An attendee from GenCon, where I set up a last-minute booth to sell my photos, suggested that I check out Worth 1000, a daily photography contest website. They also have daily contests for 3D rendering (for some reason labeled “Photoshop”), Illustration, graphic design, and writing.
Unfortunately, the site doesn’t allow image merging or collaging, so it [...]
PhotoWalkthrough.com - Free video tutorial podcast covering digital photography post processing using adobe photoshop cs2.
John Arnold shares a fascinating perspective on digital imaging, and has a lovely British accent to boot. Sadly, I don’t have a video-enabled iPod, so I can’t watch these unless I’m on my home tower, which I try to avoid as [...]
I’ve become a podcast fanatic.
In Episode 12 of Focus Ring, there is a really interesting conversation about the McNugget-style layout of image sharing sites like Flickr and Deviant Art: namely, every image is presented to you as a thumbnail before you can find the larger version.
On a site which hosts thousands, if not millions [...]
Review of two websites.
ThinkGeek :: Pirate vs Ninja Batteries
Each battery looks like a regular AA battery, but sometimes looks can be deceiving. For the Ninja vs Pirate Batteries are packed with Ninja Stealth Power or Pirate Plunder Power goodness. Are we claiming these batteries last longer than normal AA batteries? No, but they look about a bajillion times [...]
Podcasting goodness from CAR, forwarded to me a while ago. This is a fairly clunky copy/paste from the email, which contained many broken links. Hopefully, I’ve managed to successfully edit those dead links out without any html errors.
Creative Chicago Expo Podcasts are now online!How do I find affordable live/work space? …Build my audience? …Teach? …Start [...]
photomation.com is another website that does prints online. The referral said “They do great work and on almost any surface.”
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A few links for myself, and anyone else who thinks their work is good enough to compete with me, and thousands more practiced than me.
http://www.artdeadline.com/
http://www.theartlist.com/
http://www.chicagoartistsresource.org/
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Although I’ve never heard of it before, the Charlie Rose show features interviews with several impressive photographers, and they’re all available for $1 download at Google Video.
tvshow:Charlie_Rose photographer - Google Video
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The foundation (RED) utilizes stylish designer clothing and giant corporate sponsorship to help fund AIDS workers in Africa. The concept is brilliantly simple: brand the project and sell it on everything, which 50% of profits going to the cause.
Pointed out to me by Elissa of Dystopian Visions.
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