Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
James Nachtwey’s TED prize wish and new media.
I’ll play along, I guess: On October 3, the link/image above will re-direct you to a story James Nachtwey has been working on. It’s rolling out in multiple media channels to show how powerful news photography can be in the digital age. Bloggers, get your own badge here.
Reading about this reminded me [...]
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Funny search term
In narcissistically checking my stats today, I noticed that one of the search terms that led someone here was “photo basset hound with raincoat.” And as soon as my ankle is healed up enough to dig up a raincoat from our over-stuffed basement, and as soon as Hank (a basset mix, but close enough, [...]
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Hands-on: Nikon D90
For reasons which I will later divulge, we got our happy hands on a Nikon D90 a couple of weeks ago. If you want an exhaustive review, check out dpreview, because that’s what they do much better than I can. I did, however, want to throw out a few reasons why I like [...]
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Rob Haggart on Fair Use and photography
Curious about what constitutes fair use of photography? Rob Haggart — one of my favorite photo bloggers — has put together a pretty good best practices statement on his website. Most of the time, especially if it’s for personal use, asking permission is all it takes.
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Geek love
This is completely un-related to photography, but my electronics enthusiast husband made the Make blog today. If you’re into electronic music, check out the link — his project is third down from the top — and www.thebasementscientist.com for more.
