AWARDS
Receiving an award can be very satisfying, especially if it comes from a respected source and the other candidates were equally worthy. It’s not quite the same when everyone wins …
Month: December 2018
ONE SHOT
In the movie, the Deer Hunter, Robert DeNiro explains his philosophy of hunting. You take one shot, make it count. You could easily apply this to photography, taking fewer photos …
FLEMINGTON STREETVIEW SHOW
There is a never ending flow to the projects we can do, on our own or with others. For our recent group project, Flemington Streetview, we focused on photographing Main Street, …
GENERIC
What’s a generic photo? What’s “generic?” Generic means not specific, not one of a kind, not especially unique. Generally acceptable but not remarkable. When are our photos generic? Probably most …
SHOWING
What’s showing? Are you showing? In a show? Showing off? Showing your cards? Showing your true self? Lots of meanings in there. Showing our photos can have many meanings, too. …
STAY OBSESSIVE
Joe is an artist. An irreverent, wacked, passionate artist. And a good friend. His advice to young artists is to be obsessive. Good advice. When you are obsessed, you’re focused. …
CONTENT
What matters more, content of presentation? In the early days of photography presentation was pretty rough. Photos were blurry, over or under exposed and often fairly passive with people just …
SECOND CHANCES
How often do you see a nice shot and think, “I need to get that shot sometime.” This can happen as part of a commute or maybe a local trip …
FOG
Fog is fun. It has softness and mystery. Fun to photograph in, terrible to drive in. It was also a mystery when to expect fog. Sometimes I could guess, like …
DISTRACTION CURE
“The only cure for distraction is attention.” Pico Iyer (and a camera focuses our attention)