In his book , Understanding Close-Up Photography, Bryan Peterson briefly discusses how he “collects” photos of the letters of the alphabet.  In his collection, he now has several full alphabets of letters.  Letters of interesting colors, textures or lighting.  It’s a challenge to isolate letters in a single photograph, but I would assume that’s part [...]

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.

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.

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.