Tag Archives: Photography

Taking Library Photographs

Posted on 28 March 2010 by Rick Mason

Taking Pictures and Telling Stories at our Libraries is a post on the ALA TechSource blog by Cindi Trainor.  It is a good overview for how someone can take decent photographs in a library setting. The only suggestion I would … Continue reading →

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TinEye Reverse Image Search

Posted on 9 August 2009 by Rick Mason

TinEye is an image search engine with a twist:  you provide it with an image, and it returns a list of websites utilizing that image. I can quickly think of a few really good uses of this service: You have … Continue reading →

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Millennial Disc

Posted on 19 July 2009 by Rick Mason

It’s called the Millennial Disc, and it is being marketed as a 1,000 year storage for digital information. Before we run out and buy a stack of these for our archives, I would simply ask: How many years before some … Continue reading →

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Shorpy Photo Archive

Posted on 23 June 2009 by Rick Mason

Shorpy is a collection of photographs presented using a blog, but it is an especially captivating collection.  A combination of historical photographs, found images, and personal/family photos, there is rarely an entry that doesn’t hold some interest for the viewer. … Continue reading →

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FreeLargePhotos

Posted on 15 March 2009 by Rick Mason

FreeLargePhotos.com is a website that matches its name.  It is a collection of photos greater than 4MP that are free for use with attribution, except for selling products or promoting businesses or organizations. If you are a photographer, note that … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Library

Posted on 28 January 2009 by Rick Mason

The Open Library Environment (there will be a post on this project in the near future) recently met at Lehigh University’s Linderman Library in Bethlehem, PA.  Pictures were taken and posted on Flickr. I especially love the stained glass skylight…

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LIFE Photo Archive

Posted on 18 November 2008 by Rick Mason

About 2 million images from the LIFE Photo Archive have been digitized and are available via Google Image Search.  What is even better is that, over the next few months, the remaining 8 million images from the collection will be … Continue reading →

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