Posts Tagged ‘ photography links ’

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...
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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: “Brazilian filmmakers Joao Jardim and Walter Carvalho ponder the old adage “the eyes are the windows to the soul” as they explore vision...
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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. “General consensus is...
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Apple’s new iPad has had me doing some thinking about its potential impact fro the visually impaired, particularly for blind photographers. Reading an article today (thanks, Dad) about a new e-book reader software, Blio, soon to be put out by a company run by Ray Kurzweil, prompted me to consider a new issue, accessible...
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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’s blog reports about how “Bruce Hall and Corinne Marinnan open our eyes to Blind Photography!“. The subject of the evening was a short film...
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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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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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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 “Is anyone out there?“. Within a short time, I had my answers.  Since then, membership in...
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NYTimes.com has a great new blog, the Lens Blog, which deals with “Photojournalism – Photography, Video and Visual Journalism Archives”. It has recently done a great series on the famous Tianeman Square reporting. Lens is the photojournalism blog of The New York Times, presenting the finest and most interesting visual and multimedia reporting —...
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Cool news. I have been invited to Maze Day at UNC tomorrow to talk about blind photography. Maze Day is for visually impaired and blind students in grades K-12, their parents and teachers. Your students will enjoy fun and educational computer applications developed especially for them. UNC students will learn how well their accessible...
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The Blind Photographers web site is now official! Visit Blind Photographers at its new home:blindphotographers.org. From there you can visit the two halves of the new BP site. The Blind Photographers Blog Our Photography At The Blind Photographers Blog, you will find musings, news and articles about blind photography. You can also see our...
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A few weeds ago, Qiana Mestrich, from the lack Star Rising photography blog, ran across the Twitter feed for the Blind Photographers site. Curious, she contacted us and asked to do an interview. Excited by the opportunity, I accepted. Even if I am not the most articulate person to represent Blind Photographers, Qiana took...
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The other day, one of the NY Times’ tech blogs reviewed  Photojojo, a service I only recently came across, in Photojojo Just Wants You to Have Fun. As the Times put it: Are you lacking imagination as the winter doldrums set in, using your digital camera for the same ol’ snap and shot? If...
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On a recent snow day, we took our dogs and the camera for an outing in one of the local dog parks. The pups are almost one year old, so this was their first real snow. The romp in the park was a real joy for them and fun for us to see. With...
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Great for Beginners to Flash Photography As versatile as the SB-600 flash is, Nikon’s SB-400 is a much less intimidating start to flash photography for the beginner. Using the 400 opens your eyes to the possibilities of bouncing and diffusing the flash. When used in the manual or priority modes on the D40 (and...
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