Quotes
“Alone time is when I distance myself from the voices of the world so I can hear my own.” — Oprah Winfrey
“At the root of creativity is an impulse to understand, to make sense of random and often unrelated details. For me, photography provides an intersection of time, space, light, and emotional stance. One needs to be still enough, observant enough, and aware enough to recognize the life of the materials, to be able to ‘hear through the eyes’.” — Paul Caponigro
“Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.” — Bob Marley
Links
Photoessays/Bodies of Work
– Britland Tracy: Focus on appropriation Interesting concept and execution.
– Spaceborne: Astronaut/artist Donald Pettit
Post-processing
– Paint with light to transform your photo Make the light you wish you saw.
Field/Studio
– Nigel Danson: Critiquing my own images: Why the composition didn’t work
– Fog and the Zen of Art
– Abstract winter nature on your doorstep
– Ultrawide landscapes Great Scottish landscape
Miscellany
– Clyde Butcher
– Japanese ghost photos
Snow patterns. This image won 2nd place in last week’s Baltimore Camera Club competition. Unfortunately I could’t stay for the Unlimited category judging. If anyone remembers the judge’s comments, please pass them on. Independent thoughts welcome as well.
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis).
Regarding your second place finish in the competition: First of all, kudos! That’s an interesting and mysterious image with a sweet minimalist vibe. Secondly, the figure in the black square at lower left looks like a Shmoo from the old Lil Abner comic strip. 🙂
Thanks Walter.