The fourth episode of EXIF and Beyond has been released. This is video podcast and can be viewed or downloaded via iTunes: EXIF and Beyond: Art Wolfe Interview Part II Prolific nature, landscape and travel photographer Art Wolfe provides a tour of his gallery and discusses specific images on display there. Interview photos provided by Karon Psillas For the non-iTune listeners a streaming version of this podcast can b

Its a safe bet that Homer doesn’t look like this today, but during the summer its one of the most beautiful places.

Adobe has updated its web site and now includes the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom product page. In addition to this update on the Adobe page Rob Galbraith has added an article on his site covering some of the differences between Beta 4.1 and Photoshop Lightroom 1.0. As if that weren’t enough an Adobe press release has come out detailing pricing details and release date information. Expect the initial price to be se

The online edition of the Smithsonian Magazine has a great article Antarctica Erupts!, with incredible photos and video, of the actively erupting Mount Erebus on Antarctica. If you haven’t seen it yet check it out. The photos of the ice tower fumaroles and video of the ice blue lava is amazing.

After a long week I’m looking forward to the weekend. Catching up on sleep like this bear might be in the cards.

Webshots representatives, much to their credit, have promptly addressed concerns raised about sketchy search engine optimization (SEO) practices in my earlier post “Webshots.com & Seemingly Dirty Tactics or Overture Bug?“ The reason provided for the unexplained “sponsored ad” behavior… 1. Yahoo! (Overture) sponsored ads will display natural search results when there are a lack of pa

As an extension of my initial post Take Action Immediately To Protect Anza-Borrego Desert State Park From Being De-Designated Wilderness I wanted to relay additional information received from Linda Carson at the Anza-Borrego Foundation. The following link is a great resource to find out about the formal application and public meetings on the proposal. There are numerous in early February. SDG&E Sunrise Powerlink

A photographer I respect a great deal, Guy Tal, recently noticed that Webshots has stripped code from his web site and added it to image search results to create a fake sponsor link. This very deceptive and surely unethical if not illegal practice promotes Webshots search standings, while stealing eyes from Guy’s web site ScenicWild.com. Guy has assured me that he takes no part in promotional programs to advert