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What I’m Reading This Week 04/09/10

Welcome to Episode 5 of What I’m Reading This Week.  The content below are links to the various sites on the web that I found interesting and wanted to share with you from this week.  They deal mostly with photography, Wordpress, or maybe even something totally off key.  I hope you find them interesting as well. Leave me some comments and let me know if this series is useful to you.

Photoblog of the Week

daily dose of imagery

daily dose of imagery is a simple but interesting view of Sam Javanrouh’s day to day visual experience. Sam was born in Tehran, Iran but is now living in Toronto.

Links

Announcing CreativeLive.com Free – Live Education for Photographers & Other Creatives
Three Tips for Those Bored With Their Photography
photofocus

Introducing CreativeLive.com – Worldwide Free Creative Education
Chase Jarvis

Camera Calibration – Camera Raw and Lightroom’s Secret Weapon for Better Looking Images
PhotoWalkPro

3 Tips for Smart Collections
Lightroom Killer Tips

Turning Your Photography Hobby into a Business
Penn Camera Blog

Defining Your Visual Style
Digital Photography School

Treat Nature How You Want Nature to Treat You
Outdoor Photo Gear (article written by Scott Wyden)

Annoying People with your Photography Habit
Beyond Megapixels

The Ultimate Guide to Facebook Photo Tagging Etiquette
AllFacebook

Get Ready for Wordpress 3.0
BloggingPro

Free Stuff and Contests

Giveaway: Smugmug Pro Account at All Day I Dream About Photography
Win a Free Lens Rental from Borrowlenses.com at JMG-Galleries
10 free photo grids for Photoshop at PhotoRadar

The Twitter Friday Follow Five

Penn Camera Stores – @PennCamera
Digital Photography School – @digitalps
Jordyn Witko – @onlyJordyn
Kerrin Kastorf – @kerrinsuzanne
Heather Rider – @hrider

For more recommendations check out my Twitter list of DC Area Photographers (updated weekly).

Upcoming DC Area Photography Events

Washington Photography Meetup Group:  The Washington Photography April Meetup Apr 14
Shutterbug Excursions:  NYC Pick-and-Choose Two-Day Excursion Apr 17-18
Andy Smith/VisualRealia: New Oxford Photowalk June 5th (2 hours north of DC but I hear Andy puts on some great walks so its probably worth the drive)

Have a great week!

Related posts:

1. What I’m Reading This Week 04/16/10
2. What I’m Reading This Week 04/02/10
3. Frecs for 3/12/2010
4. Frecs for 3/19/2010
5. Frecs for 3/26/2010