Stuff you’ll like

A weekly compendium of stuff I found I thought you’d like. If you do, let me know, so I know to find more of it for you.

• Brian Auer: How to read histograms
• Michael Frye: Talking about photos. Frye has started a blog where he talks about the story of making the image. Looks to be an interesting set of discussions
• Michael Johnson: Canon 5D Mark II Price Drop…. and Why. — my first reaction; if you’re someone (like me) thinking along the lines of a new 7D body, the price difference between the 7D and the discounted mark II make this an interesting option. And perhaps this price drop might cause adjustments in the used market that bring the price of a good full-frame body even closer to the 7D. Something to keep in mind if you’re body shopping right now.
• A Photo Editor: good news in photography
• Joe McNally: Dang. (I was discussing sports with a friend the other day and trying to explain why I’ve become so uninterested in baseball, and really couldn’t articulate where my loss of interest came from. Oh, yeah. Barry Bonds. Mark McGuire. Baseball’s complaceny about steroids adn the rampant abuse because it led to lots of home runs and fan interest coming out of the work stoppage. And now the fallout as the sins come home to roost. Now I remember… Sympathy for McGuire? None. chances I’ll support him for the hall of fame? None. Interest in baseball right now? Still — basically none.
• PhotoWalkPro: new signature worthy papers from Epson. Have to try these out. I’ve really liked printing on some of the Hahnemuhle papers (especially photo rag bright white, german etching and Pearl 320), but still looking for a killer  glossy paper to fall in love with.
• Jim Goldstein: Best Photos 2009.a nice collection of “best of” resources, including mine. Some very study-worth portfolios here.
• Sean McCormick: Practical Presets (for lightroom)
• Marco Arment: Don’t be a hero. (amen. I did the same thing in my job search. Too many companies take advantage of someone’s enthusiasm and build their businesses around burning out their people by creating chronic schedule death marches, but far too often, the people who burn the candles at both ends don’t get a cookie for doing so, they get laid off. So why do we keep buying into this? This is a part of silicon valley (and tech industry) culture that the geeks have to stop accepting so willingly. There’s a time and a place for long hours and deadline crunches, but they shouldn’t be 24x7x52 environments.

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