Inspiring Photographers
Looks like the news wire service Reuters is in quite a bit of trouble because of an altered image from Beirut, Lebanon. While it has been yanked out of circulation, the use of Photoshop to manipulate the truth now creates an unsaid suspicion of all that we now see in the news. It adds to the pessimism that is clearly rampant in our world today.
[Via Micropersuasion]Updates here
The image above was originally uploaded by Kunjan Shah.
Imagine doing donuts in the parking lot with this little thing! Kunjan Shah shot this in Kansas. Is the Yellow Brick Road far along?
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.
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Josh Keay at PhotoJoJo shows you how you can in five minutes or less recover shadow detail in an image using Photoshop
I am looking into using Zooomr to store and save my images for this and other blogs I publish. I have also stumbled on SnipShot to edit online all these large images produced from my megapixel cameras.
Adobe‘s John Nack has a link to 10 free Photoshop plug-ins and more
Scooch: “An accessible, Web Standards based slide show creator and presentation blog for web sites from Grow Collective“
Leela, tipping “the work/play scale toward joy and fun.” [via Boing Boing]
UltraBrown, hip desi blog introduced to me by Amit Varma of India Uncut fame.
Desi computer scientist wants you to browse this page using nothing more than your eyeballs [via SiliconBeat]
Seeing Near and Far: In A Picture's Worth, a blog by those who run the terrific PhotoShelter service, an “industry-standard for online archiving, distribution and sales of images for the independent professional photographer.”
The Fuji FinePix F30 Review Roundup. I want this camera bad!
Get out and play with Flickr Toys
A Photographer's Quest For Perfect Light. Sure, you are going to look like a dork, but your images are going to rock!
I love words but sometimes I just can't spell worth a hill of beans. Instead of reaching out for my favorite dictionary online or hard copy, I am going to use this little USB-based device that Meriam Webster has produced. “In addition to the 300,000 word dictionary and 500,000 word thesaurus you get other applications as well like; grammar guide, confusable function that alerts you to words spelled differently that sound the same (there, their) and a crossword puzzle solver.”
A little whacky, but Dr. Russell Brown has a show you digital photographers should not miss. His Photoshop tips are simply great and his Services, a pack of scripts for Adobe Photoshop CS2, are a must have.
Dan Roam's Digital Roam is for visual thinkers. His book, “The Back of the Napkin: Solving problems with pictures” will be published in 2008.
Asia Society in New York is playing host to a series of images of ship breakers in Bangladesh by photojournalist Robert Bailey.
“Explore one of many dilemmas faced by developing nations rapidly globalizing with this photography display. Bangladesh’s ship-breaking yards literally break apart old ships from all over the world, transforming them into scrap metal. These yards provide mass employment for Bangladeshi workers, many of whom have low-skills and few employment alternatives. However, the working conditions are extremely hazardous. Among other dangers, the shipbreakers are exposed to high levels of toxic chemicals that are handled without protection or regulation. As demand expands and competition grows among countries with low levels of industrialization, the acuteness of this dilemma will only increase. These photographs highlight the quiet dignity of manual laborers engaged in this difficult work.”
I'll be showcasing those very same images here on Tiffinbox beginning sometime this week. Please keep checking back.
Ask Michele McNally, Assistant Managing Editor for Photography at The New York Times
Taking group portraits is a bear. It won't be after you read these cool tips from Digital Photography School [bookmark this site for your sanity]
Adobe announces [still beta] Lightroom for Windows. I haven't used this yet but intend to download the Mac version asap. Read more about Lightroom here.
“Operation Photo Rescue (OPR) is a volunteer network of professional photojournalists and amateur digital photographers, graphic designers, image restoration artists and others. OPR's mission is to repair photographs damaged by unforeseen circumstances such as house fires and natural disasters at no cost to the people who own them.”
Terrific Photoshop resources at Blue Vertigo
NoTxt magazine, to be viewed, not read
Adorama Academy, over a 100 ways to become a better photographer
PhotoWalkthrough presents video tutorials “showing the post processing of a photograph using Adobe Photoshop and other programs.”
Tips From The Top Floor, digital photography podcast for the digital photographer
Via G.M.B. Akash
“Babu, 22, the main earning person of his family, lost a leg in a grenade attack on the main opposition political party office in Narayanganj, during a general meeting. 2005. Since 1999, Bangladesh has experienced a spate of ‘unexplained’ bomb blasts and grenade attacks, killing at least 300 till the end of 2005. Since August 17, 2005, a new wave of attacks have begun.
The victims have received no compensation or any form of assistance from the state.”
Nikon releases 30-day trial version of their new photo editing program, Capture NX. Get the download here.
Must See Web Site – PixChannel.com [includes video interviews of some of the biggest names in the photography world]
Shahidul Alam is blogging, sorta
Virgin Comics, is “a new media company between Sir Richard Branson, Deepak Chopra, Shekhar Kapur and Gotham Entertainment Group.”
Friend Neelam Patel is in Sensual Reflections. If you are in DC, check this one woman show out.
Vin Bhat and Neal Shenoy have launched Sportsvite.com. Sounds similar to the ideas Active.com has introduced, but I wish the competition all the luck.
Marc Antonyesque crooner Ananda Sen. You gotta hear him at least once.
SAJAForum.org launches today. Check out the blog posts during the convention that is going on right now and also after
Yeah, I have been putting a lot more energy into my other blog, Bliss, than this one. The allure of paying off academic loans through wedding photography is much too great and I have got to get my name out there. I have been assisting photographers, working on a few weddings on my own and even signed on to work with a national wedding photography agency called Bella Pictures. So, if you don't see anything new posted here, head on over to Bliss and check it out. I'll be sure to get back to Tiffinbox as soon as this wedding season starts to quieten down. Thanks for your patience.