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Instagram and other Cool Photo Apps for the iPhone: Exercising Your Vision through iPhoneography

1. November 2011

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Instagram and other Cool Photo Apps for the iPhone: Exercising Your Vision through iPhoneography

So, yours truly finally got himself an iPhone, the brand spanking new iPhone 4s which features quite an impressive 8-megapixel camera with a f/2.4 aperture, certainly impressive for what is essentially a mobile phone (OK sure, the iPhone is a lot more than just a phone but you get my drift)…

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Steve McCurry Talks About the “Afghan Girl” and Shows Outtakes

31. October 2011

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Steve McCurry Talks About the “Afghan Girl” and Shows Outtakes

If you like making great natural light portraits Steve McCurry is clearly one of the great masters to study. He is a master at capturing the unguarded moment and showing us the soul of his subjects…

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Happy New Year! Top 10 Articles of 2010 and New Year’s Resolutions

31. December 2010

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Happy New Year! Top 10 Articles of 2010 and New Year’s Resolutions

G’day everyone and Happy New Year! I hope you had a good Christmas and that Santa was good to you. Hopefully Santa put one of two photographic gifts under the tree for you this year? Speaking of photographic gifts, I’ve been busy with a new project which I’ve been working on in what little spare time I have in between juggling work, photography, blogging and family…

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Catching Up After an Unwelcome Break

5. October 2010

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Catching Up After an Unwelcome Break

Mon Dieu! Usually I enjoy every day, I think we should, but really I wouldn’t have minded doing a time-warp that had skipped the last 5-6 weeks altogether. I didn’t manage to write a single entry for the blog, let alone make any new photographs. After going through a period of extreme stress in August my immune system decided to let its guard down…

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Photos 1440

4. August 2010

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Photos 1440

“There are 1440 minutes in a day. In these minutes photographers capture a moment. These moments make up a day which lasts forever.” This was the introduction to a recent exhibition held at the State Library of New South Wales where I have also had the pleasure to give a presentation of some of my own photography…

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Attacks on Freedom of Expression

7. July 2010

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Attacks on Freedom of Expression

Have you ever encountered difficulties, been questioned or even harassed while photographing (or trying to photograph) in a public space? It seems us photographers (professional, part-time and amateurs alike) are slowly losing our rights to the freedom of expression…

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New York Institute of Photography Celebrates 100 Years of Educating Photographers

4. July 2010

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New York Institute of Photography Celebrates 100 Years of Educating Photographers

This year the New York Institute of Photography celebrates having educated photographers for 100 years. The New York Institute of Photography was founded in 1910 and is the world’s largest and oldest photography school. NYIP offers affordable home-study courses to students all over the world who want to learn the skills needed to make great photographs…

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Desde Mi Ventana / From My Window

24. April 2010

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Desde Mi Ventana / From My Window

It’s amazing what you can do with a computer and an internet connection today. You can register an email free of cost. You can start your own blog free of cost. And you can start a public photography project that brings together photographers from all over the world. This is exactly what Eva Sáenz from Bilbao in Spain has done with her “From My Window” (Desde Mi Ventana) project…

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Are You Photoblogging?

6. February 2010

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Are You Photoblogging?

You can literally start your own photoblog in a matter of a few minutes and it can be a very satisfying journey! Liberate your images from the dark corners of your hard drive and get them onto the internet. Start your own photoblog today!

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