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America does lots of things well, but none better than marketing<\/a>. This piece attempts to identify how Madison Avenue’s best have affected my photography.<\/p>\n A little bit of math<\/a> dispels oft held notions about the warranty racket. If you ever paid for a warranty, read this and think again.<\/p>\n The Rennaissance is a magnificent repository of the best that preceded photography. More here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Adding another one to the dead pool, this time it was photojournalism’s<\/a> turn to take it in the pants.<\/p>\n A favorite, poignant moment from that most beautiful of cities, Paris<\/a>.<\/p>\n See more about Hoynijngen-Huene’s spare design ethic here<\/a>.<\/p>\n All the worst facts about consumer digitals caused some vituperation<\/a> back in June.<\/p>\n The summer saw some fun with Bubba<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you are sufficiently morally challenged to work for the government and leech off my taxes, read this<\/a>, grow a backbone, then either get a real job or please stop visiting this journal. You are emphatically not welcome here.<\/p>\n So you think your rangefinder Leica is fast? Get a life, shake the label worship and find out what real shooting speed<\/a> is all about.<\/p>\n Now that I no longer live there it’s de rigeur<\/i> that I wax poetic about that unflushed toilet of the Western hemisphere, New York City<\/a>.<\/p>\n Want fast mirror lock-up in your 5D without paging through arcane menus on that horrible little LCD screen? Stop complaining about the useless Print button on the 5D and do this<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n Got the DTs after that New Year’s party? Blow thirty bucks on one of these<\/a>.<\/p>\n Too late now, but had you listened back in April you could have doubled your money<\/a>. I wouldn’t be touching this stock with a barge pole right now.<\/p>\n Remember those ‘This is your brain on drugs’ ads from the ’70s? Here’s<\/a> a guy who didn’t heed their message.<\/p>\n Still wasting time on monochrome? Read this<\/a> and get a life. Some courage to go along with it might help, too.<\/p>\n Lens of the year? Yes<\/a>. Dirt cheap? Yes<\/a>.<\/p>\n And finally, the high point of my year was my one man show and you can see it by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Enjoy! America does lots of things well, but none better than marketing. This piece attempts to identify how Madison Avenue’s best have affected my photography. A little bit of math dispels oft held notions about the warranty racket. If you ever paid for a warranty, read this and think again. The Rennaissance is a magnificent … Continue reading Favorite posts of 2007<\/span>