Welcome to the digital photography resource site of Atlanta photographer Michael A. Schwarz. Michael is a commercial and editorial photographer, leads workshops and does consulting and training designed to simplify the process of digital photography. The topics and resource pages menus will lead you to tips, tutorials, reference materials and workshops.

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In Case You Missed It V9.0

Our favorite links from the photo community this week; September 22nd edition.

Fun BTS video from Gary Green of the Orlando Sentinel.

Cool tutorial on photographing lightning by Jim Reed.

Absolutely love this base jumping video.

Interesting piece on photographing Horsetail Falls at Yosemite.  It’s an old upload, but thanks to John Omvik for the tip.

The viral evolutionof Carli Davidson’s “Shake” gallery.

Scandal rocks the wildlife photography world. (tip from Colby Brown)

Rolling Stone’s first photographer, Baron Wolman.  (Tip from Brad Mangin)

Scott London’s excellent Burning Man photos (tip from Ben Lazar).

Nikon’s announces a new line  of Interchangeable Lens Compact Cameras.

Joao Silva returns to work.

Stunning work for Doctors Without Borders from Photographers Marcus Bleasdale, Ron Haviv, Franco Pagetti, Jessica Dimmock, Stephanie Sinclair, Jon Stanmeyer and Antonin Kratochvil.

Enjoy,

-Michael

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In Case You Missed It V8.0

Our favorite links from the photo community this week; September 15th edition.

The Future Of Art and Commerce, a series of 10 free ASMP sponsored webinars.

Fantastic story on NPR about Father Mychal Judge.

Jay Maisel shares images from 9/11.

Erosion of Photographers’ Rights (tip from Petapixel).

Eric Draper, official photographer for George W. Bush, recalls 9/11.

The Power of a Photograph.

War is Boring, by Adam Ferguson.

“The Moment Before, and After”, from the New York Times.

Excellent work from Alan Chin on the 9/11 decade (tip form Loret Steinberg).

An unlikely tale of a wedding portrait.

Gerry Melendez has a sweet video on photographer Abe Thomy.

Enjoy,

-Michael

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In Case You Missed It V7.0

Our favorite links from the photo community this week; September 8th edition.

Very cool BTS video from Gary Land.

Gail Mooney on the future of photography.

If you’ve ever wondered what protostellar jets looked like, this time-lapse from the Hubble Space telescope is for you.  (tip from Julia Schmalz)

John Omvik’s HDR tips.

Women Between Peace and War, a wonderful exhibit by some terrific photographers.

Michael Keating’s Labor Day Tribute in the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Photographers Rights When Photographing Police

Adobe Announces Carousel

Only One Week Left to Support The Amazing Project “My Piece of Sky”

Cool Article From the Economist on New Photo Technologies.

And finally, some amazing bodies of work as we remember the events of 9/11/01

James Nachtwey revisits his 9/11 photos.

The Falling Man (tip from Matt Mendelsohn)

Joe McNally’s thoughts on his 9/11 project.(tip from Jeff Snyder)

Please don’t miss “Witness to History, the Photographers of 9/11″.

Enjoy,
-Michael

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In Case You Missed It V6.0

Our favorite links from the photo community this week; September 1 edition.

Robert Seale’s amazing homage to Eadward Muybridge

Tempest Milky Way timeplapse by Randy Halverson (tip from Robert Flesch)

Film is Not Dead Yet (tip from Nick Didlick)

Court case affirms public’s right to video police. (tip from aphotoeditor)

“A Thousand More” from the Mediastorm Workshops is touching and beautiful.  Great work from the team involved: Kristina Budelis, Piotr Malecki, Jeff Rhode, Rick Gershon, Leandro Badalotti, Jacky Myint, Eric Maierson and  Brian Storm

The Atlantic has a nice wrap-up of Hurricane Irene images.

Larry Price takes a Stand for Quality.

Michael Williamson’s “Working Along the Fringe”

and finally…. More GoPro coolness, “Grinding the Crack” (tip from Lou Freeman)

Enjoy!

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In Case You Missed It V5.0

Our favorite links from the photo community this week; August 25 edition.

Joe McNally’s incredible Faces of Ground Zero project. Don’t miss it.

Gerry Melendez of The State (Columbia, SC) created this wonderful video called “Undying Love”.

Outrageous! Police confiscate cameras at a public meeting of Ohio Congressman Steve Chabot. Stand up for your rights people.  Photography is not a crime.

Over the last ten years I’ve had the good fortune of getting to know Vancouver photographer Nick Didlick and he has become a good friend.  I was happy to see Nick profiled on Nikon’s Learn and Explore site.

Nick tipped us to this piece de-bunking some myths about air travel and digital cameras.

There are some other really useful pieces at Nikon’s site including “Shooting the Curl with Clark Little” and this wonderful Photography Glossary.

Cool slideshow from the New York Times Magazine revisiting the subjects of previouly published photographs.

In a similar vein, the Boston Globe juxtaposes old and new photographs from the Berlin Wall

Beautifully tragic photo by John Moore, from TIME.

Also from Time’s Lightbox, Stephen Shames’ Bronx Boys Project.

Tomorrow, Tripoli on the New York Times’ Lens Blog

Aristide Economopoulos does a nice job with “The Killing Cycle” for the Newark Star-Ledger.

Craig Ferguson’s “Learn to Say No”

TechCrunch has an interesting story showing how photographer John Heller recovered his stolen Nikon gear.

And finally, The Best Photoshop Tutorial. Ever.

 

Enjoy!

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In Case You Missed It V3.0

 

Our favorite links from the photo community this week: August 11 edition

Three terrific photographers share a little of their work and themselves…

Salon discusses a controversial photo by Tyler Hicks in the New York Times.

Agency Access has an interesting piece on branding.

For the Uber Geek, check out this Primer on Film and Digital Capture.

Philip Bloom continues his series on video rates.

Why I Photograph is the first blog post over at my primary site.

PDN reviews Nik Software’s Snapseed for iPad.

Ashley Gilbertson on the tragedy of war.

Animoto offers up Scott Bourne’s “9 Motivational Essays on Photography”

And finally, Model Mayhem Mishaps is good for a chuckle.

Enjoy!

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Workflow and Processing

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On Assignment

Why I Photograph

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Business

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Gear

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