photography link archives: quicklinks home
Friday December 5, 2008
Merlin Mann on photography, and the tolerance of "courageous sucking"
even if a given shot is shit — and, most certainly, the vast majority of all my photos are varying degrees of shit — you still learn from the bad ones... All I know is that sticking with things that don’t arrive with instant mastery does have its own reward, even if you’re the only one who ever collects it. ¶
Thoughts on photo use and licensing when pictures are used with & without permission @ Photo Business News & Forum
Follows up on yesterday's link to a Guardian article on whether people who steal photos should have to pay what the photo owner charges when they get caught. ¶
How to make your own lens case @ Wired How-To Wiki
Useful if you're like me and don't use a ready-made 'camera bag' [i.e. something by LowePro, Tamrac etc.] as your camera bag [I use a timbuk2 messenger bag with a crumpler insert]. ¶
Thursday December 4, 2008
Is a picture really worth £1,000?
Or, more to the point, if you steal a picture and get caught, should the owner of the picture be able to charge you what they want, or should you only have to pay whatever you think is reasonable? The Guardian obviously believes the latter, though they probably have a wee bit of a vested interest in not paying whatever a photo's owner wants. ¶
Wednesday December 3, 2008
Comparing the sensors in the Nikon D200, D300 and D700
Ever wonder what the differences between different camera sensors was? Now you can find out. Useful if you're still pondering upgrading a D200 to a D300... [is the improved AF worth it for otherwise almost identical cameras? Probably not.] ¶
Tuesday December 2, 2008
Nikon unveils the 24.5MP D3x
A snip* at only US$8k. This is for the portrait and/or landscape photog apparently.
[*sarcasm] ¶
Saturday November 29, 2008
Audio slideshow: photojournalist David White recreates the images of Robert Howlett, who died 150 years ago
Howlett was best known for his iconic image of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. ¶
Tuesday November 25, 2008
11 surefire landscape photography tips
Particularly #3 - Look for a focal point, and #4 - think foreground. ¶
Sunday November 16, 2008
Tuesday November 11, 2008
Friday November 7, 2008
Tuesday November 4, 2008
Photography tips from the Sports Illustrated pros
Sports Illustrtated's Damien Strohmeyer say to focus on on drama, action and reaction ¶
Sunday November 2, 2008
Rob Galbraith reviews the Think Tank Photo Shape Shifter
Went from not at all interested to quite interested in about 5 seconds... ¶
The US election campaign from Obama's point of view - a photo essay
By TIME Magazine photographer Callie Shell ¶
John McCain's long distance campaign - a photo essay
By TIME Magazine photographer Christopher Morris ¶
Friday October 31, 2008
Nick Turpin's photographic adventure
Nick Turpin explains how he will be spending a month taking photos from around the world, as directed by the votes on his website. ¶
Thursday October 30, 2008
EDITING
Simon Roberts talks about how he edits his photos and dealing with 'contact sheet depression'. I've never heard of it before, but like several of the commenters I suffer terribly from it. ¶
Wednesday October 29, 2008
Digital Railroad - 24 hours to shutdown
One of the leading stock photography providers/site hosts vanishes almost overnight. I had seriously considered signing up with them after Photoshelters' Marketplace was shut down, am really glad I didn't. ¶
Tuesday October 28, 2008
Saturday October 25, 2008
Online Depth of Field Calculator
Not sure the predicted values match up with what I'm getting, at least not for my 70/200 [i.e. my dof seems somewhat lower]. ¶
Friday October 24, 2008
Thursday October 23, 2008
Friday October 17, 2008
Tuesday October 14, 2008
Friday October 10, 2008
Wednesday October 1, 2008
Wednesday September 24, 2008
Tuesday September 23, 2008
Friday September 19, 2008
Tuesday September 16, 2008
Monday September 15, 2008
Friday September 5, 2008
Tuesday September 2, 2008
Saturday August 30, 2008
Thursday August 28, 2008
Visions of China: Mike Powell's 2008 Olympics picture blog
Bit slow to load on Safari, but worth the wait. ¶
Sunday August 24, 2008
Friday August 22, 2008
Some thoughts on being in the right place at the right time
At a minimum, good planning can help up your odds of getting good images ¶
Wednesday August 20, 2008
Friday August 15, 2008
Honl Speed Grid beam spreads
In case you were wondering what the difference between the 1/4" and 1/8" grids was. ¶
Thursday August 14, 2008
Dan Heller on what impact the Orphan Works Act will have on photographers
In a nutshell: very little. ¶
Monday July 21, 2008
Friday July 18, 2008
Tuesday July 15, 2008
Sunday July 13, 2008
Saturday July 12, 2008
Flickr, Myxer, Copyright Infringement, and the Lack of Respect
If the Copyright holders WANT to give their stuff away for free, that’s up to THEM, not some third party. ¶
Tuesday July 8, 2008
How every photo on Flickr was on sale this weekend
Jim Goldstein on how Flickr's API is allowing unscrupulous programmers to steal, sell or otherwise misuse images posted on Flickr. Does Flickr care? No. Deal with it. ¶
Sunday July 6, 2008
Wednesday June 11, 2008
Monday May 19, 2008
Tuesday May 13, 2008
Thursday May 1, 2008
Wednesday April 30, 2008
Filmmaker Errol Morris gets to the truth behind the Abu Ghraib photographs
We remember things selectively. We experience things selectively. We think about things selectively. We live in a kind of incomplete, patchwork-quilt universe. ¶
Sunday April 20, 2008
Friday April 18, 2008
AP photographer Bilal Hussein freed by US after two years
He was imprisoned for 735 days by the US Military who never filed any formal charges against him. Habeas schmabeas. ¶
Sunday April 13, 2008
BBC NEWS | Wales | Vietnam war photojournalist dies
Philip Jones Griffiths, author of Vietnam Inc, dies at 72 - the latest of the group of reporters and photographers who documented the war in Vietnam to succumb to what Tim Page describes as "strange cancers". ¶
Friday April 11, 2008
Steampunk Unboxing: the world's second Difference Engine arrives in Silicon Valley
Charles Babbage would be proud. ¶
Thursday April 10, 2008
Wednesday April 9, 2008
Tuesday April 8, 2008
The long way there
The commuting patterns of Americans are changing: a slideshow of photos by Vincent Laforet. ¶
Tuesday April 1, 2008
Monday March 31, 2008
Wednesday March 26, 2008
Monday March 24, 2008
One woman's war
Canadian photojournalist Rita Leistner travelled to Baghdad in 2003 as a freelance reporter determined to get behind the front lines of the war in Iraq. ¶
Sunday March 23, 2008
Friday March 21, 2008
Is a photograph of something a derivative work?
Photographs of other objects are not derivative works of those objects... a photograph of an object is not "based on" that object: it is a mere depiction of it. If your photograph of something is a derivative work, then your photo infringes on the rights of the copyright holder of whatever you photographed. So if a photo is not by definition a derivative work, then the copyright of the photographed object is not affected by your taking a photo of it. So the argument that you can't take a picture of something 'for copyright reasons' is not true, at least in the US of A. ¶
Thursday March 20, 2008
The Ten Legal Commandments of Photography
Most of the reasons people give you why you can't take pictures are wrong, surprise surprise surprise. ¶
Wednesday March 19, 2008
Aperture Faux Xprocess Primer
How to mimic cross processing using Aperture - works surprisingly well. ¶
Thursday March 13, 2008
Aperture 2.0: the Ars Technica review
Reasonably positive - overall much better than Aperture 1.x, but still missing some pretty significant tools [i.e. curves]. ¶
Tuesday March 11, 2008
East and West: Seeing the world through different lenses
Americans are more zoom... East Asians are more panoramic ¶
Tuesday February 19, 2008
Sunday February 17, 2008
Saturday February 9, 2008
Wednesday January 30, 2008
Monday January 28, 2008
Tuesday January 22, 2008
Tuesday December 18, 2007
Sunday December 2, 2007
Friday November 16, 2007
Monday November 12, 2007
Thursday November 8, 2007
Thursday October 25, 2007
Wednesday October 17, 2007
Monday October 1, 2007
Thursday September 27, 2007
Wednesday September 5, 2007
Thursday August 23, 2007
Monday August 20, 2007
Saturday August 18, 2007
Friday August 17, 2007
Monday August 6, 2007
Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection: What to do when you lose your photos on your memory card
Rule #1: Don't panic. Rule #2: take the card out of your camera. ¶
Wednesday August 1, 2007
Monday July 16, 2007
Thursday July 12, 2007
Saturday June 16, 2007
Wednesday June 13, 2007
Monday June 11, 2007
Friday June 1, 2007
Wednesday May 23, 2007
Thursday May 17, 2007
Thursday April 26, 2007
Monday April 23, 2007
Thursday April 12, 2007
Friday March 30, 2007
Tuesday March 27, 2007
Wednesday February 28, 2007
Friday January 5, 2007
Thursday January 4, 2007
Saturday December 16, 2006
Intimate strangers
Susie Rea talks to and photographs the people who you see every day but who you never actually meet. ¶
Thursday November 30, 2006
Sunday November 19, 2006
Little People - a tiny street art project
Little handpainted people, left in London to fend for themselves... ¶
Sunday November 12, 2006
Wednesday November 8, 2006
Inside Aperture
A new O'Reilly site... [NB: the RSS feeds on the page don't link to the real Inside Aperture RSS feed...] ¶
Monday November 6, 2006
Imaging Reality: Aperture's Vault backups and referenced masters -- some things to consider.
Not everything is backed up anymore if you use referenced files... am not sure even the references are backed up... ¶
Sunday October 15, 2006
Wednesday September 27, 2006
Thursday September 21, 2006
A practical guide to interpreting RGB histograms
The sort of thing digital photographers should read... ¶
Wednesday August 30, 2006
Flickr-lag
Definition: The time difference between being somewhere and getting the photos on Flickr which causes some confusion in online conversations with friends. ¶
Sunday August 20, 2006
Chuqui on Flickr and "Interestingness"
I don't particularly like Flickr's interestingness, but then that's because it doesn't like me [or my pictures]. ¶
Thursday August 17, 2006
Through the Viewfinder: A Tutorial
[via kottke]Ah, so that's what TTV is all about. Never made the slightest sense before. ¶
Saturday August 12, 2006
Wednesday August 9, 2006
Saturday August 5, 2006
Thursday August 3, 2006
Tuesday August 1, 2006
Thursday July 27, 2006
Nikon D80 pics revealed
Looks like a cut down D-200... and why would anyone want a cut down D-200? Just buy the real thing. ¶
Tuesday July 25, 2006
Photodoto » Portable photo storage buyerâs guide
I have an Epson P-2000:
Light and portable, but slow [particularly with large CF cards - it feels like it takes more than twice as long to copy files from my 2 gig CF card as it does from my 1 gig one, and they're the same speed/manufacturer].
I do like it, although the battery life is absolutely terrible. ¶
Saturday July 8, 2006
Wednesday June 28, 2006
David Schonauer's Summer Reading List - PopPhoto - June 2006
[via rebecca's pocket]The Editor of American Photo on the best photo books this summer ¶
Saturday June 24, 2006
Wednesday June 21, 2006
Sunday June 18, 2006
Friday June 9, 2006
Tuesday June 6, 2006
Saturday June 3, 2006
Working the Lines in your Photography
- followed by Using Horizontal Lines and Using Vertical Lines.Basic summary: keep your vertical lines vertical and your horizontal lines horizontal - that's what your viewfinder' grid is for.
You did get a camera with a viewfinder grid, didn't you?? ¶Friday June 2, 2006
Wednesday May 31, 2006
Top Ten Stock Photography Cliches
[via kottke]Including "The Handshake of Synergy", "The Big Thumbs of Triumph" and my favourite, "The Flirty Customer Service Gal"... ¶
Saturday May 27, 2006
Friday May 26, 2006
The Rise of Crowdsourcing
How the work of crowds of amateurs threaten to reshape professional markets. ¶
How the work of crowds of amateurs threaten to reshape professional markets. ¶
Wednesday May 24, 2006
Sunday May 21, 2006
Friday April 21, 2006
Tuesday April 18, 2006
Does going digital pay?
Going digital allows a photographer to do things that were never before possible, and allows more control over output than ever before - but what is the cost in terms of the photographer's time? Do you actually spend less time on photography and more on post-processing? ¶
Going digital allows a photographer to do things that were never before possible, and allows more control over output than ever before - but what is the cost in terms of the photographer's time? Do you actually spend less time on photography and more on post-processing? ¶
Friday April 14, 2006
Aperture 1.1 released, comes with US$200 coupon for early adopters
And 40% price cuts for late adopters. ¶
And 40% price cuts for late adopters. ¶
Sunday April 9, 2006
Wednesday March 22, 2006
Tuesday March 21, 2006
Sunday March 19, 2006
Saturday March 18, 2006
Epson P-4000 review
RAW support is "a bit limited", battery life "is shockingly short". Just like the P-2000 then... ¶
RAW support is "a bit limited", battery life "is shockingly short". Just like the P-2000 then... ¶
Monday March 13, 2006
lost camera: camera unlost, but not quite found.
A lost camera is found by someone who returns the pictures, but not the camera... ¶
A lost camera is found by someone who returns the pictures, but not the camera... ¶
Sunday March 12, 2006
Saturday March 4, 2006
Wednesday January 25, 2006
Urban life through two lenses [via Rebecca's Pocket]
"A century apart, but the same place, and the same time: two photographers, two lenses, but the same goal." ¶
"A century apart, but the same place, and the same time: two photographers, two lenses, but the same goal." ¶
Saturday January 21, 2006
A trail of diamonds
A photo essay following diamonds from the ground to the ring, via churches, Antwerp and India... ¶
A photo essay following diamonds from the ground to the ring, via churches, Antwerp and India... ¶
Thursday January 19, 2006
Tuesday January 17, 2006
"It Was All Fairly Low Key Except That They Had Big Guns"
A bird-watcher and a press photographer have a wee run in with Her Majesty's finest. ¶
A bird-watcher and a press photographer have a wee run in with Her Majesty's finest. ¶
Thursday January 12, 2006
Sunday January 8, 2006
Saturday January 7, 2006
Saturday December 17, 2005
Saturday December 10, 2005
Friday December 9, 2005
Wednesday December 7, 2005
Wednesday November 30, 2005
Wednesday November 9, 2005
Nikon D100, D70, D50 batteries recalled
Could possibly ignite and melt. Yaay. A list of the serial numbers affected is here. ¶
Could possibly ignite and melt. Yaay. A list of the serial numbers affected is here. ¶
Saturday November 5, 2005
Nikon issues service advisory for D2H, D70
Only some cameras are affected... unfortunately, mine is one of them... ¶
Only some cameras are affected... unfortunately, mine is one of them... ¶
Friday November 4, 2005
Monday October 17, 2005
Saturday October 15, 2005
CCD failures: the bigger picture
The CCD [the digital image sensor] is failing on a wide range of digital cameras made between 2002 and 2004 from [deep breath] Canon [8 models], Fuji [4 models], Sony [23 models], Konica/Minolta [8 models] and Nikon [3 models]. In every case the CCD was made by Sony... UPDATE: you can add models from Ricoh and Olympus too... ¶
The CCD [the digital image sensor] is failing on a wide range of digital cameras made between 2002 and 2004 from [deep breath] Canon [8 models], Fuji [4 models], Sony [23 models], Konica/Minolta [8 models] and Nikon [3 models]. In every case the CCD was made by Sony... UPDATE: you can add models from Ricoh and Olympus too... ¶
New on Flickr: Camera-Tossing [via tpwireservice]
When exactly are you supposed to catch the camera though...? ¶
When exactly are you supposed to catch the camera though...? ¶
Thursday October 13, 2005
Monday October 10, 2005
Sunday October 9, 2005
Wal-Mart Turns in Student’s Anti-Bush Photo, Secret Service Investigates Him
You wouldn't believe it, would you?? ¶
You wouldn't believe it, would you?? ¶
Saturday October 8, 2005
Why Do-It-Yourself Photo Printing Doesn't Add Up
I would have thought it was because life's too short, but apparently there are economic reasons too. ¶
I would have thought it was because life's too short, but apparently there are economic reasons too. ¶
The digital camera turns 30 — sort of
Kodak had a prototype in 1975, but waited for decades before entering the market. ¶
Kodak had a prototype in 1975, but waited for decades before entering the market. ¶
Epson P-4000 Multimedia Storage Viewer
With a 80 GB hard disk drive, USB 2, and it can read Type II CF cards. ¶
With a 80 GB hard disk drive, USB 2, and it can read Type II CF cards. ¶
Thursday October 6, 2005
Monday May 2, 2005
Thursday April 28, 2005
Thursday April 21, 2005
Wednesday April 20, 2005
Nikon encrypting white balance metadata in RAW files
This only affects people who have a super high-end digital camera, but apparently Nikon has decided to start encrypting white balance metadata in the RAW files for their D2X and D2Hs Professional digital SLRs. This means you can't adjust the white balance in Photoshop anymore. [Via DPReview] ¶
This only affects people who have a super high-end digital camera, but apparently Nikon has decided to start encrypting white balance metadata in the RAW files for their D2X and D2Hs Professional digital SLRs. This means you can't adjust the white balance in Photoshop anymore. [Via DPReview] ¶
Wednesday April 13, 2005
Kyocera kills off Contax
Kyocera is pulling the plug on Contax, the camera brand they picked up when they purchased Yashica in the mid-Nineties. ¶
Kyocera is pulling the plug on Contax, the camera brand they picked up when they purchased Yashica in the mid-Nineties. ¶
Monday April 11, 2005
Black and white Photography » Walking the Circle Line: Moorgate to Tower Hill
"I am walking London Underground’s Circle Line. In this installment, I’ll be making the trek from Moorgate through Liverpool Street and Aldgate to Tower Hill." ¶
"I am walking London Underground’s Circle Line. In this installment, I’ll be making the trek from Moorgate through Liverpool Street and Aldgate to Tower Hill." ¶
Saturday April 2, 2005
Yahoo launches a Creative Commons search engine
This lets you search for things by license - so you could find images that you could freely re-use, rather than find images and then have to try and negotiate re-use rights. That being said, I still get people asking me if they can use my photos even though every one is labelled with a pretty obvious license... [via Boing Boing] ¶
This lets you search for things by license - so you could find images that you could freely re-use, rather than find images and then have to try and negotiate re-use rights. That being said, I still get people asking me if they can use my photos even though every one is labelled with a pretty obvious license... [via Boing Boing] ¶
Photo Editing 101
The difference between professional photographers and amateurs, they shoot more and show less: in other words, they edit like hell. For a similar take, see Black and White World: A Workshop With Garry Winogrand. [both via Kottke] ¶
The difference between professional photographers and amateurs, they shoot more and show less: in other words, they edit like hell. For a similar take, see Black and White World: A Workshop With Garry Winogrand. [both via Kottke] ¶
Barry Barr's graffiti photos
You may have noticed I have a liking for graffiti and street photography: Patrick Barry Barr has been taking photos of graffiti and murals in various cities including Milan, Barcelona, Bilbao, BeloHorizonte (Brasil), Lima and, Queens, NYC. [via Wooster Collective] ¶
You may have noticed I have a liking for graffiti and street photography: Patrick Barry Barr has been taking photos of graffiti and murals in various cities including Milan, Barcelona, Bilbao, BeloHorizonte (Brasil), Lima and, Queens, NYC. [via Wooster Collective] ¶
The Way We See it
A London-based collaborative photo-blog [for lack of a better description...] where every week or so a group of photographers take pictures of a different part of London. The project aims to see how differently people view and perceive the same place through the lens. ¶
A London-based collaborative photo-blog [for lack of a better description...] where every week or so a group of photographers take pictures of a different part of London. The project aims to see how differently people view and perceive the same place through the lens. ¶
GRAPHICJUNKIES -So ruff, So tuff, Out here, Baby...
A Georgia policeman takes his camera to work with him. ¶
A Georgia policeman takes his camera to work with him. ¶
Friday April 1, 2005
National Press Photographer's Association: Best of Photojournalism 2005: Still Photography Winners ¶
Thursday March 31, 2005
From the Photo-counter: DUE TO DECREASE IN DEMAND THIS SERVICE NO LONGER AVAILABLE
File under the death of photographic film... mind you, I'm surprised they've not banned film on environmental grounds... ¶
File under the death of photographic film... mind you, I'm surprised they've not banned film on environmental grounds... ¶
Saturday March 26, 2005
digital review canada: Nikon D70 vs. Canon Digital Rebel XT
Summary: the Nikon has a better lens and a metal lens mount[!]. ¶
Summary: the Nikon has a better lens and a metal lens mount[!]. ¶
Thursday March 24, 2005
Saturday March 19, 2005
Tuesday March 15, 2005
Sunday March 13, 2005
Saturday March 5, 2005
Thursday February 24, 2005
Thursday February 17, 2005
Sunday February 13, 2005
Saturday February 5, 2005
London Underground Stations
Lovingly hand coloured, not half as dull as you might think. via Londonist. ¶
Lovingly hand coloured, not half as dull as you might think. via Londonist. ¶
