If you use or thought about using Adobe Bridge to manage your photos make sure to check out Epic Edits complete guide to using the software. Brian Auer sets out over seven articles everything you will need to know to use Bridge. The topics discussed are introduction, workspace, importing, file prep, processing, organization and tips and tricks. You can get links to each individual article at Epic Edits or you can download all the articles together in a PDF.
Photography Curator of the Art Car Museum killed by a drunk driver
www.chron.com
Sad news after the very fun Art Car Parade weekend.
Do you know what hyperfocal distance is?
www.revellphotography.com
Make your own pinhole camera (video instructions)
prophotolife.com
Kodak's First Digital Camera
www.retrothing.com
New York hates wedding photographers
lightchasersphotography.com
I didn't attend this year's Art Car parade due to family commitments but I know that many of the Houston Photoblogger community will have, as it is one of the most colorful, fun photographic events on the Houston calendar.
As a newbie to Houston 4 years ago it completely amazed me that such a 'bizarre' event existed, but I'm very glad it does exist as Houstonians are all the richer for it.
So I was very saddened to hear of the tragic and completely preventable death of Tom Jones, Photography curator of the Art Car Museum, early Sunday Morning.
We can only hope that somehow something positive can come out of this.
Trying to think of something to entertain out of town guests or maybe trying to get out of the house yourself (maybe even with your camera!)? Something new is coming to Houston. CityPass.
CityPass is a ticket booklet containing an actual admission ticket to the top attractions in each city. With CityPass, you pay one substantially reduced price and avoid main entrance ticket lines at most attractions.
The Houston City Pass will include the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Space Center Houston, the Downtown Aquarium and the Houston Zoo as well as a choice between the Health Museum or George Ranch Historical Park AND a choice between The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston or the Children's Museum. That is a total of six admission tickets for the total price of $34 ($24 for children). Once you buy a pass you have 9 days to use all the tickets.
CityPass for Houston will go on sale starting May 13th.
11 things to do with your cameraphone while you wait
www.beyondphototips.com
5 tips for avoiding noise in digital photos
www.zoom-in.com
Carry a tabletop tripod just in case
blog.epicedits.com
Project: 3D for Everyone
neil.creek.name
What are your favorite photography related films?
thomashawk.com
There's a new photography podcast on the listening landscape, PhotoNetCast. The podcast is manned by photography bloggers Antonio Marques, Martin Gommel, Jim Goldstein and Brian Auer.
Our idea is to stand out from the crowd and turn this podcast into a more relaxed and dynamic feature with a roundtable format. Instead of delivering the common "how to’s" we intend to bring our own opinions and discuss the latest news going around in the photography world with a special focus on what is released by photography bloggers.
Some of my favorite podcasts are roundtable discussions so I look forward to watching this podcast develop. Stop by the website to download their latest episode which covers the topics: photographers or terrorists, video on Flickr and protecting your online images from theft. The website also has links to each of the host's websites as well as ways to subscribe to the podcast.
Natalie Norton, writing for The Digital Photography School, has a follow up to her post on starting a photoblog. This time it is tips for building your photoblog. The 10 bullet points are:
Keep it Fresh
Share the Love
R.E.S.P.E.C.T
Keep it Real
Keep it Simple
Larger than Life
Piracy is Better than Obscurity
Chill
Know your Numbers
To Be Continued...
You can read the details at the post. You may or may not agree with all the points (I am not a fan of Piracy is Better than Obscurity), but if even one point helps you with your photoblog it is worth it.
I also ran across this post listing 5 ways to improve your blog in 15 minutes. It is geared towards a traditional journal blog, however there are some good tips and I have seen some of the same problems that he is trying to correct on photoblogs.
Macro Photography Tip: Spraying Flowers
www.diyphotography.com
10 tips for being a greener photographer
photojojo.com
10 ways to make Google love your photography site
www.photocritic.com
Review: Lowepro Fastpack 250
www.revellphotography.com
May Photo Challenge
www.photochallenge.org
On April 21, 1836--in 18 short minutes--General Sam Houston led his Texian soldiers to victory over the Mexican Army, officially securing Texas' independence from Mexico and eventually leading to the addition of one million square miles of territory to the United States.
Take a drive out to La Porte this Saturday as the San Jacinto Museum of History celebrates Texas Independence that was won at the Battle of San Jacinto, the final battle in the Texas Revolution.
The admission-free San Jacinto Day Festival takes place from 10 a.m. - 6.p.m. on the 1,200-acre San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site at the San Jacinto Monument. There will be a full day of music, entertainment, food, games and fun set amidst living history.
The most poplular event of the day is the battle reenactment, one of the largest in the state that reenacts one of the most important battles of American history. The battle begins at 3 p.m. - complete with cannons, muskets, horses, pyrotechnics and hundreds of reenactors.
You can find much more information at the San Jacinto Museum of History website.
Digital Photography School had a very interesting article by Natalie Norton on why you should start a photoblog. Now I know that all of the members here already HAVE photoblogs, but it is a good read to remind you why you chose this time consuming way of sharing your photos and to kick start some ideas in areas where you may be languishing.
To whet your appetite the 10 reasons she listed are:
1.) It'll Turn Up The Heat
2.) Track Your Progress
3.) Feedback
4.) Marketing
5.) Publicity
6.) Relationship
7.) Announcements
8.) Networking
9.) Testimonials
10.) It's Plain Ol' Fun
Read more at the Digital Photography School website.
Click! A Crowd-Curated Exhibition
www.brooklynmuseum.org
Interesting experiment.
Corbis Readymech Cameras
pro.corbis.com
Download, print and assemble your own pinhole camera
10 cameraphone photos that rock
digital-photography-school.com
Studio Photography - The Best Softbox Ever
www.diyphotography.net
When Editorial Uses of Photos Require Model Releases
danheller.blogspot.com
Shooting Digital Infrared
www.revellphotography.com
Do you Twitter? We do! Houston Photobloggers now has a Twitter account which you can follow here. We will have links to articles posted here as well as other fun things we find around the internet that don't quite warrant a full blog post.
What is Twitter? It is hard to explain, but thank goodness the people at Common Craft took care of that for me with this video.
10 Best Firefox Extensions for Photographers
photographersjourney.com
Shooting tethered from your camera into Lightroom
www.scottkelby.com
How to Recover Lost Images
digital-photography-school.com
Rule #1: Don't Freak Out (I've been there...)
Shooting Balloons: DIYing High Speed Photography
www.diyphotography.net
The Challenges of Portrait Photography and how to overcome them
blogs.photopreneur.com
Texas Means Spring Wildflowers by donaldharper.com
I highly recommend clicking through on the photo to see this in the large size.
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