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Friday Photo Links: 02.26.10

It has been a busy week and today is no exception. But, a lot of great photography related content has been published this week and and I hope you’ll take time to check ‘em out. If you like these links be sure to check out the other Friday Photo Links post for more great reading.

• 80 Awe-Inspiring Photographs Taken With a “Nifty Fifty”
• Do You Manipulate Your Images?
• How To Capture Stunning Fine Art Landscape Photographs
• Beautiful Black and White Photography of Animals
• Finding Inspiration in Uncommon Sources: 12 Places to Look
• Photography by Laura Burlton
• Waves of Opportunity : A great read by Scott Bourne
• Afghanistan, February, 2010 from The Big Picture
• Create Talking Photos with Fotobabble
• They Don’t Make Cameras Like They Used To [Cameras]

And, in case you missed and you’re looking to connect with fellow photographers, check out my post 100 photographers on Google’s Buzz. There’s tons of great folks on the list and it should keep you busy. Have a great weekend everyone.

Friday Photography Links: 02.19.10

Now that the GRE is behind me, I have a little over 3 weeks until I begin my MBA program. I don’t expect it to take up all of my time and I will have to focus on creating a new balancing between work, school, fatherhood and photography.

Once I get into the groove of school I’m sure I’ll be able to carve out some time to keep up with my photography. At least that’s my hope.

Here are your photography links for the week:

• Five Ways To Make Sure Your Photography Stands Out
• What Would You Do for the Shot?
• Curing Photographer’s Block
• Writing Your Photography Marketing Plan
• It May Be Time to Give Up Photography If… (This is a funny read!)
• How to Plan, Show and Promote a Photography Exhibit
• Carnival 2010 from The Big Picture
• 21 Essential Shots You Should Capture On Your Next Trip
• 35 Useful jQuery Plugins for Slideshows, Graphs and Text Effects (Great if you’re looking to build or re-build a website/blog)
• 25 Beautiful Examples of Action Sequence Photography

If you like these links, you can always check out more from the Friday Photo Links series. Have a great weekend!

Friday Photo Links: 02.12.10

This is the second installment in my new, weekly Friday Photo links series where I scour the web to share my favorite reads over the past week to 10 days. My goal each week is to bring you at least 10 informative or inspiring blog posts that are directly photography related. However, I might throw in a link or two that photographers and other visual artists may find inspiring.

I’ll start off with this beautiful video called Cineflex - Norwegian sunrise I found on Vimeo. Videography and photography share many of the same principles and this video makes me want to pack up my gear and head to the mountains.

On to the links for this week:

• 5 Fantastic Free Tools to Showcase Your Portfolio
• Inner Vision and Photography
• 30 Unconventional Portraits That Defy Clichés
• Build Ecosystems for Your Content (Not photography related but, if you run a photoblog and/or create a product, this is a great read)
• Want to Make Better Portraits? Become More Empathetic
• Shooting Challenge: A Wonky Sense of Scale [Photography]
• Master the Art of Photographic Composition (not sure many people will ever master composition but this is still an informative article)
• Check out John O’Conner’s new Facebook page
• How to Geo-Tag your Photographs with Google Maps
• The Only Thing Photography Has to Fear Is Fear Itself (Insightful article about the state of photography)

I am sitting for the GRE on Tuesday, February 16th so I’ll be in and out over the next few days while I focus on studying. I plan to start an MBA program offered through work and passing the GRE is the final hump I have to overcome. Wish me luck and have a great weekend.

Friday Photography Links: 02.05.10

Not too long ago I mentioned that I read quite a few photography related blogs so I plan on starting a weekly round-up, so to speak, of great links that I bookmarked over the past week or so. That’s not to say that the articles here were published over the last 7 days, but these are links that I found over the last few days that I’d like to share.

I bookmarked these links using either Google reader or Feedly for Firefox. They both allow me to quickly read, bookmark, search, and find new content each week. So, let’s get started with my favorite photography reads from the past week:

• 120+ Magnificent Natural Landscape Photographs
• Skooba RAPS Are the Coziest Protection Your Gadgets
• Create Compelling Photographs by Chris Orwig
• Stunning Infographics and Data Visualization
• Cleaning up the mess – culling images in Lightroom
• Killer Techniques for Shooting in Natural Light – Part 1
• Killer Techniques for Shooting in Natural Light – Part 2
• Nine Dos and Don’ts for the New Camera Buyer
• My Six Favorite Photography Podcasts
• 13 Things Your Burglar Won’t Tell You

Okay, that last one isn’t photography related but I thought it had some good tips to share. Hope you all have a great weekend and happy shooting!