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Photo Love - Should Be True Love
I guess the thing that first captured me about photography, was the fact that a camera allowed me to capture the beauty of the world and all of the things I love.I am pleased to say, that photography...
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HDR and the Zone Plate - Softly Focused and Dreamy
Earlier, I made a post about Zone Plate photography. As a follow-up, I decided to create a few ZP images with my Olympus EP-1 camera using a homemade zone plate and an HDR sequence.While zone plate is...
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Inspiration - Patrick Nagatani - Atomic Photographer
Patrick Nagatani's "Nuclear Enchantment"Patrick Nagatani's "Nuclear Enchantment" - a set on FlickrLike myself, there are many image-makers who in one way or another have artistically reacted to having...
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The Masters Are Not Gods
The way I see it Part 1 of 2To religiously follow a single theory, path or celebrity has never made much sense to me - photography included.Logically, it has made more sense to utilize the best of...
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The Masters Are Not Gods (Cont.)
For what it's worth Part 2 of 2continued from - The Masters Are Not GodsI tend to store any findings into my personal database as pieces of knowledge that I may use to knit into a new thing at...
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Faking Old Processes
The history of photography before the digital age is one that may not be fully appreciated by many of today’s computerized image-makers. Yet, for some reason, there seems to be an interest in...
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"I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them." - Diane Arbus Best told by those who knew her.DIANE ARBUS - THE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKOther posts by: John Neel
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The Mission of Photography
"When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as one of the fine arts. Today I don't give a hoot in hell about that. The mission...
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2013 VSW Auction
Every year, the Visual Studies Workshop offers a variety of photographic works and photo books to the public at auction. It is a great opportunity to own some great photographic works.2013 VSW Auction...
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Inspiration - Wynn Bullock
Quotes by Wynn Bullock"For me photography has been a profession, an avocation. Now it has become a way of life.""When I photograph, what I'm really doing is seeking answers to things.""I didn't want to...
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Sole Searching…Pun Intended
My best images were made while walking.For me, walking is the best way to take photographs. It is a way to find something to photograph. It is a good way to exercise my mind as well as my feet.I find...
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Sole Searching…also Soul Searching
My best images were made while walking.For me, walking is the best way to take photographs. It is a way to find something to photograph. It is a good way to exercise my mind as well as my feet.I find...
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Inspiration - Chemo Toxic - Willie Osterman
Anyone in the Western New York Area should consider attending the VSW gallery showing of the latest work by my friend and colleague Willie Osterman. The one of a kind wet plate collodion images he...
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Zone Sieve Pinhole Dupes
Dupe - trick, deception, duplicationWhen I first received my package of pinhole plates from Skink, the first thing I did was mount them to my DSLR and shoot a few images off of my computer monitor. The...
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Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day…is tomorrow! : )
Tomorrow Is WPPD.CountdownAre you getting ready?April 29th and WPPD is going to be here in a few days. Here is the poster: My 2013 WPPD Poster with links to more links about Worldwide Pinhole...
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Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day…is today!
Here is the link to the WPPD gallery where you can see the images coming in from people around the world: Exhibition - April 28, 2013 There is still time to get involved. You have until the end of the...
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Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day has come and gone…
While it is a bit too late to submit for this years event, you can still have a look at the images as they arrive from all around the globe. There will be thousands of images that range from those who...
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Inspiration - Nick Veasey, X-Ray Photographer
X-ray imaging seems a bit too dangerous to me. However, this venturesome photographer creates amazingly beautiful images using high dosage X-ray radiation. Many of his images are of exceptionally large...
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Inspiration - Nicholas Nixon
The Brown Sisters: Heather, Mimi, Bebe and Laurie - X 36 YearsVideo Below"Using an 8×10-inch view camera, American photographer Nicholas Nixon began shooting lovely black and white portraits of the...
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