Random Excellence: Erich Hartmann
Erich Hartmann, Maine, 1987 "Patterns on the Wall"—It's Slate's Magnum theme for today. (Produced by Kate Phillips. Too bad you can't see these full screen, unless I'm missing a tab somewhere.) Here, our title—"random"—really is apropos. I find it curious...
The first copy of my new “Lightroom 4 book for Digital Photographers” has arrived in-house
My buddy‚ Matt Kloskowski‚ just me this iPhone shot of my latest book which just arrived at the office yesterday (I was working at home, getting caught up for my trip), so that means it’s already on its way to bookstores. Really excited about this one! (I added lots of cool new stuff — more on that
Random Excellence: Seth Casteel
Photo by Seth Casteel/LittleFriendsPhoto.com Well, I like dogs. Check out Seth Casteel's amazing photographs of dogs diving for balls underwater. There's going to be a book in the fall, too. Mike (Thanks to Debby Collings) Send this post to a...
Open Mike: Moving Day
So...long story, but I have to get new carpet in the house. Turns out a lot of carpet is made of really nasty stuff...the fibers, underlayment, and treatments can all emit VOCs, and carpet is the #1 cause of indoor...
Harold Feinstein Book Will Be a Reality
You might remember that back in October 2011 we called attention to a Kickstarter campaign to help Harold Feinstein publish his first monograph of his decades of work. Well, the Kickstarter campaign was a success, and Panopticon Gallery in Boston...
Labor
Those of you with regular salaried jobs, with benefits, working for big employers, should be feeling grateful right about now. You can be thankful you don't have to pay self-employment tax. And I pay every morsel of my own benefits...
Lightroom 4 Book for Photographers Available for Pre-Order!
Hey gang, Brad Moore here to let you know that Scott Kelby’s brand new Lightroom 4 Book for Digital Photographers is available for pre-order! In Scott’s latest book, he explains all the latest updates and features to Lightroom 4 in his easy-going, conversational style, just like if you were sitting down with him one-on-one. Reserve
Books of Interest: Lightroom and Laforet
Those of you interested in Lightroom 4—with the caveat that you need to be the kind of person who learns software well from books (not everyone does)—might want to check out Martin Evening's new Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Book: The...
TOP Reader Needs Assistance
Here's the situation: A TOP reader from Down Under* has received a prestigious commission to shoot photographs for an upcoming book. He would like to arm himself for the meeting with the publishers with some books that have state-of-the-art black-and-white...
Printing 101 Notebook from Ron Martinsen
Internationally renowned commercial photographer Ron Martinsen has just released Printing 101 Notebook: An Introduction to Fine Art Photography Printing, an eBook that is designed to help frustrated ink jet printer users get the most out of their investment by educating them on everything they will need to make great prints. With interviews and advice from industry legends like Vincent Versace,
Great New Book for Making The Most Out of Google+
One of my favorite business book authors, Guy Kawasaki, just released (today) a new book about Google+ called “What the Plus! (Google+ for the Rest of Us).” I started reading it last night, and I have to say, Guy just has an amazing way of making everything just make sense. Plus, I really love some of
My New Book is here! “The Digital Photography Book, Part 4″
Here’s a short video with a preview and more details on Part 4 of my “The Digital Photography Book” series. UPDATE: Amazon is now showing it IN STOCK and Barnes & Noble has it to (it says ships in 24-hours, even though it lists the 16th as publication date, so I think its in stock). Both have
