Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images

Since I was gone for a week, there are a few extra links to explore, as a few are slightly older posts or ones that I found before I left town. I hope you enjoy them.
From Black Star Rising: 18 Tips for Being a Photography Original – With the premise that “the future of photography [...]

Picture: Elk in river during wildfire, Bitterroot National Forest in Montana; credit: John McColgan / Alaska Fire Service

Several times in the last few weeks, I’ve watched as photos have gone ‘viral’. In the Internet age, that means that photos receive immediate and widespread recognition and distribution on web sites across the globe. If you’re a [...]

Picture: Layers of the land as seen in the late afternoon from Lipan Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

It’s been a couple days now since I got home from the Grand Canyon. I’m still playing Daddy Day-Care for the remainder of this week, which explains the delay in my posting this.
I wanted to [...]

Picture: Rainbow and sunlight from the South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Pop Quiz; What’s the most obvious vacation spot to go to after you’ve already fallen off a cliff once this year. A: The Grand Canyon, of course! That’s right, my psycho brain has determined that my ideal vacation spot that calls out to [...]

Picture: Sandstone Reflection at The Wave, Coyote Buttes, Paria – Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona
The current issue of Photo District News (Aug. ‘09) has been sitting on my office desk for the last week, unopened and unread. That is until today, when I got an email from a different magazine editor congratulating me on having [...]

From MicrostockGroup.com: Sad day for photographers. This is a thread started by a photographer who, after seeing one of his quite sellable images get rejected by one of his agents, begins a heartfelt rant against the devaluation of photography. It’s an interesting read, but I would caution against going deep into the thread unless you [...]

Picture: Sunset light on Cathedral Peak reflected in Upper Cathedral Lake, Yosemite National Park, California
Last night I was up until nearly 3:00am working. One of the long overdue items on my “to do” list was to upgrade my wordpress installation of this weblog. Lately when I’ve been talking about long overdue, it’s been [...]

Note: I was recently asked if I would allow someone to write a Guest Weblog post. Since I hadn’t been asked before, I thought, “Sure, why not. Let’s see how it goes.” So without further delay:
When a Formal Photography Education Is a Disadvantage
If you take a look at most of the photography forums, [...]