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		<title>Shoot First, Focus Later</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2011/06/shoot-first-focus-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new company may have solved one of my biggest challenges as a visually-impaired photographer. Manual focus is out of the question for me. Automatic focus is a gamble as it often picks the wrong subject to focus on. I have too many shots that have the background in sharp focus while the subject is just a blur. &#160; Lytro’s Camera Lets You Shoot First and Focus Later (www.nytimes.com): The company’s technology allows a picture’s focus to be adjusted after it is taken. Since I do so much of my process on the computer already, with the big monitor and indirect lighting, adding focusing to the post-processing makes sense to me. I can fund a good shot, estimate reasonable composition and lighting and take some pictures with the camera with this set up, knowing I can sort out correct focal points later.  Hmmm&#8230; If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Inaccessible Web DesignNew York Times: New Ways to Manage Your PhotosNo Need for VoiceOver on the Web?Another local blind photographerTrouble Focusing? Zoom in &#8211; Accessible Photography Tip]]></description>
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		<title>A Janela Da Alma: Blind Photography Documentary</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2010/03/a-janela-da-alma-blind-photography-documentary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a 2001 Brazilian movie, A Janela Da Alma (Window of the Soul), about blind photographers. The New York Times has a review of the movie. From the NY Times: &#8220;Brazilian filmmakers Joao Jardim and Walter Carvalho ponder the old adage &#8220;the eyes are the windows to the soul&#8221; as they explore vision and perception in their 2002 documentary A Janela Da Alma (Window of the Soul). Beginning with an interview with Brazilian jazz musician Hermeto Pascoal, Carvalho and Jardim attempt to make sense of how the musician perceives his world with a pair of impaired eyes that appear to simultaneously look in different directions. From there, the Brazilian co-directors interview a number of famous subjects with varying degrees of ocular health, ranging from the non-vision impaired director Wim Wenders to blind photographer Evgen Bavcar, while both the filmmakers and the interview subjects ponder how their lives and existences would be different had their abilities or inabilities to see the world around them been different. Released in Brazil in the summer of 2002 to mixed reviews, A Janela Da Alma was screened at a number of film festivals around the world in late 2002 into early 2003. ~ Ryan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lighthouse&#8217;s Insights Shows off Art by the Blind</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2010/02/insights-nytimes/</link>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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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>2010 InSights Art Competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Printing House for the Blind has announced their Nineteenth Annual Juried Art Competition and Exhibition for Artists Who Are Visually Impaired or Blind. The exhibition, APH InSights 2010: Visions From the Mind, requires entries be submitted by April 1, 2010, for preschool through high school and April 15, 2010, for adults. Make Your Dreams Come True! Enter APH InSights 2010! The American Printing House for the Blind (APH) invites visually impaired and blind artists of all ages to submit artwork to APH InSights 2010! This art competition and exhibition is exclusively for blind artists and draws entries from across the U.S. and around the world. See APH Museum: Enter the InSights Art Competition for rules and forms. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Enter the APH InSights Art CompetitionInsights 2009 Call For ArtistsFYI: Shared Visions Art Exhibit 2009-2010 Call for EntriesLighthouse&#8217;s Insights Shows off Art by the BlindA Talk about Dark Light: Discussing Blind Phtography]]></description>
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		<title>A Talk about Dark Light: Discussing Blind Phtography</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2010/02/dark-light-talk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not too long ago, I posted about A Conversation About the Film Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers. Well, that conversation has taken place. The Annenberg Space for Photography&#8217;s blog reports about how &#8220;Bruce Hall and Corinne Marinnan open our eyes to Blind Photography!&#8220;. The subject of the evening was a short film directed by our own Neil Leifer, co-produced by Neil and Corinne, and featuring Bruce Hall along with two other blind photographers (Pete Eckert and Henry Butler) called "Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers." The blog has a great series of photos from the event. There are tons of good links as well. Bruce Hall is one of the photographers feature in Dark Light. Connie, who is also visually impaired, is a writer and producer for television. You can learn more about the documentary on its Facebook page: Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers. &#8220;The Annenberg Space for Photography is an entirely new cultural destination dedicated to exhibiting both digital and print photography in an intimate environment.&#8221; Bruce Hall is a well known blind photographer. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:A Conversation About the Film [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lancaster&#8217;s Blind Photographer Has an Eye for Business</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2010/02/lancasters-blind-photographer-has-an-eye-for-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spotted on Twitter, Pennsylvania&#8217;s Lancaster Chamber of Commerce &#38; 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 degenerative eye condition. The online story is in Adobe Flash, so I can not speak for its accessibility. However, they have a interesting feature that mimics tunnel vision so readers can get a feeling for Wilkerson&#8217;s sight. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Braving the Sight Unseen: Interviewed by Black Star RisingAccessing the Eyechart Apptim in print &#124; All Wired UpF-Stop Beyond with Alex de JongTIME Magazine Photo Essay &#8211; Photos by Blind Photographers]]></description>
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		<title>A Conversation About the Film Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2010/01/a-conversation-about-the-film-dark-light-the-art-of-blind-photographers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 documentary short &#8220;featuring Henry Butler, Pete Eckert &#38; Bruce Hall and is directed by Neil Leifer. Corinne Marrinan is one of the film&#8217;s producers. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dark-Light-The-Art-of-Blind-Photographers/119067247565?v=wall If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:A Talk about Dark Light: Discussing Blind Phtographyblind photographersFlickr: Blind PhotographersBraving the Sight Unseen: Interviewed by Black Star RisingTIME Magazine Photo Essay &#8211; Photos by Blind Photographers]]></description>
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		<title>What the Apple Tablet May Mean to Blind Photographers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I followed today&#8217;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 Touch has not been a big aid photographically, but the iPad really could take that step. The photography blogger. Scott Bourne, has already expounded about the iPad&#8217;s potential as a digital portolio. Via What the Apple Tablet Will Mean to Photographers « Photofocus, &#8220;(t)he portable portfolio will get an amazing jump-start because of the new tablet, and all the competition that follows it.&#8221; As a visually impaired photographer, I see a different possibility. One of my biggest difficulties using a camera is its tiny LCD screen. I can not use it for instant feedback. I can not review images as I make them. Waiting until I can upload the photos to my computer (and its large monitor)  is both tedious and burdensome. At a minimum, the iPad would make a great device for quick, if not quite immediate, feedback. Withe the large, high-resolution screen, the iPad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Dugdale via The Miracle Worker on Broadway</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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: &#8220;John Dugdale has achieved an international reputation as an artist who produces wonderfully intimate photographs. What&#38;apos;s most remarkable about this fact is that he has done so in spite of severe medical conditions which could have ended his career.&#8221; Please check out the video and let us know what you think. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:A Janela Da Alma: Blind Photography DocumentaryWhat the Apple Tablet May Mean to Blind PhotographersBlio, A Better e-Reader?Lighthouse&#8217;s Insights Shows off Art by the BlindF-Stop Beyond with Alex de Jong]]></description>
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		<title>F-Stop Beyond with Alex de Jong</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;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 got into the meat of WHO the photographer IS, rather than HOW he or she shoots.&#8221; F-Stop Beyond describes the interview: &#8220;What would you do as a visual artist if you lost the ability to see? How would that affect your life? There often comes a time in a person;s life when he or she is faced with a decision that can have a profound impact on the rest of their life. When life, in all of its ebbs and flows, throws a curve ball you didn&#8217;t see coming. Today&#8217;s guest had TWO such curve balls. First, he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Then, as a result of that tumor, he lost his eye sight. Alex de Jong is a symbol of how far the human spirit can go when given the right perspective. Alex will share with us how he got into photography, and how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sensory Photography: Exhibit and Slideshow</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2010/01/sensory-photography-a-bbc-news-audio-slideshow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a new photography exhibit opening this week displaying works by blind and visually impaired photographers. The show, Sights Unseen, runs from 19 &#8211; 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 others involved in the exhibit. As the BBC article describes the show: &#8220;How can you use a camera if you can&#38;apos;t see? Over 30 blind and visually impaired adults from the UK, Mexico and China have been trained in sensory photography techniques to create and experience photos.&#8221; The exhibit is sponsored by PhotoVoice, who descrive the show as &#8220;(a)n accessible exhibition of photographs by blind and visually impaired people. &#8221; The sponsoring organization works to turn cameras around. &#8220;At PhotoVoice we encourage the use of documentary photography by enabling those that have traditionally been the subject of such work to become its creator &#8211; to have control over how they are perceived by the rest of the world, while simultaneously learning a new skill which can enhance their lives.&#8221; If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Sight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Through a lens darkly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 the living room for later perusal. An hour later, an email arrived congratulating me. I checked the paper again and found two of my images on the front page. Definitely a nice feeling. Legally blind photographer adigital pioneer Before he takes a single photograph, Tim O&#8217;Brien circles the periphery of the outdoor hockey rink. &#8220;I need to familiarize myself with the environment and my subject,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m using all the available information &#8212; from memories, to sounds, to the reactions of others &#8212; to stitch an image together.&#8221; You would not know O&#8217;Brien is legally blind. He does not use a cane, dark glasses or a guide dog. Independent and determined, he moves as freely as possible. &#8220;Without a cane or other external indicators, my blindness is paradoxically invisible,&#8221; said O&#8217;Brien acknowledging for many it is hard to see he is blind without the accepted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blind Photographers: The New York Times on Kurt Weston and Blind Photography</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/06/blind-photographers-the-new-york-times-on-kurt-weston-and-blind-photgraphy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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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>GPS vs. Talking Lamp-Posts. Why we need a WikiAudioEyesGuide.Org</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spotted on Twtter, Talking lamp-posts will help blind people find their way. IF YOU heard a lamp-post talking, you might think you were going mad. But speaking signs have been springing up to help blind and partially-sighted people. Newcastle is one of the first places in the UK to pilot the RNIB React Talking Sign System, which aims to help visually impaired folk get around. Speaker units can be fixed to lamp-posts on popular routes and are triggered by an electronic fob which users carry. When the speaker is activated, it tells the user where they are and what is around them, helping them decide where to go next. And it talks in a North East accent. This seems like a reasonable idea at first blush. But I think that building special lamp posts (or lamp-post add-on boxes) and installing them everywhere may be an inefficient way to give blind folks an automatic audible description of their location. There are several GPS devices designed to guide the blind right now. They can give turn-by-turn pedestrian directions from point A to point B, just like the one in your car does. Of course, these devices do not offer descriptions of your [...]]]></description>
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