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Tag Archives: flash
Monday Missive — September 16b, 2019
Ooops. I published September 16 on September 9, but won’t change the dates because the URL uses the title and I am not sure what will happen to the posting. That’s why this is labeled “16b.” Sorry for the confusion. … Continue reading
Monday Missive — July 1, 2019
Quotes [Poetry is] “an immense conversation of the soul.” — Joy Harjo, next US poet laureate of the US. Applies to photography as well. “The great geniuses are those who have kept their childlike spirit and have added to it … Continue reading
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Tagged ambient light, flash, lighting, Links and Quotes, portraits, retouching, skin smoothing, text and images, textures
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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
Posted in Links and Quotes
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 — 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
Posted in Links and Quotes
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 2, 2018
Quotes “Critics are useful, but remember that the first to believe in your work must be you.” – Lorenzo Meloni “Sometimes there’s a unique picture whose composition possesses such vigour and richness and whose content so radiates outward from it … Continue reading
Posted in Links and Quotes
Tagged aspect ratio, bottom-weighed mats, candids, dehaze, flash, glare, Links and Quotes, long exposure, nature photography, post processing, 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
Posted in Links and Quotes
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 — December 4, 2017
Quotes “It doesn’t take a genius to see that competence is no longer about our ability to press certain buttons in a certain sequence. Far more often, competence involves the humanity required to connect with other people, in real time. … Continue reading
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Tagged curves, documentary, flash, humanitarian, Landscape, Links and Quotes, masters, Outdoor photography, street photography
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Monday Missive — July 31, 2017
Quotes “Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.” — Dorothea Lange “The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don’t belong. It gives me both a point of connection and a point … Continue reading
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Tagged blur, flash, Landscape, Links and Quotes, Muench, New York City, pets, sensor cleaning, wildlife
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Monday Missive – March 20, 2017
Quotes “There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.” — Robert Frank “There will be times when you will be in the field without a camera. And, you will see the most glorious sunset or … Continue reading
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Tagged film, flash, Iceland, lighting, Links and Quotes, Photoshop, retouching, selections, small studio, Stieglitz, wildlife
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Monday Missive – Jan. 2, 2017
Quotes Wondering—Past and Future Wondering about your past, about what might have happened, about bad decisions made and roads not taken… this is a recipe for not much more than regret. But wondering about your future? When we wonder about … Continue reading