Here’s a great way to make a photographer happy: After viewing her photos, say something like “wow, you must have really great gear.” Everyone knows photography is not about the gear. Right? Well, it isn’t . . . but sometimes it is. Artistic vision is definitely not about the gear. And you’ll rankle a lot…
Happy 2011!
“May the most you wish for be the least you get.” ~ Irish saying Happy New Year! The Photo: Photographer’s reflection (me) in a green, reflective gazing globe. I’m bundled up on a 25-degree morning — cold, crisp sun. I cut out the globe and pedestal and tweaked a few color settings. And by that…
Amazing Circles Seattle
These globes are deceivingly simple if you have a version of Adobe Photoshop: Create Amazing Circles. The original shots were taken in and around Seattle, then swirled into Amazing Circles by way of digital trickery. Downtown Seattle waterfront, shot looking south from Pier 66 at sunset: A boom photographed near the Port of Seattle: Foliage….
When Godzilla Bought a Tile
I searched for some history on this Pike Place Market tile by Godzilla. Did he cough up $35 in 1985? And does he know Stan and Aina Beckman? I came up, instead, with an interesting piece about the silicon carbide material used for the tiles — and how Market life takes a toll on these…
Faces in Food
If I could find more faces in food, this would be a regular series.
Of Towhees, Tripods and Trust
I’m extra cautious out there as a photographing fool. I feel I owe the animals my respect when they allow me into their inner sanctum to photograph them …
Drop
Droplet adorning a tree branch on April’s last rainy day.
You Will Study the Wisdom of the Past
“Cardozo’s words, while inspiring, were not inspiring enough to inject any vigor into the pathetic, book reading blob I have become, but they were enough to remind me of something I’ve wondered before . . .”
Bay and Beach Flotsam: Brunswick!
Or, for “The King of Them All” . . . Roto Grip! I regularly shoot images of bay and beach flotsam, documenting the end result of our trashy habits. So, when I saw this bowling ball on a beach in Alameda, it was going to be just that — a quick documentation of San Francisco…
A Cat Illustrating “Frame Within a Frame”
Composition is complex. It’s not that the simple rules — like the Rule of Thirds — are so tough to grasp. It’s that the learning curve from first applying rules to then breaking rules is one chocolate mess of subjectivity.
