The web is a massive resource for finding information about photography.  How to do this, where to find that, best practices, etc..  but while it is a lucrative source of knowledge it is also a giant dumping ground for crap.  So much of the information out there is wrong, recycled and incomplete, thus tracking down the quality material is more work than your average person wants to deal with.  

Good news for you!  Since it's my job to stay up on the latest trends, skills, blah blah blah…  I have no choice but to plow through this sea of material looking for quality information.   I see no reason why you should have to do this when I've already done it, so I'm creating this page where I will list anything of value I find, as I find it.  Bookmark this page and come back to it whenever you're looking for new tutorial resources to read. 

   It's a New Year – that means a clean slate and a fresh beginning! 

To help you get off to a good start in 2012, here's a comprehensive list of Artists Network competitions. Whether you work in watercolor, acrylic, pastels, oils…we've got a competition for your skill level and your medium. So mark your calendars – enter and your work could be seen by galleries, collectors, enthusiasts and fellow artists alike!

I was just going through my photos from Cambodia tonight and spent some solemn moments viewing my photos from the S21 Prison and the Killing Fields. It's some very heavy material. 

Many of these photos are simply photos OF photos..as such I've never shared them; but it occurred to me that as a collection they really hit hard.. and might encourage people to bother to take a few moments to read about this catastrophe which so many Western countries swept under history's rug.

A new Google Plus (G+) daily photography theme.
#WorldCultureSunday

I really love cultural photography. So I thought I would be well suited to curate one of the photography theme days that are so popular here on G+. Since there seems to be nobody else doing a culture theme, I'm jumping in. I can't wait to see the photos which the G+ community will bring to the table. 

Eleven photographs which represent my best efforts in 2011.

It's been a busy year of photography. In part due to a new camera, in part to lots of travel and also due to an urge to simply improve. I can say with pride, that my photographs are getting better each year.. When I look back on photos which I thought were great five years ago,,, well, the subjects are still cool, but I needed work. In any case, I'm glad to see improvement since as you get older it seems a whole lot harder to improve at anything. (Getting ahold of Silver Efex this year didn't hurt… man I love that thing).

After plowing through the approximate 4,000 photographs which I kept this year (amounting to maybe 1/5 of what I actually shot), I came up with the following eleven images which I feel are my best of the year.
They don't make a great collection really. They are too different and have no rhyme or reason,, but that's to be expected since they come from all manner of locations and subjects.