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Walking In Beauty

August 28, 2010

My ideal way of being in the world is best expressed by the Navajo concept of Beauty, or hozho, which encompasses beauty, order, balance, peace, and harmony. This is the most beautiful expression of hozho I’ve found: Navajo Blessing Way Prayer Today I will walk out, today everything evil will leave me, I will be [...]

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Artist As Entrepreneur – Sramana Mitra Interviews Thomas Mangelsen

August 18, 2010

I’ve seen some photographers criticize Thomas Mangelsen as being “too commercial,” but personally as a photographer I enjoy his work while as a business person / entrepreneur I admire his business success. I’ve been to his Images of Nature galleries in Jackson Hole, WY and, closer to home, Galena, IL, and I must say his [...]

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Recommended Reading – Ebooks by Joseph Rossbach, Ian Plant, and William Neill

August 16, 2010

Joseph Rossbach, Ian Plant, and William Neill have all recently released terrific ebooks featuring landscape photography. Each has a different focus, but all are lavishly and beautifully illustrated with the authors’ own photographs, and all are worthwhile additions to your electronic bookshelf. And they’re all a steal, priced at only $5-$10! Rossbach’s “Crafting Compelling Compositions” [...]

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Monthly Desktop Wallpaper – August 2010

August 11, 2010

And now for something completely slightly different! Since we’re already halfway through August, a calendar isn’t likely to be of much use – so for August 2010 I’ll just make this month’s image desktop wallpaper and skip the calendar bit. It’s still in two image sizes, one wider than the other. This month’s photo is [...]

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My Current Twitter #FF Nature #Photographers List

August 5, 2010

If you’re on Twitter & looking for some great nature photographers to follow, I suggest any or all of the following: @AdamBarkerPhoto @alpenglowimages @andymcinroy @artwolfe @bernabephoto @bretedgephoto @christiankiely @CornforthImages @dakkid @dorinbofan @edcooley @enlightphoto @guytalphoto @iainsarjeant @ianplantphoto @JohnOConnorfoto @josephrossbach @Justinreznick @KariPost @kevinmcneal @kristenwestlake @mfryephoto @mkh_photo @Niebrugge @OrganicLight @OutdoorExpPhoto @PaulMarcellini @rwphoto @scolephoto @sherri_meyer @Sixtyone_North @stephenoachs @terragalleria @Timecatcher [...]

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Another Photography Blog You Should Read…

August 1, 2010

… and not just because my blog is the August Featured Photography Blog on it! Photomontana.net is just one of pj finn’s (yes, that’s how he writes it) excellent and worthwhile sites where he posts beautiful photography and holds forth on a variety of topics. Photography, philosophical ruminations, world events, and life as it happens [...]

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As Seen on The Sonic Blog (Photography is Art)

July 30, 2010

My interests in photography are generally limited to landscape and nature subjects, but when I noticed a number of visits to my website coming from Peter Feldhaus’ The Sonic Blog I visited that site and found myself enjoying a number of definitely non-landscape posts and photos. This looks like a good site for broadening my [...]

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Yellowstone Water Abstract 6379 – Landscape Photography from Yellowstone National Park

July 10, 2010

I’ve been going through images from our trip west last year, so I might be posting a few more in the near future. This is one of several water abstracts I shot on that trip. As always, please add your comments below to let me know what you think! – Jack

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Monthly Desktop Wallpaper / Calendar – July 2010

July 3, 2010

Hard to believe, but the year’s half over already! Here’s my July 2010 desktop wallpaper / calendar image, again in two image sizes, one wider than the other. This month’s photo is a water abstract shot in Yellowstone National Park. To set an image as your desktop wallpaper, just right-click (PC) / control-click (Mac) on [...]

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LexJet Sunset Photo Metallic Paper Print Test Observations

June 26, 2010

Here are my observations after several rounds of print tests, expanded a bit to include not only LexJet Sunset Photo Metallic Paper but also satin & glossy papers and both Hahnemuhle Protective Spray and PremierArt Print Shield spray. I hesitate to call them anything but observations, as the differences I noted were in many cases [...]

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