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Technically its been a month, but I’m now a Greener Photography member. Greener Photography is a place for the photographic community to consider the environment; learn to conserve and better preserve our resources and images; and connect by sharing suppliers, ideas, and methods. I discovered Greener Photography through Twitter about 5 weeks ago and promptly applied. The prospect of the photography community co

There are some changes brewing at JMG-Galleries, the first being the addition of some new equipment. Just before my trip to Switzerland in October I purchased some dry mounting equipment for large prints. I blame Mark Graf for this who piqued my interest in it when I read his post Dry Mounting earlier in the year and Rodney Lough Jr. who wowed my wife and I with some beautifully mounted photographs at his Sausalito g

The 24th episode of EXIF and Beyond has been released (duration 58 min. 41 sec.). Nick Dunmur of Pro-Imaging.org discusses the The Bill of Rights for Photography Competitions that his organization has put together and the The Rights On List / The Rights Off List tracking what competitions meet and do not meet the bill of rights. This past year a growing trend has been underway, photography contests with very unfriend

Just when you thought you’ve read or heard every review on the new Nikon D3X someone has released a video titled “Hitler Rants About D3X“. No matter brand you stand behind this is sure to make you laugh. Enjoy. [tags]Nikon, D3X, video, YouTube, digital, photography[/tags]

The PhotoNetCast crew had an opportunity to interview Tom Hogarty, the product manager for Adobe Lightroom 2. Questions posed to Tom were a mix from listeners and the hosts of the show (Brian Auer, Antonio Marques and I). As a bonus Adobe has made available a copy of Lightroom 2 to be given away. Check out the podcast episode/post “PhotoNetCast #18 – Interview with Lightroom product manager Tom Hogarty

As part of my blog post series Lunar Impact, Get Ready for it!, my last post Thanksgiving on an Exponential Order discussed what we all share and can be thankful for as a world community. Another aspect of global community was expanded on in In The Shadow of the Moon as Buzz Aldrin shared in his interview; upon return to Earth after being part of the first mission landing on the moon, he and Neil Armstrong returned t

As part of my blog post series Lunar Impact, Get Ready for it!, my last post Isolation and Discovery focused on temporal perspective, but ended alluding to a common philosophy shared between many of the Apollo astronauts and I.  The shared philosophy and thought was put best by Apollo 15 astronaut Col. David Scott of the USAF: “The Earth is an oasis.” Or as stated by Apollo 12 astronaut Capt. Alan Bean o

As part of my blog post series Lunar Impact, Get Ready for it!, my last post Perspective on the Moon, Perspective on Earth focused exclusively on visual perspective. One other aspect of perspective that comes to light in relation to the Apollo astronauts landing on the moon… temporal perspective. By stepping foot on the moon Neil Armstrong did something no other creature, let alone human, has done in modern tim