After MSNBC.com and Corbis, what is Brian Storm, the multimedia maven doing now? He recently launched MediaStorm.

Interested in getting in the ground floor of this exciting organization? Check out VOICES, MediaStorm's flagship publication which promises to be an “eclectic showcase for state-of-the-art multimedia storytelling slated to launch in the fall of 2005.”

“Contributors to Voices include a diverse range of writers, photographers, filmmakers, radio reporters, interactive designers and multimedia producers who share exceptional storytelling capabilities.

Tailored for publication in print, broadcast and new media, Voices is the premiere destination for made-for-the-medium projects incorporating audio, photographs, video, animation and text.

Our goal is to tell the story of today's world in a truly in-depth manner, giving a voice to not only the narrators but also to the subjects. The projects we are looking for run the gamut of in-depth documentary to personal essays to purely artistic. From heartwarming to heartbreaking, these are timeless and intimate tales.”

If Brian Storm's previous stints are any indication, MediaStorm is going to be a resounding success.

The Canadian photographer Gregory Colbert is obviously in love with elephants. And whales. And eagles.

Look at his fantastic Flash-based website – Ashes and Snow – and you will think that the images were manipulated in Photoshop or some mysterious process in the darkroom. According to this article, Colbert's images “represent the actual and the possible.”

“The project consisted of 25 expeditions to around the world, to document the interaction between animals and humans, to India to photograph the elephants that are his first love, to Sri Lanka, South Africa, Egypt, and the oceans off the Azores.”

The images from this 10-year project are of epic proportions: “The prints are approximately three feet by ten, on dense, Japanese cloth-like parchment manufactured in a secret medieval process.”

The Ashes and Snow photography exhibition is on view (by ticketed admission) at Hudson River Park’s Pier 54 at West 13th Street, New York City, from March 5 to June 6, 2005. The show is open Tuesdays through Sundays and closed on Mondays. General admission for an adult is $12, with varying prices for other age and economic circumstances, along with a “pay as you wish” admission on Tuesdays.

Nipping at the heels of Filmigame comes Bollywood Masti, a board game targeted towards the desi in all of us who is homesick or nostalgic of the “yesteryears.”

“Imagine Trivial Pursuit meeting Bollywood, Stardust and Antakshri and you'll get a good idea of what to expect from the game …”

The board game launched in the UK on May 1st after it was well received in India. No word yet if it will make it out to the US. I'll keep you posted. Meanwhile, let the masti begin!

While I always think the use of light, great content and of course moment beats out all other elements that make a photograph great, composition comes in a very close second.

I recently mentioned the use of the Golden Mean, or the rule of thirds, to compose your images. It's a rule meant to be broken, but it should be a launching pad for beginning students of photography.

I have learned a great deal by delving into this site about composition. The list of articles seem endless and it may take you a while to get through them all. Let me know what you think.

“Forget about perfect lenses, accurate viewfinders and electronic shutters. In fact, forget about the cameras you are used to and discover the world of pinhole cameras. A world of creative freedom, imagination and experimentation which alters our view of reality. You simply won't find a more natural and more magical way to take photographs.”

This may be a far cry from photojournalism, but if you wanted to do something totally left-brain, this is it; construct your own pin-hole camera and go to town.

David Balihar's web site about pinhole photography is a recent find and one worth exploring. Geeks are welcome to try this out too. Balihar offers PC/Windows users a Windows-based program called Pinholedesigner that takes this activity from the left-brain to the right-brain. The program figures out how long your shutter speed needs to be if your pinhole is of a particular aperture. It also figures out the optimal diameter of the pinhole itslef. Pretty slick. For us Mac OS X users, try this program.

And apparently Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day falls on the last Sunday in April. This year it fell on April 24, my son's birthday. Nice to see Rohan already associated with the oldest form of photography. I can't wait to construct a pinhole camera with him out of a Quaker Oats box.