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The 26th episode of EXIF and Beyond has been released (duration 12 min. 27 sec.). Nature, landscape and travel photographer extraordinaire Art Wolfe returns to EXIF and Beyond to discuss photo tips, workshops and his recent projects. Art’s photo tips are sure to enrich your photography regardless of your skill level touching on positive and negative space in composition, abstract expression and elements of desi

The past couple of weeks I’ve enjoyed the following articles, blog posts, podcasts and videos. I thought I’d pass them on to be enjoyed by those who check in to my blog regularly. Enjoy! Earth Hour This past Saturday was Earth Hour, an event to highlight the worldwide need to address global warming. Landmarks, city skylines, local communities and individuals dimmed non-essential lights or turned them out

When I first started out in photography it took a while to learn one of the best kept secrets…  rather than buy expensive lenses you can rent them. With the popularity of the Strobist it should also be noted that this is true of lighting equipment as well and numerous professional photographers prefer renting lighting equipment rather than owning. Ultimately renting photography equipment is one of the best ways

Having covered the basics of watermarks and why they’re important to use in my earlier post My Journey With Photographic Watermarks, I wanted to take you on a journey of how I’ve employed watermarks over the past 10 years. Not only do I plan on digging my old watermarks out of my archive I’ll tell you what I was thinking when I used them and why I decided to change them. As previously discussed wate

For those that took an interest in my earlier post regarding Facebook’s revised Terms of Use “Facebook’s Terms of Use: From Bad to Beyond Worse“, news is just now coming out that Facebook has reverted to an older version of their Terms of Use dated September 23, 2008. Another notable development is that Facebook has created a Facebook Bill of Rights group to solicit feedback to future changes to the

Watch my full comments in this interview Watch the full KPIX report See the Latest: Facebook Terms of Use Update The latest buzz across the web in the past couple of days has been the increased awareness to the outrageous modifications to the Terms of Use (ToU) at Facebook and the impact to Creatives, particularly photographers. As a photographer who is also a web marketing and social media consultant I want to share

I’m happy to announce that JMG-Galleries.com has taken on a new look and feel and a new stock photography section has been added. In fact the stock photography section is itself a web site unto itself JMG-Stock-Photo-Video.com. Check it out and let me know what you think. I’m still putting the finishing touches on the site and will be adding several thousand more images to the existing 1200 or so photogra

The 25th episode of EXIF and Beyond has been released (duration 41 min. 33 sec.). Aaron Johnson creator of the What the Duck (WTD) discusses the inspiration and evolution of this quirky and fun photography-centric comic strip. In addition topics of findings one’s passion, achieving success, and more are also discussed. Aaron’s work can be found in several locations online including: WhatTheDuck.net What t