Finding your photographic style takes time. It’s a process. You may even think you found it only to discover that your preferences have changed. That’s okay. That’s good. It means that you are growing and evolving on yo… Read the rest “How to Find Your Photographic Style”
21. Januar 2021
von Jaron Schneider Kommentare deaktiviert für Leica Ad is an Evocative Reminder of Photography’s Importance
Commercials don’t have to be powerful and emotional works of art, but they are often much more successful if they are. Leica’s latest 1-minute ad is just that: an evocative reminder of photography’s value to society.
Commercials don’t have to be powerful and emotional works of art, but they are often much more successful if they are. Leica’s latest 1-minute ad is just that: an evocative reminder of photography’s value to society.
Leading lines in photography are existing lines within the frame of a photograph which the photographer has deliberately aligned/arranged (prior to taking the photo) by adjusting their composition either shifting their body or camera… Read the rest “Leading Lines in Photography”
19. Januar 2021
von Andrew Molitor Kommentare deaktiviert für Regarding Photographs: On the Truth of a Photo
I’ve been writing for a while now on this single idea: that photographs transport you, in a sense, to the scene of the photograph; that you therefore react to photographs as if you were there, viscerally; that you react specifically by imagi… Read the rest “Regarding Photographs: On the Truth of a Photo”
19. Januar 2021
von DL Cade Kommentare deaktiviert für These Photos of Underwater Flowers Look Like Paintings
Every Sunday, we bring together a collection of easy reading articles from analytical to how-to to photo-features in no particular order that did not make our regular daily coverage. Enjoy!
Every Sunday, we bring together a collection of easy reading articles from analytical to how-to to photo-features in no particular order that did not make our regular daily coverage. Enjoy!
If you’ve been following along for any length of time, you might be starting to wonder if the author here even owns a camera, and if so, whether he can work it at all. I can! I really do, and I can! I mean, kinda, anyways.
My story is an interesting one. I worked behind the scenes in the motion picture industry for 15 years. I got my big break at a place called Clairmont Camera repairing cinema lenses.
As any photo enthusiast will tell you (sometimes without you even asking), the benefits of photography go far beyond the ability to capture a moment or immortalize an expression. It goes beyond a mere understanding of color, or compositio… Read the rest “All I Need to Know I Learned from Photography”
10. Januar 2021
von Phil Mistry Kommentare deaktiviert für Great Reads in Photography: January 10, 2021
Every Sunday, we bring together a collection of easy reading articles from analytical to how-to to photo-features in no particular order that did not make our regular daily coverage. Enjoy!
Every Sunday, we bring together a collection of easy reading articles from analytical to how-to to photo-features in no particular order that did not make our regular daily coverage. Enjoy!
The previous essays in this series have tried to develop some ideas about what happens when people look at photos. The realism, that mass of realistic detail, causes (I claim) a visceral reaction: we feel, we react, we think, a little as if we … Read the rest “Regarding Photographs: Photo Criticism”
7. Januar 2021
von Jaron Schneider Kommentare deaktiviert für How This Photographer Re-Inspired Himself Out of a Creative Rut
After being forced to shelter in place because of the spread of COVID-19, photographer Michael Shainblum found himself in a deep creative rut: he just stopped taking photos. In this 15-minute video, he explains how he pulled himself out of … Read the rest “How This Photographer Re-Inspired Himself Out of a Creative Rut”
7. Januar 2021
von Brian Christianson Kommentare deaktiviert für Learning to See Again
Crash! I tentatively turn my body in the direction of the sound already aware of its cause. There, a few feet away in the rocks, lay one of my cameras, its lens akimbo.