photography
Comfort Is Where Art Goes To Die
Comfort is where art goes to die.
Comparisons
No photographer has arrived, it’s all a journey and everyone needs to get better. Never get discouraged by the photographers who seem to be leaps and bounds beyond your capabilities. They’re not. You’ve gone down a unique path with your life that no one else can duplicate.
Storytellers
Photography classes would be better served with textbooks like the forthcoming book from photographer Jerod Foster, Storytellers [http://www.jerodfoster.com/2011/10/20/new-book-announcement-storytellers/]: > Sprinkled among the 288 pages are numerous tips, anecdotes, and exercises to help challenge readers to push their storytelling abilities. To me, that could
Veteran Japanese Photographer Daido
Veteran Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daid%C5%8D_Moriyama] explains why he prefers compact cameras (via Hanna Cho [http://hannacho.blogspot.com/]):
The Lytro Camera
The talk of the web today was the new Lytro Camera [https://www.lytro.com/camera]: > By substituting powerful software for many of the internal parts of regular cameras, light field processing introduces new capabilities that were never before possible. Sophisticated algorithms use the full light field to unleash
Amateurs Rule
From Hugh MacLeod’s Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys to Creativity [http://gapingvoid.com/ie/]: > Art suffers the moment other people start paying for it. The more you need the money, the more people will tell you what to do. The less control you will have. The more
Chased by Constraints
One of the best examples of constraints leading to more creativity is Chased by the Light, a project by veteran nature photographer Jim Brandenburg. In the mid-90s, Brandenburg decided to venture into the North woods of Minnesota with his film camera and shoot for 90 days straight. The constraint? He
UK Man Investigated For Terrorism After Photographing Daughter In Mall
And he fights back…
Event Photographers
I’ve only really studied and obsessed over landscape photography, so when the chance cropped up to volunteer as an Event Photographer for a charity event, I was apprehensive, but willing. I have a whole new respect now for the Event Photographer: the endless hours on your feet, the rejection
A Lesser Photographer Launches
The first of my new projects to launch this year, A Lesser Photographer [http://www.alesserphotographer.com/] is a site for minimalist photographers. Actually, it’s more about producing the best possible results from the least of equipment. The web has become cluttered with sites preaching to photographers about bigger