For my birthday this past month, my wife got us tickets to the Warner Brothers Studio VIP tours that gives you a behind the scenes glimpse of Hollywood (Burbank actually, but who’s checking except maybe Rowan and Martin….).

We were greeted by the world-famous Warner Bros water tower (now empty because of earthquakes) and in the [...]

I have a brand new look here at i speak film. What do you think? The material is the same and all of the archives are here, but the look is new and shiny (well, subtle and shiny). I’d love to know your thoughts and which version you prefer.

John of Photodoto wrote a great article on what gear you need to buy to be a great photographer. To sum up his point, he says, “to take great photographs you only need one piece of gear in addition to any camera: a photographer.” Wise words!
“Why does everyone think that cameras make photographs?” he asks. [...]

Chris just let me know about two new Flcikr services he’s offering.
ShowPic
Have you ever wanted to link to your most recent pic in another website outside of Flickr, for example your homepage, blog, or as a forum avatar? Now you can with our latest service. 
GoPic 
As you can see there is a complimentary service called GoPic [...]

So the vacation is over and now I have to get back to entertaining you. How about a song while I write some nice photographic posts?
Too legit… Too legit to quit (three times)
Sweat running all over my chest (chest) i don’t quit no!
I just press harder (Yea!) than i ever did before going for
The dreams [...]

Once again I bring you a great photography tip for parents from our friends at Parent Hacks. Want some unique wall art that doesn’t cost a fortune? Try the rasterbator. (Yes, that is really what it’s called. Stop your laughing.) What’s a rasterbater, you ask? It’s a web service that creates huge images from any [...]

Our friends over at DSLRBlog recently posted about long exposure light painting photos. Give our current monthly challenge, I thought it fitting to point you to this. Talk about taking an idea to the extreme. Impressive.

I’ve been a total lump this week. My camera has remained in its bag all velcro’d and buckled up so Smush won’t go rooting around in there. She likes to find and chew on the little things, like my Nikon wireless remote, or the viewfinder cover. Nice.
I have been working hard [...]