Author Archives: Rich

Baltimore Camera Club Monday Missive March 14, 2016

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Rich

Quotes “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs – ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Harold Thurman Whitman “Wheresoever you go, go … Continue reading →

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Photo Locations Maryland: Loch Raven Beach

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Rich

To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place…. I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. — … Continue reading →

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Baltimore Camera Club Monday Missive March 7, 2016

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Rich

Quotes “Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.” – Paul Strand You already have permission Just saying. You have permission to create, to speak up, and stand up. You have permission to be generous, … Continue reading →

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Baltimore Camera Club Monday Missive Feb. 29, 2016

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Rich

Quotes “My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it.” – Sam Abell “All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.” – Chuck Close “If … Continue reading →

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Baltimore Camera Club Monday Missive February 22, 2016

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Rich

Quotes “Success to me is being a good person, treating people well.” – David LaChapelle “It’s more important to click with people than to click the shutter.” – Alfred Eisenstaedt Friendships are made before photographs are taken.  — From a … Continue reading →

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Baltimore Camera Club Monday Missive Feb. 15, 2016

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Rich

Quotes I do have some principles that I follow: • I must create from my own vision. • To create my best work, I must create for myself. • I never ask others about my work. • I create because … Continue reading →

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More Photography at the BMA

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Rich

“An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.” – James Whistler The BMA currently has on display more photographs than I have ever seen at one time, all under the heading of “New Arrivals.”  There are … Continue reading →

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Baltimore Camera Club Monday Missive Quotes and Links Feb. 8, 2016

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Rich

Quotes “I fell in love with the process of taking pictures, with wandering around finding things. To me it feels like a kind of performance. The picture is a document of that performance.” – Alec Soth “What makes photography a … Continue reading →

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Baltimore Camera Club Monday Missive February 1, 2016

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Rich

Quotes “The great geniuses are those who have kept their childlike spirit and have added to it breadth of vision and experience.” – Alfred Stieglitz “If I have any ‘message’ worth giving to a beginner it is that there are … Continue reading →

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Seth Godin: Unconscious Consumption

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Rich

Usually I use a quote to open a topic or a general thought for an issue or an image.  This excerpt of most of Seth Godin’s blog of Nov. 27, 2015 is the subject.  I post it here to return to on … Continue reading →

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Tiny Dancer

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Rich

My daughter is quiet beside me in the front seat, until at last she sighs and says, with a child’s poetic logic, “This reminds of the place I always like to think about.” — Barbara Kingsolver Doing more composites.  Will … Continue reading →

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Sustainafest

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Rich

“Respond to every call that excites your spirit.” ? Rumi For details go to the Sustainafest website. Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015, starting at 1:00, films at 6:30. Sustainafest Mission: To educate and engage people of all ages and interests to take action in their everyday … Continue reading →

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Bayscaping (Butterfly Garden) Redux

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Rich

To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place…. I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.  — … Continue reading →

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Delaware Horseshoe Crabs

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Rich

While my interest in natural history has added very little to my sum of achievement, it has added immeasurably to my sum of enjoyment in life. — Theodore Roosevelt Every year a major ecological happening occurs along the shores of … Continue reading →

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Split-toning

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Rich

“Most of my photos are grounded in people, I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a persons face.” — Steve McCurry It has been a long-time since my last entry. I have been busy … Continue reading →

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