Hack Photo

For the first time, Kodak has profitted more from digital products than film products over the course of a year. Digital sales represented 54% of total revenu for Kodak in 2005.

Link to the Full story.

Inspired by a posting on PhotographyHack.com, I realized that I needed to make some New Years resolutions for my photography; in addition of course to the normal lose weight, be happier, manage my money type that I make every year.
With that said, here are my 12 resolutions to make myself a better photographer in 2006. [...]

Somehow, the idea of throwing my camera up in the air during a long exposure never crossed my mind. Now that it has, I probably still won’t ever do it. But if you’re so inclined, here are the instructions for camera tossing. I’ve got to admit, the pictures are pretty cool.

Got a kick out of this picture. I read somewhere you can tell the level of a photographer by the way he treats his equipment. An amateur will miss a shot because he’s worried about getting his camera scratched. A pro will get the shot and then worry about fixing the camera [...]

On Jan 19, I/O Magic released an 8gb version of its GigiBank portable USB storage device.
Features:

USB 2.0 connection, backwards compatible with USB 1.1
The USB connector can be ‘tucked away’ when not in use
2″ x0.5″ x2.5″
Less than 2 ounces

Full Press Release

Kodak CEO, Antonio M Perez, gave an interview to the New York Times last week in which he hints at the future of cameras as Kodak sees it.

KonicaMinolta announced today that they will be discontinuing their camera and photographic material lines.
A few key points from the press release:

Some of their cameras will be transferred to Sony, who will continue supporting the Minolta lens mount.
Color film and paper are being transitioned out and will officially stop being produced by the end [...]

A sunset silhouette on Lake Austin.

Continuing from an earlier post, here is another image from my trip to photograph the Brenham wildflowers last year.

Flashback to last April. We drove to Brenham and back to take photographs of the wildflowers. Here are a few of my favorites.