
AUDIO Click the little triangle to listen while you read. Creativity can prove a great challenge for many of us. I for one can attest to having more “dry spells” than creative abundance. Here are some things to consider that have worked for me and continue to work to this day. Keep a journal on [...]
Oct 15, 2009 | Categories:On Design, On Photography | Tags: Adobe Photoshop Darkroom tricks, Ansel Adams, Cindy Sherman, Creative uses of Photography, Eward Weston, Imogen Cunningham Eric Almas, James Fee, Lens Work Publishing, Photographic Abstraction, Photography abstraction, Photography Projects, Photoshop Lightroom Tricks, Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison, Shots Magazine, Straight Photography | 21 Comments »

The name of this Group is derived from a diaphragm number of the photographic lens. It signifies to a large extent the qualities of clearness and definition of the photographic image, which is an important element in the work of members of this Group. The chief object of the Group is to present in frequent [...]
Sep 30, 2009 | Categories:On Photography | Tags: Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, f/64, Henry Swift, How to make, How to make Pictorialism, Imogen Cunningham, John Paul Edwards, Pictor, Pictorialism, Pictorialist, Sonya Noskowiak, Straight Photography, Understanding Pictorialism, Willard Van Dyke | Leave A Comment »

As discussed in the “What is Landscape” survey posted to Facebook, there are many interpretations of the term “landscape.” However abstract the term becomes, they all seem to reference the vast open space of our land. During the process of assembling these thoughts on “landscape” and what the terms convey, the following artist’s work comes [...]
Sep 02, 2009 | Categories:Artist Profiles, On Photography | Tags: Ansel Adams, Art, Art Wolf, Colin Prior, Earthworks, Edward Burtynsky, Edward Weston, Fabricated to be Photographed, History of Photography, Kevin Powers, Land Art, Landscape Photography, Noah Wilson, Photography, Phototgraphic Education | Leave A Comment »

landscape |ˈlan(d)ˌskāp| noun 1 all the visible features of an area of countryside or land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal : the giant cacti that dominate this landscape | a bleak urban landscape. a picture representing an area of countryside : [as adj. ] a landscape painter. What is landscape? This may [...]
Sep 01, 2009 | Categories:On Photography | Tags: Ansel Adams, Art, Art Wolf, Bob Ross, Cezanne, Colin Baxter, Colin Prior, Earthworks, Facebook, Land Art, Landscape Photography, Magnum Photos, Photography, Political Landscapes, Poll, Salvador Dali, Social Media, Tom Mackie | 1 Comment »