Archive for May, 2006

Reader Photos

Reader Photo: Canadian Geese on a Missouri Lake

Canadian Geese on a Missouri Lake, originally uploaded by PWTenny2006. This is why you sometimes have to go out shooting when you'd rather be sleeping. It's all worth it when you come home with an image like this. Photos posted in this category are selected from the contributions of members of the [...]

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Assignments

Weekend assignment May 26, 2006: Night portraits

If you've ever taken a flash photograph at night, you probably know first hand how cold and unnatural these kinds of photographs can look. What you often end up with is an overexposed photograph of a person floating in a sea of black space. But there is a better way [...]

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Reviews

Review of The Pod camera platform and Pod giveaway

The Pod is essentially a fancy-pants version of the classic "beanbag tripod," a device that photographers have been using for years as a makeshift tripod. The Pod people claim that The Pod "takes the shake out" and is a "breakthrough in effortless camera set-up." Continue reading my review to find [...]

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Grab bag

An up-to-date photograph can save a child’s life

Tomorrow is National Missing Children's Day. According to a 1999 study, over 2,000 children are reported missing on a daily basis. The National Center for Missing and Exploited children (NCMEC) says, "One of the most important tools for law enforcement to use in the case of a missing child is [...]

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Reader Photos

Reader Photo: A dream

A dream, originally uploaded by Victoriano. Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again. --- Henri Cartier-Bresson Photos posted in this category are selected from the contributions of members of the Photodoto discussion [...]

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