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Around the Web 1-16-09

With an upcoming redesign of WorthPoint, I’ve been knee-deep in the development of a new Wordpress theme, definitely a new venture for me.  I haven’t had the opportunity to get my hands dirty and develop anything for quite awhile professionally.  While I’m putting the theme together, most of the heavy lifting is being provided by our crack staff in Columbus, OH (thanks Jason).  This effort is keeping me busy but its nice to be part of a development team again and not just managing the schedules.

I’ve ignored my RSS feeds for most of the week but slowly catching up this evening.  Here’s the ones that caught my eye and another great photo from The Upgraders group at Flickr.

By the way, you can find these bookmarks and more on the new Digital Photography Community over at Mixx.  Join me there won’t you?

Least Sandpiper; Photo courtesy of jameslj of The Upgraders group on Flickr.

from Digital Photography School

10 Ways to Top Your Best 2008 Photographs

What everybody Ought to Know About Posing for Portraits

DPS released a new redesign of their site and structure this week. Stop over and check it out.

from Jason D. Moore Photography

Workflow Friday:  Michael Garlington

from Photoinduced.com

Real World Review – Canon G10 – A Weighty Decision in the Point and Shoot World

I normally will not list hardware reviews but being a Canon S5 owner I am interested in it’s successor, the G10.

from Martin Pot – Photography Blog

10 Reasons For Getting Your Kids Into Photography

My daughter took up photography without any encouragement from us but our son is less inclined.  This post shows good examples of why photography for kids can be fun and beneficial.  there is a great shot of Martin’s 10 year old son with a lens that probably larger than his head but he’s holding it like a pro.  This is a follow-up to his previous Getting Your Kids Started In Photography post (first the how, then the why).

from XposurePro

How to Photograph Lightning

Tips for taking and extremely good examples of lightning photos.  I’ll have to revisit this post in the summer months.

from Change.gov, The Office of the President-elect

The official presidential portrait of Barack Obama has been released.  It was taken by the newly announced White House photographer, Pete Souza.  What makes this newsworthy for this blog is that it was the first presidential portrait taken with a digital camera, a Canon 5D MKII.  Take that Nikon!

Mashable Open Web Awards Nominations – Photo Sharing

So you thought your voting responsibilities were over and you could sit back, relax and watch the transition.  It that’s true then maybe you forgot about Mashable’s Open Web Awards.  Nominations are open until November 16th in 22 categories.

Photo Sharing Category

To stay in line with my digital photography focus on the blog now I’d like to provide a way for you to nominate your favorite Photo Sharing site.  I’ve nominated DPChallenge but here are a few other options for you to consider:

Flickr |  SmugMug |  DPChallenge |  Panoramio |  PhotoBucket |  Zooomr |  VOIS

There is an expanded list of sites maintained on the Photo Sharing entry of Wikipedia.  Are there any missing that should be added to the list? Continue reading »

Mixx Put Up the Good Fight

In my previous entry here I posted about the Open Web Awards for Favorite Social News and Bookmarking sites.  I was rooting for Mixx both due to being a great service but also because they are local.  Mixx took the early lead for the first few hours but then the Digg fans came out.  When the polls closed on Sunday Mixx was in 5th place with 2.5% of the total votes.

Better luck next year Mixx!

Vote for DC’s Own Mixx at Open Web Awards