I loved the first one. Had to have the second one. Am I really doubting the need to get the third volume? Nope.

If you’re like me, then head on over to amazon.com, where Scott Kelby’s “The Digital Photography Book Vol. 3″ is now available for ..read more

I just got back from a real nice vacation and in looking at, and learning from my own photographic successes and failures, it’s pretty clear that a good number of potential great photos are handicapped by a bit of  “photographer laziness”. What I mean by ..read more

Photographer David Noton provides some advice on taking great travel portraits, heck, portraits in general. There’s a good bit of focus on something annoyingly important in all photographs, the background. Seems it’s just as important to keep in mind as your subject. Choose ..read more

You can check out the winners, 2 pros, and 2 students, here.

Getty Images Press Release:

Renowned Photojournalists Receive Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography Two Professional and Two Student Photojournalists Are Chosen from Record Number of Applicants

NEW YORK & LONDON—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Getty Images, Inc. continues to ..read more

New research seems to indicate that Caravaggio, yes the master of chiaroscuro, may have used some “photographic” processes in making his works:

Art history scholars have long known that Caravaggio worked in a sort of darkroom, illuminating his subjects through a hole in the ..read more

Lot’s of little things:

David DuChemin at the pixelated blog hearts his Canon 5D Mark II

Even Annie Leibovitz is falling on hard times:

borrowed $5 million from a company called Art Capital Group. In December, she borrowed $10.5 million more from the same ..read more

Angela Faris Belt’s new book starts with the premise that photography begins and ends with 4 priciples that constitute Belt’s grammar of photography. The 4 pieces of that puzzle include frames and borders, focus, shutter speed (time and motion), and finally materials and processes. Belt ..read more

photo credit: EJP Photo

It can be handled in any number of ways, but the lonely tree motif makes for an eye pleasing composition…doubly ..read more