Going Up or Coming Down
I would like to talk about a photograph I saw and commented on at a photography site I visit when I have time. I found …
A Short Vent
Photography is a process of selection and abstraction, a series of them at that. First, we put frames around a frameless …
Narrative and Meaning in Photography
I made a presentation to a small group of friends related to the art of photography. The presentation mostly focused on …
Kozak Plateau Folio
I have issued a folio of photographs, limited to a total of 12 copies. The photographs are selected from a series that I …
On Giclée and Understanding Digital Photography, III
Oh, where was I? Yes, I was trying to dispel some myths about digital photography. Let me continue with a few more I …
On Giclée and Understanding Digital Photography, II
In the previous post, I tried to give you an idea about the setting, now I will try to address specific arguments …
On Giclée and Understanding Digital Photography, I
Yesterday evening I attended a panel discussion at the Bert Gallery in Providence. The topic “What is original …
The Decisive Moment
The term that symbolizes Henri Cartier-Bresson’s photography is at once elusive, mysterious, alluring, and quite …
On Humor and Photography
I admire humorists, good ones that is. Some get belly laughs by picking on some people, they may be fun to watch but not …
Fine Art Photography
After reading this article, you may want to read a follow-up post I wrote. Photography is a democratic medium, everyone …
Photographic (digital) Workflow
The term workflow has been closely associated with digital photography. I think this is a misnomer. The core idea is, …
Rules, Learning, and Experts
Someone seriously misunderstood this post as a “prescription for good photography.” A careful reading will …
How to Use a Polarizing Filter
What is polarized light We see and photograph reflections of light from the surfaces surround us. If objects did …
Imagine
Digital photography certainly opened new horizons on imaging and gave photographers a very powerful set of tools. We …
Manipulated Photographs
At a photography Web site that I frequent, I read a series of comments about “manipulated photographs.” One …
A New Vantage Point
Seeing is the essence of photography, and I saw some new places and saw again familiar places from a totally new vantage …
Photography Critiques
I would like to explore the idea of a critique and how to stimulate reflection and the critical viewing of photographs. …
Too Many Sunset Photographs
According to the legend, in 1899 the head of the U.S. Patent Office sent his resignation to President McKinley urging …
How I Discovered a New Approach Mood Control
As I tried to adjust a photograph I took last April (2003) from a moving train, I realized that I was not getting the …
Splitting Hair for Wider Range
(Before the advent of high dynamic range (HDR) processing I used to use the following method to extract a greater …
Digital Polarizer
A polarizing filter is an indispensable tool for most photographers. It helps remove reflections from most non metallic …