It sounds now like it was only "mostly dead," not "totally dead," as some skeptical bloggers feared. Gothamist has an update; the official 45 day comment period began last Wednesday.
Tue, November 30th, 2004 by Frank Lynch
It sounds now like it was only "mostly dead," not "totally dead," as some skeptical bloggers feared. Gothamist has an update; the official 45 day comment period began last Wednesday.
Mon, November 29th, 2004 by pixpop
Can anyone recommend software that allows you to experiment with a group of photos, e.g. a slide show, by trying them in different sequences? This is very easy to do with real prints.. you just lean them against a wall, or put them on a table, left to right, and swap them around until it looks the way you want.
Such software would need to allow the following:
1. Be able to see multiple images at once.
2. Be able to rapidly swap images in the sequence.
3. Be able to store multiple sequences and compare them quickly.
Fri, November 26th, 2004 by MattB
The Luminous Landscape has a field test of the new Epson R-D1. A bizarre cooperation between Seiko Epson and Cosina Voigtlander, at $3000 for 6 megapixels and almost no bells & whistles whatsoever, I personally find it hard to imagine they're going sell even half of the rumoured 10,000 product run. But, even though it doesn't make any sense at all, I want one. I just can't help it. Somebody slap me.
Fri, November 26th, 2004 by m prints
The Gigapxl project is a briliant marriage of film and technology. The resulting images contain more detail that the naked eye can behold:
It would take a video wall of 10,000 television screens or 600 prints from a professional digital SLR camera to capture as much information as that contained in a single Gigapxl™ exposure.
It is encouraging to see how the boundaries of "digital" photography are being pushed. Be sure to visit the image gallery.
Thu, November 25th, 2004 by Jim Green
Fellow my-expressions user Jonne Ollaka from Gothenburg, Sweden has some good things going on over at his blog graciform
A few of my favourites being:
Girl on train
Red ride 2
Somewhere in time
Here's what the man himself has to say -
I'm 30 years old, born and living in Gothenburg. I work at Volvo Trucks with engine assembly. My interest in photography started sometime in 99-2000, when I bought my first digital camera. My digital photography has since then almost died out. I prefer digital when doing long exposures or other night photography. Mostly because of its hit and miss nature.
I don't have a specific style that I prefer over the other. I'm trying to get more into portraits and photographing people on the streets. It's been hard work for a couple of years to get out of the tourist syndrome of shooting statues and landscapes. Especially with a camera like the Hasselblad, I used to think that every frame has to be something spectacular, some monument or building.
About graciform: It all started when Fredrik from smudo.org asked about Swedish bloggers on a Swedish photo community site called Fotosidan.se I didn't know what a blog was at all. Before that I had visited lowresolution.com a few times, after searching google for Fed 5 photos. Orbit1.com was another blog I had found, not really knowing what it was. Not really interested in getting into MT, I signed up on Expressions.
Some of the cameras I use are the Canon AE-1 and AV-1, Minolta SRT100X, Olympus 35RD, Hasselblad 500C/M and my DSLR, the Canon EOS 300D. I have a collection of maybe 15 cameras. I also use a Manfrotto 055 Nat3 tripod with a Manfrotto 322RC2 head and a Cokin P filter holder with various filters.
I have an archive by camera used on the site, which gets updated as new photos come in. My latest camera is a Voigtländer/Cosina Bessa L with a 12/5.6 Ultra wide-Heliar, so that should be fun.
Oh and "graciform" is an old bra from the 50's.
/Jonne
Wed, November 24th, 2004 by Jessyel Ty Gonzalez
Lavanya Patricella's photo journal, Phoot.org, has just reached its seventh year, and she's celebrating by showcasing some of her best work from over the years. She has some AMAZING work on the site; a perfect blend of photography and design. You can really see her growth as an artist and a person. Be sure and check out her showcases:
And be sure to leave her comments; I know she loves those 
--Jessyel
Wed, November 24th, 2004 by Thomas Hawk
59th College Photographer of the Year In what is sure to be a controversial decision, Elyse Butler, of the Brooks Institute of Photography, has won the Gold prize in the documentary category for the 2004 College Photographer of the Year competition. Butler's series of photographs are entitled "Sexual Tension" and explore the underside of the pornography industry through the lens of the still camera.
Similar in style to Larry Sutlan, whose photo series on the porn business "The Valley" went on display at the MOMA in San Francisco earlier this year, Butler has put together hard-edged images of sexuality and human emotion that can rarely be seen in the final product of pornography.
As the relationships between pornography and art, personal expression and victimization, truth and commerce, become redefined, transposed, blurred and manipulated, the term “tension” in the title of Butler's work seems apropos. And as the connection between camera, photographer and human sexuality can take on drastic and significantly different meanings, Butler does a relatively good job at pulling truth out of something where truth is generally not found.
The cliché “a picture paints a thousand words,” has been horribly overplayed. However, the truth is that good photographers make you feel with their images in ways that text simply cannot. They can be impactful and powerful and make you question the way your world exists. They force examination of justification, compartmentalization and our cultural acceptance. Whether you agree with her work or not, Butler certainly makes you think and pulls this off in her fine series.
Wed, November 24th, 2004 by joeholmes
I just stumbled across a wonderful collection of photos, the winners of the 59th College Photographer of the Year competition. There are many unforgettable shots from these little-known photographers. Start here for the winning photos.
There are so many great shots, let's point out some favorites. I'll start with this moving shot with an incongruous backdrop by Marie King.
Tue, November 23rd, 2004 by Brandon Stone
Some very interesting and beautiful photography on this site. Are there any Japanese speakers here that can tell us exactly what this is?
Tue, November 23rd, 2004 by chromogenic
I'm addicted to site stats, and I'm guessing that I'm probably not alone. In addition to the AWStats package that my host provides, I use Re_Invigorate's Data Archiving Services, Textism's Refer, and I recently discovered Shaun Inman's squeaky-clean ShortStat. What stat tools are you guys using? Anything especially cool or innovative?
New server!