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The Camera of the Future
Predictions Today I asked myself, “What will the next generation(s) of professional cameras look like?” What follows are my guesses, conjectures, hopes, and fears. Smart-phones will be the real competition for prosumer cameras, except for craftsmen models (Leicas, Hasselblads, etc.) and specialist models (Canon 1D, Nikon D3). Everything else will be miniaturized, filled with sensors, [...]
Photography Portfolio Software – 15 Website CMS Options
I used to build photography portfolios websites from scratch, which required a month of coding and debugging. But now there are many CMS (content management systems) that are designed specifically for photography portfolios. I am still looking for the best photography portfolio software but Of course they all have different strengths and in the end [...]
The Best Photojournalism Blogs, or the ones I read.
This list of blogs is biased towards photojournalism and tries to highlight original work more than equipment porn or industry rumor sites.
How To Meet With New York Photo Editors
This is my first time making the rounds of New York and I remember how intimidating the idea was while in college so I’m writing a post to help demystify the process. This post is to help me critique myself and I’ve only done this once so if any more experienced photographer want to jump [...]
Leica M9 review at PDN Photo Plus Pro
In between talking with editors I stopped by the largest photo conference around. I could tell the content was targeted to a different audience when the first large booth advertised Nikon’s consumer cameras by having a couple of models photographing each other as they sat on Vespas with a backdrop of Rome. One highlight of [...]
The Semantics of Blurb’s Custom Logo
Too often I make photographs that I never see in print. But that is about to change as I’m designing a couple of self-published photography books. The first is a hand-out to vendors of our wedding photography and the second will be of my work in China. Blurb seems to be the largest book printer [...]
Geekfest ’09, in St Petersburg Florida
Photography is often best as a solitary profession where you have to turn all the gears alone with a little feedback from editors. But events like Geekfest help lubricate the gears with inspiration and connections. This unfortunately named Geekfest didn’t disappoint. There were a wide variety of photographers from the Pulitzer winning Patrick Farrell and [...]
Kevin Carter’s Picture
In a small coffee shop in rural Turkey I was waiting for my ferry to Cyprus and on the wall behind the smoke stained memorabilia and calendars was this poster. It was a surprise to see in the middle of all the old men drinking coffee in this semi-rural area. I can translate the top [...]
Backing up your photo archive to a remote server
In my short life I have seen way too many (at least 5) photographers loose their photo archive when a hard drive failed. Hard drives will die, and when you least expect it, so backup. My personal solution is simple but safe against any 2 of the following 3 occurring: Hard-drive failure Local disaster Death [...]