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Photography & Art Links for April

I’ve decided to put together a series of links posts for all the great links I found while I was on the road. I realized that if I included everything in one post – it would be way too long.

So here are some photography & art related links I’ve found recently. Hope you find them useful.

Silber Studios has a post about the Henri Cartier-Bresson Photography Exhibit in New York

Photography Colleges has a list of 52 Useful Firefox Add-ons for Photographers

Gary Crabbe has Vultures and the Perils of Free Photos

Dan Williams has The Things We Leave Behind

Plagiarism Today has Flickr and Facebook Still Strip EXIF Data

The Copyright Zone has Where Can I Sue?

Marc Benton has Little Known Fact on Air Travel and Camera Bags

Photography is Not A Crime has OSU Cops Detain Student Photographer for Photographing Loose Cows

PDNPulse has Insult to Injury: AFP Suing Photographer It Stole Photos From

Maria Brophy has Should You Sign an Exclusive Agreement?

PhotoAttorney shared a great Copyright PSA – Cloned

Citizen Media Law Project has Recording Police and Defining Plain Sight

Black Star Rising has Photographers, Don’t Fall for These Client Pick-Up Lines

Dan Heller has Model Releases: Pro Models and their Agencies

Links – April 9, 2010

Red Canada LilyRed Canada Lily (c) 2009 Patty Hankins

Lots of links this week – hope you find some of them interesting

Photography & Art Links

PhotoAttorney has Photograph of Sculpture is Not a Fair Use

Guy Tal has I Don’t Want to be Ansel Adams

Dan Williams has Special Places

Photocritic has Paid-for Photo Competitions

Alain Briot has launched a new blog Reflections

Daniel Sroka has Making What You Love vs What Sells

Fair Trade Photographer has Microstock: Why Would A Reputable Company Do This To Themselves?

The Copyright Zone has Will I be A Victim of Infringement?

Drawger has I Need A Web Posse – to fully understand the context of this post – be sure to read both the posts and comments on Big Mother Gets Her Shot at Cutting Health Costs and How to Protect Your Copyrighted Images on the Web.

Flower & Gardening Links

The Natural Capital has LOOK FOR: Bluebells, Clumps of Heaven to Ring in Spring

Christian Science Monitor has Need Privacy: Grow Some with a Living Fence

BBC News has Flowers Bloom Earlier as UK Warms

National Park and Wildlife Refuge Links

National Parks Traveler has

National Park Service has information about National Parks Weeks April 17 – 25

Wildlife Links

Naples News has Rare Photo Shows Mother Florida Panther and two Kittens


Links – April 2, 2010

Panama Pacific Water Lily

Panama Pacific Water Lily (c) 2009 Patty Hankins

Lots of links this week since I didn’t get a links post done last week. Hope you find some useful information in some of these articles

Photography and Art Links

Christian Science Monitor has Photographers and Police: A First Amendment Clash

Luminous Landscape has a review of Viewfinder – an iPhone App for Photographers.

PhotoAttorney has Can Your Copyright Registration be Invalidated?

News from the Impossible Project about a new film for some Polaroid cameras

Guy Tal has Art with an “I”

NYTimes has For Photographers: The Image of a Shrinking Path

New Media Photographer has Who is Stealing Your Work?

Laurie’s Blog has an article on Polarizers

Flower and Gardening Links

Karen’s Gardening Tips has What is the Difference an Between Annual, Perennial or Biennial?

Washington Post has Some Cherry Trees Gave Their Lives for Jefferson Memorial

Transatlantic Plantman has New US Hardiness Map Launches Soon

US Wildflowers has information about Hepatica

The Natural Capital has What’s Blooming at Carderock

National Park and Wildlife Refuge Links

National Parks Traveler has

Wildlife Links

Christian Science Monitor has Conference Rejects Protection for Polar Bears and Death of Coral Reefs Could Devastate Nations

Mail Online has Now That’s What I Call  A Bear Hug

SFGate has Sea Lions to be Killed to Save Salmon

PhysOrg has Scientist Stumped as Bee Population Declines Further

NYTimes has Are Aquariums Getting Too Lifelike?

Environmental Issues Links

Invasive Notes has Invasive Plants and Butterflies: A Collision of Desires and Invasive Pythons and Party Politics

Sustainablog has Earth Out Of Sync: Rising Temperatures Throwing Off Seasonal Timing

Hometown Annapolis has Our Bay: Little Endangered Things Tell the Real Story

Links – March 19, 2010

Virginalis Water Lily

Virginalis Water Lily (c) 2010 Patty Hankins

Here are some links I found interesting this week – hope you enjoy them

Photography & Art Links

Alain Briot has a new essay at the Luminous Landscape on Composing with Color Part 2

Black Star Rising has Put Color Theory to Work in Your Photos

Copyright Litigation Blog has 4th Circuit: Fine Art Paintings from Photographs and Actual Damages from Copyright Infringement

Southern Flourish has an article about artist Conni Togel on page 20 of their premier issue. Conni’s sheep art is incredible.

Christian Science Monitor has Photoshop and Facebook, Victorian Style

Jim Goldstein has a review of the iPhone App: iFotoGuide – Arches & Yosemite

Plagiarism Today has Setting Yourself Up For Copyright Infringement

Seven Days has A Photographer is “Banned” for Taking Photos on Church Street

PhotoFizz has Photographers Raise Concern over Polaroids on Sotheby’s Auction Block

Marie Brophy has What Can We Learn from a Bikini Model on Art and Copyrights

Flower & Gardening Links

Christian Science Monitor has 10 Steps to Success with Your First Vegetable Garden,and A Blizzard of Snowdrops

Transatlantic Plantman has How Do You Know if A Plant is Hardy?

National Wildlife Federation has Hidden in Plain Sight

eNature has a Native Gardening and Invasive Plants Guide

The Natural Capital has Learn Your Wildflowers and Wild Edibles

Washington Gardener has It’s About Blooming Time

National Parks Traveler has Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage Coming to Great Smoky Mountains National Park

National Park & Wildlife Refuge Links

National Parks Traveler has several great posts this week including

Refuge Watch has information about contacting Congress about the National Wildlife Refuge System Funding

Wildlife Links

Garden Variety has The Business of Bees

BBC News has Ivory and Bluefin Tuna Top Agenda at UN Wildlife Summit

State of the Birds 2010 Report on Climate Change has been released.

Discovery News has Camera Shy Pregnant Male Seahorse Photographed Giving Birth

Telegraph UK has Penguin Couple Pose for Photograph

Washington Post has Controversy Over Endangered Virginia Big-Eared Bats

Links – March 12, 2010

Painted Lady Hibiscus (c) 2009 Patty Hankins

Here are some of the links I found this week – hope you find them interesting

Photography & Art Links

Dear Rich has Stopped Taking Photos Because of Photo Releases

Transatlantic  Plantman has Great Advice on Macro Photography

Art Print Issues has Time to Build Your Career on Defensive Opportunistic Optomism

Maria Brophy has Should You Give the Gallery System The Heave Ho and Are You Selling or Making a Contribution? It’s All In Your Head

The New55Project has Answers to Fuji Pack Instant Film Questions

DPS has 8 Tips for Photographing Wildflowers

Dan Williams has Sometimes You Just Have to Do It

Plagiarism Today has Image Watermark Hijacking

Marc Benton has 8 Ways to Participate in the DC Area Photography Community

I posted some photos from the Springtime Made in the South show on my film photography blog this week.

Flower & Gardening Links

We Love DC has The Blossoms Are Coming

Science Daily has From Carnivorous Plants to the Medicine Chest: Anti Fungal Agents in Pitcher Plants Investigated

Carolina in Bloom has The Bloom Season Has Begun

Daffodil Planter has Daffodil Blogroll 2010

Better Homes & Gardens has Master the Art of Using Color in the Garden

KarensGardenTips has What is A Bulb

National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links

Philly.com has Suit Seeks to Halt Engineered Crops at Refuge

National Parks Traveler has When the Parkway Came and Recent Storms Took a Toll on Cape Cod National Seashore Beaches

Wildlife Links

Slate has Whales: We Owe Them An Apology

Washington Post has Zoo Conducts Experiment on Preserving VA State Bat

National Parks Traveler has Is the American Pike Really on the Road to Extinction Due to Climate Change

Environmental Issues

Invasive Notes has Invasive Species: Rambling Thoughts

USDA has information about legislation on Invasive Species

Links – March 5, 2010

Yellow Trillium and Purple Phacelia (c) 2009 Patty Hankins

Lots of links this week – hope you find them interesting

Photography Links

Luminous Landscape has What’s it About? and Preparation Comes First

Photo Business News and Forum has Fair Use of copyrighted works – a reasoned perspective

The Copyright ZXone has Lumbago, Releases and Politicians! Oh My!

Lighting Essentials has Stop Censoring Your Vision

Guy Tal has I’m from the Art Community and I’m Here to Help

LightStalking has 7 Things Photographers Should Never Do

The White House has Intellectual Property and Risks to the Public

TechDirt has US Postage Stamp Found to Be Infringing on Copyright over Statues in US Korean War Memorial

I posted some of my photos from the Audobon Swamp Gardens at Magnolia Plantation on my film photography blog.

National Parks and Wildlife Refuges Links

KFGO has Duck Stamps help more than just waterfowl and ducks

National Parks Traveler has How To Fix the National Mall? The NPS has a Plan , The Well Stocked National Parks Lovers Library, National Edition and Mount Rushmore National Memorial Drafting Plans to Fight Bark Beetle

Cape Gazette has Prime Hook Could Be Part of Bay in 50 years

Flowers and Gardening Links

AP Texas has Texas expecting an abundant array of wildflowers

Wired.com has Click & Grow: The Computer Controlled Pot Plant

National Parks Traveler has If There’s A Noticeable Peak Bloom at Death Vally National Park, It’ll be in Late March/Early April

Environmental Issues Links

NYTimes has an Op-ed from Al Gore – We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change

Wildlife Links

National Parks Traveler has Some Biologists Envision Wolves Controlling Elk in More National Parks, and Unlikely Weapons Against a Deadly Exotic Speicies: Cat Food and Ants

Mongobay has Highest Diversity of Cats in the World Discovered in Threatened Forest in India and Grizzly Bears Move Into Polar Bear Territory, Threatening Polar Cubs