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Monday Missive — June 27, 2016

Quotes “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” – William Arthur Ward “I often think of my work as visual haiku. It is an attempt to evoke and suggest through … Continue reading

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Monday Missive – June 20, 2016

The member’s show at the Baltimore County Arts Guild at 1101 Maiden Choice Lane, second floor above the bank begins this week. I will be there with refreshments from 11 – 2 on Sunday, June 26. Please stop by and … Continue reading

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Monday Missive: June 13, 2016

Quotes “The best pictures differentiate themselves by nuances…a tiny relationship – either a harmony or a disharmony – that creates a picture.” – Ernst Haas “There is often a huge difference between an idea and its realization. I’ve had what … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — June 6, 2016 (Michael Kenna notes)

Quotes “Art is, or ought to be, a reliable refuge for idiosyncrasy in a society that increasingly views the idiosyncratic with suspicion.” — Colin Dabkowski, Buffalo.com, Jan. 18, 2015 “…the sublime is often hidden in plain sight.– Joel Meyerowitz, Once … Continue reading

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Monday Missive – May 30, 2016

Quotes ‘…photography is a craft that requires experimentation, risk and growth, and that getting better at photography is a journey that never ends.” – Chris Orwig, Photography Issue 5 “In general, I have found that people who pour their energy … Continue reading

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Monday Missive May 23, 2016

Quotes “The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.” — John Maynard Keynes “I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.” — John Cage … Continue reading

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Bug Shot Austin Days 1-4

What we choose not to do matters. — Seth Godin, 5/20/16 Two years ago I heard about Bug Shot workshops given by some entomologists who are also great photographers. I was too late to register the first year I heard … Continue reading

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Monday Missive May 9, 2016

Quotes “Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow.” — Imogen Cunningham “A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen … Continue reading

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Monday Missive May 2, 2016

Quotes “My work is inviting, hopefully, it’s also evocative and tells a story. Ultimately, the goal in my work is to elicit emotion, be it wonderment, joy, silliness, happiness, solitude. I think because I shoot for feeling rather than just … Continue reading

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Monday Missive – April 25

Quotes “Good photography is unpretentious.” – Walker Evans “If you can influence the outcome, do the work. If you can’t influence the outcome, ignore the possibility. It’s merely a distraction.” – Seth Godin, 9/30/12 “Instead of working so hard to … Continue reading

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Monday Missive – April 18, 2016

Quotes “Creative experiences can be produced regularly, consistently, almost daily in people’s lives. It requires enormous personal security and openness and a spirit of adventure.” — Steven Covey “Science at its best is an open-minded method of inquiry, not a … Continue reading

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Baltimore Camera Club Monday Missive – April 11, 2016

Quotes “The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.” – Brandon Sanderson “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” – Edgar Degas … Continue reading

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Baltimore Camera Club Monday Missive – April 4, 2016

Quotes “Each of us is an artist of our days; the greater our integrity and awareness, the more original and creative our time will become.” — John O’Donohue “If it makes you cry, it goes in the show.” – Annie … Continue reading

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Baltimore Camera Club Monday Missive – March 28, 2016

Quotes When I had my first solo exhibition of my paintings and photographs, I felt that the act of working as an artist is not complete until the works have been given for viewing.  They are not given as a … Continue reading

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Baltimore Camera Club Monday Missive – March 21, 2016

Quotes “I do what I feel, that’s all. I am an ordinary photographer working for his own pleasure. That’s all I’ve ever done.” – Andre Kertesz “My pictures are never pre-visualized or planned. I feel strongly that pictures must come … Continue reading

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