Podcasts

I've added a new links section to my side bar titled "Podcasts I follow". It's fairly self-explanatory.

No paid sponsorships (..yet), just podcasts I enjoy listening to while working or on the road:

APM: The Story - WUNC-produced news and story show with a "goal to inspire conversation."

How Did This Get Made? - Comedians pick-apart why some bad movies are awful and others awesome.

The Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show - Interviews on geeky, obsessed, and interesting people and topics.

The Joe Rogan Experience - Discussions and opinions on comedy, conspiracy, science, sports, and the metaphysical.

The Moth Podcast - Live true storytelling by both pros and amateurs in front of a small audience.

The Nerdist - Interviews and discussions on all things geekdom, comedy, and pop culture.

NPR: Car Talk - Mechanics answer automotive questions with a lot of folksy humor in between.

StarTalk Radio - Astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, talks all things science and culture.

Stuff You Should Know - Interesting and informative bites of knowledge from Howstuffworks.com.

TED Talks (video) - "Ideas worth spreading" from top minds in the fields of Technology, Entertainment, and Design.

This American Life - Award winning first-person stories and investigative journalism.

WTF with Marc Maron - Philosophical questions with comedians, musicians, and pop culture guests.

WNYC: Radiolab - Well produced stories about science and culture.

WUNC: The State of Things - Interesting North Carolina news and stories.

Random cool stuff

Cleaning out my Firefox bookmarks tab today. It's gotten WAY too cluttered and disorganized.

I rediscovered a few links I think are interesting and/or useful enough to share:

Feeling Negative - A great blog for analog photogs, full of useful info in easily digestible bites.

Google Analytics - Bless you, Google, and all your free developer goodness.

Tyler Stout - A kickASS illustrator, poster, and screen print artist

Local Motors - A brilliant new approach to car design and manufacture, and maker of the epic Rally Fighter.

The World's Most Extreme Photography Equipment - A cool little article about an elite handful of HUGE cameras and lenses.

Busted: How To Survive Police Encounters And Flex Your Civil Rights - Watch this PSA video put together by Flex Your Rights. If you are ever pulled over for a speeding ticket, or questioned by the police for any reason, you will be glad you did.

 

Recent Interesting Blogs

Assistants - Should You Use Their Photos Under Your Name?
- or from our (RCC photokids seeking internships) point-of-view, maybe it should be titled "Assistants - Can You Take Credit For Your Photos?." A very interesting article, especially for Photojourn students and other 2nd-Years who are interning or seeking jobs as photo assistants.

Something Very Interesting Is Coming, Both To This Blog And To Our Industry
- Another article wetting our collective apatites for the soon-to-be-released Canon 5D Mark II. This post is the first in-depth (p)review of the 5D Mark II's incredible High-Definition video capabilities. Videos and behind-the-scenes will be posted soon.

Both of these links are from Vincent Laforet's blog, an internationally known, and well respected commercial and editorial photographer, and gearhead whom has been published in the likes of PDN, NY Times, NatGeo, SI, Time, Newsweek, among many others.

Photography Blogs

Great blogs for photographers:

Strobist
One of the best and most well respected photography blogs on the internet. Strobist teaches amazing lighting techniques using minimal equipment with professional results.

Photo Attorney
A blog run by Carolyn E. Wright, an attorney whose practice concentrates on the law for photographers, and author of Photographer's Legal Guide.

Photopreneur
A blog for anyone hoping to or looking for new ways of making money from their photography.

DIY Photography
For anyone who's interested in alternatives to buying expensive photography and lighting equipment and prefer to "do it yourself."

Make: Photography
Another great source for photographers who enjoy building, tinkering, and making, from the well know Make: magazine.


I use Google: Reader to keep track of all the blogs I find interesting. It's a simple to use RSS reader (wiki) application that works with your Google/Gmail account, and goes well with Blogger and Firefox. Nothing to download and install, and you can access it from anywhere.

Helpful Links

I try to include, within my page, lists of helpful photography web links. For those who may not have noticed or explored them, here are a few that stand out and that I feel are especially useful:

Freestyle Photographic Supplies - offers a variety of hard to find and diverse film and paper types, including infrared, reversal, and litho film.

Huemaxx Co. - Information on the best local place to buy or repair mechanical cameras of all types

JPG Magazine - Made entirely by photography submitted and voted on by photographers. Join, submit, get published.

The Massive B&W Dev Chart - Easily find developing times for a complete list of black and white films and film developers.

B&H Photo Links - An extremely useful and hard to find page within the well-known B&H Photo website, containing a comprehensive list of photography equipment, publications, and resources.

35mm SLR Resource Page - A useful site for any Nikonian, full of reliable information on various Nikon cameras, lenses, and assorted equipment. Also, includes info on Canon FD, Canon EOS, Olympus, Minolta, Pentax, and Contax cameras and equipment.

Antique Camera Manuals - Have an old or antique camera and not sure how to use it? Chances are you can find its manual here, and download it as a free PDF file.

Polaroid Camera Collection - Useful site for any Polaroid lover, containing information on a host of classic and antique Polaroid cameras and film types.

How Canon lenses are made - An interesting and informative flash video and walk-through on how modern Canon lenses are made. Any fan of the History Channel or "how-its-made" shows should enjoy this.

Mozilla Firefox Cheat Sheet - Anyone new to Mozilla Firefox or anyone who would like to use it more efficiently should find this page useful.

Ebay Typos Search - A great site for any Ebay bidder. Type-in an item you would like to find, and this site will search a wide range of common miss spellings allowing you to buy cheaper by finding items others wouldn't.

Let me know if you find any of these useful.