Adorama’s 100 Photography Tips in 100 Days

I had seen an announcement a few weeks back on imaginginsider.com about Adorama’s “100 in 100” 100 Photography Tips in 100 Days. But I just got a chance to look over the 54 tips that are posted as of today, and I’m very impressed.

There are many great tips from a number of talented photographers that cover everything from testing if your sensor is dusty, to what a high-key histogram looks like. I highly recommend checking it out, and I think all levels of photographers can benefit from many of the tips. In some cases, if specific products are mentioned, they are linked to products in Adorama’s online catalog. Here’s one example: One of the most useful tips that I read had info about securing model releases. A 50 sheet model release form pad was then linked to at the end of the tip.

You can find Adorama’s 100 Photography Tips in 100 Days here.

There are also hundreds of other helpful and well-written tips and articles on the AIRC (Adorama Imaging Resource Center). This is the home page of the AIRC. It’s rare to see so much editorial content on a store’s website (reviews are far more common), but I think that it’s great for photographers to have so many ways to learn more about taking, processing, storing and printing images.

Though a bit different, Amazon.com has an extensive blog-like feature called “Amazon Daily” that highlights a lot of great content across the web. In some cases, like with Adorama’s AIRC, products mentioned will be linked to in Amazon.com’s catalog. You can even customize your Amazon Daily content by choosing from a long list of topics. Stories can then be accessed from your home page at Amazon.com when you log in, or by using an RSS news reader.

Digital Workshop by New York-Based Food Photographer/Author

New York photographer and author Lou Manna (www.loumanna.com) will conduct an all-day digital food photography workshop at his studio in New York City on Sunday, November 18, 2007 (10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.). The program, presented in association with Workshops@Adorama, takes a hands-on approach for all attendees and explores how effective lighting, composition and tricks-of-the-trade all work together for creating the perfect recipe for success.

Photograph © Lou Manna

The workshop is open to all and is geared towards photography students, professional photographers and culinary experts. The location is Lou Manna Studio, 126 Fifth Ave. (at 18th Street) – 10th floor.

The cost of the full-day program is $250 per person. For more information or to register, contact Lou Manna directly at lou@loumanna.com.

Fine Art Photo Show Call for Entries: Deadline 10/30/2007

About a year ago, I juried a show for The Center for Fine Art Photography entitled People, Places Things, and it was a fantastic experience. There were so many great photographs submitted, and those that I chose for exhibition can be found in this online gallery. I also had a chance to visit The Center for Fine Art Photography in Ft. Collins, CO, to see the show hung on the walls of the gallery, and that was a great experience. I’m also very happy to announce that I have been invited to be the juror for a show this year entitled: Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

The exhibition is open to all professional and amateur, domestic and international photographers working with digital or traditional photography or combinations of both.

In addition to all award winners being invited to submit a framed piece for each image selected for inclusion in the show at the Center’s gallery, other awards include:

* Juror’s Selection award: $500
* Director’s Selection award: $300
* Gallery Visitor’s Choice Award: $100
* Two Artists’ ShowCase Online subscriptions – the Center’s new online image marketing website (preview at www.artists-showcase.org)
* All exhibitors are included in the Center’s online gallery
* Inclusion in the Center’s 2007 Exhibition Collection CD which is distributed to selected galleries, collectors, design houses and corporations world wide

Entries are being accepted online until 11:59PM (Mountain Standard Time) October 30, 2007. For more information, or to submit your work, visit https://c4fap.org/cfe/2007PlanesTrains/planes.asp