genmegane.com
Another fascinating Japanese web site with fascinating photography. Both this site, and the previous web log post are inspirational. I like the awkward navigation, it makes me want to explore and discover.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
NO digital
NO digital
An absolutely mesmerizing web site! You can type other numbers in to the URL to see other photographs, I tried 100 and various 200 numbers and they seemed to work. The photography is amazing and real!!!
An absolutely mesmerizing web site! You can type other numbers in to the URL to see other photographs, I tried 100 and various 200 numbers and they seemed to work. The photography is amazing and real!!!
Monday, February 5, 2007
Andrew Miksys Photographer
Andrew Miksys Photographer
Thoughtful, emotional, powerful photography. To me the photographs evokes strong feelings of sadness and loss.
Thoughtful, emotional, powerful photography. To me the photographs evokes strong feelings of sadness and loss.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
The Online Photographer: How to Read a Photographic Book
The Online Photographer: How to Read a Photographic Book
I think it is true that we judge a photograph quickly, I know I do. I also know when I watch people looking at my photographs that they often miss, what for me, is an important aspect of the photograph. Allowing time to savor, or reflect, or just to look at a photograph is respectful of the thought and effort of the photographer.
I think it is true that we judge a photograph quickly, I know I do. I also know when I watch people looking at my photographs that they often miss, what for me, is an important aspect of the photograph. Allowing time to savor, or reflect, or just to look at a photograph is respectful of the thought and effort of the photographer.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Luminous-Lint: Home - for Connoisseurs and Collectors of Fine Photography
Luminous-Lint: Home - for Connoisseurs and Collectors of Fine Photography
This is an amazing site, I looked up some of my favorite photographers, like Eugene Richards, and all the information and examples of photography were there. If you love photography, and the history of photography this a crucial site.
This is an amazing site, I looked up some of my favorite photographers, like Eugene Richards, and all the information and examples of photography were there. If you love photography, and the history of photography this a crucial site.
Friday, January 19, 2007
The use of Photoshop - Reuters Blogs
The use of Photoshop - Reuters Blogs
This is an interesting article related to truth in photography and the limits of using Photoshop to manipulate images. I agree with its intent and limitations. Keeping a relationship between a photograph and a specific moment in time is the magic of photography. Manipulation can severe the relationship between a photograph and a moment in time. When the relationship to a moment in time is altered an image can still be meaningful and beautiful, but the energy and magic of photography has vanished.
This is an interesting article related to truth in photography and the limits of using Photoshop to manipulate images. I agree with its intent and limitations. Keeping a relationship between a photograph and a specific moment in time is the magic of photography. Manipulation can severe the relationship between a photograph and a moment in time. When the relationship to a moment in time is altered an image can still be meaningful and beautiful, but the energy and magic of photography has vanished.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
www.yamasaki ko-ji.com
www.yamasaki ko-ji.com
I love this web site. It is expressive, unique, and very individual. Japanese street photography, sort of.
I love this web site. It is expressive, unique, and very individual. Japanese street photography, sort of.
Monday, January 8, 2007
The Digital Journalist January 2007 Issue Contents
The Digital Journalist January 2007 Issue Contents
The January issue is online. As always it is excellent. If you use RSS subscribe to their feed so that you can track when the new issue arrives.
The January issue is online. As always it is excellent. If you use RSS subscribe to their feed so that you can track when the new issue arrives.
Sunday, January 7, 2007
Syllabus CIOS 258 Digital Photography
071C258syl.pdf (application/pdf Object)
I am teaching a course in digital photography. In my syllabus I outline some ideas about the photographic process. I have included some of those ideas in the web log post.
Course Purpose: (Why on Earth am I taking this course?)
The purpose of this course is to become a good photographer! A good photographer can use ideas, vision, a camera and editing tools to create photographs that fulfill an explicit purpose or intention.
The process of photography is:
1. Thinking
2. Seeing
3. Taking
4. Selecting
5. Editing
6. Sharing
Photography is a means of communication. Some photographs become more valuable over time. There are many purposes and reasons to take photographs. Photography is a skill that will grow and change the more that you use and develop it. The process of photography is fun. The more you photograph, the more photographs you see.
Photographic Intention: (Why do I take photographs?)
A person takes photographs for a reason. There are many reasons to take photographs. When you photograph you have a frame of reference or intention to take a photograph. Thinking about the reasons for your photographs will help you organize your approach to photography. People can have multiple reasons to take photographs.
Seeing Photographs: (What do I see? Why do I take this specific photograph)
Assuming that you have a reason or intention to take a photograph you take photographs because you see something to photograph. You see something that fulfills your intention. The more photographs you take the more photographs that you see. A photograph is a specific moment in time. The moment in time is expressed through light captured by a camera. Seeing something to photograph and seeing like a camera are not identical. Being able to translate what you see into a photograph that expresses your original vision takes experience and technical knowledge.
Using a Camera: (How do I use a camera to capture what I see?)
Photographic techniques are tools used to fulfill your photographic intention. Cameras are a means to an end. Every decision that you make in setting the camera is a compromise, there is something gained and something lost. All cameras involve the same set of compromises.
A camera does not see like a human. A camera does not have the dynamic range of the eye. A camera does not have depth perception. A camera sees color differently then a human. A camera abstracts what a human sees.
It takes experience to be able to translate what you see into a photograph. To be able to express your intention, to be able to capture what you see, you must master camera technique. What is in your head, what you intended to do, or even the memory of the event is not the same thing that is in the photograph.
Photographic techniques are the tools you use to bring your intention, what you wanted to show, closer to the photograph, what you actually captured. Turning what you see in your mind into what people see in the photograph is the art of photography.
Selecting, Evaluating, and Archiving Photographs: (My photographs are everywhere, how do I get organized?)
If you do not organize your photographs you will be overwhelmed? If you do not develop a method of organizing your photographs you might lose the photographs and the memories that they contain. Sometimes what you see later, in a photograph, is different from and maybe even better then your original intention. It is important to make your photographs accessible and easy to view. A good organizing and archiving system provides a method to think about and re-experience and re-evaluate your photographs. It is important to see your photographs from different contexts and perspectives; a photograph can grow and change as your experiences change. If you do not have a method for selecting, grouping, and archiving photographs you will not be able to re-appreciate your photographs.
Before doing major selecting, wait to make judgments on your photographs. Sometimes it takes time to appreciate what you have taken; it is too easy to focus on the details or the flaws in the photograph and to miss the actual value of the photograph. Let time pass, at least a month, before evaluating your photographs.
Editing Photographs: (The photograph does not look right, now what do I do?)
Editing or enhancing a photograph clarifies and expresses your original photographic intention. Photoshop or Picasa are tools to improve or clarify your original intention. Using cropping, straightening, editing, adjusting the dynamic range, sharpening, cleaning up small details, and adjusting color are means to clarify a photograph. Using software to adjust an image is as important as using a darkroom to print an image, software is an integral part of digital photography.
Sharing Photographs: (I want to share my photographs with others?)
Sharing photographs is making a commitment to the selected photographs that these photographs are good enough to share. There is always the balance between perfect, good enough, and laziness, at some point it is necessary to evaluate and share your photographs. The motivation to share improves the entire photographic process. By making your photographs available you will be able to review and reflect upon what you have done.
I am teaching a course in digital photography. In my syllabus I outline some ideas about the photographic process. I have included some of those ideas in the web log post.
Course Purpose: (Why on Earth am I taking this course?)
The purpose of this course is to become a good photographer! A good photographer can use ideas, vision, a camera and editing tools to create photographs that fulfill an explicit purpose or intention.
The process of photography is:
1. Thinking
2. Seeing
3. Taking
4. Selecting
5. Editing
6. Sharing
Photography is a means of communication. Some photographs become more valuable over time. There are many purposes and reasons to take photographs. Photography is a skill that will grow and change the more that you use and develop it. The process of photography is fun. The more you photograph, the more photographs you see.
Photographic Intention: (Why do I take photographs?)
A person takes photographs for a reason. There are many reasons to take photographs. When you photograph you have a frame of reference or intention to take a photograph. Thinking about the reasons for your photographs will help you organize your approach to photography. People can have multiple reasons to take photographs.
Seeing Photographs: (What do I see? Why do I take this specific photograph)
Assuming that you have a reason or intention to take a photograph you take photographs because you see something to photograph. You see something that fulfills your intention. The more photographs you take the more photographs that you see. A photograph is a specific moment in time. The moment in time is expressed through light captured by a camera. Seeing something to photograph and seeing like a camera are not identical. Being able to translate what you see into a photograph that expresses your original vision takes experience and technical knowledge.
Using a Camera: (How do I use a camera to capture what I see?)
Photographic techniques are tools used to fulfill your photographic intention. Cameras are a means to an end. Every decision that you make in setting the camera is a compromise, there is something gained and something lost. All cameras involve the same set of compromises.
A camera does not see like a human. A camera does not have the dynamic range of the eye. A camera does not have depth perception. A camera sees color differently then a human. A camera abstracts what a human sees.
It takes experience to be able to translate what you see into a photograph. To be able to express your intention, to be able to capture what you see, you must master camera technique. What is in your head, what you intended to do, or even the memory of the event is not the same thing that is in the photograph.
Photographic techniques are the tools you use to bring your intention, what you wanted to show, closer to the photograph, what you actually captured. Turning what you see in your mind into what people see in the photograph is the art of photography.
Selecting, Evaluating, and Archiving Photographs: (My photographs are everywhere, how do I get organized?)
If you do not organize your photographs you will be overwhelmed? If you do not develop a method of organizing your photographs you might lose the photographs and the memories that they contain. Sometimes what you see later, in a photograph, is different from and maybe even better then your original intention. It is important to make your photographs accessible and easy to view. A good organizing and archiving system provides a method to think about and re-experience and re-evaluate your photographs. It is important to see your photographs from different contexts and perspectives; a photograph can grow and change as your experiences change. If you do not have a method for selecting, grouping, and archiving photographs you will not be able to re-appreciate your photographs.
Before doing major selecting, wait to make judgments on your photographs. Sometimes it takes time to appreciate what you have taken; it is too easy to focus on the details or the flaws in the photograph and to miss the actual value of the photograph. Let time pass, at least a month, before evaluating your photographs.
Editing Photographs: (The photograph does not look right, now what do I do?)
Editing or enhancing a photograph clarifies and expresses your original photographic intention. Photoshop or Picasa are tools to improve or clarify your original intention. Using cropping, straightening, editing, adjusting the dynamic range, sharpening, cleaning up small details, and adjusting color are means to clarify a photograph. Using software to adjust an image is as important as using a darkroom to print an image, software is an integral part of digital photography.
Sharing Photographs: (I want to share my photographs with others?)
Sharing photographs is making a commitment to the selected photographs that these photographs are good enough to share. There is always the balance between perfect, good enough, and laziness, at some point it is necessary to evaluate and share your photographs. The motivation to share improves the entire photographic process. By making your photographs available you will be able to review and reflect upon what you have done.
Monday, December 18, 2006
Heading East
Heading East One of the joys and challenges of photography is the empathy and imagination that you develop by being observant. I love wandering around, and as I wander I am surrounded by a thousand questions and a thousand feelings. Check the related links at the bottom of the post for more impressions.
Monday, December 11, 2006
Photography of Jonathan Moller
Photography of Jonathan Moller Sometimes photography serves a higher purpose. "Our Culture is Our Resistance" is a set of Photographs that serve and communicate on multiple levels.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
The Online Photographer: T.O.P.'s Ten Best Living Photographers List
The Online Photographer: T.O.P.'s Ten Best Living Photographers ListI good list to start exploring. I do not know all these photographers, but I will.
Monday, November 27, 2006
JPG Magazine: Issues: 7
JPG Magazine: Issues: 7 I bought this magazine at Barnes and Noble. I liked it so much I subscribed. You can download the magazine as a PDF here, or you can scroll through the pages by scrolling through the Issue Preview.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Sunil Vaidyanathan Photography
Sunil Vaidyanathan Photography Another access point to these wonderful photographs. Start here.
The River Yatra: Ganga Yamuna
The River Yatra: Ganga Yamuna These photographs transcend the beautiful. Explore this site for documentary photography the way it should be. I would love to take the photo school that he teaches. I was inspired.
New York Black and White Photography
New York Black and White Photography
The photography and the articles are excellent. Explore this site.
The photography and the articles are excellent. Explore this site.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
The Toy Polloy--Smells Fishy!
The Toy Polloy--Smells Fishy!
I love the look of these photographs. I have been noticing, when scanning my old negatives, that I really like some of my odd and flawed photographs. I want to try some of these tools.
I love the look of these photographs. I have been noticing, when scanning my old negatives, that I really like some of my odd and flawed photographs. I want to try some of these tools.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
The Online Photographer: Seen It Before?
The Online Photographer: Seen It Before?
Developing a unique photographic style is crucial and I think should be unconscious. A style should evolve from how you see, not how you compare to others.
Developing a unique photographic style is crucial and I think should be unconscious. A style should evolve from how you see, not how you compare to others.
Sunday, September 24, 2006
RAWWorkflow.com - Make better pictures from your pixels™
RAWWorkflow.com - Make better pictures from your pixels™
Ben Lifson's columns and resources for thoughtful and artistic photography.
Ben Lifson's columns and resources for thoughtful and artistic photography.
Monday, September 18, 2006
Dennis Dunleavy: The Decisive Moment: The Course of Human History as the Eye Sees It
Dennis Dunleavy: The Decisive Moment: The Course of Human History as the Eye Sees It The Decisive Moment and Henri Cartier-Bresson are an inspiration that never grows old. Ethics and truth are an important aspect of the best photography.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
(Bjorke * BotzBlog) What You Choose to See
(Bjorke * BotzBlog) What You Choose to See
This is a thought provoking and practical post. I especially like this quote "My conclusion so far is that the paradox is illusory, a byproduct of the fact that neither the color photograph or the B&W photograph are the things being photographed. As the old Winogrand saw goes: they're new facts. Once you see a color photograph, already made, it's harder to think of it as anything else. Seeing the photograph is a new experience, one that is like seeing the things photographed while photographing, but... not the same. And that this surely has an influence on the way photographs are redacted from contact sheets and so forth. If they start B&W, they are B&W. Color, color."
This is a thought provoking and practical post. I especially like this quote "My conclusion so far is that the paradox is illusory, a byproduct of the fact that neither the color photograph or the B&W photograph are the things being photographed. As the old Winogrand saw goes: they're new facts. Once you see a color photograph, already made, it's harder to think of it as anything else. Seeing the photograph is a new experience, one that is like seeing the things photographed while photographing, but... not the same. And that this surely has an influence on the way photographs are redacted from contact sheets and so forth. If they start B&W, they are B&W. Color, color."
Friday, September 15, 2006
iN-PUBLiC | The home of street photography
iN-PUBLiC | The home of street photography Another excellent street photography web site, I love street photography!
Sunday, September 10, 2006
The New Orleans Kid Camera Project
The New Orleans Kid Camera Project Excellent photography, the way it is, no pretention, just clear seeing!
Friday, September 8, 2006
lifevicarious - 448 days around the world
lifevicarious - 448 days around the world This is an excellent photo blog, interesting and varied. You can subscribe to the web log using an RSS reader. I like it!
RICHARD BRAM. PHOTOGRAPHER
RICHARD BRAM. PHOTOGRAPHER I love street photography, there are some good photographs here.
Sunday, September 3, 2006
street_photography_for_the_purist.pdf (application/pdf Object)
street_photography_for_the_purist.pdf (application/pdf Object)
An awesome article, a large PDF about street photography with excellent photography.
An awesome article, a large PDF about street photography with excellent photography.
Friday, August 18, 2006
Monday, August 7, 2006
Derelict London.com
Derelict London.com I think I share similar motivation with my Wandering In Fairbanks web sites. I love to explore and document the vanishing everyday things that we experience. Margaret and I spent 10 days in London a few years ago, it was a great place to explore.
Sunday, August 6, 2006
Key Thoughts and The Zen of Fishing
sm-07-07: "Key Thoughts and The Zen of Fishing"
I also think photography is like wildlife watching, being prepared for the random event. I carry a camera with me whenever I leave the house, I "kid" that the moment that I do not have the camera a space ship will land with aliens! I will even go back into the house and get a camera if I forgot to bring it with me. I want to be prepared for the random event or the unexpected moment. Like fishing or wildlife viewing the process is fun in itself, wandering outside, waiting, listening, returning to the same place again, looking for evidence, the process is fun and valuable even if I do not see any wildlife. Sometimes I feel like I have to earn the right to see an animal, sometimes it seems like I have been granted a gift, but I must be available for the gift.
I also think photography is like wildlife watching, being prepared for the random event. I carry a camera with me whenever I leave the house, I "kid" that the moment that I do not have the camera a space ship will land with aliens! I will even go back into the house and get a camera if I forgot to bring it with me. I want to be prepared for the random event or the unexpected moment. Like fishing or wildlife viewing the process is fun in itself, wandering outside, waiting, listening, returning to the same place again, looking for evidence, the process is fun and valuable even if I do not see any wildlife. Sometimes I feel like I have to earn the right to see an animal, sometimes it seems like I have been granted a gift, but I must be available for the gift.
Saturday, August 5, 2006
Thursday, July 27, 2006
lens culture: links
lens culture: links
This set of links is an excellent place to explore thoughtful photography. Each of the links deserves the time to look, think, and explore.
This set of links is an excellent place to explore thoughtful photography. Each of the links deserves the time to look, think, and explore.
lens culture: photography and shared territories
lens culture: photography and shared territories
You could spend days exploring this web site. Subscribe to their mailing list for updates. The Atget section is amazing.
See it at http://www.lensculture.com/rauschenberg.html
You could spend days exploring this web site. Subscribe to their mailing list for updates. The Atget section is amazing.
See it at http://www.lensculture.com/rauschenberg.html
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Strange statues around the world | haha.nu - interesting findings over the net
Strange statues around the world | haha.nu - interesting findings over the net
This is a very cool web site, sometimes it is not the photographer it is the subject that makes a photograph.
This is a very cool web site, sometimes it is not the photographer it is the subject that makes a photograph.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Wandering In Seattle: Stephen Cysewski
Wandering In Seattle: Stephen Cysewski I have created a web log to share my Seattle and Tacoma street photography.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Medianeras
Medianeras
I love this site, explore the excellent photo documentation and the beauty too.
I love this site, explore the excellent photo documentation and the beauty too.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Flickr: Photos from cysewski
Flickr: Photos from cysewski
I am sharing many of my photographs using Flickr. My Flickr pictures do not have the sequence of my web sites. My Flickr photographs are more individual. My Picasa photographs are more personal, maybe they are not as good as the photographs on Flickr or on my web sites. My web logs are individual photographs that I like. In some cases I have a single photograph on all four sites. I am sorting through the differences and similarities between my web sites, my web logs, Flickr, and Picasa web albums. The common thread between each of these tools is sharing my photographs with others. I enjoy sharing and I am getting more courage to share without worrying about whether they are "good enough". Every photograph on my sites I like, for many diverse reasons.
I am sharing many of my photographs using Flickr. My Flickr pictures do not have the sequence of my web sites. My Flickr photographs are more individual. My Picasa photographs are more personal, maybe they are not as good as the photographs on Flickr or on my web sites. My web logs are individual photographs that I like. In some cases I have a single photograph on all four sites. I am sorting through the differences and similarities between my web sites, my web logs, Flickr, and Picasa web albums. The common thread between each of these tools is sharing my photographs with others. I enjoy sharing and I am getting more courage to share without worrying about whether they are "good enough". Every photograph on my sites I like, for many diverse reasons.
Picasa Web Albums
Picasa Web Albums
I am sharing more individual and personel photographs using Picassa web albums. There are photographs of my family and photographs, that for some reason that I want to share. The photographs that I share on Flickr are more public. The photographs on my web sites are those that are "complete" or a part of a series.
I am sharing more individual and personel photographs using Picassa web albums. There are photographs of my family and photographs, that for some reason that I want to share. The photographs that I share on Flickr are more public. The photographs on my web sites are those that are "complete" or a part of a series.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Monday, June 26, 2006
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
The Online Photographer: T.O.P. Ten: Number 2
The Online Photographer: T.O.P. Ten: Number 2 The description of the power of these photographs is important. Why do we take photographs, what are we communicating, there are many reasons for a photograph, but some reasons are worth more then others.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
flaneur ::: diario visual de Buenos Aires. (photoblog, visual diary of Buenos Aires)
flaneur ::: diario visual de Buenos Aires. (photoblog, visual diary of Buenos Aires) Highly recommended web site documenting Argentina.
Thursday, May 4, 2006
Juan Buhler / PHOTOS
Juan Buhler / PHOTOS
Another web site with excellent photography. I really love these photographs.
Another web site with excellent photography. I really love these photographs.
Wednesday, May 3, 2006
OpenShutter/ONE :: Uganda 2005
OpenShutter/ONE :: Uganda 2005 Another powerful example of the power of photography to express a place in its complexity and depth.
Monday, May 1, 2006
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Julieanne Kost Interview
Julieanne Kost Interview
Discussion of her book Window Seat and thoughts on creativity. Worth reading!
Discussion of her book Window Seat and thoughts on creativity. Worth reading!
Monday, April 17, 2006
Carl de Keyzer Photography
Carl de Keyzer Photography
Very high quality, and interesting, photography site. There is a lot to see, all of it excellent.
Very high quality, and interesting, photography site. There is a lot to see, all of it excellent.
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Unphotographable: a text account of pictures missed
Unphotographable: a text account of pictures missed
This is am important concept. When I was writting a web log about Thailand many of my posts were of visual events that I could not, or did not photograph. By writing I was still sharing the moment. Click on the all tab to see the unphotographable events.
This is am important concept. When I was writting a web log about Thailand many of my posts were of visual events that I could not, or did not photograph. By writing I was still sharing the moment. Click on the all tab to see the unphotographable events.
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