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Photographers' Christmas in Taos: travelogue and romance

The weekly round-up

Ooh it seems to have been a bit of a busy week. There's not so much in the way of news-news, but there are plenty of quirky links to keep you occupied whilst you're waiting for your gravy to thicken. Have fun! Firmware upgrades There's a firmware update for [...]

The Activist Photographer

Sebastiao Salgado: The Photographer as Activist UC Berkley via YouTube [...]

Facing the Future - Photographers Speaking

Facing the future: Photographers Ed Kashi, Inge van Iersel, Peter Van Agtmael, Hellen van Meene, Joost van den Broek, Donald Weber, Newsha Tavakolian, Peter Stigter, Donald Weber talking about the tension between economic [...]

6 Rules for Taking Great Baseball Photographs - Sponsored Post

You don't have to be a world-famous photojournalist to take exciting baseball pictures of your favorite team, its players, and the drama and elegance that is baseball. You can do it too. All you need is some baseball photography tips. The Six Commandments for [...]

Black Blizzard

From a historical perspective, I've always wondered what the drought refugees of the 1930's felt like when the black blizzards would descend upon the Panhandle, choke out the sun and blow sand so hard that it hurts to stand outside. Now I know because [...]

The Rural Experience - Hunting Dogs

Good dogs - I mean really good dogs - are a pleasure to watch.  An extension of the hunter, good gun dogs are like pieces of living art as they sniff out hard to find birds and precisely respond to their handlers. // [...]

2010 Favorites - Living the Rural Life

This past year was a good one.  Plenty of blessings on the personal front including my kids doing well and growing up before mine and Kristy's eyes. The chance to photograph the things I get to photograph is also a blessing and 2010 provided plenty of [...]

The Rural Experience: Afternoon with a Champ

I've known Stran Smith for a while as we used to be neighbors.  As such, I follow him closer than any other rodeo athlete and am proud to see him continue to be successful. I am thankful to have worked with him on a number of occasions [...]

SH*T PHOTOJOURNALISTS LIKE

Let's face it, as a breed, we photojournalist types can be a laughable lot: passionate, self-righteous, and committed as much to our own egos as to our work. Finally, there's a site that recognizes that and calls us out on it....hysterically. Called "Shit [...]

The Rural Experience - The Pumpkin Patch

"Homemade models work cheap," I always tell my wife - referring to me always using my kids as models. Since they were little guys, they've been in front of the camera and anytime I need young kids for models, they are always willing.  The good thing it [...]