Another “Looking Back” post. This time, looking back at the Great Depression. What an awful time it must have been. This photo essay also includes the iconic Migrant Mother photo by Dorothea Lange taken in 1936.
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Fly By
Fly By, originally uploaded by norbography.
Is there anything more annoying than turning quickly to grab a terrific photo and getting thwarted by a bloody sign?
Tiny tiny spider in a wet web.
Saw this little bugger in the vege patch today, so grabbed the macro lens and off I went.
Update : Looking back at the Vietnam War (May 2010, Looking Back In Time)
An update to a previous post, the Big Picture also has a Vietnam War retrospective.
***PLEASE NOTE, SOME OF THESE PHOTOS ARE FOR THE FEINT HEARTED.***
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/vietnam_35_years_later.html
A day in the life of John Mayer.
Go behind the scenes of a day in the life of John Mayer. Shot in Sydney and Wollongong, this short film is shot on a Canon EOS 5D MkII. It is very cool, and features a very quick glimpse of a couple of Culburra Beach locals.
“A Life In The Day” from John Mayer on Vimeo.
Adelaide Zoo, I was there.
Professional Photography Tips, No Really. :)
Every now and then you stumble across a terrific site that makes you laugh out loud. Well I didn’t stumble across it, it was sent to me on Twitter, but I am glad it was. Very funny.
Firstly, a quote from the site.
Professional photography tips with Thomas, who has a digital camera and a wide aperature.
Hello, my name is Thomas and I am a professional photographer because I bought a digital camera
Now check out the full article.
Professional Photography Tips.
Thanks @pixel_boy
BBC Natural History. How they get their shots.
Imagine trying to do a time lapse shoot that will give you about 60 seconds of footage, but takes two years to complete. Well that’s exactly what BBC Natural History did.
Thanks to Syn at OCAU for the link.
Apollo 11 Launch in Slo-Mo
This one is for the space freaks out there. Super Slow motion footage that is pretty damn close to the actual launch pad. Actually, it is in the launch pad!
Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch (HD) Camera E-8 from Mark Gray on Vimeo.
Well that is a surprise!
Had a referral to the blog today that I didn’t recognise. Clicked the link and got a nice surprise.
Who knew? This rambling mess of words and photos has made the Top 50 photography blogs. Well I’ll be a monkeys uncle. Thanks to all the RSS subscribers, I think you are my saving grace.
Now, go out and tell all your friends.
And thanks again.