Came across this great auction of emerging photographers. A well-built WordPress-based site, I might add. This is a benefit for a Canadian-based, photo-oriented non profit called The Magenta Foundation. You can also check out their upcoming call for entries: All photographers in Canada, the UK and the US 34 years of age and under may […]
This is very similar to what GigaPan uses. GigaPan let’s you embed their player for free but this player give you more control and, of course, no external branding. And krpano offers a neat way to switch rendering options. It allows you to publish extremely large panoramas where the user only downloads data as they need […]
Bigger isn’t always better but in this case… 120 feet (37 meters) long, 3 feet (1 meter) tall at its sides and 6 feet (2 meters) tall in the middle… The large image was made from stitching together 800,000 individual pictures taken by Spitzer, for a total of 2.5 billion infrared pixels. via SPACE.com — […]
An amazing selection of images. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been orbiting Mars approximately 300 km (187 mi) above the Martian surface. Martian landscapes – The Big Picture – Boston.com.
I enjoyed this blog – it shares my interests in photography, design and inventions. I bought some of these clever items: About 10 seconds after Pam Turner showed me how to thread her Spiral Eye Needles, I was an expert. It usually takes me longer to thread a needle than it does to sew a […]
Recommendations for Self-Publishing from Dr. Javier Vera: clickbank.com: sell your product through their affiliate system kunaki.com: CDs DVDs on demand eFulfillmentService.com: offers a complete package of online order processing, storage and shipping vervante.com: Vervante provides a produce-on-demand solution for books, DVDs/CDs and kits –they ship orders worldwide. For Art/Photo books I recommend San-Francisco based Blurb. I’ve […]
NYTimes: A great panorama from Grand Central Station. Inside a cramped brick room in the train station are the greasy innards of a hundred-year-old clock with a stained-glass dial, the largest of Grand Central’s timepieces. via Rooms – Rooms Panorama: Inside Grand Central Terminal – Interactive Feature – NYTimes.com.
In browsing this years submissions to the Blurb photo book contest I found some books of interest:
I am often asked how to make a website on low/no budget… Tim Peter’s”Thinks” Blog: Here’s a great overview of current blog/cms options. it compares these 5 services: Weebly, SiteKreator, SynthaSite, WordPress.com (the free version) & Webnode Most of these sites offer free versions with paid upgrades for ad-free, custom domain names and other add-ons.
Dawoud Bey has a wonderfully written and inspiring article at ChicagoArtistsResource. Here’s my summary: Make good work and soak in the culture you want to engage with. Poke your head outside your work and take time to educate yourself. Keep at it and your opportunities will emerge. You will too.
