A long-time book designer, Giles is known for finding amazing details in everyday scenes. The phrase, "a slightly different focus" is used to describe his style in portraiture, event photography, and More →
Last — but certainly not least — comes the long-overdue “quickies” post. Except that I’ve decided to call “quickies” something else: “snapshots.” Seems appropriate, given that this photographer draws a distinction between photography, the art of taking photographs, and snapshots, those quick-and-dirty, non-art-driven takes on a scene. Thus, some “quick and dirty,” snapshot links: Sailing [...]
Sorry for the lack of updates to the blog recently; been behind the work curve. On the positive side, my internet issues seem to have cleared up…. An interesting — and pretty accurate, IMHO — take on the photography business right now: The Cloud is Falling. Weddings, indeed…;) Rolling Stone is switching to a “regular” [...]
…but have been otherwise occupied. Thus, there are a few stacked up. Next time you have a moment, pull up to the computer with your favorite beverage and enjoy: Metallophile, my favorite font in a while — nice. This has been around for a while, but it’s still a great storm photograph. Just wow. Also [...]
…for the weekend consumption: The Online Photographer has an interesting post up on what might have also been my favorite digital camera — Sony’s 707. (For the record, I had an 828, as well — but it was exactly as Mike describes, ultimately leading me into Nikon territory.) That same site also leads us to [...]
Long weekends are always supposed to be about catching up. Shame it usually doesn’t work that way. Meanwhile: Some amazing time-lapse photography from Alexey Titarenko, via Kottke. Also from Kottke, something potentially relevant here in Macon: Time-lapse cherry trees. Yeah. Maps of all the streets in the lower 48 states — no, not topography, not [...]
A selection of things that have caught my eye recently: Have you ever heard of a memristor? Get used to the term — it might well replace “transistor.” Seriously, this is huge. Ars on why. A leftover from my book and graphic design days: Hefler Frere-Jones — aka Typography.com — on the ampersand. Nice. Ars [...]
1. An interesting review of perhaps the most interesting new camera in a while (for me, at least): the Sigma DP-1, at Luminous Landscape. Bottom line: great RAW photos from a compact yet deeply flawed camera. Hmmmm — great photos with flawed hardware. Sounds like their lenses, too…;) 2. Thoughts on how Flickr’s 90-second videos, [...]