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I’m really failing at this ‘coherent theme’ thing, eh? Oh well. I’m spending more and more time out with my camera as the summer light dwindles; perhaps I’m attempting to make up for lost time. If you aren’t outside doing the same, check out this week’s collection of links:

• My Worst Photographic Habits - A solid post from Jim Goldstein on his failures as a photographer; failures that we’re all guilty of once in a while. I highly recommend you read this.
• How To Build a Remote Camera Trigger (PDF) - A 44 page pamphlet on making your own remote trigger. This is a great read for those of you out there into DIY photography.
• Clayton Cubitt’s Katrina Photos -I hadn’t seen photographs of the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina that had an impact on me until this series. Clayton’s recent portrait of Xeni Jardin can server as a ‘unicorn chaser’ to cheer you up afterwards.
• Endangered Machinery - Photographer Haiko Hebig’s exploration of industrial machinery and abandoned control rooms. Some of his work reminds me of Manufactured Landscapes in a way that I quite like.
• Drains of Canada: An Interview With Michael Cook - BLDGBLOG interview Michael Cook, a photographer and urban explorer out of Toronto, Canada. It’s a lengthy interview and might not be interesting if you’re not into wandering through sewers, but the photos included are stellar. Well worth a skim.

I’m now going to bury myself in writing some posts that I’ve let sit in my drafts pile for far too long. Stay tuned!