Light L-16

(Note: A 30-second ad precedes this video, but you can skip it in a few seconds.)

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Hawkeye

hawkeyehueyHawkeye is the 5-year-old son of National Geographic photographer Aaron Huey.  Accompanying his father on photographic trips throughout the American West, Hawkeye shot over 1,000 photograph, assembled into a remarkable Instagram account and now a book.  

Read and see more here, too.

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Cadillac Sky

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Revisiting the Monkey Selfie

naruto_9-24-2015 8-29-48 AMYou probably remember Naruto, the Indonesian monkey who made photographic self-portraits a few years back.

Now, PETA is suing to have the courts give shutter-tripping animals their own copyrights to their “work”:

http://qz.com/508911/remember-the-monkey-selfie-peta-are-suing-to-give-the-monkey-the-rights-to-it/

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Death by Selfie

selfie_9-23-2015 8-57-51 AMThink twice; use your camera/smartphone responsibly.

http://mashable.com/2015/09/21/selfie-deaths/#OLEUIfy6akq3

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Refugees, migrants and smartphones

smartphone_refugeeQuartz tells us how critical smartphone technology is for refugees and migrants fleeing into Europe from Syria and other distressed regions:

http://qz.com/500062/the-most-crucial-item-that-migrants-and-refugees-carry-is-a-smartphone/

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Socality Barbie

"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”

Thanks to an anonymous wedding photographer from Portland, we have a splendid satirization of Pacific Northwest lifestyles, selfies, Instagram itself and more in Socality Barbie.  Designated targets include That PNW Life | Adventurer | Coffee Drinker | Jesus | Authentic Living | Socality.  Have a look.

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South Africa Photographer Zanele Muholi

From the PBS NewsHour:  “South African photographer and activist Zanele Muholi is on a mission to bring the experience of black lesbians in her home country to the forefront, as many members of the community face high rates of violence, including incidents of so-called “corrective rape.” Muholi’s work is on display at the Brooklyn Museum through November. PBS NewsHour’s Tracy Wholf reports.”

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2015 International Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards

Top photographer is Australian Luke Austin.  A sample of his incredible work, below:
luke_austin_intl_photographer-of-yearFor more photographs and photographers in the competition, follow this link.

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Windshield Photography, Again

Like many who are compelled to make photographs, I carry a camera almost everywhere I go.  As regular readers may recall, I involve myself in “Windshield Photography” just about any time I am in an automobile as a non-driving passenger.

Today I  rode with my daughter for a few hours over an interstate highway.
20150815-DSC_0033One of the difficulties (not to mention the obvious concerns of constantly changing camera angles, movement, etc.) involved in the practice of Windshield Photography is the effect of glass — tinted, reflective, dirty, whatever — interposed between subject and camera lens.   Color consistency and fidelity becomes almost impossible to achieve without a lot of post-production work.  But conversion to black & white is one possible response, as shown at top and below:


 

And while we are at it  (from today, but not through window glass) …

fwiw …

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