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There is much discussion about the manipulation of photographs using computers.  But as this exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art demonstrates, photo manipulation dates back to the 1800's.  So, is the method of manipulation actually relevant, or are computers just another step in a long history of the technological evolution of the medium?

A street photographer using his smartphone and his favorite apps to achieve his artistic vision

One thing I love about my family is that there never seems to be a shortness of creativity floating around. My wife Kristin works with her mother Lori running a website over at Katie's Rose Cottage and this project was really just right up their alley.

There is so much discussion in the art community about how the ability to digitally alter a photograph impacts its perceived "legitimacy". My favorite quote from this article, which sums up my position on the debate: "... no amount of technology will turn a mediocre photographer into a great one. Nor, in conceptual terms, will it transform a bad idea into a good one. For that you would still need to possess a rare set of creative gifts that are still to do with seeing, with deep looking."

Online women's history, art, photography exhibits. I found this especially useful in researching for historical fiction.

This is a series of stills from movies, with motion created in gif format.  Definitely not a form of photography that would be possible without computers.

Have you seen my stapler....

A short article on how electronic technology has changed classic photography.

history, photography and art exhibitions that are online.

Online Art Exhibits from the Library Company of Philadelphia includes historic documents, photography, broadsides, paintings, and other ephemera. It's definitely worth having a look around if you can't go in person.

University of Wisconsin-Madison offers summer classes for students completing grades 5-8 that integrate technology with the arts. It's great that people are beginning to realize that technology and the arts can complement each other, and are offering these kinds of classes to such young students. I wish I was young enough to take some of them!

Rick Friedman (almost!) weekly Location Lighting Blog! This is a great source for photography lighting tutorials and workshops. One of my favorite photographers.

College photographer awards for the best in photojournalism. Take a look at the best images created by college students in the U.S.

I have used GIMP for years. It is a really powerful image program. But it does have a learning curve, that is well worth climbing. From their website: " It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc. GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted. GIMP is written and developed under X11 on UNIX platforms. But basically the same code also runs on MS Windows and Mac OS X."

Interesting, I actually have this on my computer and never paid any attention to it...I will now!

The Big Picture is a photo blog produced by a select group of picture editors of The Boston Globe. The majority of the images come from wire services such as the Associated Press, Reuters, and Getty Images, who license them to The Boston Globe for our use.

VERY COOL tutorial on how to use Lightroom to get that look of incredible tight/shallow depth of field!

This tutorial gives instruction on how to make zoo photos of animals look like you took them in a studio setting with a controlled light setup. I would modify it a bit but it's fun!

Visual News is a wonderful website collecting unique and interesting collections of art. This particular piece features photographs of abandoned NASA stations and offices, offering a unique glimpse into America's space age.

"So you can thank photographer Roland Miller, who, for 25 years, has traveled to more than 15 NASA launch and research sites across the country to document their current state." Wow, so beautiful and sad... and i think we will only see more of this. Thanks for posting.

As technology and art intersect more and more, even looking at the smudges on our cell phones can be translated in works by artists who see their value

Ridiculously good collection/archive/resource for the best in avant-garde artworks.