http://www.reporterherald.com/loveland-art/ci_20685649/alternative-processes-exhibit-features-photography-new-twists

Thought it was interesting that there is an exhibit of non-traditional processing for photography. I think anything done with Photoshop is non-traditional, but what do I know??

http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2012/05/23/american-landscape-photographer-buys-an-entire-french-villagecheap

by Steve Meltzer

posted Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 3:38 PM EDT

An American landscape photographer bought an entire French village yesterday for what many people pay for a new house.

Ahae Jeong (shown on the right), who goes by his first name, purchased the village of Saint Nicholas Courbefy, France, for just $663,000, which was actually some $400,000 over the auction starting price.

Ahae, a South Korean born photographer based in the United States, shoots very quiet and serene nature photography, images one observer described as “so simple, so beautiful, so perfect.”

Widely collected and published, Ahae will have a one-man exhibition of his images this June at the Tuileries garden of the Musée du Louvre in Paris. Some of the images in that show can be seen here.

The French village, located in the Limousin region of Northwest France between Bordeaux and Lyon, consists of 19 homes, a 13th-century ruined castle, a half completed hotel, a chapel, a swimming pool, an overgrown tennis court and rundown stables. (To see more images of Courbefy, click here.)

It has been a few years really since doing studio work and I’ve finally got tired of hoping I’ll find a studio to share. The drawback is that there isn’t enough room to photograph a large set full standing room since I run out of space to back up. But, I can do intimate portraiture and 3/4 length. I’m preparing for a maternity and mother/daughter shoot, and here’s some test shots of myself (who else??)

http://www.prweb.com/releases/prwebviewbug/photo-contest/prweb9511179.htm

Food Photography Photo Contest – ViewBug and Foodspotting Showcase the Art of Food Photography

Foodspotting, a visual food guide app that allows you to review dishes rather than restaurants, and San Diego-based ViewBug, the number one online photo contest community that provides the opportunity for photographers to share photos for prizes, have partnered for a food photography contest.

Whatever happens on May 15, 2012, the photographers behindADAY.org want you to photograph it and upload it to their site, which aims to become the world’s largest photo project. Soon thereafter, you’ll be able to see how your little slice of life fits in with the images the rest of the world has captured.

http://www.aday.org/

Washington Post article http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/a-snapshot-of-life-on-adayorg/2012/05/14/gIQAMOESPU_blog.html

http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/05/photographs-not-taken/

Photographs Not Taken is a book about photography in which there is not a single photograph. It’s a collection of essays by 62 photographers about the ones that got away: the images — burned to memory and conscience — that, for one reason or another, the photographer could not make.

http://www.photographycompetitions.net/

Lots of photo contests here.

Viral email from Gary… introducing Erik Johansson – 21 year old Swedish photographer

Irwindale, CA – Renaissance Faire with the Photo Deviants of Orange County