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Don't Let The Comment Haters Slow You Down Most people appreciate and maybe even crave feedback, especially positive. When it comes to photography, there are those who are very comfortable providing constructive, well crafted critiques. These paragraphs of personal opinions are often (at least hopefully, always) provided with the best intentions in mind, to help the photographer understand what works, and what doesn't, in a particular photograph. But there has been a growing trend of fellow photographers withholding their positive encouragement for the most silly of reasons: embarrassment and shame. heya, reading this via Google reader? It is closing soon. If you are looking for alternatives, try feedly an awesome free RSS readerread more show less

You know that moment when you agree to do a favor for a friend and it turns into something a bit... well, more? This weekend I ended up taking headshots of 80 people during six non-stop hours of shooting. Here is the story, what I learned, and some random thoughts on the experience. I'm not a professional photographer (I don't accept payment for my work), but I do enjoy it and spend quite a bit of time on it. A few months ago a friend planning a single day DC area startup networking event asked if I'd be willing to spend two hours doing simple headshots of people who wanted updated pictures to use on their Linkedin profiles or bio pages. heya, reading this via Google reader? It is closing soon. If you are looking for alternatives, try feedly an awesome free RSS readerread more show less

Today, most of us shoot digital which is an electronic process, but not that long ago, the photographic process was chemical in nature. The George Eastman House created a series of short movies explaining the history and context of each of the major chemical processes. Starting with the Daguerreotype, through Collodion, Albumen Print, The Woodburytype, The Platinum Print, and finally the Gelatin Silver Print which is similar to the process used in black and white movie reels and modern 35mm film. It is a great resource if you are seeking to learn a bit more of how photography was just ten years ago (but also 200 years ago). It is packed with interesting facts like the usage of eggs for producing Albumen Prints. heya, reading this via Google reader? It is closing soon. If you are looking for alternatives, try feedly an awesome free RSS readerread more show less

Doing a late jump on the should-I-work-for-free-question wagon, I was this insteresting post over at Reddit, which shows what seeking fro free work may seem from the other side. I hope this can spark an interesting debate.  It shows a somewhat cynical ad posted (just look at the email) over at the craigslist San Francisco Creative Services section. The crew posting the ad are super talented and seeking a job offer. Specifically a non paying one (click image for bigger view): heya, reading this via Google reader? It is closing soon. If you are looking for alternatives, try feedly an awesome free RSS readerread more show less

If you've ever done any color correction work, you know how tedious it can be. Going scene after scen eafter scene and making adjustments. Geneviève Landry whom you may remember as the videographer form Benjamin Wong's Smoke & Flour dancers shoot shows how fun after effects color correction can be if taken on the light side. She dubbed the clip The JOY of Color Correction in After Effects! and after watching it I couldn't agree more. She covers the basic usage of correction layers (like curves), vignetting and how to achieve a magical blurred look: heya, reading this via Google reader? It is closing soon. If you are looking for alternatives, try feedly an awesome free RSS readerread more show less

Do you ever post your photography under Creative Commons (CC) license? If so, are you positive you know what each type of CC license means and selected the one you really want? Basically, there are four questions you need to answer: heya, reading this via Google reader? It is closing soon. If you are looking for alternatives, try feedly an awesome free RSS readerread more show less

The ANAR Foundation is a Spanish organization which helps kids in risk. They Operate a unique phone number - 116 111 - where minors at risk can get aid and consultation. Anar did a campaign advertizing the number, but were facing a problem where they did not want potential aggressors to see that a kid was even looking at the ad. heya, reading this via Google reader? It is closing soon. If you are looking for alternatives, try feedly an awesome free RSS readerread more show less

Adobe is bringing Lightroom to the iPad as an app. Over at The Grid yesterday Tom Hogarty, Adobe's group product manager for Lightroom showed an early stage iPad app designed to allow editing RAW images from your computer on a mobile device. Hogarty explains that Adobe is trying to revamp the workflow between the desktop, laptop and other mobile devices. Here is the gap that Adobe's trying to bridge. heya, reading this via Google reader? It is closing soon. If you are looking for alternatives, try feedly an awesome free RSS readerread more show less

Manon Wethly, A photographer and designer based in Belgium explores what happens to liquids (specifically drinks) as they are thrown in the air and gain independence from their containers. Watching her photos, really gave me a strong urge to climb somewhere tall and spill drinks. heya, reading this via Google reader? It is closing soon. If you are looking for alternatives, try feedly an awesome free RSS readerread more show less

If you've ever wanted to own an iconic Leica camera, but couldn’t afford to, here’s how to get the some of the best bits for a few dollars. Learn the Leica look, think differently about composition, retro pimp your iPhone and learn how to get the Leica look in your smart phones and cameras photos. If that wasn’t enough, this article contains 2 x Leica style iPhone preset filters and several FREE Adobe Lightroom presets, as well as a generous helping of the expertise you’ve come to expect from Lightism. heya, reading this via Google reader? It is closing soon. If you are looking for alternatives, try feedly an awesome free RSS readerread more show less