This week’s iPhone pics. Ironically, holga style. The plan is: One set of iPhone pics per week, till the end of the year, 52 weeks, a lot of pics, lets see how I hold up!

There is a tug-o-war in my head about the constant evolution of photography. I am sometimes impressed and sometimes depressed by all the emerging new technologies. I haven’t quite pin-pointed my dilemma but I think I am closing in on some clues that would allow me to explain myself to… well… myself.
There is an emotional attachment to knowledge acquired through experience, trial and error, successes and failures. You know, when you produce an image with limited means, and it turns out to be a great piece of work, something …

Yes, I did separate my and self in the title of this post.
In today’s hectic daily life, and while the rest of the world seems to be falling apart, I ask myself some questions. When a photographer turns to writing as an expression medium, there is a change that occurs in the thought process for creativity. Not too long ago, I wanted to pursue my studies in fine arts, but that idea was put on hold rather fast due to totally foreseen life circumstances: Making a living. I …

Photo retouching can take a lot of patience and detail work. A few months ago, I was asked to fix a damaged photograph of my grand parents. I was provided with the original image which had been pinned to a closet door, collected dust and was severely scratched. The image itself had faded on the highlights. Dated somewhere in the mid 1950’s, it was impossible to track down the negative. All I had to work with was a black and white mangled print.

After 6 or 7 hours of work, using …

I finally got around to do something about my twitter page. How? It’s really easy. The twitter help files explanation is straight forward but I like making things simple. really simple. So here’s how to do it quickly and painlessly.
1) Select a photo from your library to use as a background
2) Open a new photoshop file, size it to 1800px by 1000px, this should cover most screen resolutions. Twitter layout is auto-centered-fix-width-div.
3) Drag your photo onto the background layer, move and adjust the size (CMD+T or Ctrl +T on …