Charlottesville Photo Night

This Month's Presenter

Richard Lord
- June 25th

Richard Lord is a corporate, editorial and stock photographer. Shooting in a photojournalistic style, his work is published extensively in annual reports, corporate identity advertisements, brochures and non-profit appeal posters. Working in this specialty since 1986, he has made photos in urban and rural US, Europe, and over 70 Third World countries.

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Side Blog

FSA/OWI: Now with 100% more color.»

The Library of Congress has a joined the Web 2.0 evolution. Recently they launched their very own Flickr account filled with thousands of color images from the 1930’s and 40’s.

Story behind the photo»

Pulitzer prize winning photographer Adrees Latif recounts the story behind his amazing image.

Great story in the Post»

In today’s Style section of the Washington Post there was a great article about Brian Lanker’s 1972 Pulitzer Prize winning feature photograph.

2008 Pulitzers announced»

Congratulations to the Washington Post for garnering six Pulitzer prizes this year.

RIP Multimediashooter.com»

It seems the valuable resource for working photojournalists has closed down for good. Author Richard Koci Hernandez left this message on his website.

Super Hero shoot out»

If you are a fan of comics and super heroes, you need to see this set.

NYT photojournalist Dith Pran dead at 65»

The New York Times photojournalist known for his story of survival during the Khmer Rouge years in Cambodia succumbed to pancreatic cancer today in New Jersey.

What’s in your bookmarks»

Lately I have really felt stuck in a rut in terms of scouring the web for photo reading material. Rob Galbraith, David Hobby, Sportsshooter, all are on my reading list but there is so much more out there on the inter-webs.

Do you back up?»

There are several different methods for backing up photographs and other digital information. Tape was the thing in the late 80s and is still used today but not by many. Hard drives have come to rule the back up world due to their large capacity, reliability, and low price.

Echoes in the dark»

Sacramento Bee photographer Kevin German has an amazing gallery being highlighted on Sportsshooter. I never knew humans were capable of echolocation, it is a fantastic ability. This is a real life Daredevil.