Ray Rhodes and his work first came to our attention in February during our Ribbon Photo Contest.  Ray’s entry took the first-runner-up position in the midst of tight competition.  Since then, he has contributed dozens of photos to our flickr pool, and I have personally followed his work extensively.  If I had to describe Ray’s [...]

The works of Sue Thompson are no stranger to Shutter Photo. Her work is inspiring and simple and worthy of recognition. Today we feature one of her more recent photos, “Tape Measure”, on our pages. Read on to see the shot and our brief review.

Lighting is incredibly powerful. Many emotions can be created by subtle tweaks of the light. Brian Day’s photo, “Awakening” demonstrates everything we love about creepy photos and lighting. Read on to be inspired.

Peter West Carey needs your help to embark on a journey with the intention of educating the youth of America about cultures of other lands. Learn about the project and learn how you can help by reading on.

This fine specimen is a photograph from Ken Cadel, titled Deep End.  Ken practices some of my favorite kind of photography:  The architectural photography of abandoned and dilapidated buildings.  I’ll admit, I have been following Ken’s work for a while now, and I invited him to share this photograph with the Shutter Photo @ Flickr [...]

Looking back, 2009 was filled with a lot of experiments and a lot of great photos. Since the year is over, I review some of my favorite shots and discuss some of the background behind each one. It’s a learning experience for myself and for the readers.

In only seven months, the SP@Flickr Pool garnered 240 photo submissions. I’m proud to say that our pool contains a great number of inspirational shots. In today’s year-end review of 2009, we highlight ten of the most interesting photos from the pool.

As a follow-up to our query, we have compiled a list of the Photo 365 projects (and likewise) for the new year. For inspiration, read on to see all of the projects listed to date.

Many of us have been talking of doing photo projects for the new year. For example, I will be doing a Photo 365 Project called No Words. Other’s have mentioned casually that they were doing similar projects – either in comments here at Shutter Photo, on Flickr or via Twitter. I of course would like to follow as many of your projects as possible, and I’m sure others would like to do the same. So if you are doing a Photo 365 project, or something similar, reply to to this post and tell us where we can find it. Feel free to mention your blogs and websites as well.

Guy Tal, a well known nature and landscape photographer, has made some interesting observations on Print Size as it relates to high-res scans of film/prints vs. digital.  Warning, this is not a debate of film vs. digital…but merely his observations of the process involved and what works (from his subjective opinion) and what doesn’t.  Whether [...]

I just got wind of a great course being offered by BetterPhoto.com:  Better Exposure:  How to Meter Light.  The course is being taught by Sean Arbabi.  If you remember, we reviewed his book, BetterPhoto Guide to Exposure, back in March.  It’s a open-structured online course (Lessons via E-mail) with full access to Sean during the [...]

What do writers do in their spare time? They do photography. In this Photographer Spotlight, we would like to introduce you to Chuck Wendig, an established writer who has quite an eye for Macro Photography. To see some examples of his fine work, and to learn why Chuck’s work is so special, read on.

An awesome article popped up over at Mac|Life discussing some of the tricks and procedures (including software and plugins used) of six professional photographers.  I would hardly call these secrets, as the articles title would make you believe.  But it’s certainly a good read, and certainly a viable way to get into some heads of [...]

David Clark has been lingering around the SP@Flickr Group almost since its inception.  You may even remember him from our review of his photo, Summer Chair. David’s gallery is a testament to the reach of his talents and skills – explorations in nature, landscape photography and close-up photography.  But of all his works, perhaps the [...]

A few weeks ago, I reviewed a book by Jon Canfield, Camera Raw 101.  When it came to the review, I of course focused on what was in the book and what was presented to me, the reader.  But after I completed the review, I started poking around his website, Jon Canfield Photography; the book [...]