In the dream, which seemed to last all night, I was trying to get back to my old apartment in the Bronx. Family members, some dead, some still living, kept popping in and out, and were giving me advice that made no sense. There was even a truck at one point, like that truck laden with stuff from oh damn, what was the name of the Joad family saga as they leave the dust bowl [more]
You probably know this already if you are a Flickrite – but curious if they’ve added features you’ve been waiting for. Here’s a link to one of my shots with the Preview Tour I can’t really comment because I’m not a big Flickr person. I’m just not enough of a “joiner.” And I don’t like that you are stuck with their design for all the displaying. Seems to me that like practically every other photo [more]
Nothing really special here (photo-wise) except for one or two quirky shots that I like. And that thing that looks like a top spinning – was installed by an artist friend of Markus (no strings attached) and it eventually broke down when someone touched it and black oil started coming out of it. The artist tried to explain to me how it worked but that was beyond me. http://www.beckermanphoto.com/americans2010/ And the link to Markus’ trip [more]
The Book “The Elements of Photography” is now a widely used textbook on photography. You might find it interesting to see various images of mine analyzed from an academic point-of-view. This link will take you to a preview of the book, and if you scroll up you’ll be able to read a more formal explanation of the techniques that some of my images exemplify. Here’s the link to the Google preview of the book by [more]
May 072010
Now this post may really cross the line for a lot of you – it concerns Search Engine Optimization which is a whole world onto itself. Here’s what happened. Google has a suite of webmaster tools for analyzing your website. Okay, fine. I’ve been using these for a long time. (Link to Google Analytics). Well I don’t remember how I discovered this, but somewhere there was a blurb about Google now considering how long it [more]
Alexa can offer you a bit of information about your visitors that you might find surprising. For example, if you go to Alexa.com and enter your web address, it will come up with a bunch of stuff. For my site, here’s what surprised me: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/beckermanphoto.com# My site is mostly visited by older men. Or in their terms, is over-represented by same. I seem to attract a group of men that are older than 55. Of [more]
Apr 112010
I didn’t see an answer to what I was talking about in my last post about this. I know how to turn anything into an eBook. How to format through Calibre as ePub etc. But how can you turn an eBook into an iPhone / iPad App? In other words. You go to the App Store. Search for Canon 40D. You find a cheat sheet App for the camera. Probably free. Download it to your [more]
Yes, I have been trying to categorize the different types of photography that are popular and not so popular. Most common groups: PROOF PHOTOGRAPHS Lots of images of people standing and smiling in front of monuments. Pictures of your family vacation. A kinder term might be mementos. But they are a form of documenting that ‘you were there.’ Or that you took the ride at xyz amusement park. Or even that you and your sweetheart [more]
Bruce Robbins, who runs Photography-Matters.com invited me to answer a few questions about myself and I remember saying, oh no, not another interview request. He calls the feature Prime Minister Q&A (he’s British). Well, at least he didn’t ask me why I shot in black and white (that is the most common question). And he didn’t ask, what inspired me. (That is my least favorite question). In fact that last question annoyed me so much [more]
Since I’m at this for a long time, I thought I’d write a bit about my favorite suppliers. 1. ULINE.COM Stuff I regularly buy: Cardboard, cardboard and more cardboard. Fragile Don’t Drop stickers. Tons of packaging tape and dispensers. White gloves. Mailers and more mailers. What I like about them I can say in a few words: If you place an order before 5 p.m. you are almost 100% sure it will arrive via ground [more]
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