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Blog: Wondering about Wandering Well-worn Paths.Do you, like me, have certain spots and subjects you frequently revisit photographically?

As much as I love traveling and exploring brand-new locations, there's something amazing about revisiting certain spots again and again to challenge yourself to grow as a photographer.

Blog: The More Things Change....The one constant in photography seems to be debate.

There must be something innate in the photographic process that engenders passionate discourse.

Blog: Waiting for Video to Render.Seems more often than not, I've got something in the video render queue these days.

I'm wondering if it's time for a new computer as I spend more time working on video projects.

Article: Brainstorming.Behind The Scenes

Adorama Photography TV presents: This episode Mark shows us how he brainstorms while working on projects.

Blog: HDM-Why?.More and more cameras are packing HDMI ports, but playback options are limiting.

We’re just a few weeks away from the biennial gadget-palooza that is Photokina, and we’re sure lots of new cameras being announced will list HDMI ports in the feature set, or be dinged by gadget blogg

Blog: The Thirty-seventh Frame.We all have fish tales about the ones that got away. Here's one of mine from just last night.

Every photographer has, at one time or another, missed a shot due to the combination of operator error and system limitations. Back in the days of film canisters, one of the most unwelcome sounds of a

Blog: A new camera category has arrived. What shall we call it?.A modest proposal

I’m going to gingerly step into dangerous (for a writer) territory and talk about naming a camera category. If you just want to call them “cameras,” and have no patience for such linguistic exercises,

Blog: For You, is Photography more like Jazz or Cupcakes?.A TechTock reader poll.

Like photography, baking and music both also require a degree of technical and aesthetic know-how. But which metaphor would you use to describe your photography style?

Blog: Photoshop's Content-Aware Fill versus Watermarks.Is the fear of Content-Aware Fill as a watermark killer realistic?

Unauthorized image usage is rampant on the internet, and there has been some discussion that the new Content-Aware Fill function in Adobe Photoshop CS5 may make it too easy to eradicate watermarking.

Blog: From the Department of Bad Ideas: The Gun Camera.Weekend Wrap

Franziska Dierschke has an idea for a digital camera: Make it look like a toy gun! As if snapshooters haven’t had enough problems with security-conscious police.

Blog: On the Good Old-fashioned Photo Album.Our albums full of 4x6 prints from our adventures appear to be rare beasts these days!

It never occurred to us how rare it had become to get home from our travels and print out a few 4x6 shots for a photo album. But the more people we talk to, the more amazed everyone is that we have ac