Inspiring Photographers
Photocritic.org: Home of budget DIY photography projects [DIY stands for Do It Yourself]
SnapJot: Group publishing for busy people
Heart and Soul, a terrific photo column by Chicago-based photog Scott Strazzante
You can take the airlines out of India, but you can't take the Indian out of the airlines
Genetically modified E.Coli bacteria apparently can now take pictures [I think I can retire now]
“ShutterSeek is a free, community-driven photography news service that allows photographers and artists to post and rate news, events and products from the photography world. Put simply, you decide what is important and what isn't.”
I do hope this site takes off. It's a great idea and I will be sure to post relevant and hopefully useful information on the site. I welcome you to check it out, create an account for yourselff and play along.
India Uncut [a terrific blog] pointed me to Suyog Gaidhani's woes with an advertising agency called Workaholiks [don't bother clicking this link as it goes nowhere now]. Workaholiks, essentially, stole an image right off of Gaidhani's website and used it in one of their campaigns.
Tsk, tsk, tsk … Copyright infringement is huge in the US. Pilfering images off the net or otherwise would have you standing in front of a judge or cutting a huge fat check in multiples of what you would have originally paid for by simply licensing it legally. In India, thanks to Gaidhani's persistence things may just change [fingers crossed] for the better.
In any event, I applaud Suyog's resolve. The Rs. 2000 he finally received from the duplicitous agency, Suyog donated to his favorite charity. Bravo!
I am happy to tell you that I have now been published on ESPN.com as well. Sure, the story is tucked away on ESPN.com's Golf index page, but it is a great start. Looking forward to many more such opportunities. [Thanks Sean]
The Indian Express suggests that the Karnataka Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh has initiated steps to rename “Bangalore” to “Bengaluru.”
Bombay became Mumbai, Calcutta became Kokatta, Madras became Chennai. India to be called Hindustan?
I think the Chief Minister has better things to do for his state and this sort of idiocy needs to stop. Does it force upon people a benign form of patriotism or nationalism to refer to their city by an ancient and somewhat archaic name? I think it just confuses people and makes it even harder for people to do business in India (ooops, Bharath, no Hindustan, no hamara desh – ugh, whatever).
By the way, I'll continue to always tell people that I grew up Madras, politics [and politicians] be damned.
Mamta Popat, a photographer at The Arizona Daily Star, wrote in to say that the newspaper published a series of portraits she created.
“After each sports season we pick athletes who really excelled and got state titles. They're called “All-Stars” – anyway I had to photograph seven athletes in 6 days. I was super stressed thru the whole ordeal but alas I got it done.”
They are stupendous and well worth a look-see here. I asked her which of the portraits was her favorite and she emailed me back with the one you see below. I love the sepia-toning in post-production.
Must see: The Photography Channel, Magnum In Motion and New York Photo Blog
Malaysia-based photographer, Palani Mohan [thanks to Melisa Lyttle for this terrific link]
Snapshooters, freelancers, amateurs and perhaps even professional photogs can make money via Shutterstock
Resize images using online tools: Resize2Mail, Online Image Resize, Net Imaging
The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web and The Anatomy of Web Fonts
Basant Bash and the potential ban
Best of The Blogs (or The Bobs) winners announced
AK47.tv has launched its 9th issue
Get the Rasterbator [don't ask] to create huge rasterized images from any image.
Born Magazine, where literary arts marries interactive media
Starting today, the South Asian International Film Festival will be in full swing in New York city.
Friend and film maker Anoli Patel wrote in to surprise me with some great news. The Hangman, a feature-length movie she and her production company Akshar Media have been laboring over was accepted into the festival and will have its US premiere on December 10, at 2 p.m. General admission is $13.
I urge you all to support independent film makers and producers. If you are in NYC this Saturday let's try and meet up to check this film out.
New York Times' Amy Waldman has a four-part feature about India's newfound love of roadways [high time if you asked me], car culture, spread of AIDS and the cities. Article 1 is here. Article 2 is here. I will be sure to post links to article three and four here once they are published.
Be sure to click on the interactive modules. Photographs are by Tyler Hicks.
