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My photography internship at the newspaper took an interesting turn last week. I have been asked to test my reporter skills as well by writing a feature story on a local farmer who is still farming at age 90. I know the man as he and my grandfather were friends, so it was decided that this...

Earlier this spring, in March, I accepted a photography internship at the local newspaper. I figured I would learn a few things in addition to getting my name out there and have more opportunities to build my portfolio. My professional aspirations are to one day give up the 9-5 gig and be a...

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Flowers...with a Twist Weekly Challenge June 8-15 cmsouvign2 won the Heritage weekly challenge, and will be judging these entries. We all have taken pictures of flowers. Their color is beautiful and each flower has a personality, a sharp color, and are great subjects to photograph...

EXIF Camera: D300s Lens: Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 (@200mm) ISO: 200 1/1000 @ f/5.6 Flash: Did not fire Lightroom: B&W conversion, cropping, sharpening Photoshop CS5: Vivid light filter Street photography was always a weakness of mine. I won't say that working for the newspaper has cured me of...

Check it out. You can enter up to 6 different photos in 6 categories, and the prizes are outstanding. Better bring your A-game though, Nat Geo is the creme de la creme of photography. This could be your opportunity to hit the big time!

One of the best marketing books I've ever read is called Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind, by Al Ries and Jack Trout. The basic principal outlined in the book is: You can only occupy one position in someone's mind at any given time. You need to convey a focused, concise message about...

If you've been around the internet for awhile, odds are you've stumbled across the awesome power of Chuck Norris. However, I don't think he's ever met Ken Rockwell. Ken Rockwell's camera has settings similar to ours, except his are: P[erfect] A[wesome Priority] S[uperb Priority] M[ajestic]...

Anyone have any photos from Memorial Day they want to share? Below are some links to my gallery.

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Heritage Weekly Challenge May 18-25 Carolina Photo Guy won the Self weekly challenge, and will be judging these entries. This challenge is to honor those that helped to make each one of YOU who and what you are today. I am not looking for portraits of individuals. Rather, I am looking for...

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Self Weekly Challenge: May 4-11 Jengajoh issued the previous challenge, "Abstract" and has chosen a winner. Due to the subject matter and the requirement to submit a photo for the new challenge...might as well point out that I was the winner. And yes, that's me up there. As photographers...

Adobe released an update for CS5 users today. The update is largely for tablet PC and mobile app users, but it does also address some security issues and fixes crash problems.

This is a recurring contest (monthly) that comes from a very unlikely source: Larry Fitzgerald, Wide Receiver for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals. It seems that in addition to being a premier athlete, Larry also has a passion for photography! The top 5 weekly submissions are later entered in a...

Figured we might as well get some additional use out of this forum and post some photo contests. This one is sponsored by Shutterbug Magazine and Tamron. Tamron Nature Photo Contest Tamron is offering up some cool lenses for prizes, but be forewarned that most contests of this type will want...

These guys are making waves in the skateboarding industry. Caliber Truck Co. manufactures skateboard trucks (aka axles) and they have some very impressive photography. Check out their media gallery for some cool inspiration!

This week's photo challenge is "Abstract". I've already received a few questions in private messages asking how I did this, so I figured I'd write up a short tutorial. First and foremost, this requires a little faith in your own creativity. Second, it requires patience and a lot of practice...

Yup, I'm taking on The Man. I just filed a DMCA complaint with Facebook. As mentioned in this thread, I did a recent photo shoot for the MMA promoter who employs my services. In case you're not familiar with how all of this works, the promoter is just an organization who puts on the shows...

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