The School of Visual Arts Masters Program Goes Online
Dec 16th, 2008 | 2 CommentsPhotoshop Hall of Famer, and SVA Department Chair Katrin Eismann sent me some interesting news: The School of VISUAL ARTS is taking the The Master of Professional Studies in Digital Photography program online for the fall of 2009 (image above by June Young Lim). The students will complete the fall and spring classes (Advanced Imaging,Continue…
Window Light Portrait Set-up Shot
Dec 15th, 2008 | 6 CommentsThe spread above is from my book “The Digital Photography Book, Vol 2.” It’s my opener for the chapter on shooting portraits (click on it for a larger view), and the reason I’m mentioning it is that I found the shot below, showing the set-up for that shot (taken just moments after I took theContinue…
Holiday Gift Idea: A Boxed Set of my Digital Photography Books, Volumes 1 & 2
Dec 11th, 2008 | 0 CommentsI didn’t include any of my own books in my Gonzo Holiday Gear Guide, but I did write a few books that I hope you might consider as gifts for the photography freak on your list this year. For example: Amazon.com has put together a special limited-edition boxed set which includes both my books, “TheContinue…
Florida Eagle Sighting (Of course, not by me)
Dec 8th, 2008 | 4 CommentsTrue story: While I was on my recent vacation in Egypt, my sister-in-law felt she had to call me just to let me know that there were not one, not three, but actually nine American Bald Eagles perched in my back yard. And though once again, I had missed them, my friend (and Santa FeContinue…
Holiday Gift Idea: Bill Fortney’s “America From 500 Feet, II” Photo Book
Dec 8th, 2008 | 2 CommentsLast week I saw my first copy of Bill Fortney’s amazing new book, “America From 500 Feet, II” which is a stunning photography book of images of the American landscape, taken from an Ultralight airplane (as seen above), over a period of one year, by two incredible landscape photographers: Bill Fortney and Mark Kettenhofen,” andContinue…
Nikon Intro’s New D3X
Dec 1st, 2008 | 3 CommentsAlthough the word slipped out late last week, now it’s official; Nikon has announced its 24.5-megapixel monster (and in mean that in a good way); the Nikon D3X (photo above courtesy of Nikon). For all the details (beyond sheer megapixels), click here.
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