Mastering Filters for Photography - Book Review
January 14, 2010
We receive books covering every aspect of photography, whether film based or strictly digital, and whether or not it covers the camera/lens end of photography or the computer/software end. We love receiving the titles, and for the most part there are terrific bits of information in the books we receive. And sometimes, like this title, we receive a book that qualifies as a “vital” part of a serious photographers library. Continue Reading
A Julian Lennon Comeback? Let’s Hope so…
December 16, 2009
When it comes to the children of the beloved John Lennon there can be no doubt that John’s firstborn, Julian, was born with more than his share of the Lennon ‘looks’, voice, mannerisms, and yes, talent. That’s not to say John’s younger son Sean isn’t talented as well, but Sean seems to lack direction, dedication, and focus. Sean seems to be a momma’s boy (but in a good way), whereas Julian has had a much tougher time in 46 years. Continue Reading
XtremeCamera is back online after 4-day MIA
December 6, 2009Apologies all around. XtremeCamera is back online after an unexpected failure of the hosting company that has served as our co-location host for the past 6 years. Our servers are under lock and key and it will be months before we get them back, if ever. We’re not even sure we can find the receipts for the many parts that made up our custom, DIY Linux boxes we sent to the company over the years. In any case, we’ve joined up with Network Solutions with a dedicated server and we hope it will suffice until things settle down.
Please note that our last backup was dated November 14th, 2009 so anything posted in the blogs, in the reviews and opinions, in the galleries (all galleries), will need to be reposted. Since we’re now more than 65GB in size as a gzip file it just didn’t make sense to do more frequent backups remotely. In the future we’ll know better; you can never be sure who is next to go belly up.
Once again, we apologize to our members, our readers, and our clients for being MIA these past 4 days.
John Manzione
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Titillation Or Information? Which Photo Magazines Are Worth Your Time & Money?
February 2, 2010
All photography magazines are expensive these days. In truth, all magazines in all genres are expensive these days and if you enjoy reading them you can drop some serious coin every Tuesday at your local bookstore. Having said that, buying a subscription to a magazine is, most of the time, vastly less costly that purchasing single issues each week/month. In today’s unstable times subscriptions can be a great idea and a great way to save money. Continue Reading
NIK Software – Viveza 2 – Fast, Powerful And Unafraid
January 14, 2010
NIK Software specifically gears their software toward the photographer and not the digital illustrator. Each plugin or plugin suite created by NIK Software are powerful tools that every digital photographer would be wise to have in their virtual tool belt. With the release of Viveza 2 NIK continues the tradition of making dramatic improvements with each new upgrade and each new product, while providing competitive pricing and affordable upgrade paths. With Viveza 2 in your arsenal you’ll make an investment in your career that you can’t afford not to make. I was a fan of Viveza v1 and didn’t expect to be blown away by a new version. That said, the new features and improvements on past features were way beyond my expectations. I think you’ll agree that NIK Software has once again given the photographer a great postproduction tool. Continue Reading
The Elegance of Mary McCartney’s Photography
December 16, 2009
McCartney is a photographer with indelible taste and ‘almost royal’ elegance. It was not happenstance or her “name” that provoked Tony and Cherie Blair to choose her to create the very first photographs of their newborn son, Leo. It was something that seemed a natural choice for the Blair’s after they became familiar with McCartney’s work. Continue Reading
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