Inspiring Photographers
PDN's World In Focus is a visual treat
Marketing Photos with Mary Virginia Swanson
Fulbright Scholars to India are getting jilted [Via David Wells]
For photographers who want to get a hold of their digital workflow, there is now a terrific looking solution out there called DQ QuiKeys. Now for only PC. Mac version coming soon.
Two major players in the online proofing arena – PickPic and Skooks Kart
On CNN right now, is Metronaps CEO Arshad Chowdhry who is pitching the idea that it helps a company's productivity when employees take a well-earned nap during the day.
At $800/month, a company can rent a Metronaps pod which allows one to hunker down for a snooze. You even get (not to keep) the Bose QuietComfort2 noise-cancelling headphones. Plug-n-play your iPod and get some zzz's.
For more benefits of a power nap, read this article by Helen Sanders.
The image above was originally uploaded by ? chi chi ?.
This is what happens when you play. I wish we all could think outside our Kodak boxes (oh, wait, that unit is being sold I hear) and stop playing safe. Here the image was shot on Fuji Velvia film (FILM – remember it?) and then cross-processed (in color negative chemistry). Awesome!
I'll often post images here that are interesting, curious and even spectacular. Would you also like to have your images showcased on this blog? If so, join my Flickr community group also called Tiffinbox. Thoughts, suggestions, opinions always welcome, so please leave your comments below.
This blog post is brought to you by Seshu's Pipal Productions.
Looks like photographers can be plagiarists [Via The Online Photographer]
JPG magazine is offering a $10 discount until Valentines Day
We Are All Photographers Now – an exhibit you (yes you) can participate it. Images will be showcased on a revolving basis at the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne. Upload your images and you will be sent a confirmation of the gallery presentation (they handle the printing apparently).
The Line of Control – “Skier and full-time freelance writer Eric Segalstad will document three months of skiing in Northern India this coming winter. Starting Christmas he'll be in Kashmir at Gulmarg, a ski area with world-class terrain less than a mile from the 50-year-old Line of Control between India and Pakistan.”
Photographer Jim Brandenburg has a new documentary video about his experiences photographing in the wild – Chased By The Light. I am ordering my copy today.
At Close Range is also a documentary, about National Geographic's veteran photographer, Joel Sartore broadcast on your friendly PBS channel. If you missed it, you can buy the DVD here.
Photographing moving vehicles Please do be careful!
We all fantasize about traveling to different parts of the world as a photographer. Steven Frischling lives and blogs it. Check out his site for tips on how to travel, where to find the best deals, how to negotiate with ticketing agents and even get bumped up to a higher fare class.
Thatcher Hullerman Cook has two websites: Winterground, where “photographs represent people and environments suspended in a time, place and circumstance beyond their control” and his editorial & documentary work
Chocolography: Yummy!
If I haven't mentioned it before Thom Hogan's e-books are terrific guides to a great many Nikon cameras and strobe units
Is Kwik Stand a replacement for the much heralded Red Wing light stands that aren't being produced anymore?
VII, the photo agency now has video-clips of its members talking about their projects. Very cool!
Photographer Peter Gregg‘s A Better Bounce Card is simply amazing. If you are a photographer desperately looking for a simple and cost effective way to modify your ugly light from a small strobe, check it out. [Full disclosure – Mr. Gregg hasn't paid me to plug his product]
The National Association of Photoshop Professionals, of which I am a proud member, is really outdoing itself.
A couple of weeks back it announced that it was going to publish Darkroom, a magazine dedicated to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom (wordy, isn't it? so, let's call it APL). Today, I found out that the organization is dedicating an entire portal, a learning site, for the Adobe product.
APL, by the way, is out of beta and available for $199 till May. Goes up to $299 after that. I think there will be several tweaks between now and May, so I'll pounce when the time is ripe.
If you are a photographer, do yourself a favor and become a member of the NAPP. The organization provides you a tremendous learning experience, tons of discounts on products all closely associated with the field of work that we love.
I'll be the first to admit that my attenpt to create images every day has died a quick death. Why? Well, here are the top three reasons excuses:
1) Lack of time
2) Lack of a small/compact camera, though I did try using the Fuji F31fd with mixed results
3) 1 + 2 = 3
I am open for suggestions for a compact camera that produces great images. I might give the Fuji a whirl again. Talk to me people.
For those who visit the site, you are offered a feature to see a preview of the links I provide. This feature is driven by Snap. But lately some of the top bloggers are pulling away from using it on their sites. First Robert Scoble and then Thomas Hawk have decided to say nay to Snap.
What do you say? Should I keep it turned on or should I chuck it? Is it annoying you? Could I do without it?
Speak now or forever hold our tongue (in cheek, of course).
Music For Photography allows you to buy royalty free music for your slideshows and other presentations
Photodocumentary Folio x12 [an odd name for a site, eh?] is hosting Munem Wasif‘s Tainted Tea [pdf] project
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 is now officially out
One other thing that digital photographers should consider using is Camer Bits‘ PhotoMechanic. It's on my short list of – must-have – for 2007.
Q&A with Muhammad Yunus, the brains behind Grameen Bank
Anyone read Vikram Chandra's Sacred Games yet?
Design with India, on February 5, 2007
Life is a Picnik, right? One more online photo editing tool. Read the review here.
Are you on the Creative Hotlist? This is a site for graphic designers, illustrators, photographers. Yeah, like us.
Brusheezy: A repository of Photoshop brushes and patterns. Very cool!
“Footnote is an impressive resource which launched last week that allows users to access and annotate millions of historical documents online for the first time.” This is really impressive if you are a history hound like me. [Via SolutionWatch]
Trying to keep track of your webstats? There is Google Analytics which is free (yeah!) Then there is Mint, which just went from 1.0 to 2.0. Also check out Clicky (free until they get the bugs out).
Bookcrossing claims to be the world's biggest free book club. Oprah, you listening?
NPPA's Best of Photojournalism 2006 is now online
Communication Arts' Photography Annual is seeking submissions