A few links

I found a few bird photo blogs, but they are in Chinese, but please enjoy the pictures:

Home page - http://blog.yam.com/phdwhite

Amazing looking bird - http://blog.yam.com/phdwhite/article/14542451

http://blog.xuite.net/cl.hai5231/bird


I am too lazy to embed HTML code today, just copy and paste it to your URL, :)

Vanity Fair - Obama and Cabinet

Click here to Vanity Fair.

I think the group shot is a little too much. Kind of heavy on the PhotoShop side.

I hope all of these media hype is not going to create a negative impact with the new regime, when our economy does not turn around quick enough. It took years of greed (on many levels) to reach this point, and it might get even worse before it gets better.

How'd they do that?

This month's Arizona Highway Magazine, features work by Joel Grimes - click on menu option, then select Desert Life for more.

I really like these black and white shots, but I am curious, is there a way to replicate the B&W treatment with photo editing software?

I am thinking, change photo to sepia, then adjust saturation (decrease), then fine tune shadow/brightness.

Suggestions welcome.

Special deal - Adorama

Adorama is running a special with their 11x14 prints, any paper, from the Royal Glossy to the top–of–the–line Endura Metallic is just $1.99.

I am ordering some metallic prints, just to give it a try.

Link: http://www.adoramapix.com/index.aspx

This special ends 8/31/08.

WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!?

Another lazy post/Link:

http://35mm.instantfundas.com/2008/07/how-to-watch-nuclear-explosion.html

I guess these spectators were part of the experiment. Shameful..

Links

http://www.jamesnachtwey.com/ - famous war photographer. I have rented a video about Mr. Nachtwey, very good work, not sure why I didn't look for his website. Very powerful stuff.

http://mrtoledano.com/frame_art.html - I found his "phone sex" series a few months back, but not sure why I didn't search for his other work. I found the series on "Days with my Father" very touching, especially so with my recent loss of my father.

http://www.durhamtownship.com/portfolio/ - A great photo blog by Kathleen Connally. Inspirational.


enjoy.

Masters of Photography

Enjoy this collection on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=Cybelephotography&p=r

News Article

Take a look at this article, following this link:
http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003729465

Is this going to be a common practice? I hope not.
***end.

New Links

I have added several links on the right hand column of this blog.

Most important are the ones take you to manufacturer's instruction manual download location.

I find it easier to reference the PDF files than flipping through the pages of a printed manual. Also, if you have purchased any used gear, you may not have the manual with it to begin with.

Some of the older gears are scanned manuals, for harder to find manuals, check out butkus, which has tons of obscure equipment manuals online, it is a free site, asking for donation only, if you find it useful, please consider donating to his effort.

Have fun, oh, and Happy New Year!

Site Spotlight

Check out this creativity extraordinaire.

You'll find a lot more in Chema-Madoz.

Enjoy.

My Early Muir Owl

This is a great video, and so creative.
Glad I don't have to go through this now, I am not sure how one can top this.