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RIP Kodachrome

Picture: Red rocks at Kodachrome Basin State Park, Utah Today, the Kodak Company announced that it was retiring Kodachrome, its flagship slide film that it been producing for well over half a century. Take a look at any National Geographic Magazine circa the early 1990's or earlier, and that's all…
Gary Crabbe
June 22, 2009
Announcement: Photo Business Workshop in Utah Photo BusinessPhotosStock PhotographyTravelUtahWorkshops

Announcement: Photo Business Workshop in Utah

Picture: Sunrise behind Thor's Hammer, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. I'm very pleased to announce that I will be co-teaching a workshop on The Business of Outdoor and Nature Photography in conjunction with fellow photographer Charlie Borland and Aspen Photo Workshops. The workshop will be held November 5th through 8th,…
Gary Crabbe
June 11, 2009
Wrapping up the Mediocre fiasco & how to do it right. CaliforniaMountainsNational ParksPhoto BusinessPhotosStock PhotographyTravel

Wrapping up the Mediocre fiasco & how to do it right.

Picture: Sunset light on the face of Half Dome, from Olmsted Point, Yosemite National Park, California. In my last two blog posts, I reported on the mediocre quality of images used by Travel & Leisure Online for their Best Views from US National Parks feature, and the subsequent post when…
Gary Crabbe
June 8, 2009
OMG – I’m one of the mediocre Travel & Leisure photogs CaliforniaMountainsNational ParksPhoto BusinessPhotosRants and RavesStock PhotographyTravel

OMG – I’m one of the mediocre Travel & Leisure photogs

Photos: Storm over Half Dome from Sentinel Rock, Yosemite National Park, California Yesterday, I made a post critical of the mediocre quality of photos used by Travel & Leisure in their online feature, Best US National Park Views. I said a couple were decent at best, a couple were "OK",…
Gary Crabbe
June 4, 2009
Travel & Leisure; When Best barely even equals Mediocre CaliforniaMountainsNational ParksPhoto BusinessPhotosRants and RavesStock PhotographySunsetTravel

Travel & Leisure; When Best barely even equals Mediocre

Picture: Alpenglow on clouds in evening above Half Dome and Tenaya Canyon from Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California. A few weeks ago, I was contacted by an editorial intern at Travel & Leisure (Online) requesting permission to use an image of mine of Yosemite National Park for a feature…
Gary Crabbe
June 3, 2009
How Much is Too Much Image Post Processing? DigitalNewsworthyPhoto BusinessPhoto ContestsPhotos

How Much is Too Much Image Post Processing?

Pictures: Asilomar State Beach, Pacific Grove, Monterey Peninsula, California. The first is a straight RAW file; the second represents my standard image processing, which took less than 30 seconds, and the third is a "hyper-processed", highly-saturated image like might often be seen on Flickr. Processing note; the only other manipulation…
Gary Crabbe
April 22, 2009
A New Beginning NewsworthyPhotos

A New Beginning

Photo: Alpenglow at sunrise on North Peak, Twenty Lakes Basin, Eastern Sierra, California With a post titled "A New Beginning", you might think I would be referring to today's Inauguration of President Obama. I certainly do wish him, Us, and the planet well. However, I get to announce my own…
Gary Crabbe
January 20, 2009
Where in the world PhotosSpace and Science

Where in the world

Once again the Boston Globe's BIG PICTURE has scored an impressive collection of images I felt compelled to pass along. This time, it's a collection of photos taken from NASA's Earth Observatory. These are remarkably crisp, detailed portraits of our planet, and well worth a look. The image above is…
Gary Crabbe
January 15, 2009
Top ten images of 2008 Photos

Top ten images of 2008

Recently, fellow photographer Jim Goldstein posted his 10 Best images for 2008. To top it off, he created a great Blog Project called "Your 10 Best Images of 2008" where he has invited others to do the same. I thought it was a great idea, so here are my top…
Gary Crabbe
January 11, 2009
Her Name was Florence NewsworthyPeoplePhotos

Her Name was Florence

Almost everyone knows the enduring photographic portrait that gave a feeling and a face to the Great American Depression. It's simply titled, "Migrant Mother", and was an image taken by Dorothea Lange while she was working for the US Government, documenting migrant farm workers. That face now has a name;…
Gary Crabbe
January 5, 2009