http://www.sialumni.com/general <p>Information and announcements for all our Members</p> en-US Copyright &copy;2006, SIAlumni and Members Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:59:30 EDT Siteframe 5.0.2 no_reply@sialumni.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Hope everyone is doing well out there! I have not forgotten about ya'll. We will be getting an upgrade, but I need to finish a few other steps first. Metanomy Inc. is a very soon to be Colorado Non-profit Corporation. As soon as my lawyer gets the papers done we will be on our way. SIAlumni... Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:59:30 EDT http://www.sialumni.com/p/sialumni-com-fall-update http://www.sialumni.com/p/sialumni-com-fall-update All, We are clearly loosing some steam on the site, but please do not give up. I am as guilty as the next and it hurts the site when we do not have regular contributions from at least a few members. I am hard at work on a few parallel projects that have kept me from the site and photography in... Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:51:00 EDT http://www.sialumni.com/p/don-t-give-up http://www.sialumni.com/p/don-t-give-up flickr social_network twitter update G'day All Firstly sorry I have not had much time of late to even enter my own idea for the monthly assignment. Things here have been a lot nuts at the moment. Anyhoo for any of you like me that are forced to suffer the outrages slings and arrows and outrageous fortunes of having to fly anywhere... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:49:59 EDT http://www.sialumni.com/p/air-travel-hell http://www.sialumni.com/p/air-travel-hell Hey everyone, don't forget your June assignment! http://www.sialumni.com/june-2008---signs Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:51:26 EDT http://www.sialumni.com/p/june-is-almost-gone http://www.sialumni.com/p/june-is-almost-gone assignment jun_08 Member supported free thought has brought us June's assignment of Signs - Stop, Yield, Vote For...take your pick. After missing two months of providing you with thought provoking and otherwise artistically stimulating assignments we are back on track. And I am back in... Thu, 29 May 2008 23:50:38 EDT http://www.sialumni.com/p/june-08-assignment---signs http://www.sialumni.com/p/june-08-assignment---signs Just had to share with people who would truly care and understand... Went to Office Max with my mom today and decided to browse through the photo paper aisle. Usually I don't pay much attention to the aisle of store-brand, HP-brand, and Kodak-brand low-end photo papers, but I was killing time. ... Sun, 25 May 2008 15:02:23 EDT http://www.sialumni.com/p/photo-paper-bargain-shopping- http://www.sialumni.com/p/photo-paper-bargain-shopping- deal epson paper shopping My apologies. I have been swamped the last few months doing SOTP (stuff other than photography). So, let's call April's assignment: "Good Ideas for Future Assignments." Post your ideas in the comments and I'll start working them into our monthly assignments starting in May. And I have not... Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:49:32 EDT http://www.sialumni.com/p/assignments-etc- http://www.sialumni.com/p/assignments-etc- admin update I know many of us (from the olden days of film cameras) probably have our own slide scanners for digitizing slides, but for those of you who don't or just don't have the time to scan old slides and negs, I discovered a neat website -- http://www.scancafe.com You send them a box of slides, they... Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:43:53 EDT http://www.sialumni.com/p/what-to-do-with-all-those-old-slides-and-negs- http://www.sialumni.com/p/what-to-do-with-all-those-old-slides-and-negs- digital scanning Since we did not have much interest and I am SUCH a nice guy I'll just extend Feb's assignment to include March too. Weather and it's influences. http://sialumni.com/mar-08---try-again Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:02:49 EDT http://www.sialumni.com/p/mar-08-assignment---redo http://www.sialumni.com/p/mar-08-assignment---redo assignment mar_08 I found a new awesome article: http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/08/24/six_of_the_worlds_grimmest_tourist_destinations.htm These places would be great to photograph. I've already photographed Alcatraz -- although you kind of have to stay near the group. Chernobyl would be captivating. Jean Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:51:24 EDT http://www.sialumni.com/p/six-of-the-world-s-grimmest-tourist-destinations http://www.sialumni.com/p/six-of-the-world-s-grimmest-tourist-destinations location travel Hi all, I'm going to NYC the week of April 6th and the week of September 21st. I'll be in meetings all day on the weekdays of those weeks -- so I'm thinking of extending my trips over the weekends to do some shooting. Anyone have recommendations of where and what to shoot? I'm sure there are a... Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:10:35 EDT http://www.sialumni.com/p/places-things-to-shoot-in-nyc http://www.sialumni.com/p/places-things-to-shoot-in-nyc new nyc travel york Hi Everyone I am actually NOT an SI alumni, but a POTENTIAL student. I am considering the Summer Intensive course at the RMSP and would appreciate some feedback - good or bad - from some of you who have been through it. I would love to hear of your experiences there, what you thought of the... Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:59:35 EST http://www.sialumni.com/p/need-advice-about-rmsp http://www.sialumni.com/p/need-advice-about-rmsp Well, we are a week into Feb and one of the big items on the news (besides the elections) has been the weather. So, I thought it fitting to see who can capture the subtle, and sometimes not so subtle, influences from the weather around us. I have been on a trip to California and get to go back to Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:03:55 EST http://www.sialumni.com/p/feb-08-assignment---weather http://www.sialumni.com/p/feb-08-assignment---weather Fascinating little tool for viewing photos from favorite photo sites... it can even be added to your own site! http://www.piclens.com http://www.piclens.com/lite/ (for putting on your own site) -Erin Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:15:10 EST http://www.sialumni.com/p/cool-internet-find-piclens http://www.sialumni.com/p/cool-internet-find-piclens internet photo tool Inspired by Donn and Josh... Go out and shoot a different style or use a new technique or different equipment. Expand your horizons... http://www.sialumni.com/jan-08---not-your-usual Thanks to Josh and Donn for keeping me honest. As an update (and lame excuse): I have been working with some... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:21:30 EST http://www.sialumni.com/p/jan-08-assignement---think-different http://www.sialumni.com/p/jan-08-assignement---think-different assignement jan-08 If you had $3500 and 1 1/2 months of free time, what would you do? Where woould you go? I am thinking of headed starting in Buenes Aires, and then flying down to Patagonia for a month, and then back up to Santiago. Would you buy a new piece of equipment, or would you travel? I think travel is in my Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:39:11 EST http://www.sialumni.com/p/-3500-and-1-1-2-months-free-time-where-would-you-g http://www.sialumni.com/p/-3500-and-1-1-2-months-free-time-where-would-you-g G'day all I would just like to take the time to wish each and evry one of you the best at this time of the year. I hope this has been a good year for you and your loved ones. I would like to thank you all for the help you have offered here over the year and the wonderful images you have shared. I... Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:32:16 EST http://www.sialumni.com/p/-happy-holidays http://www.sialumni.com/p/-happy-holidays Hey all, I haven't been here in forever, but I ran across something that people might find helpful. I know a lot of the nature / landscape / travel photogs get caught in areas with bad phone reception. I found this on YouTube to help you. Coffee is helpful in so many... Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:05:16 EST http://www.sialumni.com/p/cell-phone-reception-booster http://www.sialumni.com/p/cell-phone-reception-booster cell landscape nature phone reception travel Thanks to Chippy for the inspiration. What is your favorite B&W conversion? Please list how you did it with the image. http://www.sialumni.com/dec-07-black-and-white-conversion Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:35:13 EST http://www.sialumni.com/p/dec-07-assignment http://www.sialumni.com/p/dec-07-assignment I was looking for some feedback on RMSP and what a better place to look. I hope this is ok, I know this is a site for RMSP Alumni and I have not attended (yet). I would love to get some feedback from people that have gone through SI and AI. I would love to attend but this is a big commentment... Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:20:14 EST http://www.sialumni.com/p/rmsp-feedback http://www.sialumni.com/p/rmsp-feedback