Hello friends in life and art,

Personal

No news! I fall asleep in class...
It's late fall. I'm preparing to hibernate, it may appear.




Journalistic Interest

One of the most important sources of educated opinions on photojournalism on the internet, The Digital Journalist ([link]), has been befallen with the same evil it up to now only had to report upon: In the wake of the financial crisis a lot of newspapers and magazines cut back heavily on their photojournalism departments, or close down completely. Now, due to the plummeting revenues in the sector, Canon - up to now a steady supporter - had to draw its financial support of TDJ away, says editor Dirck Halstead in his "Important letter to the viewers of The Digital Journalist". Calling upon the readers of TDJ he asks to pledge money for enabling TDJ to keep on running. "If enough people do, we may be able to keep The Digital Journalist -- and visual journalism -- alive. Consider it as an investment in yourself, and the future." Read Dirck's letter here: [link]

Have you ever asked you, looking at old black and white images from your grandparent's youth, what the world must have looked like back then... in colour? Prepare to now have a glimpse at those colours, coming to us from the 1940s. Be aware that all of those people who suddenly look so alive and colourful (oh yes!), today either are our old parents and grandparents or even grandgrandparents - or are long gone already. I admit to first having tears in my eyes when I saw these photos. Time goes so fast... [link]



General Photography

Living in a big city? Or ever seen one from above? Doesn't it sometimes just look like heap of grawling ants in human form? See New York City in exactly this way, without having to spend your night philosophizing (and drinking away) in a bar just to end up standing, dazed and elated, on top of one of the city's skyscrapers just as the sun rises, making everything seem so chaotic, random, puppet-house-like. Welcome to the world of human ants... [link]

Now what? You want a tilt-shift lens as well? If you have the cash to splash out and are happy to own a marvel of optical handycraft, go for it. Yet for those of you who (yes yes, I know, photography is an expensive hobby) are always short on cash, you might want to try your hand on this do-it-yourself tilt-shift lens: [link]






My first DD suggestion got featured!