Whew! After some major deletions, I've finally gotten the politics out of here, and now I want to just concentrate on photography. I thought I'd try to push things back in that direction by mentioning some other photography sites that I like. To begin with, there's "The Online Photographer". I've only started paying attention to it recently, but it's been interesting so far. Nice chat about Diane Arbus recently.

I've also become a fan of "The Luminous Landscape". It's run by a guy named Michael Reichmann, who seems to do mainly landscape photography. He uses a variety of formats and his site attracts posts from people using everything from prosumer digital to 4x5 film cameras (and, on occasion, even larger formats). It's nice to see a site that isn't spending all its time debating digital vs. film. He's also big on the idea that it's the photographer, not the equipment, that makes the photograph. To prove it, he recently posted an article on the FunkyCam, a twenty dollar digital camera. Seeing a print of a photo he'd made with it, his wife, unaware that he'd shot it on this cheap-o camera, declared that it was some of his best work. And he does very nice stuff, as you'll see if you visit his site.

Now, speaking of the film vs. digital debate, if you want some fun, try Ken Rockwell's site. He's evidently got money to burn, and is thrilled with that fact. He loves his new toys, and loves to share the love with his readers. He's also endlessly fascinated by the fact that 4x5 film produces better images than his Nikon dSLRs. I still haven't figured out why he finds this so interesting. Wouldn't you expect a 20 square inch sensor to produce better images than one that's barely 1 square inch (if that)? But, he's fun to read and, if you're a Nikon owner (or want to be), he's always trying out their latest equipment and writing about it.