Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Beta

26 Oct 2009

Last week Adobe released a free public beta version of Photoshop Lightroom 3.0. You can download it from labs.adobe.com. I’m sure it won’t be free once the beta period is over, so go try it out while you have the chance.

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Vivian Maier's street photography

20 Oct 2009

Vivian Maier’s street photography has been rediscovered by John Maloof when he bought a box full of 30-40,000 medium format black and white negatives at an auction. Her work, spanning about 30 years and dating back to the 50’s, shows a beautiful and classic Chicago full of lively and sometimes gritty characters. Vivian clearly had incredible talent with a sharp eye and seemingly quick finger on the shutter. With several hundred rolls left to develop, John has his work cut out for him, but the product has been simply beautiful! Follow the photoblog that John has set up to display her work. It is truly inspiring.

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Welcome and Help Wanted

20 Oct 2009

We’d like to officially welcome everyone back to the new home of Chicago Photobloggers. We launched the site about a month ago and then ran into a few weeks of nonstop work which made if hard to update the site. Now that the dust has settled and work has slowed down a bit, we’re here welcoming everyone back.

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