Every now and then (or perhaps more often than that) I come across articles, photo galleries, tutorials and the like on the Internet. If I think they might be of interest or use to others I tend to post links on Facebook (that’s what it’s for, right?). The Facebook post has a life expectancy of about 1-2 days at the very most, and then it’s pretty much lost and forgotten.
Usually it doesn’t matter, but sometimes I would actually like to revisit these links. Facebook is dreadful when it comes to searching through your old posts, so I decided to repost some of the links here, mainly for my own convenience. I went back about a year and a half, so the list is quite longer than I’d like it to be. For that reason (and again for my convenience) I roughly grouped the links.
I posted a big portion of these links during the school year, so they were more than a little bit connected to what I was studying at a given time. I still find these relevant, and yes, I do think others might be interested and find them quite useful.
This reposting may or may not become a trend here, I won’t make any promises (or threats) regarding that.
Interesting news or articles:
- Marc and Sylvia Day sue over ‘worst ever wedding day photographs’.
- How to Become Known As a Better Photographer – According to Scott Kelby, we must all edit our portfolio. Throw out lower quality images instead of expanding the portfolio.
- Ansel Adams – He Could Have Been So Good…
- What To Do When You Are Too Late …to the scene as a photojournalist.
- Covering Fatalities – More photojournalism.
- Why you shouldn’t shoot like everyone else – Kirk Tuck makes it sound so easy.
- Click and Kiss – Is it safe to say that Australian authorities are going overboard with regulations?
- Through My Lens: The Life of an NBA Photographer – I admired Andrew D. Bernstein’s work before I even heard about Ansel Adams, Annie Leibovitz or Henri Cartier-Bresson.
- Aaron Johnson’s guest blog at ScottKelby.com – Arguably the funniest one.
- Cartoons after Southampton ban photographers from Argyle match
- The Economist KGB’d – The edited ‘Obama v BP’ cover.
- Behind the Scenes at a Major Sports Shoot
- 7 Mistakes to Avoid as a Photographer
- Poster girl in unionist PR war – The perils of using stock photos.
- “Unload” Your Photos? You May Not Be So Happy! – Read the terms and conditions of photo contests before submitting your photos.
Business:
- Good News In Photography – A few good business tips.
- Why Does Custom Photography Cost More? – More business stuff.
- Nine Inconvenient Business Facts for Aspiring Photographers
- Real World Estimates: Product Photography – A must-read for those who have a hard time creating price estimates for potential clients.
- Representing Yourself as a Professional Photographer in Your Community
- US Open + Craigslist + PR Company = Idiocy
- 12 Excuses for Shooting photos for Free – and Why They’re Bogus – One side of the coin.
- Five Reasons to Photograph for Free – And then the flip side.
Tools, Tutorials etc:
- Depth of Field Calculator.
- Model Releases by Dan Heller
- 43 Photography Hacks, Mods and DIY Projects.
- Easy Release – model and property release app for iPhone.
- The Golden Hour Calculator – Discover when the golden hour is at your current location.
- Attach your SLR to a Sinar view camera. I want it.
Interesting photographers:
- MadeInPhoto.fr – A long list of photographers, many of the masters included, with a nice collection of examples from each one.
- Showcase: Black and Very White – Icelandic photographer, Ragnar Axelsson (RAX), was featured in ‘Lens’, The New York Times’ photo blog.
- Country Doctor by W. Eugene Smith – An assignment at school had us emulate a photographer. I picked W. Eugene Smith, with his ‘Country Doctor’ photo essay in mind. It is without a doubt my favourite photo essay.
Photo collections:
- National Wildlife Federation, 2009 Photo Contest winners
- Lolcat and photographer
- Classic photos remade with Lego
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Photographer captures amazing images of lions after submerging himself in watering hole for three month – I’m not sure which is more crazy, the photos or the methods used to capture them.
- The Icelandic Wonder – Biased towards Iceland? Me? Of course!
- Stunning pictures of insects covered in dewdrops
- Volcanic Eruption – Iceland 2010 – Part I by Snorri Gunnarsson.
- A History of Obama Feigning Interest in Mundane Things – Funny slideshow with must-read captions.
- Great Migrations – Migration animals.
- Beautiful Examples of Action Photography
- Tiger Woods connects with a photographer
- Animals in the News
- Iceland’s disruptive volcano
- More From Eyjafjallajökull