Some news items from around the web. Have a great weekend!

• Chase Jarvis, one of the best supporters of other new and upcoming photographers, posts several great videos - 1 on his project workflow and another on a Seattle shoot/training. You can check them out here and here.
• If you’ve never visited the LifeHacker blog, you’re missing out. It is a great source for tips and tricks for your computer and life. Need to find the best backup software or desktop search? Need to know how to determine the solar potential of your roof? Check out LifeHacker - the variety and quality is amazing. Visit LifeHacker here.
• Generally, I’m a Canon shooter and as I reported previously, I love my G9. But, not to be outdone, Nikon has released its high-end point and shoot, the Coolpix P-6000. Generally, it looks to have similar features to the G9 - with one really notable feature that I wish the G9 had - a built in GPS. I enjoy GeoTagging my photos so that is a feature near and dear to my heart - if it works well. You can read more about the P-6000 here.
• Interested in Architectural Photography? If so, check out the intro tutorial over at Digital Photography School here. Or, you can check out the Photography for Real Estate blog here, which has some great information and shots.

I’m loving my Canon G9 - it’s arguably the best camera I’ve ever owned (I also really like my Canon 40D - different camera, though, for different purposes). I was out on a walk with my family last night and decided to shoot it in time-lapse mode. It takes a 640×480 pixel picture every second, which allows for about 1000 minutes of shooting on a 4 GB memory card - very nice.

I put the G9 on my trusty GorillaPod (more about it, here).

I then turned on time lapse and the camera spit out this fun movie. I didn’t add any music to it or any other effects, but you can definately get an idea for how this fun feature works.

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If you haven’t gone on a photo walk yet, you’re missing out. They are a great opportunity to meet other photographers and have fun taking pictures. Coming up on August 23 is Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk.

I’ll be attending the Denver walk led by Timothy Tonge. If you live in the Denver area and would like to make sure we meet at the walk, drop me an e-mail or a comment. If you aren’t in the Denver area, check out the site and register for one of the other 200+ walks around the world!

Some news from around the web:

• Scott Kelby and NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) is putting together a worldwide photowalk. Nearly 200 cities around the world are participating. Check out more here.
• Jason over at CanonBlogger recently moved to the greatest state in the country, IMO, Colorado! Welcome Jason. Also, if you haven’t checked out his blog yet, you can find it here. He has a great mix of posts, videocasts, contests and more.
• Digital Photography School always has quality, instructive posts. Check out this one on explanation of one of the most valuable, but potentially confusing options on your camera, EV Compensation. Click here for more.
• I really enjoy graphic design and typography and ran across about the best video on type I’ve ever seen. It is brief and extremely funny. Well worth a watch. You can view it here.
  

I’m back from after a few weeks of blogger reflection. I wanted to make sure that the blog was working well for you and for me. I’ve found the blog zen and am ready to jump back in. I’ll be posting daily on news, image of the week, reviews, how-tos and more.

The biggest news since now that I’m back - for those that use Lightroom at least - is the release of version 2! I’ve purchased it and have some initial thoughts on what I like and what could still use some improvement. I’ll post those thoughts later today or tomorrow.

Thanks!

Brian

If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you’ll know that I love reading other resources - blogs, books, newsletters. You name a free resource and I probably consume it. While I read a lot of blogs through my feed reader, I still receive a fair number of newsletters via e-mail.

Of all the newsletters I receive, only 1 photography one currently ranks highly enough for me to save each and every one. Photojojo is one of those e-mails that I really look forward to receiving. They are brief, well written and genuinely interesting and/or useful. Nothing is held back - they’ve sent everything from top father’s day gifts to putting your photos on M&Ms to tips on taking better pictures for eBay.

If you don’t currently subscribe to their twice-a-week newsletter, you should. Go and join today. (Oh, and they also sell some pretty interesting gear on their site - check that out while there).