Does a photographer need to bother with social networking – Blogs, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, yada yada yada – ?…
Don’t we have enough to do with sourcing work, keeping up with cameras, software, client relationships, tax returns and the whole schlemiel?

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Here’s a very brief intro to some applications and services which will help you Twitter on mobile devices as well as on your regular computer.
• Dedicated Twitter applications allow you to organize your Twitter communications efficiently.
• Don’t worry if your phone won’t support a dedicated app, there are some web based services which emulate them [...]

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There’s a new iPhone app on its way from onOne to control your Canon DSLR.

Here’s a quick run down.
1. You need either an iPhone or an iPod Touch
2. You need a supported Canon EOS DSLR
3. A laptop or desktop computer running the free companion DSLR Remote Server software
4. A USB cable to connect your supported [...]

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We’ve featured a link to PhotoAttorney in our sidebar for a while. But now there’s a UK source of legal information specifically for photographers too…
Three guys… Darren Hector (photographer) James Barisic (solicitor) Phill Price photo social networker)… combine to present the PhotoLegal blog.
Currently they have two Podcasts available, with the second episode specifically including the [...]

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Aerial photography seems to have become a bit of a trending topic of late… and here’s another one – Jason Hawkes has been carrying his Nikon D3 aboard helicopters around the world, hanging out the doorway and capturing landscapes – most somehow affected by humans. Via The Big Picture he is sharing with us 26 [...]

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Foto8 has a report by Paul Lowe on the World Press Photo Awards. Held in Amsterdam this year it took on a poigniant air, coming as it did on the day after the murderous events of Queens Day in the Netherlands.
Paul’s report includes video responses to the awards by Anthony Suau, Claudia Hinterseer, Pep Bonet, [...]

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Here is a video tutorial from the book ‘CS4 the Ultimate Workshop’ by Martin Evening and Jeff Schewe.
This isn’t exactly a hidden feature in Camera Raw, but this movie does demonstrate a workaround for correcting perspective of raw files while keeping them fully editable in Camera Raw. Here’s how it can be done.
link: Download the [...]

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Back in January 08 we reported on a set of Robert Capa’s images which had not been seen since 1939.
When the three weathered cardboard boxes — known collectively as the Mexican suitcase – arrived at the International Center of Photography more than a year ago, one of the first things a conservator did was bend [...]

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The British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies (BAPLA) is running a Photographer’s Portfolio Clinic for the first time at its annual Picture Buyers’ Fair on 6-7 May.
The Portfolio Clinic will see picture editors from agencies such as Getty, Corbis and Photoshot offer feedback and career advices to photographers. The 20 minutes sessions cost £20 [...]

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Visura is a new visual arts/photo online magazine now in its 2nd edition. Its origins seem to be in Latin America, with both Spanish and English translations.

link: Visura magazine

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NYTimes.com readers are sending in their photos from around the world. How do you see the recession playing out in your community? What signs of hardship or resilience stand out? How are you or your family personally affected? Creative ways of documenting the changes around you are encouraged.

link: NY Times
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The blog dedicated to a fast-growing project where people leave camera memory cards in public places and others upload their photographs.
link: Photochaining.com

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Faced with complaints from photographers and tourists alike, the NYPD has issued a department order reminding cops that the right to take pictures in the Big Apple is as American as apple pie.
“Photography and the videotaping of public places, buildings and structures are common activities within New York City . . . and is [...]

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This movie extract is a smaller version of the one found on the DVD disc that comes with Martin Evening’s book  Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: The Ultimate Workshop
The movie illustrates  a solution to solving the problem of how on earth can one use the clone stamp or healing brush to tidy up the fine [...]

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