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Also go to James Nachtwey: Struggle to Live - the fight against TB.
Jim
This will be revolutionary for Burn and the industry and perhaps serve as a model for future online sponsorship for photographers.
As most of you know, this has been my goal all along.
To be able to pay photographers for online representation of their work with rates as good or better than current print rates for major publications.
David Alan Harvey
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More Multimedia by David Vernon
Matt Brandon, who runs the excellent Digital Trekker blog, put together a cogent look at the multimedia photo essay entitled The Multimedia Photo Essay: Photos and More.
In the article he talks about storytelling - but also about things like quantity of imagery, length of presentation, and how not to bore folks.
David Vernon
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Also go to 10 examples of stunning DSLR cinematography.
Jim
DSLR Timelapses addictive, frustrating and often rewarding... by Philip Bloom
Most fun and rewarding for me are the star night time timelapses like the ones in the middle of my Skywalker Ranch film.
These are mind blowing but take enormous patience.
As each exposure takes about 30 seconds and you need 24/25 frames for each second of footage.
That's a long wait!
Philip Bloom
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Jim
Is this book worth it?
A resounding yes. A thousand times yes.
This book helps to clarify some things I've been thinking about for a while now, and it seems that it reached me at exactly the time I needed it!
JForest Photos
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Also go to Make a Book.
Jim
Noah Beil - This Is Not My Sky
In December 2009 I began producing limited edition handmade photo books combining letterpress printing and photography under my new imprint Extant Books.
My first artist book, This Is Not My Sky, is now available below.
Noah Beil
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Steve Crist - The Contact Sheet
The Contact Sheet offers an insightful look into some of the most iconic photographs of our times, unveiling rarely seen contact sheets from the original photo sessions.
This compilation showcases some of the most seminal photographers of our time, revealing the depth and breadth of their photographic process.
Photographers such as William Claxton, Chuck Close, Robert Doisneau, Nan Golding, Dorothea Lange, Julius Shulman, Jeanloup Sieff, and many more are featured here in this compelling compilation.
AMMO Books
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Zoe Leonard - Letting Postcards Tell Niagara Falls' Story
Though "You see I am here after all" deals with popular imagery of Niagara Falls, it is in some ways a metaphor for the transformation of natural sites into tourist destinations across America.
We take a wild landscape and rebrand and package it for mass consumption.
We make it popular entertainment. Ms. Leonard invites us to ponder what is lost along the way.
Benjamin Genocchio
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Lori Waselchuk - Hospice Behind Bars by Nicole Pasulka
At a Louisiana prison best known for controversial rodeos and keeping the Angola 3—Robert Hillary King, Albert Woodfox, and Herman Wallace—in solitary confinement for more than 29 years, there's a glimmer of hope and humanity: a hospice where inmate volunteers provide end-of-life care for dying prisoners.
Nicole Pasulka
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The 4 Big Myths of Profile Pictures by Christian
In looking closely at the astonishingly wide variety of ways our users have chosen to represent themselves, we discovered much of the collective wisdom about profile pictures was wrong.
For interested readers, I explain our measurement process, and how we collected our data, at the end of the post.
All my bar charts are zeroed on the average picture.
Now to the data.
Christian
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DCR-250 Super Macro Conversion Lens for D-SLR Camera
The lens includes a snap-on universal mount suitable for 52mm to 67mm filter size.
DCR-250 Super Macro lens obtains the maximum macro magnification power when set at the most telephoto position of zoom lens.
The lens is made of high index optical glass elements which produce rich and razor sharp image.
Yoshida Industry
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Also go to How to Become a Pro.
Jim
Good News In Photography by Rob Haggart
One photographer I spoke with recently said his business was up 20% this year and has been up 30% on average each of the last 5 years.
How is that possible?
I asked him to explain why he thinks he has been so successful in a dour economy.
Here's what he said...
Rob Haggart
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This satire may have originated at Digital Wedding Forum.
Jim
Elegant Wedding Photography (Salt Lake City, Utah) by Lindsay
My name is Lindsay and I've just got a brand new camera for Christmas but haven't even taken it out of the box.
I really want to get into the wedding photography business because I see so many people in Utah are getting married and it looks like easy money.
I can't guarantee that even one photo will turn out looking good but I sure will try.
Some pictures will be used for my portfolio and my future website.
I start booking appointments this week!
I am now booking for Spring and Summer of 2010.
Lindsay
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Five Best Photo-Printing Sites by Jason Fitzpatrick
If you've been meaning to get around to printing more photos and saving them from their fate of digital obscurity, the following five Lifehacker reader-selected sites can help you.
Jason Fitzpatrick
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Pack a Gun to Protect Valuables from Airline Theft or Loss by Jason Fitzpatrick
You can pick up a super basic starter pistol for around $16-20—really nice starter pistols can easily cost $100-200, but you're not concerned about the quality—a rather small sum to ensure that your case of photography equipment or personal effects will be watched more carefully and only opened in your presence.
Jason Fitzpatrick
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Is Elinor Carucci right to turn the camera on her children? by Sean O'Hagan
And, as Carucci acknowledged on Woman's Hour, the really intriguing question here is not just what the children will think of the work when they grow up, but what they will think of their mother.
Sean O'Hagan
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Also go to Bigshot Camera by Julie Lasky.
Jim
The Department of Computer Science at Columbia University is conducting Bigshot workshops on most Saturdays for children between the ages of 8 and 14 years attending schools in New York City.
In addition, field tests are being planned for a few selected cities around the globe.
Shree Nayar
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5 Reasons to Ditch Your Digital SLR by Charlie Sorrel
There's a new camera category in town.
It's EVIL, and it's going to kick your DSLR's ass.
EVIL stands for Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens, and is our favorite acronym for cameras like the Olympus Pen, the Lumix GF1 and the Samsung NX10.
Charlie Sorrel
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Superior observation skills are need by photographers.
Jim
Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
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Superior observation skills are need by photographers.
Jim
Listening Below the Noise: A Meditation on the Practice of Silence by Anne D. Leclaire
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James Kriegsmann - Behind the Lens, Continuing a Legacy BY Vincent M. Mallozzi
"I wanted something retro, something that looked as if it was taken in the 1940s," Mr. Lee said in a recent phone interview.
"I started doing extensive research for the perfect photographer, and everywhere I looked the name Kriegsmann kept popping up."
Vincent M. Mallozzi
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Peter Ross - William Burroughs's Stuff by Nicole Pasulka
Like estate sales or cat burglary, Peter Ross's photographs of William Burroughs's possessions provide a glimpse into the material world of someone we thought we knew.
In the interview below, Ross explains how the pictures...explore the myth of the man through a selection of weird, touching, and often unexpected possessions found in Burroughs's windowless New York City apartment, preserved since his death in 1997.
Nicole Pasulka
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Also go to Elinor Carucci.
Jim
Elinor Carucci, an Israeli born and now New York based photographer, is best known for her intimate and provocative family portraits in which no area of family life is off-limits.
She has photographed her parents, husband, twin children Eden and Emmanuelle, cousins, grandparents in states of undress: in the bath, motel rooms, during arguments, having their hair cut.
Telegraph Media Group Limited
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Make Bad Pictures to Make Good Pictures by Mark Alberhasky
Who'd have thought the way to make good pictures is to make bad pictures!
If you're taking bad pictures now, you may well be on your way to being a better photographer.
Mark Alberhasky
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Vintage Emulation; Recreating That "Old Photo" Look In The Digital Age by Roger W. Hicks
We have all had the experience of looking at old photographs that transport us back to a different age, whether it is 20 years ago, or 120.
It can be very tempting to try to recreate a vintage look, whether for a particular emotional effect or simply because we can.
But what are the actual differences, and how can we recreate them?
Roger W. Hicks
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Maynard teaches at ICP.
Jim
On The Road; What I Learned; My Journey From Fashion To Far Away by Maynard Switzer
My route to travel photography was not direct, but looking back, I realize the direction was set fairly early.
Maynard Switzer
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Also go to Photoshop Elements > Brushes > 3 - Intermediate: Part 2.
Jim
Organize Your Presets by Sue Chastain
If you've collected or created a lot of custom Photoshop content and presets such as brushes, custom shapes, layer styles, tool presets, gradients, patterns, and such, you'll want to get to know the Preset Manager.
Sue Chastain
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Also go to Color to B&W (Method #2).
Jim
Two Essential Photoshop Plugins for Black and White Photographers by Andrew Gibson
Are you looking for a quick and easy way to convert colour photos to black and white in Photoshop?
Then plugins may be the answer.
In an earlier article I looked at the most common ways to convert colour photos to black and white in Photoshop CS.
The best methods are very effective and, if you don't mind taking your time over each conversion, you won't need anything else.
But sometimes you want something that is quick, easy and that can be applied to any photo at the touch of a button.
For that, you need a plugin.
Andrew Gibson
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How Sharp Is Your Printer? How Sharp Are Your Eyes? by Ctein
How much fine detail do you need in a photograph for it to look sharp?
How much fine detail can your printer deliver?
Both of these questions have been the subject of gigabytes of verbiage, most of it hearsay, untested and unfounded.
It seems like everyone has an opinion; pathetically few of them are informed opinions.
Ctein
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Also go to Wrist Pain.
Jim
It's not uncommon to catch sight of a photographer skirting a football field, squatting on the sidelines of a basketball court, or crouching in the midst of a wedding reception and carrying multiple camera bodies and lenses, a camera bag, a tripod or monopod, and wearing a vest containing who-knows-what.
Equipment is a heavy burden, but carrying it is better than having to run across a room or field to change lenses or attach a flash.
Serge Timacheff with Peter Harmer, Ph.D., ATC
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The Largest Panorama in the World?
After a few weeks of hard work, we can finally present what we think is the world's largest spherical panorama.
This image was shot on October 3, 2009.
It is made from hundreds of individual photographs and stitched together into a single seamless panoramic image.
We have put the entire image, in full resolution, online for everyone to see.
It's possible to zoom in to an incredible level of detail.
360 Cities
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An In-Depth Look Into Background Removal Techniques by jeya
Removing a background from an image is a common task that every designer needs to do on an almost regular basis.
There are so many ways that you can extract a subject from its background to end up with a transparent background.
With all the different ways, there is really is no exact method that you should take every time.
Depending on the background or complexity is how you should determine which method you should take.
jeya
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Work hard.
Tell everyone everything you know.
Close a deal with a handshake.
Have fun!
Harold "Doc" Edgerton
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Dubin at Work in Old New York by Jeff Kisseloff
I picked up the album and opened it, and my eyes nearly jumped out of my head.
Inside were some 30 color photographs taken in and around the city in the 1940s.
I had never seen such vibrant photos of the city in those years.
In fact, I had never seen any color photos of the city in those years, yet here they were.
It was such an interesting collection.
Each of the pictures depicted a man in uniform intently doing his job, whether it was a street sweeper, gas station attendant or hansom cab driver.
When I looked at them twice, I realized something, all of them were Harry!
Jeff Kisseloff
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SFW
Jim
Hurf durf butter eater nudity by Anonymous
How should I photograph my soon-to-be-shrinking bod for best results in animated GIF?
This is not a technical question but an aesthetic one.
Anonymous
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Guangzhi Shi - Carved Stone Art in Southern Dynasty Tombs
"In Nanjing's grave mound is only remaining the subtilis, and the desolate stone animals are reflecting the evening's sunlight."
This is the first sentence of the Zhuxie's poet Mourning mausoleums of the Southern Dynasties.
What was said in the poet are the stone animals dispersing at more than 30 places of Nanjing and Danyang.
Under the stone animals' rib are two wings, as if they are ready to fly.
The cultural relic concerns the history, while sculptures concern art.
From Ming and Qing dynasties, western scholars started to study China in waves, and some of the them who have art accomplishment and knowledge of history began to dig out Chinese art with a perspective different from ours.
They were not limited to collect historical documents and prove history like traditional scholars, but rather add technology content to prove image, which means they took camera here and took picture back.
This mode not only has file function, but more importantly, it is helpful for more scholars to use lots of picture books to go on comparative study when they can't be present.
Guangzhi Shi
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The Peeve Pathology by Mike Johnston
That's what defines a peeve pathology, I guess.
It's whatever little peeve you have to work to let go of.
Mike Johnston
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