Be careful what you do

Uh-oh! It seems that when participating to certain photo contests you should be very careful and go through the fineprints in their Terms of Use and Contest Rules. If you don’t you run the risk of giving away your rights. Read the full post at Jim Goldstein’s blog and you’ll see this is true not [...]

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Teach yourself photography – Online Courses

Image courtesy of http://www.freefoto.com/
As an amateur photographer I often feel the need to widen and improve my technique not only by reading photography related books but also by interacting with real teachers and classmates.
As an amateur photographer I know what my major drawbacks are, that is, I’d really like to use PS layers more effectively, [...]

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For your eyes only

Brian Auer on his Epic Edits Weblog started a photography blog project and asked his readers to submit their photography-related websites. Below is the compiled list. Enjoy!
BLOGS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY
Photowalking.org by Trevor Carpenter
A central place for photowalkers and fans of photowalking
TrevorCarpenter.com by Trevor Carpenter
My personal site where I frequently share stories and photos [...]

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Disfarmer – A great, singular photographer

In the small mountain town of Heber Springs, the Arkansas artist known as Disfarmer captured the lives and emotions of the people of rural America between 1939-1945. Critics have hailed Disfarmer’s remarkable black and white portraits as “a work of artistic genius” and “a classical episode in the history of American photography.”  – From [...]

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Recommended sites – Kathy Harcom

There are photographers whose works you fall in love with at fist sight. Kathy Harcom is one of these. I remember coming to her site through some link I found on a photography forum. The pureness and the simplicity of her images really conquered me.
As a completely digital photographer as I am I was fascinated [...]

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Digital Lith Prints

As I’ve previously mentioned I use B&W Styler Pro photoshop plug-in to convert my photographs from color to black and white. One of the many interesting filters that come with B&W Styler Pro is the lith film filter. I must admit my knowledge about lith film and prints was shamefully scarce until I came [...]

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Recommended sites – Denis Olivier and Stuart Lee

This week I’d like to share with you two completely different artists I hope you’ll find interesting. The first one shoots mainly in monochrome, the other one creates stunning, moody color images utilizing textures and photomontages.
Denis Olivier is a French photographer with a stunning, distinctive style. His works, especially the landscape shots, are full [...]

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Jeff Curto’s website and podcast

During this Easter week-end I decided I would explore the – to me – rather new world of podcasts and, among others, came across Jeff Curto’s Camera Position podcast.
I felt an instinctive sympathy for Jeff and his beautiful photography. Apart from the unquestionable quality of his work, what really draw my attention was his [...]

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Converting to B&W – My experience with B&W Styler Pro

I really like B&W photography even though I’ve never really practiced it. With the advent of digital cameras I rediscovered the tremendous visual potential a black and white image can have. I did a web search and found lots of tutorials (here), on how to convert from color to B&W but then I felt the [...]

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Recommended sites – Two great B&W photographers

Today’s picks are two black and white photographers whose works I admire a lot.

 
The first site displays Chuck Kimmerle’s wonderful images. Chuck captures beautiful and poetic landscapes as well as intriguing abstract shots.
 
The second one you should pay a visit to is Bill Schwab’s site. Bill has an amazing portfolio ranging from landscapes [...]

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