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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>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>iPad &amp; the Advent of Accessible Photography Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple&#8217;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 photography books (and magazines). I rarely read books about photography. The font is universally too small, the books too heavy and there are no audio editions. The iPad has the possibility of changing this. Blio is supposedly designed to enrich the e-reading experience with audio, video and web content. On a device like the iPad, with its large, high-resolution color screen, we could see the release of more photography-related media. With text-to-speech, we could even see the advent of accessible photography books and magazines.I can imagine looking at full-screen images while listening to the accompanying text. Not only would this a be a great format for re-releasing books by the masters, but this would also be a great format for every photographer with a story to tell. Scott Bourne has already expounded about the iPad’s potential as a digital portolio. On his Photofocus blog post, What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Talk about Dark Light: Discussing Blind Phtography</title>
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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>What the Apple Tablet May Mean to Blind Photographers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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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>Through a lens darkly</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/10/through-a-lens-darkly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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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>
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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>Lens Blog @ NYTimes.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYTimes.com has a great new blog, the Lens Blog, which deals with &#8220;Photojournalism &#8211; Photography, Video and Visual Journalism Archives&#8221;. 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 — photographs, videos and slide shows. A showcase for Times photographers, it also seeks to highlight the best work of other newspapers, magazines and news and picture agencies; in print, in books, in galleries, in museums and on the Web. And it will draw on The Times&#8217;s own pictorial archive, numbering in the millions of images and going back to the early 20th century. Check it ou. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Tank Man of Tiananmen @ Lens BlogBlind Photographers: The New York Times on Kurt Weston and Blind PhotographyTime for a Fast Prime Lens?Fun Photography with PhotojojoModel-morphosis @ NYTimes.com]]></description>
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		<title>Going to UNC&#8217;s Maze Day 2009!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 applications work with real users. And everyone will have a good time! I am still brainstorming up ideas on what to do. I am excited and a bit nervous, but it should be fun. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Game Faces: NC State at UNCGame Faces OnlineBlind Visitors Photography Project @ Victoria and Albert MuseumFun Photography with PhotojojoShooting UNC v. State Pre-Game]]></description>
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		<title>blind photographers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 ongoing projects. Currently, Project BlindSighted is on the menu. Here members of our community detail and discuss their individual photographic process. We are also in the process of adding profiles of communality members and links to their photography. At Our Photography, you can browse through some highlights from our Flickr group. Images come from all members of the group and reflect all variants of approaches, techniques, visual impairment, experience and subject matter. New images are posted every 24-48 hours, so don&#8217;t forget to visit often. You can follow BP on twitter to hear about new posts! If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Blind Photographers: The New York Times on Kurt Weston and Blind PhotographyBraving the Sight Unseen: Interviewed by Black Star Risingtim in print &#124; All Wired UpAn iPad Camera?TIME Magazine Photo Essay &#8211; Photos by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Braving the Sight Unseen: Interviewed by Black Star Rising</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/04/braving-the-sight-unseen-interviewed-by-black-star-rising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 me responses and published them this morning: Braving the Sight Unseen: Interview with Blind Photographer Timothy O’Brien &#124; Black Star Rising. Braving the Sight Unseen: Interview with Blind Photographer Timothy O’Brien By Qiana Mestrich As photographers, our eyes are our most prized possession. The very nature of photography is visual; even the camera lens itself is an invention that attempts to duplicate the operation of the human eye. So what if the ocular ability you’ve always relied on no longer existed? I recently had an opportunity to interview blind photographer Timothy O’Brien, whom I met on Twitter; you can follow him @BlindPhotogs. I think you will be enlightened, as I was, by his insights into how blind photographers can practice this art — and why they pursue it despite the challenges. You can read the rest of the interview here: Braving the Sight Unseen: Interview with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fun Photography with Photojojo</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/02/fun-photography-with-photojojo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day, one of the NY Times&#8217; 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 so, check out Photojojo, a D.I.Y. site that serves up fun and easy projects that help you learn photography tricks while engaging your imagination. I subscribe to a number of photography blogs and newsletters. Most make for a good read, but offer advice or projects too advanced, too expensive or too time-intensive. Photojojo finds a middle ground between fun and feasibility. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Going to UNC&#8217;s Maze Day 2009!Lens Blog @ NYTimes.comAnother Resource: Digital Camera Reviews and NewsDigital Photography Blog: Digital Camera Reviews, News, Tips and RatingsTime for a Fast Prime Lens?]]></description>
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		<title>Snuffling in the Snow</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/02/snuffling-in-the-snow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 the diffuse light and snowy backdrop, the camera was using very fast shutter speeds at all aperture settings. I thought this would help freeze (no pun intended) the action as the dogs never stop moving. Surprising, I had no such luck. All the photos of the dogs were quite blurry and the camera did not get a good exposure for the black dogs, despite spot metering. Most of these images had to be tossed and the rest heavily edited. This photo&#8217;s light levels were heavily manipulated in LR, but I liked the finished prodcut anyway. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Snowy PondAnother Carrboro GooseVega in the Bucket (and in the Paper)Happy as a Pig in . . .Musings: Vision, Light &#038; Photography]]></description>
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		<title>A Good Starter Flash for a Starter Photographer</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2008/12/a-good-starter-flash-for-a-starter-photographer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great for Beginners to Flash Photography As versatile as the SB-600 flash is, Nikon&#8217;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 D40X), it is also a great introduction to manual flash settings. With this inexpensive flash, you can learn to bounce, diffuse, and balance ambient lighting. Once you are done with this, you can then go on to Strobist-style off-camera flash photography and spend all that money on the 600s and the light stands, etc. SB-400 for the Blind Strobist? According to the Strobist, There are two things your flash needs to have. The SB-400 offeres some litmited attempts at these features. 1) You have a strobe that can be triggered externally via your camera&#8217;s PC connection, as seen in the first photo. (This example is a Nikon SB-28dx, a circa &#8220;D1 era&#8221; pro flash.) This capability can be added to any hot-shoe flash for about $20 via a &#8220;hot-shoe to household&#8221; synch adapter. No worries. Only with the SC-28 cable can you to take the 400 [...]]]></description>
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