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Tag Archives: BW
Monday Missive — November 19, 2018
Quotes “Even if you’re not sure of where it will lead, today’s the day to begin.” — Seth Godin, November 3, 2018 “Look at the acknowledged masters of this craft and you will see large bodies of work that focus … Continue reading
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Tagged black and white, BW, content aware, Instagram, Links and Quotes, monochome, Photo essay, Photoshop, portrait, retouching, street photography
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Monday Missive — October 29, 2018
Quotes “The mystery isn’t in the technique, it’s in each of us.” — Harry Callahan, More Joy of Photography by Eastman Kodak (Editor) “Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.” — … Continue reading
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Tagged BW, composites, copyright, culture or social photography, flash, Frames, light, Links and Quotes, Monochrome, nature photography, Photoshop, surrealism, Transparent
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Monday Missive — September 17, 2017
Quotes “Just put on the lens and go.” – Miroslav Tichy “The best critiques I’ve seen are not about the image’s technical properties. The best critiques question why the photograph was created in the first place.” — CJ Chilvers in … Continue reading
September 3, 2018
Quotes “Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.” — Paul Strand Results are uncertain even among the more experienced photographers. — Matthew Brady There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your … Continue reading
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Tagged animal portraits, astrophotography, BW, Landscape, Links and Quotes, Maternity, Monochrome, Paul Roark, Sally Mann, Saul Leiter, street photography, wetlands
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Monday Missive — August 13, 2018
Quotes “Reality-based reality: It’s ever easier to weave our own reality … . We can invent our own rules, create our own theories, fabricate our own ‘facts’. It turns out, though, that when your reality is based on actual reality, … Continue reading
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Tagged adjustment brush, BW, composites, DAM, Florida, Landscape, Lightroom, Links and Quotes, mirrorless, Monochrome, nature photography, Photoshop, Utah
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Monday Missive — July 30, 2018
Quotes “Photography offers so many different ways to tell a story.” — Fiona Struengmann in an interview with Cat Lachowskyj in Lens Culture “Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible.” – Paul Klee “Creativity isn’t about wild … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, BW, conservation, flash, light, lighting, Lightroom, Links and Quotes, nature photography, street photography
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Monday Missive — June 11, 2018
Quotes “There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.” – Norman Vincent Peale “Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.” – Earl Nightingale “Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Watson, auto mask, Berenice Abbott, Black & white, BW, color theory, Creativity, DAM, flash, Jack Delano, Landscape, Links and Quotes, monochome, railroads, WPA
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Monday Missive — April 16, 2018
Quotes “The photographer is like the cod which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.” — George Bernard Shaw “Flow happens when our vision demands the fullness of our craft and pulls us into a state … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract, astrophotography, BW, copyright, fair use, humanism, Landscape, Leica, Links and Quotes, monochome, monochrom, photojournalism, seasons, self-portrait
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Monday Missive — March 19, 2018
Quotes “…a camera gives you a license to explore.” — Adam Davies in a conversation with Ben Marcin in Bmore Art, March 6, 2018 “A tear contains an ocean. A photographer is aware of the tiny moments in a persons … Continue reading
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Tagged animal migration, autofocus, birds, BW, Diane Arbus, Georgia O'Keefe, infrared, IR, Kelly Castro, keystone, Links and Quotes, macro, monochome, perspective control, portraits, sandhill crane, wildlife
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Monday Missive — March 5, 2018
Quotes “One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.” – Anthony … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, BW, color, color blend mode, color lookup tables, Daufuskie, equipment, flash, Links and Quotes, masks, monochome, New Zealand, Nikon, SC, surrealism, tips, wildlife
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Monday Missive — February 12, 2018
Quotes “The choice of motivation is a fork in the road. … It changes the story we tell ourselves.” — Posted by Seth Godin on February 02, 2018 “Photographs can be reduced to light, lines and moments. Everything else is … Continue reading
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Tagged BW, camera raw, color, Composition, David duChemin, Fan Ho, Kallitype, layers, Lightroom, Links and Quotes, macro, monochome, Photoshop, street photography
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Monday Missive — January 29, 2018
Quotes “Paint the spirit of the bird in flight, not its feathers.” — Robert Henri “I always say that photography’s closest cousin is poetry because of the way it sparks your imagination and leaves gaps for the viewer to fill … Continue reading
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Tagged Alec Soth, BW, Composition, east coast, eclipse, Ellie Ivanova, film, Links and Quotes, location, monochome, PC vs Mac, photojournalism, Portfolio, portraits, wildlife
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January 22, 2018 — Monday Missive
Quotes “Just put on the lens and go.” – Miroslav Tichy “…creative living is a path for the brave. … And we all know that when courage dies, creativity dies with it. We all know that fear is a desolate … Continue reading
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Tagged BW, conservation, density, eyes, flow, Links and Quotes, Michael Kenna, monochome, penguin, portraits, travel, winter
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Monday Missive — January 15, 2018
Quotes “There is often a huge difference between an idea and its realization. I’ve had what I thought were great ideas that just didn’t work.“ – Andy Goldsworthy “If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do … Continue reading
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Tagged Bagshaw, Briscoe, BW, Creativity, David duChemin, Ethiopia, Inspiration, Lalibela, Links and Quotes, macro, masters, monochome, Pennsylvania, pilgrimage, Robert Capa, war photojournalism, wildlife
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Monday Missive — January 1, 2018
Quotes “Patience is allowing yourself longer than you thought it could possibly take to master your craft.” — David duChemim “I have accepted influences but I think I have always known ow to dominate them.” — Matisse, quoted by Robert … Continue reading
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Tagged BW, Composition, Creativity, image processor, Links and Quotes, monochome, Photoshop, portraits, street photography, surrealism
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