Musings, Commentaries, Photos and Reviews

Mark's Facebook Page is  https://www.facebook.com/photosofthattree I can relate to this story a bit since I keep revisiting one of my favorites

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Photobooth from Cool Hunting on Vimeo .

As the holidays approach, many of us will be taking photos and videos. This is a nice instructional video on lighting techniques. I don't have a soft box, but I do try to move the flash off to an angle, or bounce it to avoid that washed out red-eyed shot.

Definitely some cool technology which solves a real problem in photography

I got this email yesterday Dear Poltracknet, Congratulations! On behalf of the Currier Museum of Art and WMUR, we would like to inform you that we have carefully selected your photographs “Freestyle” and “Codger” to be displayed in the exhibition  Portraits with Attitude  in the Currier’s Community Gallery.  Your  Portrait with Attitude  will be on display in the Currier’s Community Gallery starting this Saturday, October 15 th.   In addition, we will include your name/ ulocal  username and description of the photograph in an attempt for other viewers to better understand your message.  We hope you will come by to see your photo on display. For more information about visiting the museum, go to  www.currier.org .  This project is held in conjunction with the current special exhibition Backstage  Pass: Rock and Roll Photography  on view through January 15, 2012. For more information about the special exhibition visit www....

Here are some nice examples

Kodak Film had this message on their website : They say all good things in life come to an end. Today we announced that Kodak will retire KODACHROME Film, concluding its 74-year run. It was a difficult decision, given its rich history. At the end of the day, photographers have told us and showed us they've moved on to newer other Kodak films and/or digital. KODACHROME Film currently represents a fraction of one percent of our film sales. We at Kodak want to celebrate with you the rich history of this storied film. Feel free to share with us your fondest memories of Kodachrome. I have had much better luck with the longevity of slides that were taken with Kodachrome over the ones taken with Ektachrome. Here is a scan of a slide taken by my uncle in 1949: When I was in Singapore and Hong Kong in the Navy, I used what I consider the best film ever, ASA 25 Kodachrome. I figured at the time that these were colorful places that I would only see once in a lifetime and it ...

I spend a lot of time looking at photographs. The Times Magazine featured a series of photographs of "Obama's people" done by Nadav Kander who they described as "one of the more original and highly regarded portraitists at work just now". I guess I'm missing something, but I want to add my own unflattering captions to each mugshot photo. I miss Richard Avedon . Maybe I'm wrong, you be the judge: 2009 Inaugaration Gallery