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Caurie Putnam: Wildlife photography is Greece woman’s passion

As you hang your 2014 wall calendar, there’s a chance the work of Greece photographer Carrie Ann Grippo-Pike may be in it.

Marc Murrell: Photographer Bob Gress shares more safari stories

Last week’s “Great Outdoors” page introduced and focused on the worldly travels of a notable Kansas wildlife photographer, Bob Gress. Gress recently retired after more than three decades of dedication as a professional educator in the nature education field.

The best in photography 2013

American-Statesman staff

Austin is on the verge of breaking into the top 10 largest cities in America. Based on a year’s worth of photos, it is easy to see why people want to live here. Our photographers and videographers work very hard to bring you the sights and sound of the city as well as all around Central Texas.

This Colour-Blind Photographer’s Pictures Will Make You Want To Ditch Technology And Move To The Woods

It’s easy to get so caught up in the fast-paced, always-connected whirlwind of daily life that you forget to give yourself time to breathe.

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Alexander Gardner

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Early life

• born in Paisley, Renfrewshire

• apprentice jeweller at the age of fourteen, lasting seven years

• Gardner had a Church of Scotland upbringing and was influenced by the work of Robert Owen, Welsh socialist and father of the cooperative movement.

• By adulthood he desired to create a cooperative in the United States that would incorporate socialist values.

• In 1850, Gardner and others purchased land near Monona, Iowa, for this purpose, but Gardner never lived there, choosing to return to Scotland to raise more money.

• He stayed there until 1856, becoming owner and editor of the Glasgow Sentinel in 1851.

• Visiting The Great Exhibition in 1851 in Hyde Park, London, he saw the photography of American Mathew Brady, and thus began his interest in the subject.

• Gardner and his family immigrated to the United States in 1856

• He initiated contact with Brady and came to work for him that year, continuing until 1862.

• At first, Gardner specialized in making large photographic prints, called Imperial photographs, but as Brady’s eyesight began to fail, Gardner took on increasing responsibilities.

• In 1858, Brady put him in charge of the Brady’s Washington, D.C. gallery.

Career

Civil War Photography

• Abraham Lincoln became the American President in the November 1860 election and along with his election came the threat of war. Gardner, being in Washington, was well-positioned for these events, and his popularity rose as a portrait photographer, capturing the visages of soldiers leaving for war.

• Brady had the idea to photograph the Civil War. Gardner’s relationship with Allan Pinkerton (who was head of an intelligence operation that would become the Secret Service) was the key to communicating Brady’s ideas to Lincoln. Pinkerton recommended Gardner for the position of chief photographer under the jurisdiction of the U.S.

• Gardner became a staff photographer under General George B. McClellan, commander of the Army of the Potomac. At this point, Gardner’s management of Brady’s gallery ended. The honorary rank of captain was bestowed upon Gardner, and he photographed the Battle of Antietam in September 1862, developing photos in his travelling darkroom.

• Lincoln dismissed McClellan from command of the Army of the Potomac in November 1862, and Gardner’s role as chief army photographer diminished. About this time, Gardner ended his working relationship with Brady, probably in part because of Brady’s practice of attributing his employees’ work as “Photographed by Brady

• That winter, Gardner followed General Ambrose Burnside, photographing the Battle of Fredericksburg.

• Next, he followed General Joseph Hooker. In May 1863, Gardner and his brother James opened their own studio in Washington, D.C, hiring many of Brady’s former staff.

• Gardner photographed the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1863) and the Siege of Petersburg (June 1864–April 1865) during this time.

• In 1866, Gardner published a two-volume work, Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War.

• Not all photographs were Gardner’s; he credited the negative producer and the positive print printer. As the employer, Gardner owned the work produced, as with any modern-day studio.

• The sketchbook contained work by Timothy H. O’Sullivan, James F. Gibson, John Reekie, William Pywell, James Gardner (his brother), John Wood, George N. Barnard, David Knox and David Woodbury, among others.

• Among his photographs of Abraham Lincoln were some considered to be the last to be taken of the President, four days before his assassination, although later this claim was found to be incorrect, while the pictures were actually taken in February 1865.[3] He also documented Lincoln’s funeral, and photographed the conspirators involved (with John Wilkes Booth) in Lincoln’s assassination. Gardner was the only photographer allowed at their execution by hanging, photographs of which would later be translated into woodcuts for publication in Harper’s Weekly.

Post-war

• After the war, Gardner was commissioned to photograph Native Americans who came to Washington to discuss treaties; and he surveyed the proposed route of the Kansas Pacific railroad to the Pacific Ocean

• After 1871, Gardner gave up photography and helped to found an insurance company.

• When asked about his work, he said, “It is designed to speak for itself. As mementos of the fearful struggle through which the country has just passed, it is confidently hoped that it will possess an enduring interest.”

• He became sick in the winter of 1882 and died shortly afterward on December 10, 1882, at his home in Washington, D.C.

• In 1893, photographer J. Watson Porter, who had worked for Gardner years before, tracked down hundreds of glass negatives made by Gardner, that had been left in an old house in Washington where Gardner had lived.

• The result was a story in the Washington Post and renewed interest in Gardner’s photographs.

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Almost Half of All Newspaper Photographer Jobs Have Disappeared, Census Finds

If you’ve been paying attention to the professional photography industry, you no doubt understand that times are tough and likely to continue getting tougher for newspaper photographers.

French newspaper cuts all photos to support photographers

“A visual shock. For the first time in its history, Libération is published without photographs. In their place: a series of empty frames that create a form of silence; an uncomfortable one. It’s noticeable, information is missing, as if we had become a mute newspaper. [A newspaper] without sound, without this little internal music that accompanies sight.”

Marrakech: The city that distrusts photographers

In two years the world’s largest

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Users Go Bonkers As Instagram Adds Ads

We all knew it was coming, at some point these free social networks must actually make a profit and sadly the best way for them to do that is through advertising. Instagram has built up a strong following over the last several years with its fun filters and easy sharing. Now all of that hangs in jeopardy as users flip out over the introduction of “sponsored posts,” aka advertising.

How it was Done – Zooming the Exposure

This is a technique I learned years ago in photography school and have been having fun with lately. Hope you have as much fun playing with it as I do!

Photographer takes on agency giants at copyright trial

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First Look: Hands on Review of the Sony Alpha 7 and Sony Alpha 7R

Sony E-Mount Full Frame Lens Range Announced

Sony has launched a range of premium full frame lenses for the new Sony a7 and a7R full frame mirrorless cameras.

Interesting Photo of the Day: Red Foxes Sparring in Alaska

Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, red foxes are idealized for their sly intelligence and thievery, and due to their amazing speed and lovely crimson fur, they are coveted for sport and fashion alike. We know all about their mischief-making, how they have a penchant for stealing chickens, and how they sometimes befriend coon hounds and break our hearts slowly, like Todd in the Disney movie The Fox and the Hound.

Hahnemühle Photo Adds Three New Media Grades

Hahnemühle has added three new media grades to the Hahnemühle Photo line. In addition to its Photo Glossy 290 gsm and Photo Lustre 290 gsm, the company is debuting the Photo Matt Fibre 200 gsm and Photo Matt Fibre Duo 210 gsm papers and the Photo Canvas 320 gsm poly-cotton canvas. Each of these products will be in display at PhotoPlus Expo (PPE) October 24-26, at Javits Center in NYC.

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I have a section on my podcast called “Ask Me A Question” and someone did an anonymous person asked me who I was. So i thought I would make a video showing people who I was while at the same time talking about who I was too and I also thought that I would not just add it to YouTube so I am putting it on to iTunes too for the podcast so here it is

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7 Tips for Helping Women Love having their Photo Taken by You When I look at a picture of myself, I can point out a million things I hate: my hair is always flat, I hate the ptosis in my left eye, I hate the shape of my brow bone, I have a bad complexion. Create a Science Fiction Environment With Photoshop Photoshop is a fantastic application because it allows you to create just about anything your imagination can dream up. In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a science fiction environment using digital painting and illustration techniques. While working on this piece, you will learn how to set up your color scheme, set your perspective, and even how to create a monster robot. Let’s get started. What is hipster photography? I thought it would be helpful to delineate a type of photography I hesitatingly call ‘hipster photography’. Here I am not necessarily referring to photographs which depict hipsters such as the work of The Sartorialist Scott Schumann. Schumann’s photographs might be better described as fashion photography which, more than often, happens to depict hipsters. Nor am I interested in defining what a hipster is and how he or she looks like. Dorothea Lange’s Documentary Photos I wanted to give you a little perspective on today’s quote. Be sure to read Scott’s article on her. Here’s an excerpt from a documentary about her work. Thanks to the Getty museum for posting :http://bit.ly/gettygoogleplus THE CAMGIRL PROJECT: HOW THE FEMALE NUDE WENT FROM BEAUTY IDEAL TO TABOO {NSFW} Once we travelled to see the Great Master’s works in cathedrals, museums, or the homes of the wealthy and royal. Now, we can just click on any search engine and pull up hundreds of digital copies without a pause. The prevalence of the female form has became commonplace and no longer revered. To be honest, in many cases, it has become debased and little more than a commodity to be consumed. Buying some lenses is throwing away good money Do you really need to buy the lens your heart most desires? Or is the lust for the equipment seducing you?

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How to Photograph Dramatic Clouds at Sunset

The difference between a nice sunset and a dramatic sunset is all about the clouds.

How To Prepare For Successful Landscape Shoots [Before You Head Out]

One of the simplest ways to capture great photographs is to prepare yourself for success before you head out the door. I’ve used this process of preparing for shoots for the last few years and it’s worked great for me – I’d love to hear what else people are doing to prepare for their own shoots in the comments below.

Expectations: A Two-Way Street (Or Assistant’s Expectations From Photographers)

I wrote a column last week about the ten or twelve qualities that I think are necessary for someone to be a really good photo assistant. It pretty much all boiled down to this– you need to look, act, and work like a professional. Simple stuff. Most of the feedback from the post has been positive, but a few people have pointed out that I came off a bit demanding and one-sided. One person commented on Facebook that “there are some good points there, but after reading it would you really want to work for that guy?” Don’t even get me started on the email (Apparently, I’m a pompous ass).

Internet Marketing For Photographers – Your Virtual Personality

It’s pretty obvious that internet marketing is critically important to a photography business.

Nikon’s D610 and Canon’s T5i are Proof That Brand Loyalty is One-Sided

When Nikon released the D610, I’m sure that many of you (myself included) initially reacted with joy. “Hooray!” we said. “They’ve fixed the problem of the D600! Nikon made things right!” But then I let things sit for a few hours and I realized, Nikon did no such thing. They didn’t fix anything, no more than Canon “fixed” the T4i when they released the T5i. Hooray? No. Not hooray.

Case Study: How & Why Our Best Clients Choose Us

Before my trip to Russia in August I wrote about what we should keep in mind when choosing our clients. While in Moscow, I photographed my own best clients and I thought it would be very interesting to find out how we, photographers, get chosen too.

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