There are thought patterns or ways of thinking that are liberating and others that are limiting. This is true in all of life, but it also applies to our photography. The Western World is dominated by absolutism, by a belief in absolute truths, absolute morality and absolutes, like right and wrong. You even get politicians …
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Using his extensive experience with both landscape photography and fractal image creation, Wayne examines the parallels and draws some interesting conclusions. For over 35 years I have taken landscape photographs. For over 20 years I have explored fractal landscapes. Whilst on the surface they appear to be so totally different, I do not believe this …
Mark Alberhasky discusses one to the deepest questions acing most photographers. During a recent workshop, I was approached by a participant who was feeling overwhelmed by the experience. “How do I decide what to shoot?” We happened to be in a crowded urban market, in the rain, and the conditions were intimidating for an inexperienced …
An email has prompted a follow-up about the competition that triggered the original piece. As a follow-up to my piece on competition terms and conditions, I have some news about the competition that triggered my writing of the article. I received an email from them this morning saying that since many photographers had complained about …
The latest competition email I received prompted me to comment on competition terms in general. If you are like me, you receive a number of emails a month announcing photographic competitions of some sort. The latest one was from a New York travel magazine. And it looks like an interesting competition until you read the …
A workshop led me to consider the mixing of the old and the new in photography. This is one of the things I really love about photography, there are no rules really and you are free to mix processes and techniques to get what. Yesterday I spent a very enjoyable day doing a workshop in …
A brief statement of assorted impressions of the new HP Z printers from time spent with them at HP’s development and design center in Barcelona. Below are some quick impressions of the Z printers. I’ll follow up with more detailed coverage soon. These are real nice printers. I was fortunate enough to spend time evaluating …
Site Innervision shows the fine art x-ray photography of Steven N. Meyers As the first such site that I am giving awards to that use x-ray photographic techniques, perhaps I should explain what I find interesting about this area in general. The resulting images from x-ray photography, even if one will never have the opportunity …
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Newsletter usability has increased since our last study, but the competition for users’ attention has also grown with the ever-increasing glut of information. In his latest report, Jakob Nielsen takes an indepth look at email newsletters and how readers use them. The short version can be read here.
In this article I discuss the areas of the art world, how to make a personal choice between them and discuss issues of making a transition from making one type of art to another. So You Are Interested in Art? You have arrived at the point where you are interested in making art. This might …