Shooting the Final Four

A fascinating (to fellow camera geeks) explanation of USA Today's network used to cover the Final Four. 8 cameras were wirelessly connected to a central router and one computer via 1,004 feet of fiberoptic cable. This was sent to an editor in Detroit with the Photographer's credits embedded and then straight to the editors of the paper. [LINK]

"The Rule of Thirds" vs "The Golden Ration"

Some spectactular examples of the goldel ratio at work in Fashion/concept photography... [LINK]

The Land of No Smiles

"Renowned documentary photographer Tomas van Houtryve entered North Korea by posing as a businessman looking to open a chocolate factory. Despite 24-hour surveillance by North Korean minders, he took arresting photographs of Pyongyang and its people—images rarely captured and even more rarely distributed in the West. They show stark glimmers of everyday life in the world’s last gulag." [LINK]

Found Pictures

Lost Films Has a large collection of found photo's. He categorizes them by what kind of camera they were found in. 1930's brownies and lots more vintage consumer grade stuff. This is one of my favorites from the site. The child on the couch was the subject, but it was exposed for the lady mowing outside and accidentally created a mysterious mood. 

This is just one set of pics that was found on a roll of "Kodacolor 126 film, found inside an Instamatic X-15". These have made the rounds a few times but are worth a visit if you have never seen them before. The color wash on the film is no less than groovy.

This pic is from the abandoned photo museum. The gallery has several found photos that were picked up off the sidewalks from various parts of Philidelphia.

How to Shoot 800 People

How to shoot 800 people with a couple of speedlights in a dark auditorium by Bert Stephani.

One in 8 Million

The NY Times has a feature that I have just found called "One in 8 Million". It's a high bandwith slideshow that features New Yorkers like Jim Romano, who contributed to tabloids like The post and the Daily News since the sixties.

"I have made it a practice that when I am at an event, it's history." -Jim Romano