Wolrd Press Photo

http://www.worldpressphoto.org/images/stories/videos/Interviews/index.php?   (Link)

Not only does it approach journalistic photography at a  high level but it adds stories. Did u hear me? stories… and yes! I know instead of you I used the all-too-common ‘u’ used in chat room and text messages.

I digress.

Anywho, if you are serious about studying some good photos with good background stories. This is the place!

Mathew Brady – father of Journalistic Photography

Today I am in a “History of Photography” mood. A bit of information is always educational. (or is it edumucational?)

A link to check out his stuff first and then a bit of his bio. Very interesting stuff and quite sad.

http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/   (Link)
http://www.mathewbrady.com/   (Link)

Covering also some of Photography History.

I love Photojournalism and like any other practice of art or science there is one person associated (almost always) as the father of said discipline. (-or mother for those who are a bit feminists)

The father if photojournalism is Mathew Brady. Born in Warren County, New York in 1822 and died destitute on January 15, 1896.

Credited with photographing famous Americans. His photo of Abe Lincoln is used in the 5 dollar bill.

Brady’s efforts to document the Civil War on a grand scale by bringing his photographic studio right onto the battlefields earned Brady his place in history. Despite the obvious dangers, financial risk, and discouragement of his friends he is later quoted as saying “I had to go. A spirit in my feet said ‘Go,’ and I went.” His first popular photographs of the conflict were at the First Battle of Bull Run, in which he got so close to the action that he only just avoided being captured.

Photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken by Brady on February 27, 1860 in New York City, the day of Lincoln’s Cooper Union speech.He employed Alexander Gardner, James Gardner, Timothy H. O’Sullivan, William Pywell, George N. Barnard, Thomas C. Roche and seventeen other men, each of whom were given a traveling darkroom, to go out and photograph scenes from the Civil War. Brady generally stayed in Washington, D.C., organizing his assistants and rarely visited battlefields personally. This may have been due, at least in part, to the fact that Brady’s eyesight began to deteriorate in the 1850s.

In October 1862, Brady presented an exhibition of photographs from the Battle of Antietam in his New York gallery entitled, “The Dead of Antietam.” Many of the images in this presentation were graphic photographs of corpses, a presentation totally new to America. This was the first time that many Americans saw the realities of war in photographs as distinct from previous “artists’ impressions”.

Following the conflict, a war-weary public lost interest in seeing photos of the war, and Brady’s popularity and practice declined drastically.

Foto Bonobo

http://fotobonobo.com/    (Link)

Aggregator of Photography News. Love it.

Photography Voter

http://www.photographyvoter.com/    (Link)

Photography Voter is a Digg-like website which collects articles and miscellaneous about Photography. Very very, Extremely Useful.

National Geographic Amazing Resource

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photographers/photography-timeline.html

(link)

I am so stoked about National Geographic’s timeline about Photography. GOT TO check it out, read it, print it, share it – whatever you need it’s awesome to have such amazing resources at our fingertips.

As a matter of fact, any photographer worth their salt will visit http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography?nav=TOPNAV (Link) a premiere resource of photography – go on, do it! bookmark it and visit it DAILY— I command you…

Free School of Photo

http://www.michaelthementor.com/   (Link)

People like Michael “The Mentor” exemplify the spirit of sharing that I appreciate and cultivate in my kids. This is a site that deserves my: Five SalazarStars!

Learn About Photo Composition

http://www.photoinf.com/   (Link)

I am in need of learning about photo composition and reinforce it by doing great reading. This is great reading. A delightful site which gets: Five SalareyStars!

Tips for Photo Contests

http://photographycontests.blogspot.com/    (Link)

I was looking for some tips about how to enter and win some photo contests. I have to say i am not interested in making myself famous or even be wealthy. I am interested in refining an art I love and happen to admire (like Ansel Adams – his knowledge of his photo equipment was amazing)

Photoshop Essentials

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/ (Link)

I love site that is simply useful. All the work and quality is reflected on that single word: useful.

I needed some info about why my almighty Photoshop wouldn’t give me the option to save my raw files in JPEG format. Through these guys I found JPEG does NOT handle 16-bit photos. I had to change it to 8-bit and lo and behold, JPEG was available and my brother able to admire some test shots I did of him.

Shoot Smarter

http://www.shootsmarter.com     (Link)

A site that honors its name!