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Just a quick rant today. The proliferation of poor stock photos or stock photos used poorly has reached its culmination. Someone figured out that people are drawn to pictures. Those same people figured out if they wanted their text read by casually browsing readers, that a photo could grab some attention...
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Mark these two dates down on your 2012 Calendar! May 19-23. 2012 December 1-5, 2012 Fleeting Glimpse Images is pleased to announce two Badlands Photography Workshops for our 2012 workshop series. Based on our sold-out workshops from 2011 we are expecting good demand for the coming year. The workshop...
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The Internet belongs to the people not corporations…. ...
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In my next-to-last post, I showed you the 12 monthly images deemed worthy in my mind to hold a special place. They were the watershed moments, flashes of insight and fortuitous circumstances that melded into an image of unique meaning to me and perhaps, me alone. You can view them here. I also like to...
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Each year, I like to perform a retrospective on my photography from the last twelve months. Because of my geeky nature, I like to perform a cursory statistical analysis of what I shot and contrast that to what has gone before. The pictures chosen are picked by month and typically represent a favorite...
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Just recently there was a total eclipse of the moon. With any eclipse, it can only be seen well in certain locations. For example, this one wasn't fully visible in the Southern Hemisphere. I was in the Andes for the previous eclipse and didn't get to enjoy it. This time I got the full experience...
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Wind-blown Relic 11×14 – Metallic Print – Signed – $ 59.00 US* I am offering the metallic print Wind-blown Relic in an 11×14 inch form factor as my holiday offering this year. It makes a great gift for the nostalgic, car buff, black and white fine art lover or just about anyone. This...
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I'm always amazed at all the cool places in Arizona. That really hit home when I read a recent piece by Scott Bourne titled 13 Places Every Landscape Photographer Should See Before They Die . He lists his thirteen best and four of them are here in Arizona. I didn't see a single one on his list...
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Consider this unique opportunity to capture these beautiful creatures. One of my favorite winter shooting locations is the Mississippi River in the town of Monticello, MN. Thousands of Trumpeter Swans gather here each winter season to shelter in the power-plant warmed waters. For those of you who...
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If you haven’t heard, I will be shooting live at the C|Net Gotham Store in New York City, November 9-13, 2012. Click on the image below for more information. Come into the NYC, Openhouse Gallery to say ‘hello’ and have your portrait taken by me. Rikk Flohr © 2011
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Apparently, as evidenced by this example, Google’s new Social Media darling, Google+ loves to censor photos based upon certain keywords. I posted a picture on September 1st titled “Full-Frontal Hummingbird: Yesterday’s best capture.” A few days later it was replaced with this black graphic and an international...
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$50.00 Savings Participants in the May 2011 Workshop line up for sunrise Save $50.00 on the December “Winter Wildlife” workshop at Badlands National Park if you signup by August 31, 2011. We still have a couple of seats left for our December workshop. The workshop in May sold out and there is every possibility...
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Greetings readers. I am winding up my stay teaching Lightroom, Printing and Digital Photography at the Adobe Photoshop PopUp Store in San Francisco. During a day off I got to roam the storied streets of San Francisco and do a little photography and have a little cake along the way too. I stopped for...
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Greetings all. If you are in or near the San Francisco bay area between now and August 6th, stop in see the very cool Photoshop Pop-up store. Over the past few days we have had very cool workshops, photo shoots, photo walks, and print events by Canon and Universal. Most of my days are spent [....