I have been wanting to write short stories as of late, nothing new to share, yet. Re-living my personal greatest hits.
No Demons
Rainbow in a ghost town
I Dream of Heaven
The Shepherd & Alpaca
I never thought the afterlife would look like this
Rooftop Sanctuary
Joe the Ugly Art Critic
But, I think my next story will have something to do with this quote “Ye are all GODS…and it’s about time you start getting good at it.” & a single billboard left to stand on a dead plant.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Street Portrait
Camera: Nikon D700Exposure: 1/8000 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 100 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed:
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Life is odd...isn’t it?
The things we do just trying to stay alive are odd obsessions, don’t you think? We want to preserve the NOW while constructing a FUTURE, remembering (or better yet) trying to forget our PAST to build all things anew. When in the end we are all just squirrels trying to get a nut. Then we find out we're allergic to the nut.
Things that goes well together:
Miso soup with cumin,
Vanilla yogurt & pumpkin seeds,
Did you know when you have an almost 4yr old Halloween becomes a month long event? These are things that a hospital should tell you when you take home your baby for the first time.
~ Get the best dust buster that money can buy
~ Make sure you and your wife agree on what the temperature of tepid water is
~ Putting shoes on a baby is hard. Practice it, repeat the practice and deal with it. Dummy it's only shoes.
~ Little princesses enjoy trying on dress a lot, seriously a lot
~ Every holiday is no less than a thirty day event
(add to the list this could get honestly funny and useful)
Going to spend all of February in Florida this year. Stock photography, family vacation, in all truth it is a BIG step for me.
Looks like in March we will be utilizing a studio space.
“Ye are all GODS…and it’s about time you start getting good at it.” – mashed-up quote by Jesus, Stewart Brand & me
Life is odd, isn’t it? ~ but good, very good…
Things that goes well together:
Miso soup with cumin,
Vanilla yogurt & pumpkin seeds,
Did you know when you have an almost 4yr old Halloween becomes a month long event? These are things that a hospital should tell you when you take home your baby for the first time.
~ Get the best dust buster that money can buy
~ Make sure you and your wife agree on what the temperature of tepid water is
~ Putting shoes on a baby is hard. Practice it, repeat the practice and deal with it. Dummy it's only shoes.
~ Little princesses enjoy trying on dress a lot, seriously a lot
~ Every holiday is no less than a thirty day event
(add to the list this could get honestly funny and useful)
Going to spend all of February in Florida this year. Stock photography, family vacation, in all truth it is a BIG step for me.
Looks like in March we will be utilizing a studio space.
“Ye are all GODS…and it’s about time you start getting good at it.” – mashed-up quote by Jesus, Stewart Brand & me
Life is odd, isn’t it? ~ but good, very good…
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Pittsburgh Photography Workshop Reminder
Little reminder about our upcoming Photography 101 workshop coming up on Nov. 1 from 1-4 at 502 W. North Ave. Pgh 15212.
There are still a few seats left so we hope you'll join us!
For more info click here.
There are still a few seats left so we hope you'll join us!
For more info click here.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Moment
Current Reading: Whole Earth Discipline by Stewart Brand
Current Music: Seeds by Martin Sexton
Mood: In a rush, preschool photo day
Sounds: Dishwasher
Smells: Coffee
Temperature: 70 degrees
Thoughts:"We are all Gods, & it's about time we start getting good at it". -Stewart Brand
Current Music: Seeds by Martin Sexton
Mood: In a rush, preschool photo day
Sounds: Dishwasher
Smells: Coffee
Temperature: 70 degrees
Thoughts:"We are all Gods, & it's about time we start getting good at it". -Stewart Brand
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Slow Photography Movement
Let me start with a story of how this idea came to me.
Scrolling through the blog of one my favorite local photographers (&person) she had posted this photo.
When I look at this photograph I often wish I had the opportunity to take this photo.
I do not know how this particular photo was taken. I can’t even venture a guess, at least not a good one...yet. It has me thinking….maddening yet wonderful thought about how I can do this.
I am not looking to plagiarize Joanne's work but I desperately want to be a chameleon to it…
Joanne's photo paired with my recent workshops, photo walks, conversations and e-mail discussions has me thinking about what is a complete photograph?
For me the least important thing to a great photos is the snap of the shutter; I am most interested in what happens before capture.
Composition, environment, emotions & inspiration…
The things that I do not care to know: Type of camera, camera setting, what lens, software, and post-production work was done.
If I can make an artistic guess it would be that this photo was completed in Joanne’s mind's eye long before it was captured in camera.
This photo brings me back full circle to a question that I asked on Facebook last week: What is the “Right” problem to fix in photo-education?
Thank you to all who answered. Your responses were remarkable, appreciated and the foundation for this article.
The feedback I gained can be listed in three categories/problems that need to be addressed.
Ethics, Ego & Stuff
A photograph is none of these things. A photograph begins with a thought.
A photograph is not: an obsession with equipment, an ability to purchase gear, it is not biz skills nor people skills, it is not using auto-canned-modes on your camera, hell it's not even about being able to shoot in Manual mode. (Manual mode is super important…. it’s your foundation)
I would ask photographers to think about their craft as:
Art, Morals and Truth
Tackling the right problem, that is struggle. Expanding your range of options rather than narrowing your perspective. A photograph is about YOU, not buying into someone else’s techniques or tips. It is about you developing and eye and situational problem skills.
Joanne's photograph has me thinking about how to weave patterns to discover interesting stories. And to question the purpose of how it was imagined. And doing all this while removing boundaries of what my conception of visual art is.
For a good two weeks I have been thinking about this photo and never once have I picked up my camera to try to replicate it. I can honestly tell you that I am a better photographer today than I was two weeks due to this process.
Slow Photography Movement…what is it????
It a philosophy about photography on how to transform and include yesterday's foundation of photography with the technologies that photography has to offer today. It is about the all-encompassing topics of art, morals and truth.
This is the start of a conversation; join in…more to come on this topic.
Let’s discuss….
Scrolling through the blog of one my favorite local photographers (&person) she had posted this photo.
When I look at this photograph I often wish I had the opportunity to take this photo.I do not know how this particular photo was taken. I can’t even venture a guess, at least not a good one...yet. It has me thinking….maddening yet wonderful thought about how I can do this.
I am not looking to plagiarize Joanne's work but I desperately want to be a chameleon to it…
Joanne's photo paired with my recent workshops, photo walks, conversations and e-mail discussions has me thinking about what is a complete photograph?
For me the least important thing to a great photos is the snap of the shutter; I am most interested in what happens before capture.
Composition, environment, emotions & inspiration…
The things that I do not care to know: Type of camera, camera setting, what lens, software, and post-production work was done.
If I can make an artistic guess it would be that this photo was completed in Joanne’s mind's eye long before it was captured in camera.
This photo brings me back full circle to a question that I asked on Facebook last week: What is the “Right” problem to fix in photo-education?
Thank you to all who answered. Your responses were remarkable, appreciated and the foundation for this article.
The feedback I gained can be listed in three categories/problems that need to be addressed.
Ethics, Ego & Stuff
A photograph is none of these things. A photograph begins with a thought.
A photograph is not: an obsession with equipment, an ability to purchase gear, it is not biz skills nor people skills, it is not using auto-canned-modes on your camera, hell it's not even about being able to shoot in Manual mode. (Manual mode is super important…. it’s your foundation)
I would ask photographers to think about their craft as:
Art, Morals and Truth
Tackling the right problem, that is struggle. Expanding your range of options rather than narrowing your perspective. A photograph is about YOU, not buying into someone else’s techniques or tips. It is about you developing and eye and situational problem skills.
Joanne's photograph has me thinking about how to weave patterns to discover interesting stories. And to question the purpose of how it was imagined. And doing all this while removing boundaries of what my conception of visual art is.
For a good two weeks I have been thinking about this photo and never once have I picked up my camera to try to replicate it. I can honestly tell you that I am a better photographer today than I was two weeks due to this process.
Slow Photography Movement…what is it????
It a philosophy about photography on how to transform and include yesterday's foundation of photography with the technologies that photography has to offer today. It is about the all-encompassing topics of art, morals and truth.
This is the start of a conversation; join in…more to come on this topic.
Let’s discuss….
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