Quotes
“Seeing things pleasing to the eye is more and more about experiencing them and less about capturing a trophy of the moment. And in more and more moments, I sense through the camera a parting of some veil only to see beyond it yet another one. This is where I think the fog mimics the greater truth that each moment of clarity is nothing but a smiling invitation to a shrouding mist just beyond. Come forward it says, and with that encouragement, I do.” — Paul Van Slambrouck
“Once the experience occurs there is no longer a painting or a photograph, or a poem, there is only the experience. Is there any other way to reach the meaning of a T. S. Eliot, or a Dylan Thomas, or a Bach, or an Alfred Stieglitz?” — Carl Chiarenza (Aperture Vol 6. No.2 1958) From aransomephoto.com.
Links
Photoessays/Bodies of Work
– Black Resistance/Vivid Symbolism
– Incredible wave photography
– Toward a vanishing horizon
– Channeling Eggleston But better in my opinion.
Post-processing
– Paint with light in PS
– Color grading with the diamond gradient
– Which file types to use for which uses
– Instantly removing color artifacts
Field/Studio
– Sean Tucker: Minimalist Street Photography
– How to plan (or not) your photo shoot
Great Blue Heron framed by purple loosestrife, Lake Redman boardwalk. Purple loosestrife is an invasive plant that degrades wetland habitat values.
Semi-abstract look back: Needlerush Beach, Deweese Is., SC; 2017