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	Ideas ... "There are manifest deficiencies of understanding on the crucial relationship between the discoveries that are being made through advances of technical analysis, and the original painterly/artistic means by which the art-objects-under-investigation were produced by artists in the first place." More… Over a lunchtime conversation with a photographer friend, the discussion went back to something I've prodded her a few times about .. her self-doubt as a photographer... I asked her, "what are you afraid of?" More… Looking at photographs is a very personal experience. Everyone has their opinions about what is good art and what is not. What interests me are the way a photograph is made and the impact it has on me as a viewer. More… Thomas L Friedman, in a post today at the New York Times, says that "average is over." And he is right. It is. More… Have you ever heard... That creative people are weird? That creativity is best created in a group? That creative people are sloppy, messy and disorganized? That creative people are always coming up with cool, but ultimately silly ideas? More… It's difficult to say what's the perfect picture, but if you were to look at some of the best photographs throughout the history of photography many of these images are caught moments. This means the photographer was aware of his or her surroundings and was prepared to capture those moments. More… One sure way to get better at photography is to take pictures continuously. Often our cameras sit on the shelf unused for days and weeks at a time. More… The photography business is all about copying what the other does. The current "fad" is HDR. In the "good old days", every landscape was taken with 2 to 3 color polarizer. Now, all the weddings are "documentary style" More… The idea that you change and manipulate a photo after it's been taken is seen by some as changing reality; creating something that's 'fake'. I disagree strongly with that idea for many reasons, but the reason I'm going to talk about here is that post-processing made me a better photographer. More… Its official. Kodak filed for bankruptcy today. The 131 year old company went from being the leader in the industry, to losing sight of a strong, successful path. They failed to see future trends (even though they developed digital technology), which ultimately cost them everything. More… In a way, photography is a way of meditation. A way of zen. Your focus is completely on the image and nothing else seems to matter. More… Until recently, becoming a professional photographer was a serious financial commitment, with the cost of cameras, film and development presenting a significant barrier to the dilettante. More… I know the only way to stop things is to become active. When groups gather on the capital steps to show support for leaving the Internet "free" - I'm there. If you haven't heard of SOPA/PIPA, take a few minutes to learn more. More… "There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos!" Jim Hightower, Radio Commentator and Author. It's another quality of those photographers we admire - they always take a stand. More… There's a very good article in The Economist about why Kodak is failing, while Fujifilm is doing well. More… Tips, Techniques & Technology ... How do you proceed to grow and develop as a fine art photographer? Basically, regular use of your camera with deliberate intent, while paying attention to the following, is what brings it about. More… Every business owner must be a self promoter too - unless you have the ability to pay someone else to do it. If that's not you, spreading the word is your task. Not to be confused with marketing, publicity gets others talking about you. More… One of the more difficult things for a portrait photographer to do is start the shoot with a resistant subject. More… You often hear about percentages, sometimes in statistics, like 75-percent of all statistics are made up, which often leaves you wondering about the accuracy of such numbers, but when it comes to photography, one percentage that is accurate is the 90-percent rule of lighting. More… When photographing the wedding family portraits, you can really help yourself by nailing your lighting. Get it down. Then you can concentrate on getting the groups together, and concentrate on posing the groups. But your lighting works! Much less stress. More… The filter that I have come to appreciate more as time passes is the neutral density filter, or, more specifically, the variable neutral density filter. This puppy can do things for you that will add a completely new dimension to your photography, from landscape to portrait work More… Low light photography is a challenge. Depending on the circumstance, it may not be possible to capture a desired image. That being said, it's essential to know every possible thing that can be done before you throw in the towel. More… Landscape photography in colour is a truly beautiful thing, the pink and purple hues of dawn, a red sunset or a blue sky above a golden sandy beach, colour can really make an image pop. However, sometimes colour can become a bit of a distraction.. More… What if I told you that by the end of this article I could drastically boost your Photoshop productivity? Interested? That's actually not an exaggeration if you've never taken advantage of Photoshop's actions and batch processing tools. More… A young photographer recently asked me how to structure his time so that he actually gets things accomplished. A lot of time can easily be wasted on social media outlets, but if you plan your time and make a schedule you will get more done each day. More… LinkedIn is a fantastic method to network with other photographers and customers, share stories, articles, and request feedback on new photographs. If you're a photographer with another business target in mind then LinkedIn is an amazing tool to use. More… It's one thing to get a shoot now and then, and another to create and sustain a commercial photography business. Here are a couple of thoughts for you to consider. More… Printing at home can be a good thing, but sometimes it's best to let someone else do it. Maybe you want to make a whole bunch of 4x6 prints, or you need a print larger than your home printer can produce. More… Posing is one of those words that I really never liked. It always reminds me of some uncomfortable pretzel style positioning where every finger, hand, toe is placed just right and really so much just right that the person being photographed looks as uncomfortable as they can be. More… As its convention and trade show season I'm sure that you'll be overwhelmed with ideas and inspiration for marketing campaigns. The biggest problem is that you might have come across a golden nugget that at this point in time isn't quite the right fit for your business. More… One technique I've seen used a lot lately on blogs, websites and even email newsletters is a hand drawn frame effect. In this post, I'll show you how to create an effect like this and save and use it for your images. More… "What effect does a camera's white balance setting have on a raw file? Why should I bother with a white balance setting in camera when shooting raw?" More…   Reviews Russian photographer and artist Maxim Emelyanov fell for the idea of a 'metaphoric connection to another world' through photography. More… Born in Buffalo, New York, now living in Colorado Springs, Emma Kisiel's work focuses extensively on the human influence on animal life and documents her physical closeness to animals, both living and dead. More… I cannot stop looking at these wonderful fashion-inspired portraits from Swiss-Italian photographer Christian Tagliavini. The projects are called 1503 and Dame di Cartone and are set against the backdrop of art and fashion history. More… I have a few point-and-shoots in my house and they all suck compared to the iPhone. But they do have one thing the iPhone's native camera app lacks: the focus-lock shutter control found in fancier point and shoots. Mattebox fixes that. More… The AF-S DX Micro-Nikkor 85mm f/3.5G ED VR was Nikon's first macro-lens designed specifically for DX-bodies. And it's only the second macro lens that offers image-stabilization following its larger cousin, the AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED. More… Loretta Ayeroff has recently had the good fortune of revisiting her work from the early 1980's, finding a new audience and fresh appreciation for imagery that is 30 years old. More… Cristina Mittermeier's passport has a lot of stamps in it. Her photography has taken her to the furthest reaches of the world, especially during her tenure as president of the International League of Conservation Photographers. More… Every year on the 19th of August, thousands of Orthodox Catholics moved by faith flock to the holy mountain of Grabarka in Poland to celebrate the Transfiguration. More… We test the new Kingston 16Gb MicroSDHC Class 10 Multi-Kit Memory Card - Will the card give us the high speed performance expected? Find out in our review. More… Photo Nuts and Post, the new DPS - Digital Photo School eBook, is the ultimate guide for post-processing. If the word sounds strange to you and you want to repent from being away from the right path, this is the right time and place. By this eBook. It will make you a better photographer. More… This is what one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the lighthouse of Alexandria looks like today - or more accurately, this is what the scene looks like, since it's gone. Find the rest of the wonders in Hans Engels' The Seven Wonders. More… You may want to try Fundy Image Finder - a brand new tool that makes finding and pulling images quick and easy. Its not a sophisticated program; just a simple workflow utility to help photographers pull images for print and album orders in the most efficient way possible. More… Did you hear that Adobe finally released a version of Photoshop for the iPad? Well, that's not exactly true. Adobe's new touch-based image-editing app is not compatible with the iPad yet-but that's coming More… When Dutch photographer Rineke Dijkstra's portraiture was first recognized in the mid-1990s, our culture was different. It was pre-social media, pre-24-hour news cycle, pre-Internet (at least, as we know it today). More… The Girl With 7 Horses is a creative project by photographer Ulrika Kestere that shows a girl traveling to various landscapes in search of her "invisible horses" More… We announced a really interesting app that was coming out for the iPhone call AntiCrop a little while back. It gives you a way to do the opposite of crop and add to your image while it clones in surrounding areas to add more space. More… Sabina Hannila is a Swedish photographer who currently lives and study at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham. After the University she wants to be a photojournalist exploring people and their personal stories. More… Unless you are completely new to photography or you've been living under a rock for the past 5 years, it's safe to say you've heard of Canon's "S" line of cameras. So, is the S100 another step in the evolution of Canon's S line or is it more than that? More… Celebrity photographer Eric Ogden explains how he directs his subjects, and how his lighting style allows him to adapt and respond in the moment. More…   News H&H Color Lab is releasing a new initiative today to help make sure photographers stay current with their websites. Using our video tutorials, you should be able to have a professional WordPress website ready to show the public in less than an hour! More… PENTAX Optio VS20: An all-purpose digital compact camera, featuring a high-power 20X optical zoom lens and extra shutter-release button, zoom lever and tripod socket for effortless vertical-position shooting More… The Beginner's Guide to Landscape Photography is a new e-book by Dimitri Vasileiou and Mike Bell. More… A photographer who was banned by security guards from taking pictures of the Golden Wonder factory in Scunthorpe has uploaded a video of the entire incident to YouTube. More… Want to use a motorized zoom lens on Olympus' PEN E-P3, E-PL3 or E-PM1 compact system camera bodies? If so, you'll want to download a new firmware update issued by the company today. More… Getty Images and iStockphoto have confirmed that 30 employees have been made redundant at the microstock company as part of an integration of the two brands More… Kodak announced today that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The move is "intended to bolster liquidity in the US and abroad, monetize non-strategic intellectual property, fairly resolve legacy liabilities, and enable the company to focus on its most valuable business lines" More… A brand new application was revealed this week at the Apple education event by the name of iBooks Author, this app brought on aside the iBooks 2 app update and the addition of interactive Textbooks to the fold. More… You probably don't need yet another iPad dock, but if you have gone computer-less and still need to scan the occasional sheet of dead treeware, then the iConvert Scanner Dock might be just the thing for you. More… Minox has issued a statement on the future of its 'poin-and-shoot' compact cameras after the firm's managing director suggested they were no longer worth investing in. More… Adobe has announced a special offer allowing CS4 and CS3 users to upgrade to Creative Suite 6, when it is released. Adobe upset many CS4 and CS3 users when it announced that it was changing its upgrade policy More… Pentax has issued a firmware update for the Pentax K-5 digital SLR camera. Version 1.12 addresses the rare issue of a band of light green noise appearing in images of starry skies taken with the Astrotracer function enabled and the O-GPS1 accessory mounted. More… Polaroid combine Smart Phone features with a camera to bring a Smart Camera to the digital photography market. More… Ricoh has posted a firmware update for the Ricoh CX6 digital compact camera. Version 1.21 improves auto focus accuracy in excessively bright conditions. More… White House Photog Wrongfully Arrested Considering Suing After Being Banned From WH More… Kodak has announced that it's suing Apple and HTC for infringing on four of its digital imaging patents. It also claims HTC to be infringing on a fifth image preview patent, which is already at the center of an ongoing case that Kodak has lodged against Apple and RIM. More… Before heading to CES, Fujifilm Digital Imaging director Adrian Clarke spoke to Amateur Photographer about the company's first compact system camera, the X-Pro1, and the impact of the Olympus scandal.. More… Another new camera announced today comes from Canon - the Powershot G1X. This camera too comes with a larger CMOS sensor - however unlike many other cameras with larger sensors is an all in one camera with no interchangeable lenses. More… The Samsung ST76 and Samsung ST66 are fairly closely related, although their body styling does differ. More… Corel entered the professional photography photo management software market this morning with its new Corel AfterShot Pro imaging workflow software. More… Epson today introduced the Epson Artisan 1430 wide-format printer. Offering brilliant, Ultra Hi-Definition prints as large as 13"x 19", wireless networking and mobile printing, the Artisan 1430 delivers professional-quality photos... More…
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