Climate change stock photos

Climate change stock photos can be found in my collection on Dreamstime, from a number of photographers including myself...  Here are a couple of mine:

What to call the mirrorless format?

DPReview has a vote going on to find out what people think the new mirrorless format should be called.  They have a list of six options, but none really make sense to me.  Just in case it ever takes off, I've got to put down what I would name the genre of cameras: High Fidelity Compact (HFC) or HFDC (high fidelity digital camera).

The issues with all the names they have, in my opinion, is that they don't distinguish from Point and Shoots with tiny sensors (which have never used a mirror) or by including the word 'system' they try to only include cameras with interchangeable lenses.  But I think most would agree that the Fuji X100, Leica X1, Ricoh innovatively odd lens module system, Sigma's DP1/2 and so on are all contenders for dollars when it comes down to cameras like the micro-four thirds and Nex offerings.  To me, it all comes down to the sensor size.  Yet the mFT sensor is so close to an APS-C sensor it would be a mistake to rule out bigger sensors (surely the Leica X1 or Sony Nex are pysically smaller than the GH2 with bigger sensors).  Mirrorless really just defines the viewfinder technology - so what about the new Fuji camera with a fixed mirror in the viewfinder.

Anyways, to me the 'format' encompasses too many different technologies to to try to build a name around any of those features - or you just exclude new developments from the field.  I think it is all about getting higher images quality out of a small form factor camera.  At the same time, the physical sensor size is kind of irrelevant - if we can get super high quality out of a sensor smaller than MFT in 5 years, will we care about that technicality, or just that it is high quality and fits in a pocket?

Brooklyn Bridge

Here is a recent shot I took of the Brooklyn Bridge.  It is always fun to play around with filter and so on.  Tough to spend a lot of time on composition from a moving cab, so I'm pretty happy with the results...

Playing around

With Dreamstime having some much lower weekly upload limits (35/week) I'm now running into the limit from week to week and having some time to play around with other stuff.  Here are a few snaps that didn't work out so well that I tried to turn into something a bit more interesting.  The cloud one in particular was barely different than a light blue swatch before I applied some levels and added grain, etc.  Fun to play with, and result I enjoy looking at!  I should add that DT wasn't interested in these as a collection, though I suspect they would get a few sales.  I'm not heartbroken, as I did them for fun rather than for sales...

Something a little different

I don't shoot flowers all that often, but here goes:

Back and White

I played around with higher ISO, no flash, shot of my son after his bath and was very happy with this result.  My only wish was that I hadn't touched the frame on the right side:

Don't miss CreativeLive !

This has to be the best deal of all time - free!  CreativeLive has a monthly weekend workshop that is broadcast live.  You can purchase the course after the fact, but to watch it live is free.  This weekend it is Bambi Cantrell - don't miss it!  Coming up in July - Lighten up and Shoot...