Recommended Photography Links
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February, 2010
January, 2010
- Jim Lawson recommends the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Photography Portfolio Competition. Deadline: May 15, 2010.
- Lisa Tyson Ennis recommends Eddie Ephraums' book, Creative Elements and the work of Michael Kenna.
- Jim Mott recommends Van Dyke Brown emulsion using digital negatives printed on Pictorico OHP (OverHead Projector) transparency substrate.
- Chad Fahs recommends slide film processed as negative film ("cross processed").
- On-Line Book Publishing: Kerry Harrison says MyPublisher.com is 50x better than Shutterfly. Tom Davis likes Shutterfly for calendars and cards.
- On-Line Slide Shows: Jim Graham and Tom Davis recommend SoundSlides software.
- Greeting Card stock: print photo on one side, text on the other. John Foltz recommends Red River Paper.
- Easy, inexpensive website: John Foltz says PhotoShelter.com is $100/year with many templates.
- Harold Ross recommends the Surefire E1L (one battery, LED) outdoorsman flashlight. Expensive, but it will last a lifetime, and the batteries have a ten-year shelf life. The best price can be found at Targetmaster in Chadds Ford. They seem to beat any Internet price by 20-30 bucks!
- Edward Weston Retrospective: at James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown. PA through March 28.
- AIPAD Photography Show: at Park Avenue Armory in New York City, March 18-21.
- Philadelphia Photo Arts Center. Gerry Meekins recommends their programs.
- Famous Asian Actresses Imagine Their Own Murder: Chad Fahs has been videotaping the Japanese photographer Izima Kaoru.
- Clark Little photographs the inside of waves. "Fabulous" says Bill Pepper.
- Beth Trepper featured in Wilmington News Journal on January 14, 2010.
- Jim Jones recommends local Calvary Community Series Photo Contest. Deadline: Feb. 7.
- Remote Fishing Village Abandoned. Danny Schweers recommends the 1937 movie "The Edge of the World" about a fishing village on a Scottish island that cannot sustain itself.
- Beth Trepper recommends "Man of Aran", Robert Flaherty's stunning 1934 film about the fishermen on the rugged Aran Islands off the coast of Ireland and their incredibly brutal fight for survival against insurmountable odds. The DVD also features a 60-minute documentary of the 2 years of hardship in making the film (such as processing the film in an abandoned shack with no running water!) Both "The Edge of the World" and "Man of Aran" are similar and excellent films giving insight into the harsh lives of fishermen. Lisa's work will continue to document this way of life, and I'm so glad she is lending her amazing talent to such an interesting subject.
November, 2009
- Bill Lindsay: The Impossible Project to develop and produce a limited edition of Polaroid branded Instant Films
- Kathy Buckalew and Carson Zullinger: Chris Burkett's Natural Abstractions
- Danny Schweers: Vivian Maier's photos of Chicago from the 1950s, '60s and '70s
Saul Leiter's color photos from the 1950s.
Links from our Oct. 15 meeting and afterwards
Links recommended at our Sept. 17, 2009 meeting
We had a lot to talk about at our September meeting, hosted by Gallery 50 in Rehoboth Beach. Here are links to some of the items discussed. At the meeting, many of these items were only mentioned in passing. Here's your chance to give those items the attention they deserve.
- Jim Graham: Film-grain in Photoshop (not Jim's technique, but similar)
Silver Effects Pro for Black & White photos
Jon Cox: Tintypes of Africa
Inexpensive Book Publishing: Mix Books
Alternative to Bridge: Photo Mechanic software - Bill Lindsay: National Park Seminary at Silver Spring, MD
- Jim Mott: Alison Shaw's photographs
Good teacher: Greg Gorman
Jock Sturges: Nudes
FramingSupplies.com - Harold Ross: Dan Margulis's new sharpening action for Photoshop
Fix printer head clogging with Windex and paper towels
Alien Skin Exposure 2 film simulator - Beth Trepper: Legless photographer Kevin Connolly
- Papers: Museo Silver Rag
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Satin
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Pearl
Hahnemuhle Baryta Fiber-based
Baryta Papers: Harman, Ilford, Hahnemuhle
Moab Somerset Enhanced
- Miscellany:
Photo Boxes: Century Photo
Clear Plastic Bags: Clearbags.com
What's Selling: AIPAD Show
Gadgets: GizModo.com - Possible Exhibition Themes Suggested Over Lunch
"Derivative" - images imitating a photographer's style, perhaps we put all our names in a hat and then draw the name of the photographer we are to imitate - "De-Motivational Poster Images" - poster images making fun of corporate team motivational posters
Links Recommended at our August 20 meeting
- Roman Coia: Photo Competition websites including
- TheArtList.com
- Art Deadline.com
- ArtCalendar.com
- Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (September 29 deadline for their Art in Nature competition)
- New Orleans Photo Alliance "The Spirit World" competition, August 24 deadline.
- Danny Schweers: Call for Arden Fair photographs. An on-line gallery will be created for everyone who photographs the 2009 Arden Fair, which takes place September 5.
- Jerry ??, Kerry Harrison: Fair Hill Meet-Up Group meets often at different locations to photograph. September 26, 1:00 p.m. presentation with Tony Sweet.
- Peter Kaplan: Extensive New York magazine article on Annie Leibovitz's career and looming debts.
Links Recommended at our July 16 meeting
- Jane Koster: TheNightSkye.com workshops by Lance Keimig
- Carson Zullinger: Delaware Grants to Individual Artists
- Carson Zullinger: Award Winners exhibit at Biggs Museum
- Jim Mott: Harman Inkjet Photo Baryta fiber-base paper for BW prints
- Mickey Freed: Shaun Irving turns a truck into a camera
- Danny Schweers: Nic Nichols Toy Cameras
Links Recommended at our June 18, 2009 meeting
- Mickey Freed: New York Times Polaroid Gallery
- Mickey Freed: The Light's Right On-Line Community
- Mickey Freed: Sharpening Your Photographs
- Carson Zullinger: self-publish books at Blurb
- Kerry Harrison: Life Pixel infrared camera conversion
- Beth Trepper: Prokudin Gorsky 100-year-old color photos
Exhibition Spaces
- Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
Some of our members have studios here. - Delaware Art Museum
An institution that has exhibited work by our members and at one time hosted our meetings - Colourworks Photo Processing
The professionals choice in Wilmington, Delaware, with monthly exhibitions. Our group exhibited there in 2004. - Gallery 50 in Rehoboth Beach
The host of our September, 2009 meeting. - mosaic: the Rehoboth Beach Gallery Collective
Like us, a loose association of art lovers. - Packard Reath Gallery in Lewes
This gallery has exhibited work by some of our members - Philadelphia Museum of Art.
On-going and special photography exhibits. - University City Arts League
The host for our October, 2007 group exhibit - Ward Ellinger Gallery in Rehoboth Beach
Looked at our work in September, 2009
Resources
- Tom Davis tests Kodak's Ektar film. He shot a roll of Ektar on 4/4/2009 at a march in New York. He says the sky was very overcast, but every exposure was good.
- The Nearby Cafe: A.D. Coleman's “quiet, relaxing cyberplace where you can engage with diverse projects and ideas...”
- Pinhole Photography by Justin Quinnell includes six-month-long exposures showing the changing arc of the sun as wellas shots from inside his mouth.
- Retouch Artists: A Photoshop speed test. This speed test is discussed at length on the MacNN Discussion Forum: lots of folks talk about the Macs they have and how the machines are configured for speed.
Photo Organizations
- PhotographyNow.net - online galleries of contemporary photographers and the masters, newsletter.
- Joy of Giving Something - Monthly on-line competition, galleries, journal, programs.
- www.apanational.com - check out resources – copyright articles
- www.asmp.org - American Society of Magazine Photographers
- www.editorialphoto.com
- www.stockartistsalliance.org
- www.foundationcenter.org
- www.blueearth.org – if you are an individual, this place will give you a nonprofit fiscal organization or “umbrella” org.
- Photo District News - On The Road