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Current Photographer Monthly digest – May (part 1)

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What you might have missed in May at CurrentPhotographer.com. This is the first of today’s digest articles. Follow the links to read the full articles.

Current Photographer provides information and resources to help educate and inspire the photo community to make better photos. Topics include breaking photo industry news, tips, tools, techniques, how-tos and reviews for beginners through professionals.

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Introducing The Digital Photography Café Podcast

We are happy to announce the launch of our new podcast, Digital Photography Café. Trevor Current from CurrentPhotographer.com and Joseph Cristina from Alluremm.com have come together to create an inspiring, educational and entertaining podcast about the art and business of photography.
Finding new clients is a big part of being a freelance photographer. It is even harder when you are starting out and have yet to make a name for yourself. Some of the channels you can use to build your reputation include phone, email, word-of-mouth, and networking. But one channel in particular works harder than all the rest.
he 18th annual Crossroads Fashion Photo Contest is looking for photographs exhibiting your view of modern fashion. The contest is open to all amateur and professional photographers and photos must be submitted by May 29, 2011.
Welcome readers! If you are an Android user and need a fun, easy to use app to do photography with, I have the app for you. It is called picplz and not only is it a photo app that allows you to change your photos on the fly, its a complete community on the web. Let’s talk about it and its features.
During a recent drive through the Adirondacks, I came across this abandoned lodge along route 28N in Minerva, New York. A sad reality exists, especially in the United States that many historical buildings and places are being left to decay, alone in their own abandon. Ideally places like this would be preserved somehow as part of our own American history.
Harry Potter’s annoying isn’t he? One minute he’s a wimpy kid who lives in a closet, then a fancy wand and a few games of Quidditch later and he’s the most powerful boy wizard ever! How did he get that gig?! And every year amazing things just happen; like epic battles with He Who Sounds Like Vol-Au-Vent!
Have you ever bought one of those disposable panoramic cameras? Probably not. Readers of CurrentPhotographer.com are probably to technologically advanced for those. Your probably shoot panoramas in your sleep, stitching them together effortlessly. Not me. I haven’t done much pano stuff, but I recall taking some cool shots using a disposable pano film camera. When it comes to panos I like simple.
So you’ve just walked in the door and put your bag down, now what? How do you get your files ready for HDR? I will describe how I import my brackets into (the best file management program ever) Aperture 3.
Hitting a photographic slump can happen to even the best photographer. You shoot the same subject matter, process with the same techniques, fill client requests, and work day in and day out doing the same thing. This maybe great for the bank account, but sometimes that can destroy your creativity. Hitting the creative wall can be detrimental to your mood. However, there are some solutions to help break free from this black hole.
So now that I’ve left San Antonio, what else did I learn and what have I done (or could I do) with the images I took?
As my days have got busier with marketing the site, social networking, writing photography courses, working on plans for photography holidays my days also seem to have got longer, and sometimes not always so productive. I have started to write to do lists, but between you and me; they’ve never really done it for me, I usually get to the end of the day with my list uncompleted.