See the entire (almost) show in an interactive panorama at:
http://www.uricogan.com/ev-17

Also right-click or hit Option on a Mac to see alternate views of that panorama.

An interactive panorama of the Eclectic Visions show is at: www.uricogan.com/EV1 or via the link on the Photos page.

For the technically minded - It's taken with 4 shots, 90° apart, Nikon f800e with an 10.5mm shaved fisheye lens on a Nodal Ninja pano head. Each shot taken 5 times with shutter speeds 1/30-1/500 Sec. at f8 and merged to HDR in Photomatix Pro. Stitched in PTGui Pro…

I've been following the work of the French photographer Jean Fracois Rauzier for some years now. He creates very detailed photo-collage panoramas that you can navigate with the mouse or by pressing buttons.

Link to his 'City Never Sleeps':

http://www.hyper-photo.com/hyperpano/ballade_ba/index.html

His website:…

A photograph is shaped more by the person behind the camera than by what's in front of it.
To prove this we invited six photographers to a portrait session with a twist. ‘Decoy’ is one of six experiments from The Lab, designed to shift creative thinking behind the lens.

Click to see Video

Stunning photos of birds, with edited backgrounds - from National Geographic

Link: http://tinyurl.com/or2l4yz

Thousands of negatives bought at an auction reveal the work of Vivian Maier, a woman who worked as a caregiver and left a legacy of app. 100,000 negatives from New York and Chicago in the 1950's and 60's.

Link to her site:

http://www.vivianmaier.com/

What happens when the faces are obscured to direct attention to the surroundings?

http://www.ronenberka.com/

See: Hide and Seek

See:

http://tinyurl.com/l298ho5

Excellent article, perhaps more than what you need to know, but still, excellent.

See:

http://tinyurl.com/lkadnbq

Susan Cogan, a club member, will be performing at the Salt Spring Vineyards on Friday, Sept 13 between 2-4pm.   151 Lee Road at the 1700 block Fulford Ganges Rd.

Zoe Grindea, an Israeli Photographer facing school holidays, engaged her children in a project to create one photo a day that will express that day's experience. The children took to it enthusiastically, devising props and contributing ideas.  

The project can be seen it two parts. The text is in Hebrew that may look weird on your screen; just ignore it and scroll down to see the photos.



Part 1: …

On Saturday I went to Bruce Peak (where the antenna farms are located) and shot a 184° panorama of the vista, from Gabriola Island to the north to Sidney Island to the South, with Salt Spring Island in the foreground and the Coast Mountains and Vancouver in the background.

Play with the control buttons, zoom in and out. Use the Full-Screen button

Click HERE to see the panorama

Technical…