17 years, 1 women, 1 photograper, 1 quest

National Geographic cover
In 1984 National Geographic photography Steve McCurry took this picture of a young Afghan girl with green eyes, a picture that the world will remember forever. A picture that will make its way to become one of the 100 best National Geographic photos ever.

But these green eyes will haunt Steve McCurry for 17 years.

Photographer of the week: 18 years of PAD and counting

6691 days ago he ” ((“I wish I knew his name”))” started a picture a day project and he never stopped since.

Yes for more than 18 years he’s been taking at least one picture per day not failing to do so one single day and I am struggling to finish my first month…

15 min a day to improve your photography skills

A couple of days ago, April 1st, I have decided to start a PAD ” ((“Picture A Day”))” project.

A PAD means that I will be taking one picture a day for one full year, April 1st 2007 till March 31st 2008.

Photographer of the week: Rick Loomis

© Rick Loomis

For this week I have picked out a photojournalist, a pro one “Rick Loomis”.

Dust-Aid warning for new Canon EOS owners

Since the new sensor cleaning product dust-aid was released it was quickly adopted and praised by various DSLR owners, here is a link to a recent review of this product on Copper Hill.

However since a couple of days ago a word of warning has been circulating the net about using dust-aid to clean the sensor of your Canon EOS 5D, Canon EOS 400D and/or Canon EOS 1DMKIII.