Epic Edits Weblog

As always… really cool things happening around the web this week.

• Faces of Beijing photo essay
  Los Angeles Times
  Check out some of the work that Kris Krug (friend of the blog, and all-around awesome dude) was doing over at the Beijing Olympics! And don’t forget to browse through his Olympics Flickr Set too! Welcome home Kris, it looks like you had a great time over there!
• Amazing 2008 Olympics Photos!
  PictureSocial
  Incredible shots from the opening ceremony of the 2008 olympic games in China.
• Inspiration: Street Art, Murals, and Graffiti
  PSDTUTS
  Pulling inspiration from the real deal, here’s a huge list of resources for the digital street artist.
• 400+ Time Saving Photoshop Actions
  Design Reviver
  Check out this huge collection of Photoshop actions!
• War in South Ossetia
  boston.com
  Scary, scary stuff. I have a huge respect for war photographers.
• Travel Photography Equipment - What To Pack?
  digital Photography School
  Various types of bags and stuff to put in them when traveling in different situations.
• 4 Quick Ways to Boost Lightroom 2 Performance
  JMG-Galleries
  For the Lightroom users out there, Jim has this great little list of things you can do to improve the performance of Lightroom 2 and your own productivity.
• Handmade Flipbooks
  The Curious Blog
  A cool little project for turning a short video clip into a series of photos for a handmade flipbook.
• 10 Great Photos From Our Members
  digital Photography School
  Darren selects the first 10 of 20 photos from a list of 500 left by the readers of digital Photography School.
• Macro Photography 101
  Beyond Megapixels
  A great introduction to macro photography including a discussion on magnification and reproduction ratio.
• Five ways to create better photos without a dSLR camera
  All Narfed Up
  My pal Bryan gives out some tips for non-SLR photography and how to produce better photos with any type of camera.