PhotoShelter is hosting Photography 2.0 a traveling town-hall meeting of photographers, photo editors and photo agency managers to talk about the future of digital photography.

The Stumping Grounds [link via APAD] will be a photo blog by six freelance photographers covering the 2008 US Presidential elections. This should be very interesting to check out so bookmark it folks

Recently I attended Zack Arias' One Light Workshop where he teaches people to use, you guessed it, one light on a subject for a portrait session. It was a terrific, exhausting day-long workshop but I would do it all over again. Zack is an incredible teacher and a patient one at that. He recently relaunched his website with a very cool forum, and they are both worth looking at on a daily basis. Go forth and light my friends!

CutfrrameTV – a group of some great videos YouTube-style about photographers, their lives, their art and business. Very cool. Brought to you by Dane Sanders.

Photoshop tutorials galore

Fun color games [yes, I am assured that this isn't a complete waste of time and you will learn a thing or two about color]

PhotoshopTV Archive. If you aren't a NAPP member, you will have to pay $1.99 per show. Even that is a cool deal.

MyTimes, is a personalized page you can create for yourself using the New York Times‘ many features.

So at midnight, on August 15th, I flipped the switch and now Seshu Photography is live. Go check it out, explore the site and let me know there or here what you think. Many more images and galleries will be added in the days and weeks to come.

I am very excited about how this new web site will take me into a new direction and in some ways be my tryst with destiny.

Please help me spread the word about Seshu Photography, to all your friends and family.

Batch processing images in Photoshop will save you gobs of your time. Trust me on this.

Comics Worth Reading

2point8: “A wide-open view on the practice of street photography by Michael David Murphy.”

ScreenCastsOnline video tutorials that are rich in content

Tim Solley has 9 Ways To Make Your Portrait Subjects Look Thinner and 10 Tips For Better Portraits

I now read the International Herald Tribune online [yeah late to the game, so please don't flame me for it]

If you are using TypePad [and why wouldn't you?] for your blogging habit, you may want to check out TypePad Hacks a terrific array of services [yo, nothing is free] to customize your TypePad site.

Speaking of blogging, want to have your blog visitors rate your blog? I know there are a zillion services that will offer this option, but I am leaning towards Authorati, a service founded by Murali Narasimhan [ok, so to contradict myself, this is a free service]

ProBlogger has a newly designed site that I am digging quite a bit. Darren's erudite posts make him top dog in this market.

Human Planetary Impact In Pictures [this might make you sick as it should]

Puja Parakh, a digital media enthusiast and photographer based in Seattle

Utata, Tribal Photography [no, not what you think so more the reason for you to check it out] “Our goal is to become a semi-civil online tribe devoted to creating and promoting good art.”

Youth In Focus, a Seattle-based organization that “empower urban teens, through photography, to experience their world in new ways and make positive changes in their lives.”

Still Journal “is a weekly digest of accumulated links, tutorials, news, tricks, ideas and creativity on the culture and art of modern photography.”

The Shah brothers, Anup and Manoj, both exceptional photographers based in East Africa have a new website that you must check out. I absolutely love their work. Now to buy a print from them … ahhhh

Chai anyone? Bangladeshi photographer Ihtisham Kabir sent in a link to his series of portraits of tea plantation workers in Chaklapunji. Kabir's presentation is simple and clean and it should load very quickly in your browsers. The second frame in the series with a lotus flower erupting out of the child's head is my favorite for some reason.

Photodoto compares 8 lens rental stores

Flickr has a great new way to batch upload images into its service [Via Download Squad]

photobetty has many great portfolios of some of the best photojournalists in the world. As the name suggests, the site is a meeting point for women photographers but men interested in submitting work can do so if the content is “centered on female issues.”

EVE Photographers, “is, first of all, the result of a common aspiration: to mobilize each of its member’s photographic approach and interpretation of the world in order to provide an original and powerful series of work.”

Too busy to read books? What a shame. But the web comes to your rescue with Daily Lit where you can get 5-minute morsels from a variety of books. When you are done with your daily dose you can ask to have the next installment sent to you. Pretty cool and yes, this might just prompt me to buy an iPod.

Ok, this is geeky, but since we all blog (we do don't we?) this may be useful to you. I stumbled upon Texty via TechCrunch. Texty is an online service that produces code you can embed into your blog. So what, you say. Well, sometimes you want to get your HTML just right and inserting text and images can be tricky. This is where Texty comes in. It simplifies things. Give it a whirl. I am going to bookmark and use it.

Picture The Cure and PhotoCamp are two products of Canada that I hope can trickle down to the US and beyond.

Rob Galbraith reports that the 90-year old Nikon has overtaken Canon in sales. Ooopty dooo … I am still waiting to see a full-frame Nikon dSLR. Let's hear some news of that Nikon!

Bookmark Nikc La's Web Designer Wall which is a site full of trends, tutorials and talented people

Type The Sky

Ten Tips For Taking Great Pictures Of People

World In Focus, photo contest deadline is August 21, 2007. Get to it!

fstop magazine

A Moment In Time [be smart and bookmark this link cuz these photogs from Canada know a thing or two about capturing great beauty, especially of couples. Their images of details is drool-worthy!]

Strive for layers, says Strobist

25 Ways To Distinguish Yourself, by Rajesh Setty

Aaron Johnson of What the Duck fame has published “What the Duck, Rule of Nerds,” a collection of all the comic strips from the first year.

Did you know that I have a profile on Facebook? If you do as well, let's link up [some rights reserved, of course].

Ira Glass on Storytelling Part 1 [thanks to Neil Cowley for the links]

Ira Glass on Storytelling Part 2

Ira Glass on Storytelling Part 3

Ira Glass on Storytelling Part 4