And once more Andrew Davidhazy (professor at Rochester Institute of Technology) provides us with an insight into Splash Photography. He was right when said that splash photography seems so easy, but it's not:
"Making a photograph of something as simple as the splash of a water drop as it impacts a liquid surface may seem easy but there are a number of things which soon become apparent and which make the process much more complicated than it first appears."
I looked deeper into this topic and found another explanation and techniques at website of North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. As well there is a short article "Making a splash with high speed photography technique" at ePhotoZine.com.

Note: The photographs shown here are made by Andrew Davidhazy and could be seen here.

An interesting Do-It-Yourself approach to use old Cannon FD lens on newer Canon EOS bodies. Andrew Davidhazy even attached the Canon Rebel Digital to a 1000mm f/11 Celestron C90 telesope. You may want to look into the article if you have FD lenses and still want to use them.

Want to find new ideas? Or want to put your skills to a test? Check out Worth1000.com. There are plenty of photographs submitted to various contests. You can submit your own and get a critique and/or win a contest.
By the way, there are contests dedicated to Photoshop, Text and Multimedia as well.

Note: The photograph shown in the blog was taken by one of the contestants and could be seen here.

At Imaging-Resource.com I learned about a new software that is presented by SeeFile. It is "Online photo sharing and slient communication tool" as it is said in the press release.
What's it good for? Here how it is described in the press release:
"The Macintosh-based software is aimed at photographers, designers, and smaller graphic arts shops looking for a way to promote their work and interact with customers on the Internet. Traditional solutions to this problem have cost as much as $50,000. The SeeFile 2.0 system is being shown in booth 3280 at PMA at a complete price of only $1,095, including hardware that puts a Web server on an affordable platform. Once plugged in, it provides instant Web access for any images stored on the system."
SeeFile supports upploading and downloading of various types of files:

• RAW Files: CRW, NEF, TIF, CR2, OLY, DNG,
• Image Files: JPEG, GIF, TIFF, Targa, PNG, PDF, PICT, PSD, BMP,
• Multimedia: QuickTime, Animated GIF, AVI, DVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
• And a bunch of other types.

A few days back I got a new assignment from EastBanc (real estate company). The company handles several major projects in Washington, DC. Previously I've done some assignments for them, but never talked much with them about the photographs (I knew that they liked them). First I didn't consider those assignments as something major or quite important for me (anyway I tried to do my best there). And this time I was very flattered when I received warm compliments about my work. I asked to see how my photographs looked in the brochure and was impressed. It sounds funny - being impressed by your own work – but it’s true. The photographs looked very well in the overall design of the brochure. So, I decided that I will share the pieces of information that helped me to make my clients happy.

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