exploring nature’s infinite connections
When I first started photographing nature, I was in complete awe of the shots I would see in magazines. Even before I got serious about photography, I still enjoyed these pictures as a 'casual observer', but they were foreign to me in their creation. Somehow what was...
I have often thought that we have a pretty deep evolutionary connection to the sea, and it is one of the primal drivers that makes the ocean, the water, and the beach so alluring to so many. For me, it feels like my soul is being recharged when I am there. When I am...
Something I think about from time to time is an artist's style or theme they apply to their work. I was visiting a few websites lately where the photographers had all of their images with the same monochrome toning regardless of subject. It looks very nice when...
During my flu 'break' last week I came across a nice interview with Anthony Hopkins on daytime television. Normally I think they should just save the airwaves with most things found on daytime television, but that is another matter. Anyway, I had learned that Anthony...
Just sharing an interesting link to a list over on Wikipedia. I don't suppose I will ever understand why these images fetch the prices they do. I can understand some of them hold fairly significant historical reference, like one of the first color photographs. Ansel...
Ahhh, the turbulent waters of opinion on photo critiques.. and I suppose I am going to copycat some existing blog entries by Greg Lato, who refers to an entry on the top 10 annoyances by Jim Goldstein. Many of Jim's top 10 are some of my pet peeves as well. But these...
I came across a rather interesting article / blog post here on some cognitive studies done on how artists vs. 'non-artists' view images. Click the link and give it a read, and come back because I think this is worthy of some analysis when it comes to photographers and...
Howard Grill took on some interesting discussion about an article in the recent Camera Arts magazine. So visit Howard's blog and read the article link he has. If anything, it is certainly a different point of view whether you choose to agree or disagree. I don't know...
There is an interesting discussion going on in the Radiant Vista forums about critiques and the art vs. craft of photography. I am sure similar discussions have taken place a thousand times over, and probably over centuries. Not that I want to regurgitate any of the...