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Spotted on Twitter, Pennsylvania’s Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry published a story on a local blind photographer in their Connections magazine last February. The article, Blind Photographer Has an Eye for Business, features Matt Wilkerson, owner of Coe Camera Shop. Wilkerson, who inherited his photography store from his father, has retinosa pigmentosa, a...
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Despite Apple’s leading efforts in accessibility technology, I have always found iTunes extremely hard to use. Apple’s major focus has been on VoiceOver and screen reader software compatibility. There are many visually impaired computer users out there (and right here) who have not made the switch to a non-visual interface, preferring to rely on...
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As spotted on Twitter, Bruce Hall with Corinne Marrinan are presenting A Conversation About the Film Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers Thursday, February 4, 6:30-8:00pm as part of the IRIS Nights Lecture Series at The Annenberg Space for Photography in LA. The film that they will be discussing, Dark Light, is a...
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Last weekend, the Chapel Hill News sent me to shoot a local family event. Carrboro Parks & Rec organizes an annual parent-child basketball skills contest. This year’s event took place last Saturday at a local middle school. The gum was a bit dark, but I brought some flashes and took my time. I stayed...
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As I followed today’s announcement of the new Apple iPad, I began to imagine how, if at all,  it could make photography easier. I already have its tiny older sibling, the iPod Touch, which I am using to compose this post. The iPad looks to be mostly a jumbo version of the Touch. The...
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Blind photographer and artist,  John Dugdale, has been working with the Broadway production of the Miracle Worker. The production has done a nice job of featuring Dugdale and his images. The Miracle Worker has put on the web  The Photography of John Dugdale with a video interview (reposted below) and a short bio: “John...
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The F-Stop Beyond podcast recently interviewed Alex de Jong, a blind photographer and integral member of the Blind Photographers community. F-Stop Beyond is “the show that started it all. There are already so many podcasts about photography that cover f-stops and Photoshop, business and branding, but host Ron Dawson couldn’t find any that really...
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There is a new photography exhibit opening this week displaying works by blind and visually impaired photographers. The show, Sights Unseen, runs from 19 – 23 January at The Association of Photographers Gallery in London. The BBC News has produced an audio slideshow with images from the exhibit and discussion by the photographers and...
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Back in March of 2006, I contacted the author of an economics book that I was interested in reading. This was part of a personal campaign to encourage authors to produce audio editions of their books, blogged here.  The author graciously responded, offering to bring the subject up with his publisher. I have heard...
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One of my favorite new authors is Joe Abercrombie. A few year ago, he published The First Law trilogy, a dark fantasy series, followed recently by Best Served Cold, a novel set I’m the First Law world. I picked up the first nook in the trilogy a few years ago in paperback and was...
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I completed my first race today. 4 kilometers in 26 minutes! Thanks to my wife, I have some images from the race. Check out some more photos (of me) from the race here. The Pumpkin Run is a 4K race through a remote and scenic trail near Horace Williams Airport in Chapel Hill. The...
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Adobe has released the beta version of Lightroom 3 for free (until April). If you have been thinking about trying it out, this is a great way to test LR without shelling out big bucks. I am downloading it now, so have not yet tested it, but it is supposed to include flickr integration...
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My local paper, theChapel Hill News, ran a very nicely done story, Through a lens darkly, about me a few weeks ago. The reported had done the interview a while ago, so I did not know when to expect it. The day it ran, I brought the paper in only to toss it into...
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After being busy for a few months, I am getting back to blogging. I have a bunch of articles in draft form that I will be polishing and posting now. I will start shortly with a post about an article in the local paper about me and my photography. I am glad to be...
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As I wrote in tim in print | Summer Softball Championship, I had a few photos from the assignment in the paper. I have a few more photos from that game and thought I would share the slide show. The game was a doubleheader, so there was some decent light for the first game....
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