Archive for October, 2006

Reviews

Adobe Lightroom Beta 4

So I've been using the Adobe Lightroom beta for a couple of weeks now and I really like it. It's shaping up to be a very nice application and it's clear that the designers have put a lot of thought into managing a workflow that involves a lot of photographs. I [...]

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Reviews

REVIEW: Photostockplus.com

I had the opportunity a couple of weeks ago to try out Photostockplus.com, a unique site that allows photographers to not only sell stock licensing rights to photos (like iStockPhoto) but also to sell event prints at prices you set through a turnkey, customizable e-commerce system. The combination makes it [...]

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Essays

A Girl Named George

So I was watching Bonanza this morning. What does a 60s western have to do with photography? The episode "A Girl Named George" is about a murder trial where the outcome hinges on a piece of photographic evidence. The murderer produces a photograph as an alibi---it's a group photo that everyone [...]

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Reviews

REVIEW: Tokina 12-24mm f/4

I rented this little beauty from Ziplens.com and I've been shooting with it all week. It's a fun lens if a bit of a specialty item. There are a lot of very technical and in-depth reviews of this lens on the internet (here's a good one that compares all of [...]

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Essays

Amy asks, “Are studio photographs of your kids worth it?”

Her answer is a qualified "yes." It's obviously a personal choice---and nothing against photographers who do this style of work or folks who use them---but for me, I find that the everyday snaps I make of my family doing what they do are a much more cherished documentary of our [...]

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