U2 photo auction for AWF

I have coordinated two different photo auctions in support of a great charity called African Well Fund. Over those two, they have raise about $19,000 for the cause. Wonderful!
This write up from @U2 does a much better job than I could ever try to attempt.

I offered my help to the charity a while back with the idea to auction off photos of U2 from fan photographers. It was a modest idea, one I thought would raise maybe a thousand or two, and it just took off from there. I had some issues with shipping and shelved the idea until the folks from AWF came back to me asking to help with the goal of raising $50,000 for Bono's 50th birthday. Sure!

There was already a great list of photographers from the previous auctions, and we were off. Lots of great shots. Some from way back in 1983, and some from just about the last show of the tour so far. And a little bit in-between.

As always it is interesting to figure out which three images of my own I am going to pick. I think I got two of them, the third is still up in the air. It is a small matter of pride to see how my images do with the rest. I think my efforts to get quality images this tour finally matched up with my ability. The only downside is that I was only able to attend two concerts instead of 16 like the previous two tours each.

Links

I had entirely planned to go over filters in an article until I saw my first link. Damn.

Photo articles are becoming hard to come by as my time is now being diverted outside with the nicer weather. A good problem to have!

- The Essential Filters for Controlling Contrast in Digital Nature Photography- Singh-Ray; See the first sentence. Seriously though, the shot of the filter being put in to place could be my camera setup. Exactly the same.

- 21 Reasons to Use Lightroom- PB; In case you needed more.

- How to WaterMark or add Logo to a Batch of Photos and Images!- tnerd; Great stuff! Though I run my through with LR plugin.

- "I'm Not Taking Your Picture, Don't Look at Meeeeeeee"- Gizmodo; I looked at this, and it is too complicated and a hindrance to normal photo process. I guess if you want to look creepy you could use it.

- Don't Be Afraid to Shoot in Low Light Without a Flash- LifeHacker; I started out shooting without a flash because I was lazy and thought it would be easier. Now I go in to a room looking to see how I can light it. Maybe I ought to go back to natural lighting for a bit......... naaaaaa, rooms are hardly ever lit nicely even for a 50mm f/1.8

- Judge Joe Brown - Cheap wedding photographer- YouTube; I don't even know where to start... hundreds of weddings with a Rebel XTi?!

- Greatest Swag In The History of Swagginess: The Canon Lens Thermos- Gizmodo; That is so amazingly amazing. I think I passed out from amazingness.