ProPhotoLife has a very nice article about the Psychology of Portrait Photography. Anyone who wants to or does take portraits, this one is for you.

http://prophotolife.com/2008/10/06/the-psychology-of-portrait-photography/

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/10/05/celebration-of-smoke-photography-and-smoke-art/

MVPC would like to send a big thank you to Joe Rossi for being our Judge on Thursday evening.

Everyone should take a few moments and have a peek at his website, and truly amazing photography.

http://www.joerossiphotography.com/

A stunning, heart breaking, photo essay on the spread of drug resistant TB.

http://www.xdrtb.org/

GIMP  ( GNU Image Manipulation Program ) is now at version 2.6. As the review states, it’s one step closer to taking on PhotoShop. ( And its FREE! )

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081001-gimp-2-6-released-one-step-closer-to-taking-on-photoshop.html

Photojojo has a good introduction to Macro Photography.

http://photojojo.com/content/guides/macro-and-micro-photography-guide/