Sundance showcase

Sundance Film Festival 2013--
the multimedia | photography | video showcase of
Palm Beach Post
In striking portraits, photographer Victoria Will introduces you to the stars, directors, screenwriters and producers who have flocked to Park City. Many you know: Nicole ... Photography by Victoria Will/Invision/Associated Press — Below the photo ...

Madison Square Park's Next Art Installation Is a Giant Walk-In Camera Obscura
In the Air, Art+Auction's Gossip Column (blog)
If you thought Leo Villareal's neon-hued Buckminster Fuller tribute was a nice throwback, you're sure to enjoy the next Madison Square Art public art commission, Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder's “Topsy-Turvy: A Camera Obscura Installation,” which, as ...

In the Air, Art+Auction's Gossip Column (blog)

vintage everyday: Rare Color Photography of Early 1900s Paris
By a Blogger
Although some of these images might look like a modern day photography and some of them like painted pictures, actually it is real colored photographies, taken at the beginning of the 20th century Paris (France). All the ... of Belgium were taken by photographer Charles Courbet circa 1909-1913.Photos of Washington D.C. ca. 1860 - ca. 1865. Mathew Brady (1823-1896) was one of the most prolific photographers of the nineteenth century, creating a visual documentation of the Civil . . .

The 10 Big Rules of Photography. Or so I think …
National Geographic
And on the business of photography, perhaps I dare say that the best way to make money with photography is by selling our camera. Nevertheless, after many years in this profession and dozens of countries toured, I believe it is one of the most ...

National Geographic

Photojojo takes iPhone photography old school with the Viewfinder
tuaw.com
Photojojo is one of our favorite spots to pick up useful and sometimes wacky accessories for iPhonephotography, so whenever I see an email from the company it's the first one that gets opened. Today's mailing brought news that should bring a smile to ...

Terry Kasprzak blends art and photography
ReporterHerald.com
Now retired, Kasprzak blends art and photography. His photographs appear much like soft paintings incorporating a distinct impressionist style. He points out that there are tens of millions of digital photographers just in the United States and how one ...

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GIFs push limits of art and processors

GIFs as Art--
Mind-bending GIFs push the limits of art and processors | The Verge: "Nowadays, the word "GIF" has become all but synonymous with the frivolous and whimsical, but Croatian Paolo Čerić is proving that there's more to the medium than just cats and LOLs. Čerić, 22, is currently studying at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb, where he experiments with new ways to create art from code. His animations, published to his Patakk Tumblr, are equal parts mesmerizing and perplexing — complex geometric formations that undulate and pulsate across the page. Čerić tells Colossal that he began experimenting with the GIF format two years ago, when he was a relative novice. He began by imitating other animations he'd seen on the web, but soon developed his own style, which now ranges from the abstract to the pop-infused. He's not the only one testing the artistic boundaries of GIF media, but his experiments are certainly among the most compelling. . . ."

Must-have apps for photography nuts
TechHive
Want to get more out of your photography? Your tablet can be a valuable tool in the pursuit of picture perfection. A variety of apps are now available that can expand yourcamera's features, and even replace your laptop completely, making it easier to ...

TechHive

Andrew Zuckerman's Amazing Up-Close Flower Photography
Popular Science
Andrew Zuckerman's Amazing Up-Close Flower Photography. Posted 1.23.13 at 9:00 am 0 Comments. IMAGE 1 OF 8. > Jimson weed. Andrew Zuckerman. Click here to see this amazing image even larger. Tags Science. IMAGE 1 OF 8. > Read the article:...

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Apple pulled 500px photography app over child porn complaints
GigaOM
After a bit of confusion over why a popular photography app was pulled from the iOS App Store early Tuesday morning, Apple offered up an official explanation: it had no choice but to pull the app because of some complaints of child pornography viewable ...

Do You Think Food Photography in Restaurants Should Be Banned?
Zagat (blog)
Following the decision by certain restaurants in America to disallow patrons to photograph their food, Esquire Magazine published ten reasons why they agree - it's not good photography, it makes you look foolish, distracts the chef, no one cares (see ...

jetsons floating car photography by renaud marion
By rodrigo db
by capturing scenes of floating old-school cadillac and mercedes-benz's, french photographer ... As life always imitates art, the Jetsons great-grandsons might be successful businessmen, or, perhaps, powerful politicians, able to extend to all us, magnetic paths and levitation capsules, without wheels, motors, nor batteries. .... designboom 1999-2012, some rights reserved. copyright of photos belong to each photographer/creative studio/company mentioned. more info here. readers' ...
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Daily Kos: Portland Public Art (Photos): Street Prophets Coffee Hour
By rss@dailykos.com (Ojibwa)
This is our communities' open thread where we can talk about what's happening in our lives, our thoughts on current events, and anything else that strikes your fancy. I stopped by the Portland, Oregon, Art Museum and took some photographs ...
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Using Light to Shape Landscape Photography
By Simon Bray
When I first started out with photography, sunsets were my favourite thing to photograph. At every available opportunity I was out with my camera trying to capture this unique collection of colours and light being cast across fields, countryside, ...
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Convert film to digital with your smartphone

Convert film to digital with your smartphone - Crave - Cameras - CNET Asia: "The Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner is a device lets you conveniently scan your negatives with a smartphone so you can share them on social media. Created by the same people behind Lomography, this scanner can scan a variety of 35mm film--color slides, color negatives as well as black and white film--and comes in a portable size. Besides the scanner, all you need is a smartphone and the included free Lomoscanner App (compatible with iOS and Android). This app not only scans your film, but lets you stitch images together (for panoramas, for example) as well as animate 35mm analog movies shot using the Lomography LomoKino camera."

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Photos from Twitter

News flash for the media: you can’t sell photos grabbed from Twitter | Ars Technica: "It's become common for news agencies to feature all kinds of content found on Twitter in their articles and broadcasts. But this ruling suggests what behavior is clearly out of bounds. Distributing photos on a commercial basis—with an incorrect byline to boot—evidently falls in that category. Joseph Baio, Morel's lawyer, told Reuters today that the case showed commercial news use of Twitter photos is illegal, and the trial will determine what the consequences should be. Twitter was never a party to the case. A Twitter spokesman asked about the case today simply reiterated the company's policy, that "Twitter users own their photos.""

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Pixel Counts Don’t Count in Cameras

Why Pixel Counts Don’t Count in Cameras
" . . . The point here is that when you are shopping for a camera, concentrate on the type and physical dimensions of the sensor. In that case, larger is better because more surface area means more ability to capture light. And though CCD sensors used to be state-of-the-art, CMOS sensors have largely surpassed them. . . . "

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Sam Falls and Problems With Decomposition

But digital is forever--

Bookshelf | Sam Falls's 'Problems With Decomposition' - NYTimes.com: "The Los Angeles-based artist Sam Falls, 28, delights in the process of deterioration. Straddling sculpture, painting and photography, he has spent the last few years investigating the long-term effects of sunlight, time and natural decomposition on materials like paper, steel and cloth, creating works as interesting for their process as much as for their finished state. Take “Light Work,” for instance, a book filled with colored paper left to fade on Falls’s studio windowsill, or a colorful sculpture, coated in non-UV-protected pigment so as to physically absorb the movement of the sun over time. The results are frequently messy, but purposefully so. “None of my work is picture-perfect,” Falls says. “It’s muddied and filled with aspects of failure. That way it’s often easier to understand.”. . ."

CES 2013: Tegra 4 Will Change Mobile Photography
Bright Side of News*
At NVIDIA's CES 2013 press conference, Nvidia's CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, agreed that the “best camera you can have is the one that's readily available.” It's no secret thatphotography on smartphones and mobile devices has become more advanced and ...

Bright Side of News*

Gilles Bensimon Photography Exhibit Opens in London
Women's Wear Daily
“I was anxious because when you're a fashion photographer and you do something like this, you can be perceived as someone who wants to become an artist, which I am very uncomfortable with,” Bensimon says. “I grew up in the art world. My mom was a...

Women's Wear Daily

Versatile motion dolly for time lapse photography
By Mike Szczys
Versatile motion dolly for time lapse photography. January 7, 2013 ... Currently the camera is responsible for timing the capture of the images, but [Scottpotamas] says the firmware is nearly ready to hand this responsiblity over to the Arduino.
Hack a Day

Getting Started Using Photography to Make Your Marketing Better ...
By C.C. Chapman
No business can ignore photography as part of their content mix and my presentation from NMX focused on how to get started. ... If you've ever given a child a camera, they instantly start taking pictures. They don't worry about what they are shooting or if it is going to be good or not. When they get ... I look at other people's photos every day and just seeing the angle they choose or the lighting they went with makes me a better photographer. Shoot What You Love The easiest thing in the ...
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Ideas for photography
This article provides lots of ideas for photography for anyone in need of some inspiration.
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The best of the 2012 National Geographic Photography contest
Mirror.co.uk
Busaba the tigress shakes herself dry after a cooling dip – and helps a British snapper win his stripes. Ashley Vincent grabbed first prize in the 2012 National Geographic Photography contest with the dramatic picture at Khao Kheow zoo, Thailand ...

Eyeballs and Fine Art: Tyler Shields' Take on Standing Out as a Photographer
PetaPixel
Eyeballs and Fine Art: Tyler Shields' Take on Standing Out as a Photographer. DL Cade · Jan 06,... Specifically, he spends time explaining that there is photography that gets you “eyeballs” (viewers and attention for your work) and photography that ...

42 years and still going, Robert Messina serves lovers of analog photography
Dallas Morning News (blog)
By pure accident, and true luck, I found The Color Lab and Robert Messina still going at it, if not as strong as he once was. The digital age has changed so many facets of life in general and photography in particular and Robert's business has declined ...

Dallas Morning News (blog)

Aisha Zeijpveld Photography | Trendland: Fashion Blog & Trend ...
By Marta Baniukiewcz
TAGS: aisha zeijveld, PHOTOGRAPHY, PORTRAITS ... Freelancing as photographer, blogger, artcurator/scout and music passionate; tries to stay ahead of the trends by scoping out the work produced by the best creative minds of today.
Trendland - Fashion & Trends Blogzine

Street Photography From A New Perspective | Fstoppers
By Thomas Ingersoll
Shooting street photography is always a great way to find some interesting subjects. Not only do you usually ... There's been two or three guys who wanted nothing to do with the camera, but for the most part, they're pretty cool with it. Fstoppers ...
Fstoppers

Tips for night-time photography.
Night photography is probably the hardest kind of photography to learn and master as it comes with many challenges. In this article I offer some tips on how to be ...
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Internet as artistic medium

How the Internet is becoming an artistic medium | Arts and Culture | Idahostatesman.com: "In late 2012, he decided to take his Web inspiration seriously and dedicate himself to making one piece of art every day. Krueger auctions off his “Daily Dose of Painting,” a series of 5-by-7-inch still lifes he whips up in a couple hours, at GeoffreyKrueger.com. Bids start at $100. What he sells notwithstanding, the bigger payoff is less tangible, he says. Taking this small risk pushed him out of his comfort zone, loosened his style and now is beginning to influence his larger work."

Marksta app - fighting for photography copyright
The Guardian (blog)
One of the things I love most about photography is that it transcends language. A written story has to be ... The music and film industry is fighting hard to change people's perceptions about piracy, but the battle for photography hasn't started. I am...

The Guardian (blog)

Alex Webb: Rendering a Complex World, in Color and Black-and-White
New York Times (blog)
My most basic process as a photographer is to wander, allowing the camera and my experiences to lead me where they will. I try to arrive initially in a situation, or a place,... Part of what excites me about photography is its very uncertainty, the ...

New York Times (blog)

SnapBox turns your smartphone photos into works of art
PCWorld
But what about turning those shots into printed works of art? Joining the throngs of mobile photo printing services is SnapBox, which offers an easy way to get your photos off your phone and onto your wall. The end result is a unique gallery-wrapped ...

Palestinian children's photography showcased in Scottish Parliament
The Electronic Intifada
“I kept asking myself what function I could possibly have in the resistance movement. Why would they need a Scottish photographer?” Chetwynd told The Electronic Intifada. “But from my point of view, if the Palestinian kids had their own skills in ...

The Electronic Intifada

Second Saturday Art Walk Guide: January (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post
Featuring photography, collage, and sculpture created in 2012, "The Umpire" is artist Daniel Milewski's second solo show at <a href="http://gallerydiet.com/">Gallery DIet</a>. Acording to the gallery, his work focues on themes of myth and social structure.

Lufkin mother honoring Sandy Hook victims through photography
KTRE
The photographer says each photo should remind us to never take life for granted. Due said, "People kind of understand a little how tomorrow is not promised and it can happen to anybody. I guess people kind of forget that and so to them these photos ...

Guardian Camera Club: Teleri Williams on depth of field
The Guardian
Guardian Camera Club: Teleri Williams on depth of field. Teleri Williams participates in the depth of field assignment. Although these images certainly capture the beautiful light and warm colours of a Languedoc vineyard, they are somewhat short on ...

Astonishing New Zealand Landscape Photography | Abduzeedo ...
By PauloGabriel
Astonishing New Zealand Landscape Photography. Astonishing ... Don't forget to check eachphotographer's portfolios simply by clicking each picture. I hope ... The Perfect Office - PowerDock 5, Air Copy, Samsung NX300 Camera and more ...
Abduzeedo Design Inspiration & Tutorials

Water Reflection Series – Fubiz™
By Baptiste.B
B le 8 janvier 2013 Graphic Photography ... Mountain Photography. 39 ... Snowflakes MacroPhotography. 72. Taste Christmas Tree. 59. Nike – Kobe8. 28. Oblivion Trailer. 47. Artic IcePhotography. 57 ... We collect all the best of world of art.
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Kabul's Most Historical Sites Host Public 3D Photography Exhibitions
By Greta Rybus
More importantly we wanted to share these images of Afghanistan with Afghans who rarely get to see the photos taken of them and their country for the media.” How did the ... “To use photography to create conversation and challenge stereotypes and to use the power of street art to bring the conversations to the public, both in the US and in Afghanistan.” What is the role ... Aussiephotographer, Travis Beard, lives full time in Afghanistan and we became friends and colleagues. His work ...
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Photography as the art of our time

Photography is the art of our time
The Guardian (blog)
2012 Turner prize winner Elizabeth Price harrowed London's Tate Britain with images of horror and fear in a work that epitomised the power of photographic art. But thephotography that meets the critieria of the art world is just a tiny sliver of the ...

The Guardian (blog)

The First Circuit Tackles Copyright in News Photography and Docudramas
Citizen Media Law Project (blog)
This photo was taken by freelance photographer Donald Harney for a piece in the Beacon Hill Times. The photo ... But another wrinkle is added when dealing with depictions of things that exist in the real world (a universal issue in news photography ...

Redditors Accuse BuzzFeed of Photo Theft
Mashable
The BuzzFeed post, "14 Amazing Photos That Are Totally Not Photoshopped," is a list of images taken with a camera's shutter open for an extended time, a technique commonly used for star trail and "light drawing" photography. Samsung sponsored the ...

Waking Dream: Viviane Sassen's Fashion Photography
TIME
The fine art photography she has made there in the past decade shines as some of the most original, unexpected work to emerge from the continent by a Westernphotographer. But one finds no victims of war or famine here; instead, the viewer confronts ...

TIME

This date in science: Daguerreotype photography made public
EarthSky (blog)
January 9, 1839: Long before cell phone cameras, photography took place using copper and heat. On this day, the French Academy of Sciences announced Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre's daguerreotype photography process to the world.

War/Photography
Houston Press
The curators, Anne Tucker, MFAH Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography; Will Michels,photographer and Glassell School of Art instructor; and Natalie Zelt, curatorial assistant forphotography, grouped the images by subject matter, creating ...

Interactive photography gallery provides tour of London squat
Wired.co.uk
With just a little bit of HTML and jQuery, photographer Adrian Nettleship has churned out a timely and purpose-built web experience that lets users explore a London squat and meet its inhabitants. Nettleship's photos and audio are combined into a ...

Wired.co.uk

Art Fare: Photographer Andy Freeberg
Willamette Week
This rarefied atmosphere is the subject of photographer Andy Freeberg's series ArtFare. Camera in hand, he spent the last few years documenting the art-fair circuit, haunting exhibition booths not only at Art Basel, but also Art Miami, Pulse and New ...

Willamette Week

Across Borders of Memory and Photography
New York Times (blog)
The show, curated by Elizabeth Ferrer, the director of contemporary art at BRIC, showcases photographers awarded a fellowship in a competition sponsored by En Foco, the nonprofit committed to promulgating cultural diversity in photography. (En Foco's ...

New York Times (blog)

3D Fashion Photography Editorials [Pics]
PSFK
Slovenian fashion photographer Matjaž Tančič, a graduate of the London College of Fashion, has an impressive ongoing 3D photography series called “Mimicry.” Exploring the medium of 3Dphotography, Tančič has captured shots in locations across the UK, ...

AP's Invision Photography Unit Pacts with The Hollywood Reporter
mediabistro.com
... photographer for The Hollywood Reporter. It's a huge step forward in the entertainment space for AP, cemented by that fact that the agreement also allows the unit to license THR photos thereafter through AP Images: ... Added Dan Becker, managing ...

Instagram-ing Tibet: Cellphone Photography | Dowser
By EshaC
Early on however, I realized that photography and the experience of looking at an image were much more effective in helping me to remember where and when I was at a certain place, but most importantly, what and how I was feeling when I ...
Dowser

Living with Photography: S-M-R-T Smart Cameras - Tested

On the photography front, one trend that's emerging is the smartification of digital cameras. That could be incorporating features like Wi-Fi and touchscreens, ...
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14 Respected Photographers' Plans to Jumpstart Their Photography ...
By Lauren Margolis
We were curious what plans photographers had in mind to help jumpstart their photography business, so we reached out to some of the folks who contributed to our Photo Business Bootcamp - our most powerful (and free) compilation of smart ...
PhotoShelter Blog

Selling Your Images As Art - Digital Photography School
By Rick Berk
I use FineArtAmerica.com to host my website. The beauty here is that all of my work gets entered into their database. I keyword my images, so they appear in pertinent searches by people who've come to the site looking for art to purchase.
Digital Photography School

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There Is No Digital Media, Only Software

Dead Media Beat: Lev Manovich, "There Is No Digital Media, There Is Only Software" | Beyond The Beyond | Wired.com: “It is important to make it clear that I am not saying that today all the differences between different media types – continuous tone images, vector images, simple text, formatted text, 3D models, animations, video, maps, music, etc. – are completely determined by application software. Obviously, these media types have different representational and expressive capabilities; they can produce different emotional effects; they are processed by different sensors and networks of neurons in the brain; and they are likely to correspond to different types of mental processes and mental representations. These differences have been discussed for thousands of years – from ancient philosophy and classical aesthetic theory to modern art and contemporary neuroscience. “What I am arguing is something else. On the one hand, interactive software adds a new set of operations which can be applied to all these media types – which we as users experience as their new ‘properties’. (The examples include separation between data structure and its display, hyperlinking, visualization, and search interface.) On the other hand, the ‘properties’ of a particular media type can vary dramatically depending on the software application used for its authoring and access. Let’s go though one example in detail. “As the example of media type, we will use a photograph. In the analog era, once a photograph was printed, all the information was ‘fixed’. Looking at this photograph at home, in an exhibition, or in a book did not affect this information. Certainly, a photographer could produce a different print with a higher or a lower contrast or use a different paper – but this resulted in a physically different object, i.e., a new photographic print that contained different information. (For example, some details were lost if the contrast was increased.) “So what happens with a digital photograph? We can take a photo with a dedicated digital camera or capture it with a mobile phone, or scan it from an old book. In every case, we end with a file that contains an array of pixels which hold color values, and a file header that specifies image dimensions, color profile, information about the camera and shot conditions such as exposure, and other metadata. In other words, we end up with what is normally called ‘digital media’ – a file containing numbers which represent the details of some scene or an object. . . ."

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What We Did Before Photoshop

A look back--

What Did We Do Before Photoshop? | Art Beat | PBS NewsHour | PBS: "Next, we turn to the work of modern artists, including Herbert Bayer, Maurice Tabard and Dora Maar, who have used photography to evoke subjective states of mind, conjuring dreamlike scenarios and surreal imaginary worlds, in which women morph into cats and eyes stare from the walls of empty rooms. The final section presents photographs from the second half of the 20th century by Jerry Uelsmann,Duane Michals, John Baldessari and other artists who have adapted earlier tropes and techniques of image manipulation -- spirit photography, composite portraiture, news-photo retouching -- to create works that self-consciously and often humorously highlight the inherent mutability of the photographic image. Are there any manipulations that can't be done in Photoshop or don't look as good? MIA FINEMAN: Not really. The only case I can think of would be an artist or designer who wants the rough, handmade look of cut-and-paste collage with the seams showing. But maybe even that can be simulated digitally. One of the major differences between manipulation in the darkroom and manipulation with Photoshop is time and physical effort -- the click of a mouse vs. exposure and developing, not to mention the mixing of chemicals and wasted sheets of photographic paper. Which is to say that there was a certain amount of craft and patience one had to possess in the darkroom that is much different than using a computer. Do you think this cheapens modern manipulation when used in fine art, because it's so easy to do now? MIA FINEMAN: No. Photographers have always used whatever technical means were available to them to create the pictures they wanted to create -- Photoshop is the latest tool. That said, I do think there's a tendency among some contemporary image-makers to overuse digital tools and effects -- but it's mostly a matter of taste. . . Nearly every photographer engaged in some form of image manipulation at some point, even "straight" photographers like Paul Strand and Ansel Adams -- they just didn't talk about it. Editor's note: "Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop" will be at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York through Jan. 27, 2013, and is complemented by an exhibition catalog authored by Mia Fineman. . . . "


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How to Keep Your Photos Safe - Digital Photography Super Guide

Digital Photography Super Guide: How to Keep Your Photos Safe
PC Magazine
They're our memories, and we want to safeguard them. After showing you how to import and organize, correct, enhance, and share your photos, this installation of PCMag's Digital PhotographySuper Guide will offer some options for how to keep your ...

Seeing Earth As Modern Art
Slate Magazine (blog)
It's easy to imagine these photos of Earth hanging in a modern art exhibition. Taken via satellite, these images are part of a series called Earth As Art from the U.S. Geological Survey and offer “fresh and inspiring glimpses of different parts of our ...

Slate Magazine (blog)

A Photography Tattoo Based on 120 Film Backing Paper Designs
PetaPixel
Photographer Michel Jones has one of the most unique photography-related tattoos we've seen yet. While most photography enthusiasts who get inked may choose designs that are easily recognizable by the general public (e.g. cameras, lenses,photos), ...

PetaPixel

Hive's Best Music Photography of 2012
MTV Hive
I had gone down to a small gallery on the Lower East Side to see if I could take a fewphotos of [Grimes'] Claire Boucher at an opening for the first public showing of her ink drawings. The tiny gallery was packed with people, all of whom were waiting ...

MTV Hive

OCCCA's New Photography Exhibit Hits You With Its Best Shots
OC Weekly
Jurors Jeff T. Alu, Gina Genis, Kirk Pedersen and Susan Spiritus have sorted through almost 700 photographs and videos to come up with the 80-plus on display for Orange County Center for Contemporary Art's "Give Us Your Best Shot." Now it's ... Abigail ...

3 Amazing Photography Apps on my iPhone
Appolicious
LanaLang says: A list of my favorite photography apps that help me enhance my photos. Like. 0 comments Share · Twitter-share2. LanaLang's picks. PhotoGridPro You'll love this app! It does not only let crop and edit photos as usually, it also allows to ...

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