Photographers, what was the one thing you learned that you believe took your photography to the next level?

Free art of photography podcast.. looks interesting.

Rare photos from North Korea.

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.