Much ado

about nothing.. I've been laid low with flu all week. I thought I was getting better, but by 5 today I was wiped. I managed to sleep through my son getting his fingers caught in the door (didn't hear any screaming). Poor lad. Such is how wiped I was.Anyway I've been living on laptops and Twitter for the past few days. Some of the conversations on Twitter reminded me of old websites I love. The first being Ashes and Snow from Gregory Colbert. That in turn reminded me of the fabulous tonal qualities of Nick Brandt. While both are shot quite close to animals, and go for a sepia tone, the similarity ends there. Gregory's work is about the human animal interaction, while Nick is creating an almost fantasy 'memory' collection of animals that may not be with us for much longer.Elephants and Cheetahs are my favourite of all the African species. And of course it goes without saying, the swimming Indian Elephants of Sri Lanka. This is reason enough for me to like the work of these photographer. The wonderful compositions and toning cement this completely. Nick will have a new book out later this year. I know I'll be buying it.While Nick is keeping some of his secrets close to his chest, he still has a large press section on the website where you can learn about his work and techniques.The other link I've been perusing is an absolute opposite: Fashion. It came in from Melissa Rodwell: FTape.com. It's a great resource for fashion.