I’m sure by now you have discovered StumbleUpon , a very cool web service which helps you discover the sites you may miss out there.
This site from haha.nu :Creative photos by Chema Madoz

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Click on the site to take a look at a whole series of these visual mixtos.

And if you have some time to explore, take a run through some of the galleries we have listed on the RESOURCES page. It’s a little like going to an online Art Fair. Yep, we took a pass on the 23 different art fairs currently going on in Miami so we’re also taking a look at the offerings online.

On the holiday front:
Some of us are STILL shopping.
so…here is the link to our Holiday Gift Giving List for the Photographically Minded.

(and a very funny Hanukkah video at the end of this post)

And some additions to that list: Continue Reading »

Congrats to Theodore T. of Northfield, Ohio for winning the signed Alison Jackson book ” Confidential” . Wow. lots of great response for this one.

And now for todays On-Site only giveaway.

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[photopress:76_product_image_1586108196_1.jpg,full,centered] Software-Cinema makes some of the best educational DVD’s. And we’d like to share.
Soooooo…….
Send us an email @ damonw@photoinduced.com, put the words “Teach Me Easy” Or “Teach Me Pro” into the subject line, and you will get a selection of DVD’s to spend your cold winter nights learning new skills.
As long as you are the 5th person to respond.
What’s the diff?
Well the “Teach Me Easy” set is all about Photoshop Elements, And “Teach Me Pro” deals with masking, InDesign, and other advanced photo techniques.

(Please note: The Pro series deals with CS2, and the Easy set is for the previous versions of Elements).

OK, get home last night, drop the mail on the table and settle in for a little dinner. Start flipping through the mail and catalog, catalog, catalog, donation request, bill, bill, Advertising Age, and Newsweek.
Start flipping form the back of the mag (old habit) and hey…there’s a Cindy Sherman photograph.

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© Cindy Sherman

And a big headline. “Is Photography Dead?”

Wow.Bold question. Then basic premise of the article bemoans the current (last 30 years) “hot” photographers manipulation of imagery. Photographs are now made, not taken. The blur of truth in a photograph is more obvious.

And the line in the sand, as it were?
Cindy Sherman.

As her work, which recreates movie stills or illustrates various personal incarnations, was accepted and lauded in the art world, the writer seems to think this was the beginning of the end.
So here is another question: were all of the Life magazine images pristine reality? Have “editorial images” never been prompted? I remember the story of the famous dust bowl image of a father and son heading into the wind being a posed shot.

The analogy is made to sculpture, as a hole in the sand can be considered a sculpture as opposed to a finely crafted dimensional piece.

I guess the real question is: what is art? Is that big enough for you?
Art critic Peter Plagens is the one to ask that question. And that question has now come into the realm of photography.Maybe that means that photography has achieved global acceptance as fine art.
Of course it according to Mr. Plagens it may be a post mortem.
If video killed the radio star, did technology kill the true photographers?
Holey Moley.

Thoughts?

You should look at the images that have been gathered here and read the article. It’s the right thing to do.

A few weeks ago, we wrote about geotagging.

Well, we haven’t stopped the research. As a matter of fact, we obtained 2 different units for testing. What they do is add GPS data to the digital file of your photographs.
You do need software that can read that, but Adobe Lightroom is our software of choice and works like a charm. ( By the way, used Lightroom while on the road, took a G-Tech 250 gb mini drive,and for weeks, loaded up the external drive with photos,video, and docs.Sweet set-up) At the end of this article are samples of the screen shots using this data.
So…what can you do with it?

In last weeks NEWSLETTER, we talked about an incredible exhibit of Martine Barrat at the Maison Photographies De La Photographie. Plus Larry Clark, plus Book of Nudes. Incredible shows, and I know if you are in Paris, you’ll be sure to check it out.
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© Martine Barrat

But where the heck is it?

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You see, as we walked the streets of Paris, our GPS enabled NikonD200 was filing our journey for future reference. Just one of the cool uses of geotagging. Enhance your travel and shared experience.
And according to this article in CNET, looks like GPS will be coming to most digital cameras. In a year probably.

Until then,lets look at the 2 units tested.The GeoPic II and The N2-Di GPS . Continue Reading »

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© Alison Jackson

In her recent book of photographs, ” Confidential “,Alison Jackson has created a new reality. One based on perceived truth and, perhaps, our deep suspicions. Celebrities are revealed in situations that you may have suspected, or are relieved to know, as you see what does go on behind closed doors.
But the people in the photographs are not who you think they are. Continue Reading »