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About photographyadmin21 June 2008

A National Geographic photographer brings her kids to work. It’s the ultimate photography internship. What a great opportunity for a kid.

The growth and birth of a chicken in pictures. Despite this, I will continue to enjoy eating eggs.

60 photo links you can’t live without over at CameraPorn. No, it’s perfectly work safe, trust me. Get your mind out of the gutter.

Olympus has a really neat new super zoom with the “soul of a DSLR.” You can’t change lenses, but why would you? The SP-570 UZ covers 26-520mm (f/2.8-4.5) with built in sensor-shift and digital image stabilization.

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Friday Grab Bag

About photographyadmin18 April 2008

British Metropolitan Police anti-terrorism campaign“There’s a great deal of paranoia around but the police are on alert for anything that vaguely resembles terrorism. It’s difficult because the more professional a photographer, paradoxically, the more likely they are to be stopped or questioned. If people were using photos for terrorism purposes they would be using the smallest camera possible.” Read on at BBC News

In other anti-photographer news: Stadium Visitor Told To Hit Delete Button.

Digital Photography School explains why you should set up a photo blog.

Photographer Rob Goldman organized a photo exhibition by and about the homeless while volunteering at a shelter. “I don’t propose to have any answers; that’s the beauty of art,” Goldman says. But perhaps the show, he adds, will “force people to look at their own questions and see if the solution can begin.” Read more and watch the video at Newsday.com

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Friday grab bag

About photographyadmin11 April 2008

Adobe’s online television channel went on the air Wednesday this week. Lot’s of stuff there including a Photographer channel. Uh, you have to kind of squint and use your imagination a bit if you don’t want to be reminded that it’s an infomercial.

The next Worldwide Pinhole Photography day is coming up April 27. Pinhole what? You don’t need to go all crazy and buy film or anything. You can turn your digital temporarily into a pinhole camera. Or make one of these out of paper.

Here’s an interesting bit. The Calgary Herald wrote recently about a company that people are hiring to stalk them. Why? So they can get “completely natural” candid portraits.

Looking to jump on the DSLR bandwagon? It’s amazing when you think that we’ve gone from measly 2 megapixel monstronsities to sleek, 12 megapixel DSLRs in the span of just 5 or 6 years. Take a look at Photocritic’s roundup of 15 entry-level DSLRs and join the fun.

Finally, some neat photos from Florida showing the entire process of getting the Space Shuttle ready for launch. [via]

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Friday Grab Bag

About photographyadmin04 April 2008

Quote of the week: “Why is it that photographers look at a place most people would figure to be a likely setting for a crime and go, ‘Cool!’?” –Joe McNally

Adobe Lightroom 2.0 beta is available from Adobe Labs. The beta adds the ability to make localized corrections and multiple monitor support among other enhancements.

Digital Photography School is giving away a Nikon D60 kit in their latest prize drawing.

Create a home inventory through photos. This video covers the use of F-spot specifically but you follow the same idea in any photo organizing application with tagging support.

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