If you are looking for a great gift for anyone on your holiday list with an interest in photography, this book just might be the thing.
………Great for both traditional camera users as well as digital photographers.
Photographic depth is meant to be a trigger for contemplation. It is one of the ways in which we connect with another mind. It is a way to see the world through the eyes of another person.
Most of these cameras were made from wood and covered with a pebbled grain cloth or paper. There were some that were made from paperboard and used a pinhole rather than a lens. More expensive versions were made from stamped metal and covered in leather. They had simple shutters and apertures.
Photography isn’t always about what makes you feel good. It can be more about what it makes you feel. While good can be one of the effects, there…
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day is a single day in April where everyone on the planet is invited to make pinhole photographs. Planning for it and building cameras helps me get through the winter months.
In my way of thinking, focus implies a sense of subject. Focus is the “what” of an image. It is what you want the viewer to …
Here are a few clips from my book – Rethinking Digital Photography HDR “In photography, capturing details in low light areas of the image scene (the shadows) as…
Video – Paul Strand – Under The Dark Cloth………”To be a photographer you must have something to say about the world.” – Paul Strand
A photograph can purposely leave things out. Depending on the intent, photographs only shows us what the maker wants us to see. They are purposefully selective. We want to believe that the scenes are full circle, similar to what is outside the frame, factual and as environmentally pristine as they seem magnificent.
Fellow artist Bill Yates travels the roads of the South……The southern road seemed to beg your attention for what was just ahead. While there is plenty of this that can be seen in the rest of America, no place shows it like the south. No place else that I know shows its…