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 …
DON’T LIKE
Often we photograph things we don’t like. The world is full of photos of things that are not good. There is an urge to visually point at such things and …
SEEING THINGS
There is a Talmudic saying that says, “We do not see things as they are.” What do we see? Is this a warning sign? A piece of art? Or a …
ATTENTION FATIGUE
Attention gets tired. Not just when we are suffering through a boring lecture or listening to a rambling relative but pretty much all day, every day. Wikipedia has some nice …
CLOSET SPACE
Sometimes you get to work under less than perfect conditions. You go where they put you and do your best…