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I had a chance to do a lot more work on my watermark plugin this weekend and I made lots of progress. Most functions work, but I still need a few days of QA & testing before I can release it.
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Black Star Rising tells why you should add your name and copyright [...]

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After seeing how my blog posts have been republished without my permission, I realize that the same thing is likely to happen with my photos (and most likely already has happened). Most photographers add a visible watermark or copyright notice to identify their photos. Although Aperture can embed a copyright notice and author info in [...]

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Via Imaging Insider: B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights group, gives video cameras to Palestinians to document the attacks and abuses they suffer.

(original article: Politics, Theory, & Photography)

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I’m trying out SmugMug as a possible alternative to Flickr. They have a Flee Flickr 50% off deal, although I’m still on the 14 day free trial.
I’m not leaving Flickr, but with the co-founders leaving Yahoo, I want to be prepared just in case it goes away. I really hope Flickr survives, since it’s one [...]

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Paulo posted a wrap-up and some pictures from the photo walk here.
There’s also a Flickr group where you can see the entire group’s pictures.

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I had a great time at the Fort Lauderdale Photowalk today, and the weather cooperated, at least most of the time. We met at Las Olas Riverfront at around 9:30 AM. After the introductions, we went north on Brickell Avenue to SW 2nd Street.

We then went west, across the railroad tracks, to the Museum of [...]

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I’m really looking forward to the Ft. Lauderdale Photowalk this Sunday.
Paulo Jordao posted some final details:

We are going to meet around 9:45am at Las Olas Riverfront (300 Southwest 1st Avenue Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312). They have a little outside water-fountain that is going to be our meeting point.
If it rains, the meeting point will be [...]

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I’ve uploaded my WWDC photos to Flickr in two sets.

All WWDC Photos

WWCC Thursday Night Bash

I also uploaded some general San Francisco photos.

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When I was walking home from the gym this evening, the sunset was really spectacular, so I rushed home to get my camera and take a few shots. Since time was running out, I didn’t bother taking the tripod. Here’s a 3 exposure HDR made without a tripod, using Photoshop’s Merge to HDR & Photomatix [...]

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Paulo Jordao has posted some new details on the time & route for the Fort Lauderdale Photowalk. It will take place on Sunday June 22 at 10:00 AM around the Riverfront & Las Olas.

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I haven’t done one of these for a while, but I saw this big green caterpillar outside my building so I had to take a picture of it.

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I’ve been working on my manual focus skills with the 50mm f/1.8 lens. I found that trusting the focus indicator light in the view finder is the key to proper focus. The subject will appear to be in focus across a range of settings, but it’s only in perfect focus when the indicator lights up. [...]

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Dragonflies seem to be swarming since yesterday. Luckily this one remained still long enough that I was able to get a few good shots of it.

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Paulo Jordao is planning a photo walk in Fort Lauderdale some time next month. The details haven’t been finalized, but most likely it will be on June 21 or 22. The location is yet to be determined, possibly around Las Olas.

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This is an old family photo I found and scanned. I have no idea who any of these people are but I know it’s from my mother’s family. It could have been taken either in New York or Odessa.

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One of the best things about DLSR cameras is that they give you a lot of control over focus, exposure, and depth of field, allowing you to choose exactly how you want your picture to look.
When I photograph flowers or plants, I usually like to use a very narrow depth of field to emphasize the [...]

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Creaceed has released a new version of Hydra, which includes a new HDR plugin for Aperture 2.1.
It doesn’t offer as many options as Photomatix, but the results are very nice. These were created with the same source images I had previously processed with Photoshop and the Photomatix plugin. The results look very natural, although it [...]

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Thanks to Thomas Hawk, I found lots of great photography links and subscribed to several photography related blogs. One of my new favorites is Stuck in Customs. They do some really amazing HDR photos. I had previously seen their HDR tutorial.

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Dean Allen writes about his experience of switching to a Nikon DSLR after using point & shoot cameras for a long time:
I feel like someone handed a slice of hot toast spread with cultured butter after a lifetime breakfasting on Skittles and government cheese.
I can definitely relate. Using a D40x changed the way I think [...]

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I haven’t done one of these for a while, but the dark clouds inspired me to make an HDR image.

I spent most of the weekend (when I wasn’t working around the house & garden) writing some Cocoa code for FriendFeed. So far I only support the features that don’t require authentication.

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