Shutterbug Sunday – Thomas Pickard
Sunday can mean only one thing – Shutterbug Sunday. Coming to you this week is Thailand based Australian photographer Thomas Pickard. Thomas is an image maker who enjoys the wide spectrum of opportunities that photography provides. His photographic vision takes him from aid agency work in the Maldives to weddings in Thailand to photographic expeditions [...]
5 For Friday – More Must See Sites
Here we are on Friday and here we are at 5. This week we have 5 sites that I regularly check out. Some great photography here, as well as tips, tutorials and critiques. Read on after the jump
Five For Friday – Photographers To Watch
This weeks 5 looks at five photographers in this region that have recently been showing some great work. A couple of these are new to me so I’m not familiar with all of their older images. The others are people I’ve been following for a while who have recently been taking their photography to another level.
Five For Friday – Sites You Should See
Welcome to the first entry in the new “5″ category. 5 is short for “Five For Friday” and it will be a new weekly feature. Every Friday, I’ll have five of something in this place. It might be links, it might be photos, it might be tips, it might be anything. As always, if there’s [...]
Featured Photographer – Michael Geier
Time for another installment from the featured photographer series. This time we have Austria’s Michael Geier. Michael is currently based in Taiwan and is the man behind the Discover Formosa website. Michael has a background in multimedia and has been involved in photography since he was a school student. Read on to hear his answers [...]
Herbert Keppler 1925-2008
If you’ve ever read Modern Photography or Popular Photography, you’ll know the name Herbert Keppler. Keppler, former publisher of Modern and Popular Photography magazines and one of the most respected and influential figures in the history of the camera industry, died Friday night due to heart failure after a brief illness. He was 82. He [...]
My New Gallery Site
I’ve finally managed to put up a completely new site for my galleries. The address is still the same www.craigfergusonimages.com but the look is very different. I hope you’ll take the time to have a look at give me some feedback. You can’t leave any comments on the gallery site itself, so leave them here [...]
Featured Photographer – Joe Grey (Fotozon)
It’s time for another featured photographer and today we have Joe Grey. Joe is the creator of Fotozon, a website for sharing and showing photos of Taiwan. It features a picture of the day section that includes code so that others can show it on their sites. I’ve had it in the sidebar of this [...]
Featured Photographer – MJ Klein
It’s time for the second installment in the featured photographer section. This week we have MJ (Michael) Klein, an American photographer who is now living in Taiwan. Michael is the brains behind the popular blog New Hampshire Bushman in Taiwan. _______ _______ Taken around 17:00 on a rare afternoon when the air was clear enough [...]
National Geographic
I was honored to have a photo from Khao Luang Caves in Petchaburi, Thailand selected to appear on National Geographic’s website. ______ ______
Featured Photographer – Trey Ratcliff
Well, here it is. The first featured photographer entry. I’m honored to have Trey Ratcliff, Stuck in Customs, as the first selected photographer in this new category. Trey is an award winning photographer, specialist in HDR, favorite of countless viewers on Flickr and Digg and his websites see over 3 million page views per month. [...]
Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2007
26-year-old Brazilian photographer Julio Bittencourt has won the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2007 for a series of portraits of inhabitants of a house occupied by homeless people in downtown São Paulo, Brasil. Honourable mentions went to the Spanish photographer José Cendon for a reportage project in psychiatric hospitals in East Africa and the Norwegian Margaret [...]
AP and BBC
The BBC have an audio slideshow up at the moment, with commentary from three Associated Press (AP) photographers. Horst Faas, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, achieved fame with his pictures of the Vietnam War; Oded Balilty, an Israeli photographer who won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News, and AP’s global director of photography, [...]
Tainan Flickr Meetup – July 22nd.
“我們將在7/22(æ—¥) 下åˆå…©é»žé˜ï¼Œèˆ‰è¡ŒFlickrèšæœƒï¼Œæ¡è¿Žå¤§å®¶åƒåŠ 。 地點在å°å—的國家å°ç£æ–‡å¸é¤¨(The National Museum of Taiwanese Literature)。 地å€æ˜¯å°å—市ä¸è¥¿å€ä¸æ£è·¯1號” On July 22, 2:00 pm…we will have a Flickr Meet at The National Museum of Taiwanese Literature(國家å°ç£æ–‡å¸é¤¨), and the address is No.1, Jhongjheng Rd., West Central District, Tainan City. Everybody is welcome to join. More info can be found at the Tainan Flickr Group. You don’t [...]
Taiwan Photos and Links
I haven’t posted a links list in awhile, even though there’s been some great content in the Taiwan blogosphere. So here we go. Fotozon has created a Taiwan Photo of the Day feature that anyone can contribute to once they’ve registered. I’ve now added the code (with permission) into the right sidebar at the top [...]
2007 Pulitzer and NPPA Prizes
The 2007 Pulitzer Prizes have been announced. In the photography fields, Oded Balilty of the Associated Press won the Breaking News category for his photograph of a lone Jewish woman defying Israeli security forces as they remove illegal settlers in the West Bank. For Feature Photography, Renee C. Byer of the Sacramento Bee took the [...]
Philip Blenkinsop injured by bomb in Yala, Thailand
Bangkok based Australian photographer Philip Blenkinsop was injured by a bomb blast while covering the insurgency in Southern Thailand for Time magazine. He is the first foreign journalist to be injured since the unrest began in January 2004. Also injured were three Thai policemen who were investigating the crime scene. Blenkinsop was photographing the body [...]
James Nachtwey’s Credo
Watching the excellent documentary, “War Photographer“, the other day I couldn’t help but be impressed by the James Nachtwey’s credo, which he mentions towards the end of the film. James Nachtwey is considered by many to be the foremost war photographer working today, and some say, the best ever. Covering war, famine and poverty for [...]
James Nachtwey’s Credo
Watching the excellent documentary, “War Photographer“, the other day I couldn’t help but be impressed by the James Nachtwey’s credo, which he mentions towards the end of the film. James Nachtwey is considered by many to be the foremost war photographer working today, and some say, the best ever. Covering war, famine and poverty for [...]
James Nachtwey’s Credo
Watching the excellent documentary, “War Photographer“, the other day I couldn’t help but be impressed by the James Nachtwey’s credo, which he mentions towards the end of the film. James Nachtwey is considered by many to be the foremost war photographer working today, and some say, the best ever. Covering war, famine and poverty for [...]
Taiwan Photoblogs
Living as I do in Taiwan, I spend some time looking at various photoblogs from other photographers that live in Taiwan. Partly for ideas, partly for inspiration, partly for information and partly because there are a lot of great photographers living here. So I thought that it’s time for a post and a few links [...]
Monte Zucker 1929-2007
Acclaimed portrait and wedding photographer Monte Zucker has recently passed away after a battle with cancer. Known for his innovative approach to photography over a 50 year career, he is widely credited as the pioneer of using classic studio portraiture techniques on location at weddings. He remained involved with photographer until the end, attending Imaging [...]
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