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In the on-going saga of imagery vs. generic photos, "dr. judge" posted his reasoning behind starting his parody of Sam's site.

I have to admit, I agree on some of his points, but I don't know if I would have went through the trouble of creating a whole mock site just to prove a point.

Check it out and decide for yourself.

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Daily Photography in the CBC Radio 3

by photojunkie on Sat 30 Oct 2004 02:15 AM EDT

The CBC really love us photobloggers. The latest issue of the CBC Radio 3 web magazine (Vol. 3, Issue 8, Oct 29 2004) features photos from Kendall's Abandoned Building Galleries. When you've launched the magazine, use the upper-right corner to navigate (or the table of contents on the left).

Congrats Kendall

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i-gizmo : wall

by photojunkie on Sat 30 Oct 2004 01:09 AM EDT

Here's a theme that could easily fall into anyone's holy trinity of photoblogging. This week's i-gizmo challenge is Wall. Think about it, every room has one, every building has one and chances are you can see one right now. Pick up your camera and shoot it.

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Friday, October 29

Kodak Lecture Series

by Delineated on Fri 29 Oct 2004 11:52 AM EDT

Ryerson's School of Image Arts has finally posted the entire schedule for their 2004/2005 Kodak Lecture Series, which can be found here:

http://www.imagearts.ryerson.ca/imagesandideas/pages/current.html

The majority of these lecture presenters are photographers, although some are filmmakers, etc. I attended 3 of the lectures last year and really enjoyed them. They last about 1-2hrs, and you have to get there almost an hour early or you won't get a seat. Last year when I saw Andres Serrano's lecture, the place was already jam-packed by the time I got there (an hour early) and I literally got the very last chair in the place...others ended up on the floor!

If you would like to see the web broadcasts from any of last year's lectures, you can find them all here:

http://www.ryecast.ryerson.ca/dmpstreams/2003kodak/index.htm

Cheers,
Carrie

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Photo Friday : Still Life

by photojunkie on Fri 29 Oct 2004 08:52 AM EDT

Here's a theme you can do and not even leave the house, especially with all the wet weather we have been getting lately. This week's Photo Friday is Still Life. The best thing about a Still Life is that it won't move on you. Just remember, to get the sharpest image, consider shooting with a tripod.

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Thursday, October 28

Theme Thursday : Ads

by photojunkie on Thu 28 Oct 2004 08:38 AM EDT

This week's Theme Thursday is Ads. Considering that we live in Canada's biggest metropolis, it shouldn't be a problem capturing something interesting. In fact, has anyone seen those bus shelters with the ad, "Have you had your Morning Pot?". It's an advertisement for tea. Definitely photo worthy.

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Wednesday, October 27

Blogger Bowl-a-ween

by photojunkie on Wed 27 Oct 2004 10:35 PM EDT

Every fall, we traditionally throw a blogger bowling night. This is the fourth annual and we thought we would throw a little twist into mix. I cordially invite you to Bowl-A-Ween.

Blogger Bowl-a-ween
Danforth Bowl (yes it's 5 pin bowling)
1554 Danforth Avenue
(Just West of Coxwell on the North side of the street)
Saturday, October 30th 2004. 6pm to 9pm
There will be snacks and treats for all.

Costumes suggested, prize for the best costume.

Please RSVP in the comments.

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HORIZON S3pro Panoramic Camera

by photojunkie on Wed 27 Oct 2004 10:40 AM EDT

I think Gayla is the only photoblogger in the city that currently has a Horizon. I saw someone else at the Pinback concert last week with one, but those are the only two I have ever seen. If you have been thinking about getting one of these beauties, it may be a wise idea to get the newest model, the S3pro. The current price of the 202 model is approximately $275 US. The S3pro retails between $325 and $340. It also seems like there are some floating around on ebay.

Zenit Press Release 26/10/04

JSC "Krasnogorsky zavod" has started a serial production of the new "HORIZON S3pro" panoramic camera. This camera will be on the market at the beginning of March, 2004.

"HORIZON S3pro" panoramic camera opens new horizons before you. There are landscapes, indoor scenes, sport events, architecture, reports of an absolutely another size. Using the 35mm standard film you are taking pictures of everything in your view without losses. It's the amazing opportunity for an experiment.

Availability of slow shutter speeds allows to take pictures at reduced illumination and at night.

The proper position of the camera during photographing is controlled by means of the level seen in the viewfinder. Would you like to improvise? Replace the level bubble up or down from the central position and you will get an unusual effect.

The camera body is light, strongly constructed and exceptionally human engineered. It's designed in such a way that makes the camera handy under all conditions of photography.

There are the principal distinctions from the previous "Horizon-202" model:

UPRATED RESOLUTION;
TWO ADDITIONAL SHUTTER SPEEDS - 1/30SEC AND 1SEC;
SHUTTER NOISELESS WORKING;
MODERN DESIGN.

info via PhotographyBLOG

NOTE: This press release was dated yesterday, but the camera was released in March of this year. (I was a little confused at first when I started finding active sellers, thinking it was being released in March 2005. It is actually already on the market)

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Total Lunar Eclipse

by photojunkie on Wed 27 Oct 2004 10:02 AM EDT

Time to dusk off your tripods and pull out your telephoto lens. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse tonight. It will begin at 10:23 this evening and end at 11:45. Hopefully the skies will clear up so we can see something. For more info check out this Nasa Press Release.

If anyone tries to shoot it, I expect to see pictures.

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Lens Day : Spooky

by photojunkie on Wed 27 Oct 2004 09:26 AM EDT

In honor of Halloween the Lens Day challenge for this week is “spooky.”

Submit your best photo for this challenge. A group of judges will review all the entries on Tuesday Nov.2. We’ll select a winner from the entries.. The winner will get to choose any tshirt or sticker from northshoreshirts.com website.

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Tuesday, October 26

Photo iPod - finally!

by Virtualzen on Tue 26 Oct 2004 02:42 PM EDT

Apple today finally released its long-anticipated Photo iPod, capably of showing up to 5 hours of slideshows along with holding its requisite thousands upon thousands of songs. I personally have been waiting for just this little beastie to finally arrive!

Oh, and for those U2 fans, you can get a special edition model as well, black with a nifty little red scrollwheel. Nice, but not as nice as the Photo iPod.

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PhotoTime Tuesday :Finale

by photojunkie on Tue 26 Oct 2004 01:01 PM EDT

Sherle is closing down PhotoTime Tuesday. With other projects on her plate, she needs to focus on other things. I definitely know the feeling.

So this week's PhotoTime Tuesday is Finale.

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Daily Dose of Imagery in the CBC Radio 3

by photojunkie on Tue 26 Oct 2004 12:23 PM EDT

Back in March, CBC Radio 3 showcased several Canadian Photobloggers in a piece called Point, Shoot and Post : Photoblogs Chronicle the Everyday. This week CBC Radio 3 has featured a collection of Sam's long exposure and panning photos which in their words; "capture the rapid pace of urban life" in their current issue. Click on the plus sign at the top right corner of their page to advance.

Congrats Sam

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Your Profile

by photojunkie on Tue 26 Oct 2004 10:31 AM EDT

One of the cool features on blogware is being able to create your own profile once you have signed up for a reader account. Creating a profile allows you to share a picture of yourself and other info such as your website address and your email. Also your profile is global, so you can leave comments on any other blogware site and they can reach the same information.

I was talking to Davin last week about being able to update you profile. And now it is one step easier as there is a hyperlink in the title bar allowing you to update your profile. Click now, it only takes a minute or two to set up.

Here is a TIP. when you add your website address, flag it as Public.

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Monday, October 25

Digital SLR round up and poll

by photojunkie on Mon 25 Oct 2004 02:30 PM EDT

There has been some discussion recently as to which Digital SLR is better. I thought I would start up a thread here to open up discussion on the topic. I'll add more links to the cameras in question as soon as comments start to appear.

Canon 20D 8.2 mp ($2199.99 for kit)*
Canon 10D 6.3 mp (no longer in production)**
Canon Digital Rebel 6.3 mp ($1299.99 for kit)*
Nikon D70 6.0 mp ($1769.99 for kit)*
Nikon D1x 5.47mp ($4199.99)

*Note prices may vary from store to store and also depend on which lens you purchase with your camera.
**The Canon 10D can be found on the used market for approx. $1000 to $1200.

I know a number of people here have Digital SLR's in the community.

a) What Digital SLR do you own?
b) Are you Satisfied with your purchase?
c) What was your main reason for choosing your camera over another brand?
d) What do you like best about your DSLR?
e) What do you hate about your DSLR?
f) Would you recommend your DSLR?

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Wintery trees.

by photojunkie on Mon 25 Oct 2004 01:53 PM EDT

Miles over at Mute has posted this wonderfully stark, yet stunning image of bare trees against a glorious blue sky. Yes my friends, winter is ahead of us and will be here soon.

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Above the Clouds

by photojunkie on Mon 25 Oct 2004 01:32 PM EDT

Mark over at Selective Memory has started posting again after a two month hiatus. Sometimes life and priorities take over and that's okay. But I must say, I am please to see that Mark is back and look forward to seeing his almost daily offerings once again.

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The weirdest form of flattery

by photojunkie on Mon 25 Oct 2004 10:43 AM EDT

This was in the Toronto Star on Saturday, thanks to Carrie for bring this to my attention

The weirdest form of flattery

Consider yourself flattered, Sam. The Daily Dose of Imagery (wvs.topleftpixel.com) has become must viewing for a growing number of Torontonians. The photoblog's purveyor, Sam Javanrouh, uploads a new digital image each day, artfully capturing a slice of Toronto (and sometimes Paris, Iran or Whitby) life.

But this week, an anonymous site appeared, calling itself The Daily Dose of Generic Photos (toprightpixel.uer.ca). It perfectly mocks the original, with a heavily PhotoShopped daily image that looks like Javanrouh's photography on mushrooms. The weird thing is, these two sites work better as Web companions that the original does on its own, making the imitator equally indispensible viewing.

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Car Wins By A Nose

by photojunkie on Mon 25 Oct 2004 09:57 AM EDT

Carrie from Delineated bought a new Black Digital Rebel last Friday a purchase she has been putting off for weeks now. On Saturday evening, we found ourselves on Queen Street West where she thought she would try her hand at panning. The shot below of a skate boarder was the result of standing along Queen Street for about an hour.

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Macro Mania Monday : Currency

by photojunkie on Mon 25 Oct 2004 09:52 AM EDT

This week's Macro Mania Monday is Currency. Perfect timing considering we Canadian have a new twenty dollar bill. Also have any of you seen the new quarters with the red poppies on them?

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Saturday, October 23

i-gizmo : Identity

by photojunkie on Sat 23 Oct 2004 09:49 AM EDT

This week's i-gizmo challenge is Identity. I think a photo of any or all of my cameras would be a good indication of my identity.

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Friday, October 22

Trigger Happy Shutter Fingers

by photojunkie on Fri 22 Oct 2004 04:47 PM EDT

Although we tend to shoot with some of the latest and greatest digital cameras, Toronto photobloggers are no strangers to the toy camera phenomenon.

Currently there is a show running (September 30th to October 31st) at Shift Gallery (688 Richmond Street West) featuring the work of four Toronto photographers shooting with different Lomo cameras; The Holga, The Action Sampler, Pop 9 and the Super Sampler.

The Lomographic Society of Canada is proud to present an exhibition of new works by four Toronto photographers. Each artist will be working with a different LOMO camera and concentrating on a unique theme to accentuate that cameras strengths. Originating in St. Petersburg, Russia, the Leningradskoje Optiko Mechanitscheskoje Objedin鮩e (LOMO) company has been manufacturing single-lense cameras for over twenty years, with a lean towards multi-lense cameras since 1998.

On Friday October 22nd, they are throwing a closing party to celebrate International Toy Camera Day.

Trigger Happy Shutter Fingers
International Toy Camera Day Party
Shift Gallery 688 Richmond Street West
8PM to 1AM

Tunes by
A Man called Warwick
Colour Outside the Lines
DL-S

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Site Subsciptions

by photojunkie on Fri 22 Oct 2004 11:10 AM EDT

Did you know that you can subscribe to the Toronto Area Photoblogs site. If you have a reader account, it's quick and easy. In the header bar there is a hyperlink for subscriptions (or click here). You will then be given the option to choose which parts of the site you want to subscribe to.

You can easily choose the whole site, if you want to be notified of any new postings, or you can be more specific and choose specific categories (ie, just be notified about TAP events).

The nice thing about the blogware system is that you can decide between email notifications or subscribe to one of the many RSS feeds.

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PJ Blogs on the rise.

by photojunkie on Fri 22 Oct 2004 10:37 AM EDT

Back in September, I wrote a quick review of Mark Hancock's site PhotoJournalism on the photoblogs.org blog. It seems he has inspired a few other PJ's to come out of the woodwork.

PJ - The Rookie Season
A little insight into my first steps in the world of Photojournalism.

Wanna be a PJ
Pictures by a college student who someday may be a REAL Photojournalist...

Michael Rubenstein
This is the beginning of my career in Photo Journalism. Take a look, critique my work, help me get better.

On my search for other photojournalist sites, I found America Is.... It's the blog of a freelance photojournalist traveling across the US on a mission to hit all 48 contiguous states and record personal stories along the way.

And of course I couldn't write a post on photojournalism without including a link to our very own Zoran Milich who runs the site, I'll Call you Zee. He has travelled all around the world, on assignment for different media organizations. If you haven't done so already, check out the Zee at work section of his site as well as his published Children's books.

Other sites of interest.

Phillippe Roy - Photojournaliste
A Freelance Photojournalist, currently in Shanghai

So you want to be a photojournalist?
A gruesome image of a bloody camera.

Kevin Sites Blog
The blog of a journalist in Iraq, includes many photos by Kevin as well.

(On a related interesting note. When I first visited Mark's site, he constantly referred to photojournalists as PJ's. Of course I thought he was talking about photojunkie's. I suppose it's six of one or half a dozen of the other. )

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Photo Friday : Statement

by photojunkie on Fri 22 Oct 2004 09:17 AM EDT

This week's Photo Friday is Statement. Maybe it's still to early in the morning for me, but I'm drawing a blank. Maybe I don't have any profound statements to make.

Voting has begun for last week's theme, Unexpected.

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Thursday, October 21

Eforcity

by photojunkie on Thu 21 Oct 2004 04:52 PM EDT

This is being reposted here for Kendall. This info was originally posted by me on the photoblogs.org blog

Just wanted to share info on my most recent ebay purchase.

A travel charger and battery plus a pair of two batteries for my Canon 10D

So now I have 3 extra batteries for my 10D (which is more than enough backup) and a car charger, all for 25 dollars US plus shipping... which came out to less than 50 bucks Canadian (which is way less than half the price of a replacement/extra battery in retail stores).

Try going to your local Best Buy for a deal like that. It can't be beat and the batteries work perfectly fine. I got my shipment in the post earlier this week.

All this can be found at the following ebay store: Eforcity although I think it is a tad cheaper if you search for one of the auctions.

I highly recommend them and they have all sorts of other supplies and batteries for an assortment of techie toys.

I've had my batteries for a number of weeks now and I have had no problems using them. They are fantastic.

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PhotoVu Wi-Fi Picture Frame

by photojunkie on Thu 21 Oct 2004 02:12 PM EDT

Look it's a photo frame. It's wifi enabled, and you can add a 40 gig hard drive. All this for only $1,600 US fully loaded (Yes, you can go surfing to another page now that I have lost your interest).

Not sure how economical this is for the average person, but with the right sponsorship, this would be the perfect medium for a public photoblogger exhibit.

You could set up half a dozen of these photoframes in the gallery and each photoblogger in the group exhibit could have their own screen with their photos in rotation. The beauty of course is the ability to come into the gallery and upload any fresh new shots, even after the exhibit has opened. Wouldn't that be cool.

Yes I'm dreaming, but I like to dream BIG.

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Theme Thursday : Colorful

by photojunkie on Thu 21 Oct 2004 01:27 PM EDT

This week's theme at Theme Thursday is Colorful.

It will be interesting to see what people in Toronto capture, The days have been so grey in the past week. However, the trees are bursting with autumn colours. I'm hoping it will be a tad warmer this weekend.

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Photos from The Drake.

by photojunkie on Thu 21 Oct 2004 09:43 AM EDT

Pictures from last night's impromptu meet and greet are now online. I have a few more that I will post later.

Considering the last minute nature of the meet, there were still half a dozen of us to welcome Bob to our fair (yet wet) city.

In Attendance:Bob, Gayla, Davin, Rannie, Irina, Kendall and Matt.

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Wednesday, October 20

More Tracks

by photojunkie on Wed 20 Oct 2004 01:41 PM EDT

Gayla has posted this stark, yet stricking image of the railroad tracks by her home. They are not a new subject for her, but there is definitely something haunting about this image that draws me in. Shot with a Horizon 202 (I think Gayla is the only photoblogger in Toronto with one of these, definitely on my wish list), you totally get a new and interesting perspective of this urban wasteland.

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