Photography

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A Bird City

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/12/2015 • Comments

If you’ve not had the chance to see it, here’s a presentation on the Birds of Whitewater. Birds of Whitewater by Scott Weberpal from Whitewater Community TV on Vimeo.

On Photographing the Milky Way

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/16/2014 • Comments

Former SpaceX engineer Ian Norman runs Lonely Speck, a site that teaches aspiring astrophotographers how to take pictures of the night sky. This splendid vignette reveals the art and passion behind his work, with stunning wide-field landscape shots of the Milky Way set against the deserts of Reno, Nevada. “It puts into perspective just how…

Animals, Photography

Photographer Seth Casteel captures swimming pups

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/22/2014 • Comments

Seth Casteel’s new book, Underwater Puppies, is now on shelves and at Amazon. It’s a photo collection showing dogs learning to swim. Via Underwater Puppies: Photographer Seth Casteel captures swimming dogs @ The Telegraph. The video below shows Casteel’s method for filming swimming canines. Enjoy.

Film, Nature, Photography

Film: The Perfect Shot

by JOHN ADAMS • 05/20/2014 • Comments

CREATORS: Clark Little on Staring Down Shorebreak for The Perfect Shot from The Inertia on Vimeo.

Photography

2014 World Press Photo Contest Winners

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/16/2014 • Comments

The 2014 World Press Contest photos are now available online. A link to the winning photographs appears below. Some depict tragedy, others hope, and all of them are notable and evocative. An international jury of photographers and editors has announced the results of the 57th World Press Photo Contest. The shot chosen as Photo of…

Cats, Nature, Photography

Photographing Lions

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/08/2013 • Comments

Crime, Daily Adams, Local Government, Official Misconduct, Photography, Police, Technology

Local Policing and Point-of-View Cameras

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/25/2013 • Comments

There’s a story about my town’s (Whitewater, Wisconsin’s) decision to equip its on-patrol officers with point-of-view cameras. A small video camera will record officer interactions with residents. Reportedly, all interactions will be recorded, and at the end of each shift, officers [will] download all videos into a general file that would get deleted automatically after…