On burning and dodging.

Flickr blog: Camera Collections

Full program on PBS: The President's Photographer.

Some great shots by Gordon Parks in the early 1940s.

Creative challenge

Looking for something to shoot this week? Here is an idea.. find random letters or objects that look like letters and shoot the alphabet -- or, just your name or a word. It can be a bit of a challenge.
Then make them into one image with Photoshop! Example.

Make your own mini studio!

Wedding photography doesn't get much better than this guy..

I was talking about Lightroom Presets in class.. you can find a bunch of free ones here.

A nice roundup of RAW vs. JPEG.

This is kind of funny.. a guy posts a famous photo for people to critique on Flickr, and....

Mounting

Hey folks, if you want to practice mounting the last week of class (July 26 & 28), here is what you'll need:

• One or two 8x10 prints
• 11x14" foam core (3/16th inch thick)

• Optional: 11x14" (8x10" window) matte.

You can find the foam core at Hobby Lobby, a two pack of the "ghost line" is something like $6.
I might recommend Hy-Vee for your prints, although I did a Walgreens print and it worked fine.

Mounting Handout.

Top 10 Photography cliches... what do you think?