Luminous Landscape News Feed- 7 September, 2008 - The Problem with Photographing the

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7 September, 2008 - The Problem with Photographing the Beautiful and Famous

Do you enjoy photographing the usual or the unusual? Do famous locations make the smile or sweat? Today's essay by contributor George Barr is titled The Problem With Photographing The Beautiful and The Famous and will provide some food for thought.

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I am now on my way to Botswana, where together with Andy Biggs I will be conducting a wildlife workshop / safari. I will be back on September 23rd, and offline until that time.

I will therefore not be able to respond to any e-mails, and our customer service department is also on minimal duty.

The site's Forum is operational, but no new registrations are being accepted at this time. The reason for this is that the site is under constant attack by spammers and pornographers, and so each application is visually checked while we are available – which we are not currently.

Our store remains open though and we appreciate your orders and your business.

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This is an exciting month in the photographic industry, with many new cameras and other photographic items to be announced leading up to and at Photokina. I'll be away for much of the lead-up to Photokina, but I will also have some surprises (plural) in store for you during the next couple of weeks. Keep your eye on this page (What's New) because you never know when something of considerable interest might appear.

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