Archive for February, 2007

May the sea act swiftly…

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

“How sharper than a sermon’s truth it must have been for many human beings when they learned that bottle-nosed Dolphins may, in time, succeed battle-poised Man as the master species on earth. This prophecy is implicit in the findings of those scientists who have been studying, and interviewing, dolphins in laboratories. It neither alarms […]

1980 Canyon in 110 format

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

I have heard a couple of interviews lately where the photographers were asked what was their first experience with photography, and a couple of them referred to cameras they played with as kids. It is probably a sign of those in my generation that many of us ended up with a 110 film […]

Seeing the light with Lightroom

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

At last, Adobe has released Lightroom this week. If you haven’t heard about this program yet, it is time to pay a little attention as it could change a lot of ways you work with your image collection. Adobe has done something a bit different in the development of this software, in that […]

Art vs. craft

Friday, February 16th, 2007

There is an interesting discussion going on in the Radiant Vista forums about critiques and the art vs. craft of photography. I am sure similar discussions have taken place a thousand times over, and probably over centuries. Not that I want to regurgitate any of the discussion here, but it does make me think about […]

Sandwich islands

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

Kinda funny - I griped about hating the cold in the earlier post - but coming across this story about the Sandwich Islands made me want to book a trip tomorrow.  This place looks just magical.  In particular, I immediately fell in love with Maria Stenzel’s shot of the penguins on blue icebergs here.   This […]