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PHOTOGRAPH Issue 8 Is Available Now

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“Issue 8 proudly showcases portfolios from Ami Vitale (storyteller and National Geographic photographer), Charles Adams (fine art landscape photographer), Jon McCormack (documentary humanitarian photographer), and Tom McLaughlan (abstract photographer).
This issue includes articles by our columnists John Paul Caponigro, Bruce Percy, Guy Tal, Chris Orwig, Martin Bailey, Piet Van den Eynde, Adam Blasberg, and David duChemin.”
In my column Creative Composition I discuss the uses of and relationships between Simplicity & Complexity.
I’m delighted to see that included is the work of Charles Adams, who has been my assistant for the last five years.
Preview PHOTOGRAPH 8 here.
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22 Quotes On Reputation

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Here’s a collection of my favorite quotes on reputation.
“A good reputation is more valuable than money.” – Publilius Syrus
“Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don’t make compromises. Don’t worry about making a bunch of money or being successful. Be concerned with doing good work … and if you can build a good name, eventually that name will be its own currency.” – William Burroughs
“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.” – Benjamin Franklin
“It takes twenty years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” – Warren Buffett
“A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.” – Joseph Hall
“You can’t buy a good reputation; you must earn it.” – Harvey Mackay
“The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.” – Socrates
“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” – Henry Ford
“A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.” – Jeff Bezos
“Repetition makes reputation.” – Elizabeth Arden
“Concealed talent brings no reputation.” – Desiderius Erasmus
“Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.” – George Washington
“Build your reputation by helping other people build theirs.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo
“Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies” – Arabian Proverb
“Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.” – James Russell Lowell
“Many a man’s reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.” – Elbert Hubbard
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” – Abraham Lincoln
“If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me.” – Dwight L. Moody
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” – John Wooden
“Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.” – Thomas Paine
“Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem, and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex, in parenting, in every important aspect of existence – and how high he or she is likely to rise. The reputation you have with yourself – your self-esteem – is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.” – Nathaniel Branden
“Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.” – Nathaniel Branden
View The Essential Collection Of Creativity Quotes here.
Discover more quotes daily in my Twitter and Facebook streams.

How to Add Realistic Spinning Motion Blur Effects in Photoshop CC – Julianne Kost


Julieanne Kost demonstrates how to use the new, nondestructive Spin Blur in Photoshop to create realistic motion effects including the ability to spin an object at variable angles, as well emulate traditional strobe effects with the ability to define the strength, number of flashes and duration.
View more Photoshop Videos here.
Learn more in my Digital Photography and Digital Printing Workshops.

Friends Of The Earth

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Support Friends Of The Earth.
“Friends of the Earth strives for a more healthy and just world. We understand that the challenges facing our planet call for more than half measures, so we push for the reforms that are needed, not merely the ones that are politically easy. Sometimes, this involves speaking uncomfortable truths to power and demanding more than people think is possible. It’s hard work. But the pressures facing our planet and its people are too important for us to compromise.
We are members of Friends of the Earth International, a global network representing more than two million activists in 74 different countries. In the United States, we advocate in the halls of Congress, in state capitals, and with community groups around the country. With offices in Washington, D.C., and Berkeley, CA, and members in all 50 states, we urge policymakers to defend the environment and work towards a healthy environment for all people.”

Exhibit – New Work 2014 – Aug 2 & 3

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John Paul Caponigro’s Open Studio | New Work 2014 is open to the public for one weekend only – August 2nd and 3rd from 10 am to 5 pm with a talk by the artist at 2 pm. (Afterward, visits by appointment are available.)

This annual event unveils new highlights from the artist’s recent international travels north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle with stops along the way in Iceland, Argentina, Morocco, and Namibia. Amid images of glowing auroras, crashing glaciers, colliding icebergs, thundering waterfalls, smoldering volcanoes, shimmering salt flats, shifting dunes, you’ll find the oldest desert, the largest salt flat, the windiest continent, the fastest moving glaciers, the wildest seas and more, all portrayed through the eyes of this unique artist.

This is a rare opportunity to view the artist’s new work presented in his own private studio / gallery. Come enjoy prints, drawings, paintings, books, and conversations with the artist during this very special event. Many of these items have never been seen before and some are often not made public.

For more information including previews, reviews, statements, audio, video, and press kit email info@johnpaulcaponigro.com.

Click here for directions.

View the slideshow here.

Check Your Inbox For Insights eNews

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My enews Insights broadcasts today at 3:15 pm EST.
Save this issue!
I wish I’d had access to these resources in college.
It contains 75 Documentaries On Photographers, 33 Collections Of Quotes By Photographers, 44 Conversations With Photographers, 15 Quick Q&A’s With Photographers, 7 Video Conversations With Photographers, 3 Recommended Reading Lists and more.
This issue also features information on two upcoming exhibits – New Work 2014 and Two Generations. Members get discounts on the new ebook Two Generations.
This issue is quite possibly the best issue of Insights so far.
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Adobe's Upright Is All Right

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A little perspective correction can make a big difference in your images. While this is particularly evident in architectural images, it’s true of all images. If you think of it as perspective adjustment or controlled distortion, the visual possibilities open to you will grow dramatically.

Perspective adjustment has never been easier with the new feature Upright, introduced in Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC. It’s virtually automated. The results are often magic. How Upright knows what it knows and how and when it decides to work are somewhat predictable, but sometimes mysterious. 

Found in the Lens Corrections panel, Upright also uses lens profile metadata and works in conjunction with the Enable Profile Corrections. If you activate Enable Profile Corrections after using Upright, for best results click Reanalyze. You can also use Upright without lens profile metadata or corrections.
Upright has four settings: Level, Vertical, Full and Auto. Level straightens horizontal lines. Vertical straightens vertical lines. Full straightens both horizontal and vertical lines. Auto attempts to find a pleasing balance between both horizontal and vertical distortions, often aligning neither perfectly, but still delivering impressive improvements. Upright offers buttons, not sliders. In other words, it’s all or nothing—there are no in-between settings. Nonetheless, there are many ways to finesse the results you get with Upright, in Lightroom, Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop …
Read more on Digital Photo Pro.
Learn more in my digital photography and digital printing workshops.