Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images

Now, I’m not talking about a biblical discovery, but for the photography world, it’s a pretty darn amazing find. The New York Times has reported the finding of thousands of frames of film from famous war photographer Robert Capa. One of Capa’s most well know shots is “The Falling Soldier”, which shows a member of [...]

Picture: Stunt plane in spinning free fall maneuver.
Just over a week ago I posted a blog entry that showed an airplane that had run off the side of a runway. I used that image to tie in an analogy of some computer crashes I’d been experiencing. I also include comments regarding my experience with [...]

If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area:
I am looking to hire some PT Flex Hours Help to assist with basic image scan editing & spotting, marketing, and possible photo-research & licensing assistance. Position is either paid, paid (stipend) internship, or unpaid internship DOE & interest. Internships are offered for people looking to learn [...]

The Gorilla on the block, make that the auction block…
The New York Times reports that Getty Images has placed itself up for sale, for the princely sum of one and a half Billion dollars. After gobbling up small agency after small agency, and taking over the control of an industry, and then helping to spiral [...]

Picture: Airplane crash landing on side of runway after gear failure, Eureka, Humboldt County, California

What does this photo have in common with my computer? They both crashed.
I have one guilty pleasure for computer games, namely Microsoft’s Flight Simulator. It’s a relaxing diversion while working on other things in my office, and fills a void for [...]

Picture: Last Remnant of a Season Past; Fallen Leaf in snow, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California

I feel like this leaf, thinking to myself, “What the heck – it was November just a few days ago?!”
Such is the nature of of how thing work sometimes; catch-up, take time off, catch-up again. By the time I’m [...]

Photo: Tourists taking photos of coastal redwood trees (Sequoia Sempervirens) from path in Muir Woods National Monument, Marin County, California

100 years ago, President Theodore Roosevelt signed a bill creating what is now Muir Woods National Monument. This is truly one of the great must see places in the Bay Area for many tourists. Known for [...]

Note & Warning: This post contains links to adult sexually oriented content that may not be appropriate for some younger readers. Kids, go read a book. FWIW – it’s nothing too bad; it’s a TV Commercial, so no nudity is involved.
I read this news story about a professional model now suing the client that hired [...]

Photo: Patron reading books at City Lights Bookstore, North Beach, San Francisco, California
Right or Wrong? Stealing, borrowing, retribution, ease, or simply, “everybody does it.” Where would you fall on the morality scale?? Examlpe, you check out a book or a CD from a public library. You make 5 copies that you give to [...]

PDN Online has posted an interesting collection of industry quotes from 2007.  I feel sorry for some of the folks at Corbis.