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The New Horizon(tal)

Changing habits is tough. I used to, for the most part, use my iPad in portrait orientation. Now I’m trying to break that habit. Ditto for things on the shooting side. At one point, I used to leave a...

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Are you f#¢king kidding me?

Via Amateur Photographer: The London 2012 conditions state: ‘Images, video and sound recordings of the Games taken by a Ticket Holder cannot be used for any purpose other than for private and domestic...

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More Horizontal Goodness

This time, via Vogue, an ad for Burberry. First, the vertical. Burberry Body ad, vertical. Now, the horizontal: Burberry Body ad, horizontal. Which would you rather see? The original article:...

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Ditching Social Media

Instagram’s TOS is pissing a lot of folks off. It’s pretty bad; at what point did making money off your users’ content become ok? RC Concepcion raises a valid point. So, a picture you took that you...

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Standing in Muck

I spent the majority of my adult life in Florida, which makes me no stranger to wetlands, swamplands, deltas, marshes, reservoirs and creeks. Florida is devoid of any major breaks in its topology...

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My Best in 2012

2012 was a year of impressive up-and-downs for me (mostly ups, thankfully), but more than anything, it was a massive educational experience for me. Photographically, I grew more in this past year than...

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Pondering an image

I made this image yesterday on Staten Island, CA. Still wondering whether it belongs in the landscapes portfolio… UPDATE: Some folks said yes. So I’m wondering – Color or B&W?  

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And Then There Are Those Times…

The workflow for creative images goes something like this: shoot, edit, retouch, hate, retouch, hate, retouch, hate, retouch… And then, sometimes, if the gods smile on you, you get one like this...

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And… Polaroid?

Bridge in the North Bay, treated with “N – PX-100UV+ Cold – -” I’d never fallen in love with Polaroid film. I’d used it often often enough, sure. We had a Polaroid camera when I was growing up, and I’m...

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On Rendering in a Portrait

Courtney Newvine. Editorial for ChaseJarvis.com I had a conversation with Courtney Newvine, whom I shot for a piece on the Nikon D7100 that was published on Chase Jarvis’ blog recently. I ended up...

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Kevin Hearne on Self-Publishing and Foreign Markets

One of my favorite authors, Kevin Hearne, wrote this up in Storify. Given that I’m starting to poke around in the field of self-publishing, this is kind of cool…   [View the story "Writing...

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Rekindling the Love of the Physical

I love film. I haven’t shot with film in perhaps three months, but as soon as Andrew Kim returns my Hassy, which I loaned him, I’ll shoot film again. I’m also looking for a Polaroid back for my Hassy,...

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