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Photographer, Producer, and Designer Mark Loundy has a wonderful industry resource that includes many “must read” articles in an almost-monthly mini industry e-zine called Return to Common Cents. I’ve also included a permanent link on my Photography > Resources page.
From his site:
Common Cents is an unapologetic, opinionated, and often sarcastic advocate for independent photographers. [...]

Photographer Bob Carlos Clarke has died. Pay tribute to a person you may not know by taking a moment to see some of his life’s work. His portfolio is HERE. Some images are adult in nature, and may not be appropriate for younger viewers.

Picture: Striated Sandstone and blue sky, at “The Wave”, Paria Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona

This is the classic spot that many photographers go to take the often-shot, rock reflected in puddle. You know the one, right? Well, Ok, maybe not by description, but you’d recognize it if you saw it. In fact, I’d show you my [...]

The National Press Photographer Association (NPPA) has posted the 2006 Best of Photojournalism Winners. As with most news related image exhibitions, there are some very graphic images that are not appropriate for younger viewers. The very first image in the first category (PhotoJournalist of the Year) is an amazing shot of a helicopter crashing in [...]

No, I don’t mean I sold out by selling my images on microstocks. But, keeping myself overly busy in the last couple weeks, I didn’t even get a chance to post here that I was doing a seminar in San Mateo on April 2nd. And now, it’s too late. I hear from the organizer that [...]

It’s not Big Brother, but it does offer some really cool views. NASA has a couple really excellent resources on the web filled with some wonderful photography taken from above; way way above. The first place to visit is NASA Earth Observatory . The mission statement on their site says they, “provide a freely-accessible [...]

Picture: Crashing wave at sunset, Bean Hollow State Beach, San Mateo County, California coast.
Here’s another image that I posted over at NaturePhotographers.net. Taken a number of years ago, this is one of those images where previsualization played a strong role in my getting the shot.

Bean Hollow State Beach is about 50 minutes south [...]

Jim Carrey says this famous Italian-iconesque quote in his movie, The Mask, after swallowing a bunch of dynamite that subsequently explodes inside his stomach, causing his belly to, um… rapidly expand.
This last week, MSNBC Space News has an article on the Big Bang Theory, and new findings regarding the Cosmic Background Radiation.
The article describes [...]

For all those that love knowing the technology, one photographer has come up with a list of 10 common myths about photography. There are some really great items dealing with things like focal lengths, shutter speeds, and perspective. I’m sure many of these will likely be used by photo-tech-heads to win bar bets.

Ok, it’s Not MY photo. It’s on someone else’s blog. But then again, it’s not even HIS photo. Maybe I should be asking what’s wrong with this post, more than the photo. In 63 replies, no one has mentioned that he’s using a very obviously copyrighted photo belonging to the National Geographic Society (NGS). Not [...]