Reaching Out: Remembering Larry Burrows on his Death Anniversary

On rare occasions photographs become so famous, so instantly-recognizable, so much a part of a culture, that they become known by a short, informal name.  The Vietnam War spawned three such photographs: 'Execution of a VietCong' by Eddie Adams, 'Napalm Girl' by Nick Ut, and 'Reaching Out' by Larry Burrows.  Tomorrow, 10th February, is Burrows's death anniversary.  He was...

Sentimental, Solitary, and Sunrise Galleries

Let's take in three very different kinds of galleries all beginning with 'S': a Sentimental fad that's catching on; next, a Solitary road trip; and third, a Sunrise 'Best Of'.

Sentimental: "Dear Photograph"

If you haven't heard about Dear Photograph yet, you would soon have. This (sickly?) sentimental site is becoming a popular fad to the...

Some Nice Things we Missed

Sometimes the news flies so thick and fast that items deserving of a look get over-looked.  Let's take in a few such interesting items from the past week or two.

Dissing Digital

Norman Jean Roy is a fashion photographer 'on the make'.  He has shot both George Bush and Kate Beckinsale and his images have graced both Vogue and Vanity Fair.  Two weeks back...

Of Quirkiness, Popsicles, and Colour-Blind Film

We go off on the wayward, weird path, pointing out quirky happenings in the world of Photography no more than once a week.  Well, there's so much weird, quirky stuff going on that we just have to follow up The Good, the Mad, and the Chuckly from earlier this week with another post treating you to off-the-wall news from yesterday and today.  Aquarius in his first week must be...

A Tour of East Asia with Messy Nessy Chic

Step aside Picasso and your 'Blue Period', here's famed NatGeo photog Steve McCurry with his 'Blue Period' – with a little help from Jodhpur, India.  Messy Nessy Chic serves up a charming set of photographs in their photostory Steve McCurry's Blue City.

Unlike a painter's palette, a photographer doesn't have much control over his 'palette'.  While Nature photographers, of...

The Good, the Mad, and the Chuckly

This post has nothing to do with Spaghetti Westerns starring Clint Eastwood; it's about a troika of articles on PetaPixel which make up our (near-)weekly set of all that's quirky and offbeat in Photography News.  This week: The Good, the Mad, and the Chuckly.

The Good

Ethereal Macro Photos of Snowflakes is about the unusual and marvellous art of Russian photographer Andrew Osokin.: photgraphing individual snowflakes.

‘Ethereal’ is the word for captures...

A Full Review, a First Look, and a Lacy Leak

The Full Review

Canon's PowerShot A810 is the entry-level compact for the layman according to Photography Blog because "prove a hit with newcomers to photography."  

At the price, this camera seems to be a just-right balance in features and specs.  In fact, it "appears to be identical, if not slightly better than models we've...

Post-Processing Filters can turn you into a Pissaro, Monet, or Van Gogh!

The very word 'filter' has come to connote something totally different from what it used to – pieces of tinted gelatin or glass from Hoya, Tiffen, and such.  How 'totally different' is brought to the fore in An Artistic Approach to Post-Production in Photography Using Filter Effects by Celso Bressan who turns his photographs into impressionistic paintings by applying post-processing filters!

Granted, it is perhaps a misnomer to use the...

One Little Filter, So Many Applications . . .

You know just what Lightroom's graduated filter tool does but where and when do you put it to best effect, i.e. how do you recognize a situation that would benefit by one or another application of a post-processing graduated filter?

In 4 Uses for Lightroom’s Graduated Filter Tool, Jason Weddington shows four kinds of situations where use of Lightroom's graduated filter can create a more compelling image, and not all...