THE FOUR Fs OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography is as simple or complex as our little brains desire. Fisher Price makes a camera for toddlers and Linhof makes superb high-end large format cameras for the ultra pro. …
Photography
WHO ARE WE SHOOTING FOR?
“And it’s One, two, three… who are we shootin’ for?…” (Sorry for stealing that line Country Joe McDonald, I have an earworm). 1960s rock lyrics aside, who are we shooting …
PHOTO HOARDING
Digital photos have no mass, they are not physical, although they do take up space; hard drive space, virtual space, mental space. Photographers are often proud of the number of …
SECOND LOOK
How often do we re-examine a scene after getting the shot? Probably fairly often unless it’s a timing thing. Static subjects are easy to re-examine. They don’t go anywhere and …
FAST THINKING
Fast thinking doesn’t use words. It’s more of a knowing. Ya just “know.” In his book, Blink, Malcolm Gladwell calls it thin slicing. Somehow, without quite consciously trying you are …
WILL THEY SEE WHAT YOU SEE?
We take photos for two audiences, ourselves and others. We look, we find something, maybe a scene, an object, an expression, a moment and then we capture it. We frame …
EFFORT
Life is more fun when it’s effortless. When it flows. The brain loves effortless. There is a evolutionary urge to minimize energy output and conserve resources. To be lazy. It’s …
PROJECTS
Life is a project (and it lasts a lifetime). Within the big metaproject are a seemingly infinite number of mini and micro projects. Projects give us focus. It’s something to …
LOOK BEHIND YOU
I am woefully new to podcasts and blogs but I’m quickly learning what a rich source of information and ideas they present. It’s most a matter of reaching for those …
TWO SIDED BRAIN
There is no question we have a two sided brain. It has two hemispheres, a left and a right, divided in the middle and connected by a bundle of nerves. …