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26 August 2019
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Rick McCloskey, Fabian Oefne, Alexandra Hootnick, Shane Taylor, reflections, a dye transfer print sale, skin softening, a 2-TB external drive and census photography.
- In Cruising Down 'The Boulevard'; Of the San Fernando Valley During the 1970s, Miss Rosen presents a set of Rick McCloskey's monochrome images now showing online.
- Wondering what to do with that old SLR deteriorating in a drawer? Vintage Cameras Dissected With a Saw and Suspended in Resin by Fabian Oefner suggests one option.
- On California's Lost Coast: Sea Lions, Surf and Squiggly Roads by Elaine Glusac includes charming images of the coast by Alexandra Hootnick rendered in an unusual palette.
- In Crowd Control: Street Photographer Shane Taylor's Images of London, Killian Fox interviews the Instagram star about using street photography to overcome his acute social anxiety. "I've met so many nice people through doing this," he says.
- Derrick Story touts the intrigue of Using Reflections in Street Photography.
- Ctein has resurfaced at The Online Photographer with news of a Thanksgiving Upcoming Dye Transfer Print Sale of his remaining fine art dye sub prints.
- Scott Kelby uses three sliders for a new Enhanced Skin Softening Technique in Lightroom he learned from Frank Doorhof.
- Kevin Raber explains why every photographer should have a SanDisk Extreme 2-TB External Drive while detailing his backing up his images in the field. He also found a $10 case for the $280 drive.
- In The U.S. Census Modernized, Jonathan Benett talks to Stephen Buckner, assistant director for communications at the U.S. Census Bureau, about the technology the 2020 census will employ. That includes "aerial and satellite imagery to capture any new constructions and validate all existing housing units among the 140 million addresses nationwide."
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