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Fun With Slow Shutter Speeds
Jazz up your photography session by experimenting with some slow shutter techniques. Read on to learn more about these techniques and to see some examples of each.
Driving Forces in Photography – Zen Before the Shutter
Photography is not always about the technical and aesthetic aspects of the art form. Sometimes, there’s something more. For me, its a get-away, a chance to be a different person. What is it for you? Read on to see my story, and then have an opportunity to share your own.
Wired to the New Rules (Behind the Scenes)
Wired Magazine did an article in this month’s issue titled ‘How to Behave: New Rules for Highly Evolved Humans‘. The article featured Brad Pitt and some pretty great photos by photographer Dan Winters. What’s the Jackanory conducted a fine interview with the magazine’s creative director, Scott Dadich, including some behind the scenes shots at how [...]
National Parks – Great Photo Opportunities
The U.S. National Parks Service – great places to visit with the family. They are also home to some of the greatest photo opportunities available in the United States. Read on to learn about their great website and plan a trip today.
SparkArts 2008 – Nov. 21-22, Salt Lake City
If you live in or near Salt Lake City, or if you’ll be nearby on November 21st and 22nd, you will want to check out the SparkArts Digital Arts Festival. Its focus is fairly broad, but there’s a little bit of something for everyone, especially photographers. There will be photography competitions and a few seminars [...]
Ignorance Makes You Sound Moronic
Slightly off-topic post today, but it is somewhat related. I was forwarded a few videos the other day from a conspiracy theorist on YouTube who has been posting videos that are allegedly proof that the government is conducting weather control experiments that could negatively affect the human race. Before I go on, please [...]
Stray Shopping Carts
Photography is a very serious way to have fun. Books such as The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification is proof that at least some artists don’t take it all too seriously. But what a fun concept? I can imagine the author of this book starting with a few [...]
Laptop Fire Slows Me Down
I have a bunch of pictures just waiting to be formatted and posted up here for your enjoyment. Unfortunately, I am the victim of the rare Laptop Fire. Alright, so I’m exaggerating just a bit – the laptop itself never caught fire. But my AC Adapter did. Regardless of what actually [...]
Random Thought: Poor Quality Instructional Photos
Why is it that instructional photographs in books about photography are of such poor quality?
I was at the bookstore today and I picked up a book on Digital Photography. I never read a book written specifically for Digital photography (only film) so I was browsing through it to see if there was anything I [...]
