Today there was a good conversation on the subject of photo manipulation on NPR “In A Photoshop Age, Can You Believe Your Eyes?” that I highly recommend listening to if and when they put up a recording of the program. As expected the ethics of photography played heavily in the discussion with many references to last years incident with Allan Detrich of the Toledo Blade details noted in my post Ethics of P
It’s quite common to see iconic photos of San Francisco with the spans of the Golden Gate Bridge emerging from the fog, but here is a view of just the fog at sunset. On this particular evening I had no time to get in place to photograph the bridge in the fog. Instead, much closer to home, I caught a view I’ve yet to see of the fog partially covering the western portion of the city “San Francisco Sun
Photographed below is an Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) at Moss Landing. Birding isn’t my primary focus when it comes to photography, but the red eye of an Eared Grebe is a tough subject to pass up. The red eye of this bird is truly an eye catcher. Sorry I couldn’t resist the pun. Have a great weekend everyone. If you’re interested in capturing photos like this consider joining me on my Sea Otte
Today Flickr announced a limited partnership with Getty to create a Flickr Stock Collection. In short you need to be discovered by Getty photo editors and additional details are forthcoming. The great folks at Getty Images and Flickr are joining forces to create a collection of royalty free, rights ready and rights managed photographs. This announcement is just the first step and there’s a lot to do before we lau
Looking forward… I cannot wait until early September. The prospect of photographing Sea Otters again is keeping me going these days. The act of photographing a landscape or nature subject has always been a meditative experience for me. Add to the mix a cute furry critter like Sea Otters and you have a magical combination that adds up to a relaxing and fun time. Only 62 more days to go… Join me on my Sea O
PhotoNetCast Episode 7 has just been released where a healthy discussion is covered regarding the Philosophy and Ethics of Editing and Processing . As always the photographers and bloggers involved in this podcast include Brian Auer of EpicEdits, Jim M. Goldstein of JMG-Galleries, Martin Gommel of Kwerfeldein, and Antonio Marques of Words: irrational. Access the podcast and its RSS feeds via PhotoNetCast. [tags]podca
There have been many stories over the past few years about copyright infringement on Flickr. To date most have been about individuals maliciously downloading the work of others to resell it as their own or companies using photographs commercially violating either the licensing restrictions of the photo or ignoring the need for a model release. What most remain unaware of is that Flickr fosters copyright infringement
This is by far one of the most beautiful sets of photos I’ve seen of Earth taken from orbiting satellites. Chris Ingham Brooke from Environmental Graffiti has posted a set of the 30 Most Incredible Abstract Satellite Images of Earth. Below are a few of my favorites, but it is very much worth your while to check out the full post. Each image is wallpaper sized and includes information about environment photograp