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The Most Important Tool
This is an excerpt from the A Lesser Photographer book, sent out in the last newsletter. The next issue goes out in the wee hours tonight and takes a different look at the same topic, so sign up now [http://eepurl.com/d3gzD]! In the days of film, there was
Olympus Says: Get a Real Camera
Chase Jarvis [http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2011/07/olympus-is-talking-trash-about-your-camera-phone/] : > Seems that a new guerrilla campaign by Olympus in Australia is talking shit about the “rubbish” photos from your camera phone. I’m not sure it’s such great marketing to show how little your company understands modern photography.
Newsletter Announcement
The first issue of the A Lesser Photographer newsletter is being readied. It will feature a sneak peek of the book, so if you’re interested, sign up now [http://eepurl.com/d3gzD]!
Minimal Photography is Catching On
Yesterday, I visited my friend Patrick Rhone [http://www.patrickrhone.net/] and we discussed all kinds of geeky issues over lunch, including photography. After lunch, he published a few [http://minimalmac.com/post/7367856172/all-of-the-above-shots-were-taken-with-an-iphone] great [http://minimalmac.com/post/7356155840/what-we-believe-in-yes-ive-posted-this] posts [http://minimalmac.com/post/7354145084/not-what-we-believe-in-yes-its-real] to
VHE Updates
I’ve started a twitter feed for my first book, The Van Halen Encyclopedia, currently being revised for its third edition. Follow @vhencyclopedia [http://twitter.com/#!/vhencyclopedia] for updates, insider info and news on future versions of the book.
Hypocrisy
Merlin Mann [http://twitter.com/#!/hotdogsladies/status/81389251425615872]: > Being consistent is WAY less interesting than being yourself. And if you’re not interesting? Good luck with your Big Consistency Project. This is why I call most things I do around here experiments. I write heated posts on a topic,
New Book: Microstock: From Passion to Paycheck
Professional stock photographer Nicole S. Young has just released one of the more honest assessments of modern stock photography with her ebook, Microstock: From Passion to Paycheck [http://craftandvision.com/books/microstock/]. The 38-page microbook reads like more realistic version of the countless get-rich-quick photo blogs out there. The truth
Maryland Transit Administration Warned: Let Photographers Shoot
The Baltimore Sun reports [http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/commuting/bs-md-mta-aclu-20110531,0,3380358.story] : > “Photography is expressive activity that is protected by the First Amendment,” said ACLU staff attorney David Rocah. “If you are legally present, you have a right to take photographs.” Score one for the good guys,
The War on Photography
Reason Magazine reminds us that photography is not crime, but is often treated as a crime: Lesser photographers rely on freedom of speech and the people who put their lives and livelihoods at risk to make our hobby/profession possible.