Posted in Creativity, Ideas, Opinion, People, Video on Dec 31st, 2008 No Comments »
Charlie Rose interviews Malcolm Gladwell This is a fascinating interview on the topics in his new book “Outliers” which is about the nature/nurture issues behind being successful. [via Signal vs. Noise]
Posted in Creativity, Ideas, Music, Places, Video on Dec 31st, 2008 No Comments »
Bill Moyers interviewed Mark Johnson, this film’s director a while back. It was a great show: Playing for Change . Watch the video on the Moyers site, it overlaps the one embedded here but it’s worth it; goes into more detail about the movie. And on that note, Anne and I wish you all a [...]
Posted in People, Places on Dec 31st, 2008 8 Comments »
New York City. A quick shot of Anne on our way back to Grand Central and home after a satisfying Afghan dinner. I really like the auto ISO feature on the new Canon bodies. Even though I can’t set the threshold where it switches it seems to be pretty smart about keeping shutter speeds high [...]
Posted in Photographers on Dec 31st, 2008 No Comments »
Olivia Arthur has some amazing photography at her site. Check out her Iran: Beyond the Veil set. Wow. And her In the Name of God set. Wow. [via Gary Sharp]
Posted in Photo Gear, Video on Dec 29th, 2008 2 Comments »
Gad. Do I really want to shop at J&R? Better B&H. [via The-Digital-Picture.com - Canon Digital SLR, Lens and Accessory Reviews]
Posted in Photojournalism on Dec 29th, 2008 No Comments »
NY Times: 2008 – The Year in Pictures Wow, this is a spectacular collection from a variety of photographers. Play the audio and sit back for a great photojournalistic ride.
Posted in Ideas, Opinion on Dec 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Editorial Observer: Four Decades After Milgram, We’re Still Willing to Inflict Pain I posted about this famous experiment I was in before: Milgram Revisited. This new research is rather depressing: even after all political movement away from a culture of people who simply follow orders, we’re still a people who follow orders if the person [...]
Posted in Architecture, Places on Dec 28th, 2008 No Comments »
New York City. Riding the Staten Island Ferry is always a good thing to do because it gets you away from Manhattan for a different perspective (without going to New Jersey). Combine that with dusk and you have a winning combination. Others had the same idea, the ferry was packed with sightseers. Taken from the [...]
Posted in Creativity, Objects on Dec 26th, 2008 2 Comments »
Goshen, Connecticut. Of all the things to shoot on Christmas I chose this dish scrubber. Call me crazy but it has an ornamental beauty to me.
Posted in Photographers, Photojournalism on Dec 25th, 2008 No Comments »
Larry Towell has a wonderful collection of images at the Magnum site. Let the slide show go, it’s an endless collection of spectacular images. [via Gary Sharp]
Posted in Cats, Our Place, People on Dec 25th, 2008 7 Comments »
Our friend Gary is visiting and took this picture. The Kitty is getting very old and fragile and is shedding like mad for some reason but she’s still kicking at 18 and a half.
Posted in Cats, Objects on Dec 24th, 2008 No Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. I got these small stuffed cats at my favorite Japanese handmade paper store in LA a while back. They’re too small to be pincushions so they’re simply dust collectors (or stuffed hello kitties). They’ve just earned their keep by posing for this shot. Happy Holidays to all of our friends both offline and [...]
Posted in Places on Dec 24th, 2008 No Comments »
New York City. It’s rare to see a tobacco shop these days and even as a non-smoker I love these shops: the smells, the great cigar and pipe paraphernalia, and the wooden Indians (Native Americans) that stand out in front of them. I’ll be sad when tobacco use is over and these stores go away. [...]
Posted in Objects on Dec 23rd, 2008 4 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. Gary and I spent a day inside playing with camera gear, photographing kitchen tools and such. Once it was time for beer the subject matter shifted. This particular beer has great color and amazing effervescence. It tasted great and had the desired effect.
Posted in Aerial Photography, Photo Sites, Stories on Dec 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
The Big Picture has a wonderful photo essay on a complete cycle of the space shuttle Endeavor: Round trip with Endeavour.
Posted in Art and Design, Photo Sites, Photographers on Dec 22nd, 2008 2 Comments »
The photographer david alan harvey is publishing Burn. an “evolving journal for emerging photographers.” Beautifully done. Don’t forget to make your browser wide to see the right sidebar. [via Gary Sharp]
Posted in People, Photojournalism, Social Software on Dec 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
Big Pictures Help Tell Big Stories at Boston.com Great review of The Big Picture with a bit more on its creatore, Alan Taylor. [via Simon Owens]
Posted in People, Places on Dec 21st, 2008 2 Comments »
Kent, Connecticut. One of my oldest and dearest friends, Gary Sharp is visiting from Oregon for the Holidays. Gary is a long time photographer with almost the same camera gear I have and so, we have great fun comparing notes, sharing tips, and going out shooting. My entire family (including the cat) look forward to [...]
Posted in Objects, Places on Dec 21st, 2008 8 Comments »
Kent, Connecticut. After a great dinner at a friend’s house the cameras came out to document some of the wonderful chaos that is a dinner table after a wonderful meal. Very much like my interest in shooting flowers gone by, I see more interesting images in the mess after dinner than the beauty of the [...]
Posted in Opinion, Photo Gear on Dec 20th, 2008 No Comments »
The Online Photographer reviews Sony vs. Nikon vs. Canon (the A900 vs. the D3/D700 vs. the 5D Mark II). This is a well written review and while I’m a Canon guy it sure looks like Sony and Nikon are doing something right.
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