) Canon T1i at Adorama for only $599...
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