The National Association of Photoshop Professionals, of which I am a proud member, is really outdoing itself.

A couple of weeks back it announced that it was going to publish Darkroom, a magazine dedicated to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom (wordy, isn't it? so, let's call it APL). Today, I found out that the organization is dedicating an entire portal, a learning site, for the Adobe product.

APL, by the way, is out of beta and available for $199 till May. Goes up to $299 after that. I think there will be several tweaks between now and May, so I'll pounce when the time is ripe.

If you are a photographer, do yourself a favor and become a member of the NAPP. The organization provides you a tremendous learning experience, tons of discounts on products all closely associated with the field of work that we love.

I'll be the first to admit that my attenpt to create images every day has died a quick death. Why? Well, here are the top three reasons excuses:

1) Lack of time
2) Lack of a small/compact camera, though I did try using the Fuji F31fd with mixed results
3) 1 + 2 = 3

I am open for suggestions for a compact camera that produces great images. I might give the Fuji a whirl again. Talk to me people.

The image above was originally uploaded by lecercle.

I'll often post images here that are interesting, curious and even spectacular. Would you also like to have your images showcased on this blog? If so, join my Flickr community group also called Tiffinbox. Thoughts, suggestions, opinions always welcome, so please leave your comments below.

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The image above was originally uploaded by machlee in the tank.

This is one among many colorful, amazing and fun wedding images Jasmeen recently shot. I think it is in Delhi. Here is the complete set of images in a slideshow. What I love about these images, you ask? They place you, the viewer, in the midst of the wedding; making you feel like you were actually there. This in itself makes them unusual because traditional Indian wedding photography is nothing more than a form of treachery, an assault on honest emotions and well, dare I say it, a complete bore. Jasmeen's images are full of the energy we ought to remember for a lifetime or more. Beautifully executed!

I'll often post images here that are interesting, curious and even spectacular. Would you also like to have your images showcased on this blog? If so, join my Flickr community group also called Tiffinbox. Thoughts, suggestions, opinions always welcome, so please leave your comments below.

This blog post is brought to you by Seshu's Pipal Productions.

If you are a photographer, a serious one and in business, don't walk but run to buy John Harrington's book Best Business Practices for Photographers. I just got it in the mail yesterday and am devouring it.

Also check out Harrington's blog, Photo Business News & Forum. Bookmark it fellow photographers!