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Another Batch of HDR Holiday Nights

More displays of nighttime and Holiday lights. In the Gallery- Another sampling of festive holiday lights captured near my home in Upstate NY over the past week or so. As you may notice, I tend to go for the simpler scenes that depict more of the middle [...]

The Protester

"It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment." - Ansel Adams Sarah Mason, TIME's Protester of the Year: More Photos, Details ... The Protester: A Portfolio by Peter Hapak - LightBox The 1 Percent, Revealed: The [...]

Still More - Nighttime Holiday HDR

More nightime displays of Holiday lights. In the Gallery- A sampling of festive holiday lights captured near my home in Upstate NY over the past week or so. As you may notice, I tend to go for the simpler scenes that depict more of the middle and working [...]

More - Holiday lights in HDR

ALL WORKS IN THE GALLERY ARE COPYRIGHT © JOHN NEEL. The Joy continues! In the Gallery- A sampling of festive holiday lights captured near my home in Upstate NY over the past week or so. This season, I've been shooting nighttime HDR in an attempt to [...]

Holiday lights in HDR

ALL WORKS IN THE GALLERY ARE COPYRIGHT © JOHN NEEL. Ahhhh! The Joy of Christmas…Hanukkah…and the Holiday Season! Who could not love those few weeks before the big holiday? The night takes on a whole new brightness as we decorate the world [...]

Bigger gifts for the photographer in your life

Earlier this week, I made a few suggestions for photography-inspired gifts that came in sub-£25 ($40) and would make ideal stocking-fillers or Chanukah treats for, well, people like us. But what if there's a bit more in the budget? How about gifts for [...]

Little-ish gifts for photographers, seeing as the season is almost here

The season of frenzied gift-giving is nigh upon us, meaning that it is time to wheel out Daniela's quick and dirty guide to finding perfect pressies for the photographer in your life. (Or you could just send people whom you love in this general direction for [...]

eBooks: 50% cheaper until midnight

It's true. You can buy the whole collection of Craft & Vision eBooks for half the price. Imagine a whole library of photographic knowledge at your fingertips for a few bucks. There's a lot to choose from and different packs, so you can look and decide what [...]

Olympus offers money back on new XZ-1s

'Tis most definitely the season for camera manufacturers to tempt potential customers into their lairs heady with the addictive perfume of new kit, by offering incentives of cashback on purchases of pretty pieces of equipment. This week, Olympus is fanning the [...]

Christmassy cashback bonuses from Canon

If the hordes of shoppers meandering along Oxford Street, the hideous giant holly leaves on Carnaby Street, and being subjected to ghastly jingly music in shopping centres across the land hadn't already been some kind of vague indicator that Christmas might [...]

Stock Photography: Humor Sells

If you are interested in selling your photos in a stock photo agency, one of the best ways to get immediate return on your investment in time, creativity, and money is to come up with humorous ideas.  Animals and babies in situations that make people [...]

Washington Crosses the Delaware...again

    I was lucky enough to catch this year's dress rehearsal of the reenactment of George Washington's famous crossing of the Delaware on Christmas Day in 1776 (from where he went on to defeat the Hessians in Trenton and turn the tide of the [...]

Do Christmas Cards Have to Be So Boring?

About 10 years ago I started adding my humor to the family Christmas cards.  The tradition has survived middle school, high school, college and now the birth of my first grandchild. My wife and kids are my willing props and often the making of the card is [...]