Bad CCD

Bad CCD
Originally uploaded by RickBlythe.

This isn't some photoshop effect. This is what is happening to my Sony DSC f717 camera these days. The CCD is going bad.

Luckily Sony is fixing for free various models that are afflicted by this problem. Don't forever though, there's a time limit on this offer.

Here is more information on this-

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/news-item.pl?mdl=DSCF717&news_id=161

Adobe Photoshop Express

Adobe Photoshop Express is a new FREE service that allows you to polish, sort, store and show off your photos. It’s also completely web based! Some of the most frequently used features of Adobe Photoshop available for use on the web anytime for FREE. It works in your web browser as long as you have the Flash 9 Player, so you can work on any platform.

This is not going to replace the Photoshop you’ve come to know and love. There are no Layers here, No CMYK, No pro level filters and the list goes on.

You’ll be able to upload, tweak/enhance your photos, put together your own Flash based web galleries and share them with your friends. You can also access your Facebook, Photobucket, and Picasa accounts directly. Once you’ve edited your photo you can either share it with someone or download it back to your computer for printing.  Very cool.

Photography and the Law

Website Photojojo today has a good article about your rights as a photographer (in the U.S.A.). It is presented in a Ten Commandments format here.

"Say you’re out for a photographic stroll, taking pictures of that cool old power plant on the edge of town. Suddenly seventy security guards swarm you and demand you hand over your camera.

“What is this,” you ask yourself, “a Michael Moore movie?”

You’re sure you haven’t done anything wrong, but you don’t know whose side the law is on. Fret no more- we’ve got a list of things you can and can’t do, and it’s a lot more permissive than you might think."