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From the Archives: My Interview with Trey Spruance
Yesterday, my all-time favorite band, Faith No More, announced they will perform their album King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_for_a_Day..._Fool_for_a_Lifetime] in its entirety during a reunion show in Chile with the album’s original guitar
Productiviblah
I think the whole purpose for being more productive is to get to the point where you don’t need to worry about being so productive. Of course, you could be at that point today, if you decide to be.
A Victory on the Citizen Photojournalism Front
More U.S. cities are enforcing unconstitutional laws barring citizens from filming police officers, public officials and in certain public places in general. The fight to restore the basic rights photographers often take for granted just got a boost in Boston, as reported by Universal Hub [http://www.universalhub.com/
Louis C.K. on Why He Shoots with a Film Camera
Yes, Louis C.K. is a lesser photographer. He seems to understand the philosophy of constraint better than most “advanced” photographers: > Shooting without an in-camera light meter forces you to really look at the light you are shooting with, to notice when it changes and to think about what
An Open Letter to Canon
Thanks to Coudal [http://coudal.com/archives/2011/08/an_open_letter_1.php] for pointing to this video: An open letter to Canon [http://vimeo.com/18104656] from safetyhammer [http://vimeo.com/safetyhammer] on Vimeo [http://vimeo.com].
For Me A Great Photograph Is One That Really Says
> “For me, a great photograph is one that really says something, but is also packaged well. It has nice content and the design.” — Steve McCurry (National Geographic) How often do we consider one or the other enough? We expect both in great websites, great books and great movies. Why
The Straightforward Solution Is To Present A First
> “The straightforward solution is to present a first time visitor with the simplest, most complete overview you can. It’s okay if it’s long, as long as each paragraph builds on the one that came before, and nothing along the way scares me away or bores me. Examples.
How Four Men with a Point-and-Shoot are Scooping Big News Outlets
> The Guardian has published a piece on how a four-man news operation called Sangat TV has stolen the headlines from big news outlets during the England riots, armed with just a “point-and-shoot camera” (via @khurtwilliams [http://twitter.com/#!/khurtwilliams/status/101806705104527360])
Captioning Photographs
This is something I’ve asked my parents to do with their shoeboxes of photos and it’s something we all should be doing more.
One Pen Addict to Another
Brad Dowdy (@dowdyism [http://twitter.com/#!/dowdyism]) was kind enough to include me in the lucky circle of writers to receive some samples from JetPens.com [http://www.jetpens.com/]. I took my time and put each pen and mechanical pencil through its paces. Real world. From the heat of