Detroit: A Reluctant Renaissance
Posted on June 29, 2007 - Filed Under Detroit, Photography, Misc. | Leave a Comment
“Hey dear…where shall we go on vacation?”
“Honeybun, how about Detroit?”
It is not exactly my typical project, but I am working under a grant on a Ken Burns-style documentary on how homeless people, addicts and others who slipped through the cracks, have taken back their lives. What better place to do this than Detroit, which itself […]
Industrial Light and Magic
Posted on May 3, 2007 - Filed Under Canada, Photography | Leave a Comment
The Docks in Vancouver, BC - (c) Russell Johnson
The Vancouver, BC waterfront is quite spectacular, looking out over the bay at snowcapped mountains. But human activity is photographable as well. Are these crates coming or going? Where to, where from? Are they filled with Canadian salmon headed east or lawn chairs from China?
Review: Nikon D80 Digital SLR
Posted on January 24, 2007 - Filed Under Gadgets & Cameras, Photography | Leave a Comment
I have a deep satisfaction when a mechanical device does what it is supposed to do, when all of the buttons are labeled correctly, in the correct place, reachable by the correct finger or opposing thumb. I found that in the Nikon D80, my first digital single lens reflex camera.
I was a holdout, suffering several […]
O Other Town of Bethlehem: Christmas on the Amazon
Posted on December 24, 2006 - Filed Under Holiday, Brazil, Places, Cruises, Photography, Video | Leave a Comment
A few years ago I flew from the real Bethlehem, in the Middle East, to Brazil’s Bethlehem, a town called Belem at the mouth of the Amazon where after some Christmas shopping at a funky, politically-incorrect market, I began a jungly yuletide cruise. Have a look at a Windows Media video and […]
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Blurb: Fast Pass to the Realm of the Literati
Posted on December 13, 2006 - Filed Under Gadgets & Cameras, Photography | Leave a Comment
Watch out National Geographic, Smedley’s Amazing Auspicious Adventures in Full-Color is nipping at your heels. You, yes you over there with the dorky photographer’s vest and the bazooka lens…you can publish your own coffee table book for just a little bit more than the price of a pound of Starbuck’s finest.
Blurb, a California startup, has […]
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