With busy schedule at work and with a friend of mine visiting for a week, I had no spare minute to shoot anything recently, let alone to blog. However, I should have more free time in the upcoming future, so I will fill that void. Meanwhile, here are few tips and links for you.
-- If you want to be inspired, go ahead and spend a few minutes visiting a web-site of an excellent landscape and sports photographer Don Smith. Here is the link. I found myself lost in time at the time I found his web-site, and his skill and passion is obvious when you look through his work. He also happens to live not very far away from me, and looking through his work made me look differently at my surroundings. Finally, he's one of the official San Jose Sharks photographers, so I often see him at games.
-- If you haven't heard yet, Adobe released a beta version of a brand new Adobe Lightroom 2.0. I'm excited about extra features, such as much improved printing module, or better cropping, dodging and burning and I will go ahead and try it out this week. The official release notes from Adobe are here, and the comprehensive review of new features by Lightroom's expert Matt Kloskowski is here. While the beta is out, you can use it for free.
-- One of my most favorite photography podcasts is the Candid Frame that interviews different famous photographers every two weeks. If you have not subscribed to it yet, I'll recommend it one more time. Here is the link.