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Exhibiting With Digital Photo Frames (DPF) Part 1

High Flying Photographers

What is this crazy contraption with little propellers, spider legs, a Canon camera and all kinds of wierd gear hanging all over it? A "hexacopter" of course! (Read on) Robo, radio remote controlled helicopters mounted with one of the new small video cameras or [...]

Hey MAC users! A great source and an April Fool that is no joke

Here’s what happened: Last fall I got a new 8-core MAC Pro with a sexy new tech solid state hard drive to run the Lion operating system and applications, two 2-TB indwelling hard drives for images and a 5-bay Drobo with 10-TB storage for redundant [...]

Photographer's i - Issue 2 - on iTunes Newsstand - Now!

This issue has an interactive article I wrote about TTV.   RETRO-TECH John Neel Journey back to the future as an art photographer explores the digital world through the viewfinders of old twin-lens-reflex cameras. <> Available in the iTunes [...]

Easy technique to select, edit and sequence keywords for web

Those pesky keywords are definitely the biggest headache, but also your biggest ally in getting found on the web. You have to describe what you do, but also think what words the potential customer will be searching. Research is a good idea. You need to [...]

120 Matchbox Pinhole Project - Part 1

One of my to-do projects for WPPD - 2012 is to build a working 120-pinhole camera from a large kitchen matchbox. Although I have built smaller 35mm pinhole cameras from regular matchboxes, I have never built one with this size matchbox before. So, it will [...]

If you like a Leica…LOOK at this!

WOW! Ok, we all know that just below the surface, everyone wants an iPhone! The iPhone camera and all the imaging apps have become part of the fun of taking pictures. And for many it is the camera of choice. But if you want to have even more fun, you need to [...]

The inventor of the digital camera

Long before DSLRs, Micro 4/3rds, Photoshop, or HDR…Steve Sasson invented the digital Camera. In 1975, as a  newly hired electrical engineer employed by Eastman Kodak, Steve and a few fellow engineeers, successfully built a working [...]

LJ's - Best Books 2011: Rethinking Digital Photography

Pixiq Books - Best Seller List 2011 The Top 11 Books by Pixiq in 2011 and… "Best Books 2011: Art Instruction - Library Journal!" Best Books 2011: Art Instruction "Neel, John. Rethinking Digital Photography: Making & Using Traditional & [...]

A Year of Blogs In Review About Experimental Digital Photography By Rick Doble