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		<title>Lighthouse&#8217;s Insights Shows off Art by the Blind</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired&#8217;s Insights exhibit was featured recently in the New York Times. &#8220;‘Insights’ Showcases Blind and Visually Impaired Artists&#8221; gives an nice overview of the exhibit and it artists. Now in its 20th year, “Insights” is the country’s pre-eminent selected exhibition of paintings, photographs and mixed-media pieces by legally blind artists. What began as an event focused on works of purely tactile interest — just 13 the first year — has evolved into a show of some 120 pieces where the emphasis is on the visual, and on an interpretation of it more in line with the one Ms. Kitazawa had in mind. Featuring all genres of art, Insights puts serious though into what the exhibit really means, for art and for the blind. “The exhibition is framed to be about limits and what can be done within them,” said Lawrence Rinder, the director of the Berkeley Art Museum, who was a juror for “Insights” this year. That thematic framing, he added, locates the show’s blind artists very much in the tradition of artists in general. “We all have limits of perception, and all artists work within that envelope.” Accompanying the article, &#8221; ‘Insights’ Showcases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An iPad Camera?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blind Photographers has written already about iPhone photography ins Shooting the iPhone 3GS. What will the iPad bring to the table? Nothing yet, as the tablet, like its older sibling, the iPod Touch, lacks a camera.  However, hope is not lost. PCWorld reports that they are  Sleuthing for an iPad Camera. &#8220;General consensus is that there will be a camera in the iPad, but not in the first generation—a camera would be a great feature to roll out in version two, giving more people a reason to buy after all the early-adopters get theirs. Though that’s still just speculation, the iPad appears to be fully camera-ready even now, and there might even be time left for another announcement from The Steve.&#8221; Assuming that these rumors pan out, what will this mean for blind and visually impaired photographers? Simply put, the iPad will offer the single largest LCD for composing and reviewing shots available in digital photography. I struggle with my Nikon&#8217;s LCD to review and can barely see through the tiny viewfinder to compose shots. Until I upload images into Lightroom, much of my photography is little more than educated guesswork. An iPad-mounted camera opens up a world of opportunity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blind Photographers: The New York Times on Kurt Weston and Blind Photography</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[About three and a half years ago, I started the Blind Photographers group on Flickr. I was curious to see if I was the only blind (or visually impaired) photographer around. I certainly was not alone. I asked &#8220;Is anyone out there?&#8220;. Within a short time, I had my answers.  Since then, membership in the group has grown to over 150, over half of which are visually impaired photographers who contribute images to the group pool and thoughts to the discussion forums. There is even a regional group, Visually-impaired photographers in the UK, run by a great guy, Brian Negus. Over the last year, we have taken our Flickr group to the next step. With the skilled help from blind photog, Alex de Jong, we have built a web site, Blind Photographers, for our group. The site features both a photo blog, with a new image daily from one our members, and articles, written by, for and about blind photogrpahers. Not only does the site feature related news, but alsow includes equipment reviews, philosophical musings and personal stories. On the site, you can read about Project BlindSighted, where members discuss their vision and technique. We are making some inroads into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blind Visitors Photography Project @ Victoria and Albert Museum</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/03/blind-visitors-photography-project-victoria-and-albert-museum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Britain&#8217;s Victoria and Albert Museum ran a photography course for some of its visually impaired patrons. The museum has put together the results in a nice website: Photographs by Blind and Partially Sighted Visitors. This is a collection of photographs taken by blind and partially sighted visitors to the Victoria and Albert Museum during a two day course. The photographer Eric Richmond led the course and started with an explanation of how photographers interpret their brief (sometimes in quite groundbreaking ways). On the first day students were asked to take black and white photographs of the Sculpture Gallery. The second day&#8217;s brief was to take a colour digital photograph in the museum garden and manipulate it on a computer. Take a look. It&#8217;s worth a whirl. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Photographs Described @ the Victoria and AlbertNYTimes: MoMA Helps Visitors To Use Ears To See2010 InSights Art CompetitionEnter the APH InSights Art CompetitionBlind Photographers: The New York Times on Kurt Weston and Blind Photography]]></description>
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		<title>a blind strobist</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year ago, a photo editor at the Chapel Hill News suggested I check out the Strobist blog. I want home that day and have been hooked since. David Hobby, the longtime newspaper photographer, has caused quite a stir in photographic circles with his guide to and thoughts on lighting. From What is Strobist?: This website is about one thing: Learning how to use off-camera flash with your dSLR to take your photos to the next level. Or the next ten levels. Here, you’ll find everything you need to know about how to more effectively use your small speedlights. There are more than 1,000 articles about lighting. Over two million photographers from around the world have learned small-flash lighting techniques from this site. We’re thinking you can, too. I have gone through his Lighting 101, On Assignment, and Boot Camp sections and try to read through his new posts regularly. I have learned much and been inspired to think creatively about lighting.  I do not have an extensive set up, just a single off-camera Vivitar on a stand, an on-camera SB-400 and a couple of different triggers. I have been documenting my strobist adventures on these pages. In particular, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vince&#8217;s Parallax: A Guide to Blind Photography on the Web</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been remiss in not blogging earlier about a great resource for blind photography, Vince&#8217;s Parallax. As Vince puts it: The pages referred to here are about blind photographers and their work, techniques that anyone could use to take photos, and ways of representing the finished images. Vince has done an amazing job of bringing together the disparate world of blind photography and their work into one accessible web page. Vince even lists this blog. Vince is also a blind photographer. You can see his work on flickr under his flickrname, vip_uc, and read about his process in Vince&#8217;s thread, Seeing my images: vip_uc, in the Blind Photogrphers&#8216; project. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:The Seeing My Images ProjectBlind Photographers: The New York Times on Kurt Weston and Blind PhotographyFlickr: Blind Photographersblind photographersBest of Blind Photographers]]></description>
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		<title>Best of Blind Photographers</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2008/12/best-of-blind-photographers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Blind Photographers group on Flickr has its own blog, Best of Blind Photographers, now. The blog highlights a few of the best photos each week from our community of over one hundred blind and visually-impaired photographers. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Flickr: Blind PhotographersBlind Photographers: The New York Times on Kurt Weston and Blind Photographyblind photographersTIME Magazine Photo Essay &#8211; Photos by Blind PhotographersBlind Photography Listmania]]></description>
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		<title>Tethering with a Portable DVD Player</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following up on my Strobist-for-the-visually-impaired posts, Didacylos&#8217; Strobe and the first update, I have received some great suggestions. The first suggestion is about using a portable DVD player as a tethered LCD. David Tejada discusses Proofing with portable DVD on his blog. This neatly finds the middle ground between the camera&#8217;s tiny screen and the difficulty of lugging around a cumbersome laptop. I will need to track a portable DVD down to test it out, but, in the meanwhile, here are some related videos. David offers a number of useful videos on his YouTube channel, including this demonstration of tethering with a portable DVD player: mediaonela shows how to customize a camera bag for a portable DVD player. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Watch the WCAG Theme SongNo Screen Reader? No Problem! Go WebAnywhere.A New Slide Rule for Blind Touch Screen UsersModel-morphosis @ NYTimes.comBlio, A Better e-Reader?]]></description>
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		<title>Nnm8 Me 4 #Ally Awrd!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, I ran across sometihng called the Shorty Awards on Twitter. The seem to be a light-hearted way to leverage the TwitterVerse for a little fun. The Shorty Awards honor the world&#8217;s top Twitterers. You can nominate as many people for as many categories as you&#8217;d like until midnight December 31st. How it works&#8230; The Shorty Awards are very Web 2.0. The catergories are user-generated and evolving. The nomination process and voting is all done via Twitter. &#8220;To nominate someone, tweet @shortyawards with a @nominee and a #category, and why you think they should win.&#8221; I have started the #accessibility and #blindphotography categories. If these categories receive enough traction, they will sruvive.  So, please nnm8 me 4 #ally awrd! Or nominate someone at least. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:2009 Photoblog Awards: Please VoteiPhone App Accessibility: Quixotic Quest?guest blogger on the iPhone DiasporaMore on Accessing Twitter from the iPhone: Updated Twitteriffic ReviewTim on Twitter]]></description>
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		<title>Slashdot &#124; Japanese Scientists Claim To Reconstruct Images From Brain Data</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2008/12/slashdot-japanese-scientists-claim-to-reconstruct-images-from-brain-data/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spotted on Slashdot: Japanese Scientists Claim To Reconstruct Images From Brain Data. Japanese Scientists Claim To Reconstruct Images From Brain Data from the shutter-to-think dept. conner_bw writes &#8220;In a world first, a research group in Kyoto Japan has succeeded in processing and displaying optically received images directly from the human brain. Here&#8217;s the Japanese press release for good measure. One step closer to broadcasting your dreams? The research is due to be published today in the US scientific journal Neuron.&#8221; The next question is when will the be able to do the reverse, plug images directly into the brain? Despite the big brother concerns, this has serious medical implications for both the profoundly blind and the camera addict. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Slashdot &#124; &#8220;Microsaccades&#8221; Help To Refresh Your Field of ViewNo Need for VoiceOver on the Web?Slashdot &#124; Bionic Eye Gives Blind Man SightSlashdot: Converting Images Into Sounds for the BlindStitching Sight]]></description>
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		<title>The Shared Visions Art Exhibit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Shared Visions International Art Exhibit shows the work of blind and visually impaired artists in Fullerton, California, each year. Sponsored by Advanced Medical Optics (AMO) and Foundation Fighting Blindness, this year&#8217;s exhibit features fellow blind photographer, Drew Bedo. The 4th annual Shared Visions ’08-’09 International Art Exhibit is open to the public in the Eye Care Center at Southern California College of Optometry during regular ECC hours through mid-August, 2009. The exhibit celebrates and focuses on the artistic accomplishments of 50 incredibly-talented, visually impaired and totally blind artists, featuring 90 pieces of artwork. Here is a short video about the show: [flashvideo filename=http://www.sccoeyecare.com/videos/Untitled.flv /] You can also fiew television coverage by KDOC TV&#8217;s &#8220;Daybreak OC&#8221;. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:FYI: Shared Visions Art Exhibit 2009-2010 Call for EntriesEnter the APH InSights Art CompetitionLighthouse&#8217;s Insights Shows off Art by the BlindInsights 2009 Call For ArtistsSensory Photography: Exhibit and Slideshow]]></description>
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		<title>Didactylos&#8217; Strobe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some time now, I have been following the Strobist blog. David Hobby, the longtime newspaper photographer, has caused quite a stir in photographic circles with his guide to and thoughts on lighting. From What is Strobist?: This website is about one thing: Learning how to use off-camera flash with your dSLR to take your photos to the next level. Or the next ten levels. Here, you&#8217;ll find everything you need to know about how to more effectively use your small speedlights. There are more than 1,000 articles about lighting. Over two million photographers from around the world have learned small-flash lighting techniques from this site. We&#8217;re thinking you can, too. I have gone through his Lighting 101, On Assignment, and Boot Camp sections and try to read through his new posts regularly. I have learned a lot and been inspired to think off the camera. Besides the obvious discussion of lighting issues, Hobby&#8217;s tips even extend to tracking good shooting locations with notes on times of day and year when the light is best. I do not have an extensive set up, just a single off-camera Vivitar on a stand and a couple of different triggers. I have documented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stitching Sight</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years, I have devoted considerable thought to how I see. Sometimes I spot things that no one around me does. Sometimes I can make out things further away than usual. At others, I mistake my wife for a hat. No, not exactly. The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales, by Oliver Sacks, is a well-written series of case studies of neurological disorders, including several on how the brain processes visual information. When I say that I mistake my wife for a hat, I mean that occasionally my brain misinterprets visual data so that I that I think I am seeing things that I am not actually seeing. By this, I do not mean hallucinations, which are completely fabricated in the brain, but rather simple mistakes in the visual cortex. Over the past week, I have put even more thought into this. I have realized that what is is much more than what my eyes see. Some part of my brain is constantly stitching together many different things to produce images. Memories, intuition and input from all my senses form the basis of wht I see. When I read, my eyes tend to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blind Photographers on YouTube</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[insightdiscover, from flickr, has brought together several videos into a playlist, worldwide photographers who have visual impairments, on YouTube. There are currently five videos. Since they come from everywhere, only two are in English. The other three are in Spanish, Chinese and what I think might be German. Here is a short video from Israel, Israeli camera course gives sight to the blind. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAESnPNAOrE&#38;feature=PlayList&#38;p=79FA004963A24BCA&#38;index=1 If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:The Krugman SongTethering with a Portable DVD PlayerNo Screen Reader? No Problem! Go WebAnywhere.More Reasons to Support Me &#038; VisionWalkWatch the WCAG Theme Song]]></description>
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		<title>Project BlindSighted</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2008/12/seeing-my-images-my-own-photographic-process/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of Project BlindSighted on Blind Photographers, I have posted my enty on my photographic process. Hopefully this will prompt a discussion that will help me develop and improve how I shoot. I am re-posting it here: Project BlindSighted: tim o&#8217;brien I am no where near as organized or experienced as Lodro or Drew, but here goes. Currently, I have three main modes for shooting images; casual, assignment and planned shots. Since I am still a beginner, my style (if I have one yet) and approaches are still evolving. By casual photography, I mean those times I throw my camera bag over my shoulder and wait for interesting scenes to happen. Not unlike street photography, but I broaden the idea to any situation I find myself, whether alone, with friends and family or out in public (i.e. on the street). For these times, I try to start with a blank slate and an open mind. Many times, the camera stays in the bag. When the camera comes out, I face a challenge of what settings to use. I need to change glasses to my low vision reading glasses to change settings on my camera and this is quite awkward. [...]]]></description>
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