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An interesting behind the scenes look, Lester. Thanks for sharing this. Do you know if this Academy building will be open to the public, or will it just be for members of the Academies and their invitees? As I recall, the current Academy building is mostly off limits except to Academy members.

Those are great photos Jonathan! Another place I want to get to!

As an even earlier 8th street walker (from the early 60s on) I also remember the wonderful 8th Street Bookshop, and numbers of artisan leather and jewelry shops...it was where you went for sandals...sad now, but nice to see Washington Square alive again, even if somewhat sanitized... The seemingly unstoppable expansion of NYU, like that of Columbia uptown, has changed the character of the area profoundly.

    I'm a sucker for a picture-postcard location, and the town of Cefalu on the northern coast of Sicily is no exception. A comune in the Province of Palermo on the Tyrrhenian Sea , it's about 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of the provincial...

Samantha shares her selection of favorites from one of her favorite places.

Planning to trip or vacation? Here’s 7 handy travel photography tips to get you thinking about how to capture your time away.

    If you're a fan of the "Hunger Games" books and movies, we've some good news for you.  A new $750 million theme park based on the series is coming to metro Atlanta.  The park is said to be state of the art, "interactive and...

I had the chance to walk around Greenwich Village  (see map)  for the first time in several years. I know that this is going to sound like a "grandpa is complaining about change again" blog, but I was really disappointed in what I found....

Lester takes us on a preview tour of the museum that's been ninety years in the planning and will open for movie fans next year.

JonathanL visited Grant's Tomb and gives us today's Picture of the Day

Sometimes you don't have to travel very far to get that amazing photo.

British astronaut Tim Peake has been busy with his cameras on the International Space Station...you can see his snaps on an interactive map.

The cornerstone of good photography is the ability to take a photo that showcases your subject successfully. In order to do this, you must always be on the lookout for creative insight. You will increase the quality of your photographs and your reputation. Follow the tips provided and your pictures will stand out. When you are shooting a photo of someone, make sure that you are close to them to maximize the quality of the details on their face. This is very important, as you will want to...

Samantha shares more pictures from her tour of the only open air Capitol in the US, the Hawaii Capitol.

Beautiful! What a dreamy scene.

My first thought, looking at this morning's picture, was how much it has the feel of Impressionist painting, and in particular some of these scenes by Monet (above) and Pisarro (below). For fog, of course, no accident that two of them were painted in London!

These are great tips. i would add one more - make up business cards. They can say blogger or photographer, but they help when approaching people you want to photograph. It also gives you a way to offer to send a copy of your photo to your subject.

Couple more hints. Write down where you are taking the photos or learn how to save GPS / Geotags to your photos. This is handy when time passes and you are trying to remember where you took the photo. Biggest tip is to have a powerful telescopic lens to get far away closeups. If you don't have a tripod, brace yourself on a sturdy object for those big zoom shots, otherwise they maybe blurry.

Sorry, but I just can't trust that many cats gathered in one place.

It's been estimated that a huge percentage of the pictures on the internet are of cute cats. Now an art auction is about to offer a picture of cute cats that is huge (the painting, not the cats.)  

Marco Hazan, the man behind Humans of Paris   An 18-year-old law student has created a highly-popular Facebook site featuring the faces and stories of "real Parisians."