Doing a Photo Critique

An interesting and brief article on photo critique

and another

one more

and finally a rather more detailed and informative guide.

However here are the ten most annoying critiques!

Los Angeles County Sheriff stopping a photographer in the subway

Photograph: Joe McElderry - 'Climb' artwork on iTunes

Although I'm not a fan of manufactured music and hope this cover version does not become the xmas number one I love the photography, and again with album artwork I'm not sure who the photographer is...

Digital Imaging on a Shoestring

I came across this article from about 12 years ago, Digital Imaging on a Shoestring and love the required specs for a PC or Mac; 8 to 12MB of Ram will be enough! Todays Macs come with 4GB as standard and upgrade to 16GB so they have roughly a thousand times more memory! However they were enough for me at the time.

I can't actually remember where I was when digital imaging became a force to be reckoned with, but I don't think it was in 1998, the year of the article. I can remember my first digital camera, a Fuji FinePix 4800 from Currys in Folkestone that cost over £500 and had 3 megapixels. It was made of an all metal body and designed by F.A.Porsche who designed the 911.

The Golden Rule of always working from a copy still applies today as does always backing up.

Finally I like the part where a 640x480 pixel image can be printed at 2.6x2.0 inches on paper at 240ppi, or use a higher resolution image in the first place. The image above was taken using my Fuji in February 2002 at 1.1MP and I recently managed to print it and others at 8x6 inches and was very happy with the results...

Moscow: Shooting it Like a Pro

Lenin's Tomb has a bizarre rule that states that photographers may not shoot with a lens longer than 77mm mounted on their camera unless they pay a fee! A Time Magazine Photo-Guide to Moscow gives ideas of what to look for that can be applied in your own city...

Photographer: Robert Capa

Omaha Beach 1944 by Robert Capa who famously said, "If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough".

Photoshop Tutorial

Retro Surf Logo Design - this is a great tutorial and technique may be used in 'Urban Montage' for Introduction to Digital Imaging.

I Dreamed A Dream

I recently saw the Twiggy exhibition at the National Portrait gallery and was interested in the way Twiggy is being photographed as she approaches 60 years of age. I have just watched the Susan Boyle story on ITV and a quick glimpse of a photographer with a Hasselblad (I think) photograph Susan Boyle. Although there are no comparisons between Twiggy the model and Susan, the album cover is cleverly photographed.

Photographer: Gianni Galassi

I stumbled across the work of Gianni Galassi and admire the invention and creativity. An interesting article on what constitutes a photograph follows a blog article on The Online Photographer website stemming from Galassi's work.