The Blind Buzz on Photography

After The Rain « Losing Vision Gaining Insight – the photo might be disappointing at first, but let’s look at the details.

Albany ARC holds summer transition program – WALB.com News – visually impaired students with ambitions. One aims to run her own photographic business. Trust me, somehwhere on this messy page, there is a video (Flash) and a text article.

Arts Victoria Funding – Blinkie Photography – tight arts funding jeopardises Andrew Follows’ exhibition.

Aurora: Local photographer sees through a different lens – Jim Braun Marfan’s Syndrome, which affects his eyes and many other things. Photography, however, gives him several benefits.

Authors@Google: Tony Deifell | Business Strategies 101 – Tony Deifell taught blind children photography, and learned what it means to see.

Blind Photographers on Facebook

Bllind Photography @ Losing Vision Gaining Insight – a feature on blindphotographers.org.

Capturing moments – a photography workshop in the Philippines included blind participants.

Field Test: Apple iPhone 4 Camera « The Phoblographer – some very strong features, but the iPhone 4 would not be everybody’s choice of primary camera.

Flickr: Help: Getty Images – your chance to have your images valued commercially.

Grants for Nonprofit Photography | eHow.com – USA sources of finance.

High Desert Sketches: Even Dust Devils Wear Prada In The Last Frontier – by George Covington, who is a photographer with about 10% normal vision. This is George in the day job, writing on this occasion about fashions.

In Blind Test iPhone 4 Camera Quality Bests All | AppCart – the 5 megapixel camera does well against several other phones and point-and-shoot cameras.

My world in Photography: By legally blind photographer Andrew Follows – My Nikon Life

New Book on Photography for the Web – SitePoint’s “Photography for the Web” looks really like a useful basic guide to the nuts and bolts of photography.

New photo of Eamon and myself – Blinkie Photography – Andrew Follows considers tha dvantages of manual camera settings.

New SeeAbility initiative encourages creativity (From Basingstoke Gazette) – project that encourages blind people to be creative inclues photography and other arts.
SeeAbility Web Site

One Day On Earth – The World’s Story is Yours to Tell – take part in a world-wide documentary project on 10/10/10

Photographers "Banned for Life" for Taking Photos in Public Parking Lot » Photography Bay – another confrontation between photographers and officers of the law, this time in Miami Florida. This is a situation, this article says, that is unfair to both parties. For an alternative view of photography in public places, visit
Here’s looking at you. ‘Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera’ at Tate Modern until 3 Oct – "There’s a moral blind spot at the heart of photography, writes Kerry William Purcell. It is a blind spot that was manifest in the recent outpouring of protestations and demonstrations concerning the possible criminalisation of street photography in London… "

Some IPhone 4 Cameras Have Yellowing Problem – the iPhone 3 doesn’t have this. Maybe a white balance issue?

Top 10 iPhone photo apps | ZDNet – well, there are plenty of lists like this of iPhone apps, but this one was compiled on evidence of what apps photographers used when entering a competition.

Watch: Visually Impaired Photography Students at Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind | jacksonville.com – down-to-earth account of the way students were introduced to photography.

The Blind Buzz on Photography

A Response to “BatFromHell” re:Blind Photographers | Same Same Blog – this author published a blog entry recently called "Blind Photographers. I cant see the point" ,which I linked to and commented on. There is more comment in
Don’t See The Point of Blind Photography? « Losing Vision Gaining Insight

Altered Images Exhibition to Open at Irish Museum of Modern Art – this rescheduled exhibiton opened on June 17th. It takes a multi-sensory approach to accessibility to visual art. As far as I know, the artists are not disabled, but disabled people at least have access to the images.

Apple – Accessibility – iPhone – Vision – the iPhone 4 includes enhanced cameras including video and video-conferencing. You may also like to visit
iPhone 4 Gets 5MP Camera, 720p HD Video, and Lots More » Photography Bay | Digital Camera Reviews, News and Resources

Backpacker Magazine Article – Blind Photography – Erik Weihenmayer – BlindVision Blog – the author joined a climbing expedition on a Mexican volcano and learned photography at the same time.

Blind Photography – Geoff Holman’s appreciative note about Pete Eckert’s photography. He tries some blind techniques himself. Pretty refreshing this week!

Photographer’s work excels despite obstacle –  Daniel Eidsmoe earns a living as a lawyer, but his passion is photography. He has a slightly unusual approach to deal with colourblindness.

The Blind Photographer – Neatorama – another article on Rosita McKenzie’s exhibition in Edinburgh, and more(uncalled-for, in my opinion) bile from commenters.

The Coal Face Documentary – Blinkie Photography – Andrew Follows had an exhibition showing before and after photographs of the Victoria, Aus, bush fires in 2009. This appears in this documentary.