Switching from Apple Mac OS X to Windows Vista ?

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Can a photographer find happiness switching from Apple’s Mac OS X to Windows Vista? This photographer is going to find out in a controlled experiment. Yes, at Daylight Photo we still have our eight Mac machines up and running and that’s not going to change, at least not in the ...

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sources of inspiration for your photography

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Where do you find inspiration? <A HREF="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fthirtysevense-20%2F8001%2F5a94d8d4-7fd1-46cf-a2de-063754194554&Operation=NoScript" mce_HREF="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fthirtysevense-20%2F8001%2F5a94d8d4-7fd1-46cf-a2de-063754194554&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</A> Photographers often find inspiration by studying the work of other photographers. I certainly do. For both professionals and amateurs there are amazing resources like the contest sections at PDNonline. With something like 3 million photos uploaded to Flickr every day there’s certainly ...

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buying and selling used camera gear on eBay

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Do you buy used photo and camera gear on eBay? With talk of starting a new photo project in August (some great suggestions in Friday's comments) I've been thinking about what equipment to use for the project. For myself, I'm thinking film...35mm, 120 or 4"x5"? Hmmm, is there some new (used) ...

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how the photo was made: forgotten america series

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

I’d also be interested to hear how you got the effect in your Forgotten America photos… - Matthew Botos This one's for you, Matthew (and everyone else, of course). I'd like to talk about how the Forgotten America series was created by using this image as an example. This is ...

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video: episode 20, how to develop black and white film for beginners

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Process your own black and white film Today's video is something really different, we'll take a break from lighting this week and get back at it next Monday. It's fun to change things up, it keeps things interesting and it seemed like this video could fill a need. There are a ...

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