Learnfest by Lena Hyde, Tamara Lackey, Laura Novak, and Audrey Woulard: some very fine photographers out to teach you the ropes. I wish I could go. The price tag is $2600 for three days/2 nights and includes the teaching, the food and the accommodations. Guess, I shouldn't be complaining. In the long run I do see it is a terrific opportunity.

In the Hindu pantheon, Yama is the god of death. Well check out this camera. Freaky, isn't it?

Lakshmi's Lounge is hosting Sandeep Sood, the man behind Badmash

Simple + Dirty – David Jackson's personal work. Some very fine art indeed. Check out his other work here. His blog is here.

So, you are a professional photographer? Got a business plan? I am working on mine right now using Strategy Avenue‘s Path To A Business Plan. Strategy Avenue also has a blog written by John and Laura.

I am infatuated with Design Aglow.

MacUpdate and MacHeist both have some cool promotions on right now.

The Vagabond II may be back-ordered, but it is the only well-built external battery source I have found for my on-location portrait photography sessions. Now to order one!

The other day for some reason I kept thinking about the movie Amelie. Photo booths are so trippy, aren't they? I may have mentioned the Photobooth Blog before. If you want to set one up yourself and have a PC, try Photo Boof!. For the Mac folks among us, there is The Mugshot Machine. Then there is Rolland Elliot who will ship and rent you a booth for a fee.

Blurb, the self-publishing/designing online tool has a new version of BookSmart out. Download it here.

Vanessa Winship was in India.