What blogs do you visit?

What photography and art blogs do you recommend or peruse on a regular basis?

— Brad Arnold

   

Not as many as I should or as I'd like. I keep pretty busy with LensWork stuff, but there are a few that are a part of my regular habits —

• www.dpreview.com helps me keep up-to-date with the technology changes
• www.luminous-landscape.com for Michael's outlook on medium format and his no-hold-barred opinions on equipment. There is a forum here, too, that you shouldn't miss.
• I enjoy Mike Johnston's perspective and long-time experience as a photo magazine editor over at The Online Photographer
• George Barr is a LensWork alumnus who's blog offers some keen insights I enjoy
• There is a good blog about photography books at http://5b4.blogspot.com/. I don't know anything about this fellow, but I do read his comments.
• Jim Kasson (another LensWork alumnus) brings his acerbic wit to this blog.
• The APUG forums are a wealth of information
• Ditto the Large Format Photography Forum
• Love the Shutter Sisters blog
• Occasionally stop by Ken Rockwell, Steve's Digicams, and Matt Kloskowski at Lightroom Killer Tips
• Mary Virginia Swanson is great for marketing and getting your work out into the world
• One of our former workshop participants, Godfrey Degiorgi, has a new blog that I stop by from time to time

As you can see, blogs of a non-technical nature are pretty rare. I wish I had a long list of them, but I don't. No doubt I'm missing some really good ones. Any suggestions?

   

Comments

[Patrick]

I read too many blogs. my RSS reader has 350+ feeds in them. but out of the photography blogs that I read. The one blog that has changed my perspective on Photography, would have to be burnmagazine.org. PJ photography isn't my bag, and half the time I can't get through the essays, but there are a few gems like http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2009/03/david-mcgowan-garage-sale/

and then there is http://tokyocamerastyle.com/ for a little eyecandy.

[Mark]

Brooks, I am actually surprised you have time to visit any, with keeping up all of the Lenswork universe, and then adding on top of it not one, but three blogs of your own? Do you sleep?

I certainly welcome any new visitors that may wish to visit my own;
http://www.grafphoto.com/wordpress/

[James Higgins]

I am really enjoying Paul Butzi's blog

http://photomusings.wordpress.com/

[Robert DeRobertis]

One of my fav that includes technical and creative (Left Brain, Right Brain matter) is Martin Bailey's blog / podcast.
http://blog.martinbaileyphotography.com/

[Dirk Rösler]

The equipment sites are the most numerous because they are the easiest to access intellectually. People love to argue over pixels or developers endlessly and have been doing so for years/decades. Art is subjective (and actually equipment too, but people tend to think there is the objectively best camera or lens and thus argue over that). In a creative context you'll have to reveal yourself in some way or another so people shy away from it. I see from our own site that at times equipment related posts bring in 10-20 times as much traffic as the art stuff. That can be frustrating but I suppose it also depends on your audience. Recently we are now seeing an increase in interest in the creative articles, which is really great.

Dirk

http://www.japanexposures.com

[Bahi]

Good list. Wanted to mention that 5B4 is written by photographer Jeff Ladd.

jeffreyladd.com/