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|| SportsShooter.com: News Item: Posted 2011-02-20

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Interesting reading on the ‘net

By Robert Hanashiro, Sports Shooter Newsletter

Controversy surrounding a high-profile contest? Say it isn’t! Call me old school --- or just old --- but digitally altering an image for news coverage is still a no-no to me. Do the ends justify them means? Read photographer Chip Litherland’s take on his personal blog:
http://chiplitherland.com/blog/2011/02/theres-an-app-for-photojournalism/

Copyright and getting paid for your work is always a strong topic on the SportsShooter.com Message Board. What does Shakespeare have to do with all of that? Read this piece from the NY Times op-ed page (thanks for sending this to me Epp!):
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/opinion/15turow.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1297796532-W6Pfk8bHzWry54dOehOq3g

HBO’s fun series “Taxi Cab Confessions” has always been a favorite of mine. Check out this very cool video by my buddy Myung J. Chun on Johnny Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) being driving to their office for an interview:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/01/driving-mr-rotten-john-lydon-cruises-la-disses-green-day-takes-credit-for-lady-gaga.html

I love looking at newspapers. When the Sports Designers website closed down last year I was very sad --- where else could I see the sports front from the LA Times and a paper in Brazil in the same place? Well SportsDesigner.com has been resurrected via the “social network” on Facebook (where else?):
http://www.facebook.com/pages/SportsDesignercom/105888478940?ref=nf

I look at a lot of photographers’ websites, especially ones featuring my friends’ work. When I look at my buddy Matt Mendelsohn’s cool site I always think back to when I was sitting in his apartment watching an early morning World Cup soccer broadcast, eating bagels … with peanut butter. Matt’s work is amazing. His insights … insightful and thoughtful:
http://www.mattmendelsohn.net/

There isn’t another newspaper shooter out there that can cover football like Dan Powers. You can check out his work and his thoughts about the work at a blog at his newspaper’s website (dude we missed you in Dallas!):
http://blogs.postcrescent.com/blogs/apc/sidelines/2011/01/24/the-bigger-the-game-the-tougher-the-challenge/

All photographers love to tinker. My old Apple iPhone 3G is on its last legs power-wise. Before I “gift it” to my daughter, I need to change the battery. You can find everything you need to do that at iFixit --- step-by-step instructions, tools and parts:
http://www.ifixit.com/Device/iPhone_3G

And we finish up with a fun video at Phillip Bloom’s cool website:
http://philipbloom.net/films/35mm-films/deer-vegas/