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Around The Horn
9 July 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at the Wise Photo Projec, sea shells, the Pandemic Effect, Fujifilm GF long primes, Apple Time Capsule warning, Nik Collection discount and Portraits Project submissions.
- Kenneth Wajda started The Wise Photo Project in 2015 to create photographic portraits of seniors that otherwise would not exist. "These legacy photographic portraits are created for people I don't know and some who I will never meet -- the great-grandchildren and other family members in the future," he writes.
- Jasenka Grujin presents 21 Amazing Photos of Shells to shift your summer into a higher gear.
- Mike Johnston asked, Did the Pandemic Affect Your Photography? The results are in. "I am a believer that the muse exists, but she has to find you working," one reader sums it up.
- In Comparing the Fujifilm GF Long Primes, Jim Kasson looks at the performance of the 80mm, 110mm, 120mm and 250mm primes. (Yesterday he looked at the short primes.)
- Wesley Hilliard reports a Design Failure in Apple's Time Capsule Leads to Data Loss. According to the report, A German data recovery company has found the parking ramp of the Seagate Grenada in the devices uses two different materials. The Time Capsule's lack of ventilation leads to a failure of the ramp destroys the head the next time it parks.
- DxO has extended its 30 percent discount on Nik Collection through July 31 after releasing v4.1 on Tuesday with a new rendering engine optimized for Nik Viveza and Nik Silver Efex. We've just installed the update and noticed the difference on the first image we processed.
- The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, D.C. has opened submissions to its Portraits Project to be premiered in June 2024. Paintings, drawings and photographs are welcome. Multiple submissions are permitted and you will be awarded $2,500 per selected piece. Deadline for submissions is Nov. 1.
More to come! Meanwhile, here's a look back. And please support our efforts...