Weekly Photog Fuel-Up: July 12-18, 2010

This weeks round-up of Fuel Your Photography’s posts including  the hottest links and podcasts and other fun stuff from around the web. My weeks are pretty jam-packed, so getting out there and reading and listening to as much as I can can be a challenge in its own right. These are just a few of my recommendations, you are welcome to share yours in the comments below.

Success & Saving Time with Content Aware Fill

Chris Park takes another go at making Adobes newest CS5 Photoshop feature, Content Aware Fill work for him and his workflow.

The problems I had found in trying to fill complex areas still plague me, however I have certainly found some new ways to take advantage of content aware fill that have sped up my daily work flow.  I had mentioned I would give you guys a post talking about where this new feature excelled so here we are, talking about CS5 one more time

The 5 W’s of Location Model Photography

This post contains artistic nudity that some may consider, NSFW

Jeremy Greenidge discusses the 5 W’s and why they are important. The great thing is, they can be applied to photographers on any level

Model photography is an art, traveling and model photography is a whole different kettle of fish. Not being on your home ground may make you feel uneasy but with some careful planning you can overcome any obstacles real or perceived.

Indie Spotlight: Tina (Briarah)

Jesse Conklin highlights an emerging photographer, whose life changing moment put her on the path of creating some great art.

…Then she had one of those life changing moments that made her see everything differently. She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.  Life seemed pretty bleak and she was feeling quite miserable…

Making It: Beyond Fabric – A Photographer’s First Clothing Line Shoot

Patrick Onofre lets us peek in on one of his most recent shoots, a first for him, a clothing line shoot. Discussing the challenges in doing something you are not used to, its a good read for those that aren’t that point and entertaining for those that have reached the “been there, done that” stage of their careers.

…You can read all the articles and publications you can get your hands on, but nothing prepares you for the challenges you face in your first clothing shoot!  Especially when you’re starting out, it’s hard to obtain some of the things you need to get going, and one of my biggest challenges is studio space…

Weekend Photo Focus: Water, Rain & Everything in Between

This Weekends Photo Focus #weekendphotofocus

The Best of, The Worst of: Internet Photography

Scott A. Miller, East Coast Surfing Photographer brings his own unique brand of criticism in our latest column. Producing a controversial (in the comments) debate on the tact of criticism, and the subjectivity of art. We invite you to join in on the discussion, and share your evaluation of the photos as well.

Focus Contest: Sunrise. Sunset. A Case of the Diptych

Our first big contest at Fuel Your Photography. We take our normal weekly photo focus and turn it on its head for a month long focus challenge. The winner will receive a Lens Baby Composer.

Submit: into our Fuel Flickr Pool, link in the bottom of this post, or tweet us. Just use the tag#FYPcontest (see submission guidelines below for further details)

Deadline for Submissions: July 26, 2010 12 noon EST – follow submission guidelines at bottom of post.

Winners & Submitted Photos Follow up: July 28, 2010

Here are some that we’ve received so far:

Article of the Week: Life Lessons – Pictory

Pictory’s latest entry on the life lessons learned.

Photojournalist Develops Last Produced Roll of Kodachrome

For those of you still going analog, you may have shot on this film (ok even some of you that have transferred over to digital) Peta Pixel highlights Steve McCurry and his honor of being the one to develop the last produced roll.

Studioshare.org/

Ran across this during my surfing this week and thought not only is it a good share, its a GREAT idea.

App of the Week: PhotoPad by Zagg

Another iPad app, this one allows editing on a whole different level (cropping, fill, rotation, filter) shows what the iPad is on the cusp of as far as digital editing can do. Now if Adobe will wake up and do Photoshop for the iPad.

Podcast of the Week:

I have no Podcast recomendations for this week. Did you listen to something I should have? Let me know and I will check it out.

Photog of the Week: Steve McCurry

I happened upon Steve’s work after checking out the PetaPixel article above. His work is great. I sat for  a half hour going through his work, his attention to grabbing the reality of people and conveying that put a smile on my face. The color in his work is truly phenomenal, going to the ends of the earth to capture people in their own environment and documenting it for us to see.