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Baltimore Camera Club Monday Missive February 1, 2016

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

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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Sustainafest

“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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Split-toning

“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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Creative Imaging Workshop

Your work is to discover your work and then with all of your heart give yourself to it. – Buddha You don’t see things as they are.  You see things as you are. – Talmud Creativity involves breaking out of … Continue reading

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In Defense of Desktops

But sometimes, when all our energy goes into progress, acquisition, and productivity, it leaves a huge emptiness of the heart.  —  John O’Donohue I work part time for a company that helps businesses or government develop sustainable solutions to business … Continue reading

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Autofocus Calibration

There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are. – Ernst Haas I have had my D800E for about two years. It can give incredibly sharp … Continue reading

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Paul Strand and the Philadelphia Museum of Art

…And someone stained the glass for light to pour through, washing the set stones in color. — Linda Pastan, Carnival Evening, excerpted from Anon. for Gil I attended the Paul Strand exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum on Dec. 17, 2014. … Continue reading

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Jeffers Project

The most effective actions are those conceived in the wisdom of clarity.  – Sylvia Boorstein Robinson Jeffers was a poet who worked on the central California coast from the 1920s through the 1950s.  His poetry often emphasized ecological themes, addressing … Continue reading

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Upgrading to Photoshop CC

Robert Frank in a fellowship application:  “The project I have in mind…will shape itself as it proceeds and is essentially elastic.” — Geoff Dyer “The Ongoing Moment” Since Photoshop is my primary tool for photography (after capture), I thought it would … Continue reading

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Minimal Photography

…more importantly, simplicity makes things more memorable and useful.  It takes a lot of work to make complex subjects simple, and it well worth the effort.  – David du Chemin Last week the Baltimore Camera Club had a “themed” print … Continue reading

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An-My Lê At the BMA

It isn’t what a picture is of, it is what it is about. —  John Szarkowski On Oct. 12, 2013 I posted my thoughts on a conversation between BMA photography curator Ann Shafer and An-My Lê whose large format images … Continue reading

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Fall

The tree has been green all summer, but now it tries red…copper… even gold.  Soon leaf after leaf will be discarded, there will be nothing but bare tree, soon it will be almost time to start over again. — Linda … Continue reading

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Towson Arts Collective

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. —  Lao Tzu The Towson Arts Collective is really moving up in the world.  I attended the opening of their new space at 40 West Chesapeake Ave. … Continue reading

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Artists U

“You empower someone to your level of trust in them.”  — Craig Rogers in a management workshop.  Eskin Corollary:  this applies to trust in your self as well; empower yourself. Last weekend I attended Artists U in Baltimore.  Part of our … Continue reading

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