This story at the BBC, on Ethiopia’s “passion for bureaucracy,” really hits the mark, and can perhaps give a little glimmer into what it is like to work or try to get anything done here.
Keep in mind that, though the writer doesn’t mention it, Ethiopians in general seem to have very little compunction about forgery, [...]

Here’s a fun one: the Top Ten Annoying things to Say to a Wildlife Photographer. I’ve heard a few of these–enjoy.

As I mentioned before, I listen to a lot of podcasts, especially when I am traveling (as I am now). Of all of these podcasts, the one I perhaps look forward to the most is Brooks Jensen’s LensWork podcast. His magazine is the apex of fine art photography periodicals, and he uses experiences from the [...]

The Candid Frame is one of my favorite photography podcasts (with associated blog). The host, the awesomely-named Ibarionex R. Perello, interviews highly-skilled photographers about the art, craft, and business of photography. Depending upon the interview, he and his guests break down the creative side of photography, talk about how careers have been made, or just swap tales [...]

I have been traveling a lot in recent years, and my iPod and laptop have become my most constant and consistent companions. Accordingly, I turn to them a great deal for entertainment, but rather than playing games or listening always to music, I follow a great number of podcasts, from the purely educational to short-fiction [...]

Coming home to Anna’s Hoeve, originally uploaded by Mattijn.
A recent flickr discovery of mine is the wonderful photo-stream of Mattijn, whose wonderful photo-montages really transcend much of the rest of what I have seen in the art form. He includes himself in his montages (look out for his adorable cat), granting them a personal quality [...]

JoeyL, as he is apparently known, is a wunderkind photographer whom I have been following a bit since he appeared on Strobist (the post is here). He specializes in band photography, and definitely has an edgy, gritty, and urban look. The photo I have linking to him has really stuck in my mind since I saw [...]

Diane Varner’s Daily Walks is a great collection of really high-quality photography. I am consistently impressed by the depth of mood that she manages to put into her photos, like the image above, which appears almost fantastical, while representing a real scene. Highly recommended.

Make your own ‘HOPE’-style poster at Obamicon. None of my photos worked out great–it seems to be a portrait-style thing.

Behind the Lens is George Barr’s excellent blog, in which he speaks a lot about composition and the thinking side of photography. George loves industrial photography in a way that I never will, but the difficulty of the subject and his preference for monochrome really refines compositional thought, and he has a lot that [...]