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Landsapes of the Spirit 

Famed landscape photographer William Neill recently released an electronic edition of his book Landscapes of the Spirit. One reviewer on Amazon.com described his work by writing:

"I guarantee that if you love landscape photography, but are looking for a book that pushes the boundaries of this genre, look no further..."

Although the hardcover edition is now an out-of-print collector's item, the electronic edition captures the fidelity and beauty of the photos at a fraction of the original price.  

 William Neill's Landscapes of the Spirit-Digital Edition

Backup Review Site 

As a follow-up to the RAID Systems overview in the June Edition, we've been carefully looking at online backup systems. The promise of storing an "off-site" set of files in a server cloud has strong appeal but lengthy upload times for photo libraries serve as a significant obstacle to efficient online storage. While we can't shorten the upload process, we have found a Web site that performs their own tests on backup systems and aggregates the tests and reviews from other sites. Backupreview.info is a great source to quickly get up to speed with online storage. 

Backup Review 

Some subjects lend themselves perfectly to audio slideshows. A professional musician teaching a middle school band is one of them. 

From the NY Times

Devil's Tower, an eerie volcanic plug of rock rising from the Wyoming prairie attracts climbers from around the world. Many non-climbers have wondered "What's on top". As usual, the NY Times has the answer.

 
The 2008 Olympics focused the world's attention on Beijing's air quality and China's Environmental Problems. As the factory for the world's goods, China faces a difficult road ahead. Cleaning The Air: China's Environmental Problems, produced by Media Storm, takes and in-depth look at China's current problems and future options.

Andy Dickenson polled members of ASMP's Newspaper Video listserv to gather data on how newspapers are assigning, shooting and producing video stories. One surprising finding is that creating one minute of online video takes, on average, four hours of production time. More at the Video Workload Survey Results.

Lightroom 2 Resources 

Upgrading to a new version of your favorite applications always is a mixed blessing: you get to take advantage of a host of new features, but at the same time, you must take time to learn and adapt to the new features. To help you get up to speed quickly with Adobe Lightroom 2, we've assembled a list of resources to make the upgrade as easy as possible. 

The Professional Digital Workflow Lightroom 2 Mini-site

NAPP: Lightroom 2 Learning Center

Adobe: Lightroom Support Center

Julianne Kost: Lightroom 2 Tutorials 

Victoria Brampton: Lightroom 2 Keyboard Shortcuts

Lightroom 2's Graduated Filter 

This month's video tutorial teaches you how to use Lightroom 2's Graduated Filter tool to darken troublesome skies, improve foreground contrast and add a cinematic look to your photos.