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Photo Blogs By Numbers

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In my never ending attempt to present photo blogs in a unique manner, I’ve created “Photo Blogs By Numbers”. Each entry is photography related and has something to do with the respective number.  There may be a few entries which, by definition, are not true “photo blogs”, but play along anyway. Enjoy!

  1. One Love Photo
  2. Two Photo Blogs
  3. 3:2
  4. f/4
  5. 5 Cool Photoblogs
  6. Six tips for flash photography
  7. 7. Jenny McCarthy – The Haunted Photo Blog
  8. Prime 8 Photo
  9. 9 Photo blogs Hungry for Adobe N95 5MP Camera
  10. The 10 Most Stunning Photo Blogs
  11. f/11
  12. 12 fantastic photos of factories in Japan
  13. 13 Lessons to Teach Your Child About Digital Photography
  14. 14 WordPress Themes for Photo Blogs
  15. Top 15 Best Travel Photo Blogs
  16. 16+ photography
  17. 17 Photo Manipulations With People
  18. 18% Grey
  19. Day 19
  20. 20 Photography Twitters Worth Following
  21. 21 Fantastic Examples of Brilliant Photography with Humor
  22. Twentytwo Photo
  23. 23 Helpful Photography Tutorials
  24. 24 Photograph.org
  25. 25 Beautiful Macro Photography Shots

All I’ve Seen | Richard Friedman

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sea scape All Ive Seen | Richard Friedman pictures

This website is an on-going, nearly daily, personal project to display a random selection of some of my 8000+ pictures taken since I started taking pictures, which was sometime around 1964. Rather than have these images rot under my desk, I thought it would be interesting to make them available. (More about my slide collection.)

Some of my images have turned up in interesting places: on record jackets, books, funeral memorials, even documentary films made for TV, and off-Broadway stage productions.

Some of the rules I set for myself for doing this project require that I spend no more than 10 minutes working the orignal scanned slide in Photoshop. The only adjustments I permit myself are some simple color balancing (many of the slides come out of the scanner too blue), brightness and contrast adjustments, and some sharpening. Some of the images are cropped, but most are full image.

I do not distort the images. In fact, I really dislike seeing images that are intentionally distorted for some artistic effect. I’d prefer to leave that to painting. What I want to see in a photo is a realistic image, but one that draws attention to things that otherwise might escape our view.

Of course, you will notice that many of these images were taken in Europe, or other interesting places. It seems that the times I am most actively taking pictures are when I’m on a trip or on vacation. I took my first trip to Europe (Ireland/Scotland/England, actually) in 1966. I was 22 years old, and I had a new Nikkormat camera. Being outside New York CIty and out of the US for the first time really managed to open my eyes. In the 1970’s I managed to spend two years living in working in London, and took trips to the continent and north to Scotland. And I took many pictures during that period.

I started shooting digital around 2003, and I like the immediacy of the medium, but I don’t think I’ve given up on film yet. Digital photography is very seductive .. it’s so easy to shoot, and cheaper than film. I still have my film Nikons, and plan to use them. But starting in 2007, more and more recent digital images start appearing on this blog. Now it’s a mix of past, current, and future.

If you were to ask me what interests me the most when taking pictures, I’d have to say that it seems that what I’m trying to photograph is stillness and a sense of place and position….all i’ve seen by richard friedman

Nevada Wier | Award-Winning Photography From Remote Corners of Globe

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Nevada Wier is an award-winning photographer specializing in the remote corners of the globe and the cultures that inhabit them. Her journeys have take her throughout Southeast Asia, India, China, Nepal, Africa, New Zealand, Central Asia, Mongolia, South America and other regions of the world. She has been published in numerous national and international publications, including: National Geographic Adventure, Geo, Islands, National Geographic, Outdoor Photographer, Outside, and Smithsonian. Nevada’s work is represented by Getty, Corbis, and Blend. She is a Fellow of The Explorer’s Club and a member of the Women’s Geographic Society.

Nevada is a lecturer for seminars and professional panels, and a featured speaker for banquets and conferences.Nevada instructs photography workshops for The Santa Fe Workshops, National Geographic Expeditions, Art Wolfe workshops, Julia Dean, and other educational institutions. She leads custom photography tours with National Geographic Expeditions and her own private tours. Nevada is based in Santa Fe, New Mexico….nevada wier photography

Photographer Lincoln Barbour – Portland Oregon

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interior photo with dog Photographer Lincoln Barbour Portland Oregon pictures

Based in Portland, OR, Lincoln Barbour is photographer of all things great in life. As a person, he is drawn to architecture, food, objects, and travel; for it’s these pursuits and creature comforts that make living worthwhile. As a photographer, Lincoln is incredibly technical and thorough, yet remains aware of the moment and strives to evoke the feeling of being there in his work. His photos are rich and vibrant. Some shots capture a moment, some capture a memory, but all his photographs have a sense of being real.

Clients who hire Lincoln as a photographer include architects, interior designers, travel magazines, home décor businesses, restaurants, resorts, and brand marketers of happy lifestyles (i.e. advertising agencies). When not working, Lincoln spends his days with his wife, their two cats, and a lot of great friends and family. Lincoln is novice chef, an outdoor lover, and is learning how to home brew his own beer…lincoln barbour photography

Nathan Nowack – Travel, Wedding, Photojournalism, Portraits

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tessachoon 6 Nathan Nowack Travel, Wedding, Photojournalism, Portraits pictures

“Photography has been a passion of mine since I took my first Polaroid when I was 6.  I’ve always enjoyed how photos can bring up such creativity in a person as well as great emotion too.  Photography is truly about capturing the moment and documenting true life.  Memories are delicate, and can fade away with time.  Now becoming a professional photographer, my goal has been to create long lasting images with artistic style, vision, and emotional connection that can last a lifetime.

With a degree in Business Administration from Colorado State University, I always knew I would start my own business someday to serve the community.  During my time in beautiful scenic Colorado, I started to appreciate the artsy side of things, buying my first 35mm, using a panoramic camera, and becoming the editor of my fraternities biannual newsletters.

As I moved to California, I worked as a DVD Programmer/Producer and helped to create over 600 DVD’s including the Simpsons, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, educational DVD’s, Shrek games, and more.  I continued to take photos and travel, some of which included Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Alaska, North Carolina, New York, Costa Rica, and Europe.  I was truly happy when I was taking photos, so I decided to pursue photography full time.”..nathan nowack photography

GlobalFingerprints – Mike Nyffeler

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Today, during my regular afternoon catch up session on Twitter I found a reference about our site by last month’s winner Mike Nyffeler. While it is always nice to be mentioned, I like to think that we provide a service for photographers… to meet/catch up with others in the field..read about their stories…get exposed to new techniques and styles…but most importantly, gain motivation from the success of others and aspire to continue to develop our own skills.

GlobalFingerprints from michael nyffeler on Vimeo.
In checking out the kind words from Mike, I cruised through his site to find that, in addition to shooting photographs, he is quite the accomplished videographer. Unlike the majority of  photogs who punch the clock on a daily basis and steal away a few moments a week to work on their craft, Mike is living the dream…traveling the globe..documenting  all that inspires him.

I was so impressed with his recent video, that I had to share it with you. Hope you enjoy! Continued success to Mike.

Someone Once Told Me – Mario Cacciottolo

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sotm Someone Once Told Me Mario Cacciottolo picturesSomeone Once Told Me is an unique, humorous, thought provoking, but also interesting photo blog /social commentary by photographer Mario Cacciottolo, who writes…

“I came up with SOTM by accident – during an e-mail exchange with a friend at work in November 2006, she wrote me a reply, which I read, and then suddenly had a vision of her holding a board, upon which was written part of her message.

It was so strong an image that I can still see it now. But then, about two seconds later, I thought that, rather than having her own words displayed in such a manner, it would be more interesting to have her write down something that someone had told her. I don’t know why, but it seemed like a cool idea.”

“We are all shaped by the things that someone once told us. The words we hear impact on us, whether we want them to or not, and it’s undeniable that they have a power.

Someone Once Told Me is essentially a means for me to practise my photography and to give me something to do on my days off as I wander around London, which always feels full of possibilities.

But SOTM is also an attempt to gather and chronicle some of the things that people have heard in their lives, the messages and expressions that have stuck in people’s head, for reasons both obvious and odd.”