
Road Trip 2010: The morning of day 16 from Portland, Oregon. In this video John Trefethen describes how he deals with a lack of inspiration, his journey thus far and his encounters along the way. At the end of the clip are a selection of today’s favorite images.
Jun 20, 2010 | Categories:On Photography | Tags: Looking for Art Inspiration, Mt. Hood Oregon, Photographic Education, Photographic Inspiration, Photography Blog, Portland Photo Blog, Road Trip 2010, Yellowstone Blog | 6 Comments »

The size of the work should be driven by the content rather than the market. Right? The fact is, in the art industry where selling work and getting gallery representation drives many artists’ working methods, working either very large or very small seems to be the shtick. It would seem there is no in between.
Jan 20, 2010 | Categories:On Photography | Tags: Andres Gursky, Connotation vs. Denotation, Photographic Education, Relationship of Scale in Photography, Size in Photography, Technique vs. Content | Leave A Comment »

Punta Gorda, Belize: A Soclal Documentary by Trefethen Studios from John Trefethen on Vimeo. Returning from a trip with such epic proportions leaves the soul feeling a bit empty and without. Punta Gorda, Belize is a very small town in the southern-most district of Belize; the Teledo District. The town sits on the Bay of [...]
Dec 04, 2009 | Categories:Journalism, On Photography, Project Briefs | Tags: Belize, Belize Dentistry, Belize Photography, Photo Journalism, Photographic Education, Pleasanton Event Photographer, Pleasanton Event Photography, Pleasanton Photographer, Punta Gorda, Punta Gorda Photography, Social Documentary, Social Landscape, Valley Bible Church, VBC | Leave A Comment »

The capture of light, translated onto a picture plane as line, shape and form presented in a two-dimensional object, is the photograph, or the denotation of reality. What the viewer feels, understands, or reads into the picture is the connotative meaning.
Aug 14, 2009 | Categories:Tutorials | Tags: Connotation vs. Denotation, Jacques Lartigue, John Trefethen, Lewis Hine, Photographic Education, photographic meaning, Text & Image, Three Boys By Lewis Hine, What is connotation?, What is Denotation? | Leave A Comment »

In this session, you will become acquainted with two artists whose work redefines the use of photography These two artists represent a genre I refer to as “Fabricated to be Photographed.” In the slides that follow, you are going to experience a stunning and magical display of a “reality” as interpreted through the mind’s eye of Shana and Robert ParkeHarrison.
Aug 03, 2009 | Categories:Artist Profiles, ParkeHarrisons | Tags: Emulating ParkeHarrison, Fabricated to be Photographed, How to make photo fabrication, ParkeHarrison, Photographic Education, Photography, Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison, Video on Fabrication in Photography | Leave A Comment »