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Itten’s Contrasts – Day 3: Transparent/Opaque
Working my way to 2010 through Itten’s Constrasts. Transparent: Opaque: Transparent and Opaque: More Itten Posts: Itten’s Contrasts
Itten’s Contrasts – Day 2: Heavy/Light
Working my way to 2010 through Itten’s Constrasts. Heavy: Light: Heavy and Light: More Itten Posts: Itten’s Contrasts
The 12 Days of Itten’s Contrasts – Day 1 (The List)
It’s an age-old exercise but I’ve never completed it . . . so, I thought I’d take the holidays to work my way through the list of Itten’s Contrasts, inspired by Michael Freeman and his book The Photographer’s Eye. (I wrote a bit more about Itten’s Contrasts here.) Itten’s Contrasts Here’s the list of Itten’s…
It’s Not Imbalanced . . . It’s Itten
Itten’s Contrasts – An Old Bauhaus Trick I came upon the concept of Itten’s Contrasts in a photography book by Michael Freeman, The Photographer’s Eye (great book, by the way). Johannes Itten was a Bauhaus instructor who identified contrasts as the main element of composition. If you’ve studied arts or graphics you’re no doubt familiar…
Cormorants at Work
First, a disclaimer. These are not tack-sharp photos. The IS (image stabilization) inside my Olympus is pretty darned good. And with the right shutter speeds, I can brace the camera to produce crisp images without a tripod or monopod — which is super, because I’m often taking pictures in the context of a hike where carrying a…
The Mock Snail
This title, The Mock Snail caused the tiniest bit of confusion on Flickr. He’s a real snail. It’s just that the psychedelic tone rendered by my Raynox 150 lens inspired a Lewis Carroll reference.
Everyday Translucence
I was filling up the compost pail and decided the items on my fridge deserved a photographic tribute for the good works they do.
Wildlife & Nature Photography Ethics
“Responsible wildlife photographers observe a strict code of ethics. The cardinal rule: if anything you do directly or indirectly endangers, restricts or harasses an animal, stop and leave the animal alone. The integrity of a wildlife photograph evaporates if the subject was not free to come and go, if it shows fear or anxiousness, if…
