by Julian Jackson Colin Garratt is a man with a mission. He has spent his lifetime photographing steam trains, trying to preserve these magnificent machines on film before they vanish into history and become as strange, remote, and incomprehensible as the penny farthing bicycle. In 1969 he threw in his steady job, to become a …
Not really. But, an excellently researched article in the Guardian address the democratisation of photography. Too many images? Lazy photographers? Does the iPhone take us away from our lives as we document rather than experience? Great read (and the comments are provoking too): http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/dec/13/death-of-photography-camera-phones Are we seeing the demise of photography or merely the next …
by Julian Jackson When I was at school we always looked forward to chemistry lessons because we could blow things up and set fire to stuff, which was the opposite to the rest of the curriculum, where such activities would have you brought before the headmaster and disciplined or even expelled. Now education is more …
By all accounts, Visual Connections, the PACA Conference, PhotoPlus and all related events were a smashing success. You are back at work, digesting all the info, new contacts and ideas gleaned from the events and maybe a little exhausted. Time to remind ourselves about followup networking. This guest post by Blake Pappas gives some valuable …
Photographer/Filmmaker Gail Mooney on motion: The convergence of still imagery and video continues at a rapid pace. Technology has transformed how we create, sell and consume visual content. The distribution of imagery is digital, global and instantaneous. What’s driving this? Still photographers are using cameras capable of shooting video and are creating content in both …
Part 2 of our series on Apps for the photo pro by Joseph Gamble. Far from just an e-reader, the iPad has evolved into much more — a multimedia machine, portable video player, gaming device, camera and laptop replacement to name a few. The iPad revolution continues as native and third party applications propagate the …
Part 1 of a 2 part post by guest contributor Joseph Gamble Let’s face it — we are often glued to our smart phones. Sometimes, this is for good reason as we are utilizing a mobile application that makes life more efficient. There are now more than one million apps in iTunes and Google Play’s …
For our Crowd-Sourcing A Book Cover Contest with Sharon Donahue: Thank you everyone for participating in the Cover Photo Contest. Shown below is the final cover selected by the publisher – Photo Choice “C”: As several people suggested the original image was turned to fit a vertical format. Congratulations to ‘susansayings’ for being chosen from …
Guest post by contributor Julian Jackson Lewis Morley, who died in September at 88 in Australia, was a British photographer who photographed many of the stars of the 1960s – the “Swinging Sixties” – including actors like Michael Caine, Susannah York and Charlotte Rampling, models Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy, and comedians such as Barry Humphreys. …
by Ellen Herbert My step-dad will be 90 years old in a few months. He is the son of homesteaders, a finish carpenter known throughout the South for his lovingly crafted rocking chairs and birdboxes, a WWII decorated Veteran, a farmer and rancher. And a much loved husband and father. His pear preserves are un-paralleled, …