Here are some really interestingly minimal compositions that are full of color. I think they work really well and really pop for how minimal they are.
http://bumbumbum.me/2011/09/15/leontjew-minimalistic-photography/
Probably a lot of you have seen this series already but if not, it is great and you should check it out.
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/02/hilariously-ferocious-underwater-dogs/?src=footer
This is a really cool 360* Panorama of the worlds highest waterfall Angel Falls.
http://bencollette.com/productbyprocess/?p=599
Pretty interesting look at what goes into making camera lenses
This chapter has some interesting points on how to manipulate light and using different types of light to create different effects. What I really found interesting was the temperature of different light sources measured in Kelvins and how that relates to the color of light that they throw.
I really enjoyed the quote by Patrick Maynard on pg. 112 that says of photography, “a clever and economical invention- using abundant, free light to capture and permanently fix still images.” I thought that this was an interesting view to have of photography because it is something that is so easily overlooked. In essence, a photo is literally just the capturing of light at a certain moment in time, this is a beautiful way of looking at photography in a new way.
This reading actually was quite informative. I enjoyed reading about the anatomy of the eye and how it relates to the camera. It was also interesting to read about how to make a camera obscura. It was a nice refresher as far as the technical descriptions and information about cameras seeing as I don’t have much experience with analog cameras..
http://productbyprocess.com/
This is a pretty interesting website if you want to see how products are made. The videos have really dynamic shots and are really well edited.