Quote of the Day

A lot of people think that when you have grand scenery, such as you have in Yosemite, that photography must be easy.
Galen Rowell

Quote of the Day

“It can be a trap of the photographer to think that his or her best pictures were the ones that were hardest to get."  – Timothy Allen – On editing photos

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“ Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop." – Ansel Adams

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“ If I saw something in my viewfinder that looked familiar to me, I would do something to shake it up," – Garry Winogrand

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"You've got to push yourself harder. You've got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You've got to take the tools you have and probe deeper," William Albert Allard

Manual Mode for Life

Often when we purchase our first camera we're a bit skeptical of the manual mode. We love the safety of the green box knowing we can snap instant photos and with autofocus it's that much easier. Let's take a moment to remember why we use the manual mode and why that turns taking a photograph into making a photograph. We cannot forget that photography is not just the documentation of life as it happens, or the capturing of a single moment, but it is an art.

By taking consideration into your framing, composition, lighting, focus, shutter speed and aperture you are transformed into an artist. You are no longer documenting or capturing but creating an image that no one else could see. The simple act of choosing a focus object has a very profound effect on not only your photograph, but the experience of creating it.

So let's all get creative. Lets screw with our settings, set custom white balances that transform things enormously. Let's focus on weird things and set our shutter speeds too slow. This is art, let's create something worth while.

Quote of the Day

"which one of my photographs is my favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow" Imogen Cunningham

Weekly Wackness DEADLINE

Hello all!! Just a reminder that this week's Weekly Wackness Experiments entries will be reviewed no later than noon tomorrow. This means you must upload and share those weekly wacknesses to Twitter, Instagram, WordPress, Tumblr or Blogger with the hashtag #weeklywackness for a chance to have yours featured on our blog! OR your can email them directly to Indiephoto101@gmail.com Thank you! Indie-Photo 101 Team ps show the Twitter page and Instagram some love, will ya?

Tech News: iPhone Lovers and Travelers Rejoice!

Charging on the go is no worry anymore with these two new products!

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Tech News: Cult of Mac

We found this awesome article from Cult of Mac that shows a terrific new product that transforms the back seat of your car into a drive-in movie theatre.

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Tech News: iOS 6 Featuring Yelp!

We're all looking forward to iOS 6 in the fall which features a ton of new things including an all new Maps system, better integration with Facebook and now Yelp check-ins.

Read the full article from Bloomberg!

Tech News: Apple Released Podcasts for iOS

We've been waiting a long time for Apple to release an app dedicated to Podcasts, but the wait is over as Apple releases the app appropriately named "Podcasts,"

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Tech News: Google's Simulated Brain Recognizes Cats

Google is officially getting Skynet on us all. They've designed an artificial human brain that consists of 16,000 computer processors all connected to the internet, browsing and learning facts about us humans along the way.

Freaky?? Well, maybe not. Maybe just...cute?

Read More Here!

News: Photo Contest!

Hey all! We found this wonderful photography contest that EVERYONE should enter! It looks like fun!

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Weekly Wackness LAST DAY!!

Today's the last day to enter your Weekly Wackness Experiments! Just read the rules and upload your entries (as many as you want!) to your various social networks and hashtag #weeklywackness

Each week we'll have a different project so be sure to follow us on our Twitter, WordPress and Tumblr so you never miss out on a Weekly Wackness Experiment.

Another way to enter is to follow us by eMail and send your entries to indiephoto101@gmail.com

Thanks and Happy Hunting!!!

News: Finish Line Cameras

Here's a fantastic article that goes in depth on how Finish Line Cameras work and the types of photos one can expect from them. It's very interesting and we highly recommend checking it out!

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News: Fujifilm Announces new X-Series Lenses

When Fujifilm first released their X-Series cameras, which have become a huge hit, they announced new lenses coming soon, and they weren't kidding.

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Quote of the Day

"Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry my camera with me at all times...I just shoot what interests me at that moment," Elliot Erwitt

News: Share your Instagram friends' photos on Facebook?

Just when you thought Facebook and Instagram couldn't get any closer after Instagram users started getting notifications that their Facebook friends were signing up for Instagram, it's about to get a whole lot weirder.

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News: A camera you control with your eye!

Imagine, if you will, that you're holding a lens up to your eye and looking through it. Try this with any normal lens and the image that you see will not only be hard to make out, but probably upside down. 


However, a new concept camera may allow users to look into the lens and not only see the image right side up a clearly, but control focus, zoom, and snapping photos by looking, narrowing/widening the eyes, and blinking. 


Read more here!