Archive for the 'art' Category

How far down the rabbit hole will you go?

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

Morpheus: I imagine that right now, you’re feeling a bit like Alice. Hmm? Tumbling down the rabbit hole?
Neo: You could say that.
Morpheus: I see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, that’s not far from the truth.
(dialog from […]

Words of wisdom on creativity

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

I was catching up on my blog reading and I saw a reference to an Ira Glass video series over on YouTube.  They are wonderful segments on storytelling and creativity - told in a way that probably all artists can gain some inspiration from no matter what medium you work with.   Insert “photography” for story […]

Fill the frame - down the drain

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

One of the commonly mentioned suggestions by photo editors if you intend to publish your work is to always leave room for copy.  Copy being printed text, titles, introductions to articles, etc, etc.   Quite often, myself included, we are composing full frame in the field - with the last thing on our mind being some […]

Association with the familiar

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

While photographing this particular piece of pietersite, I couldn’t help notice a section of it that resembled a waterfall.   It seems to happen that way when we view abstracts.  Our minds try to make sense of it by trying to associate what we are seeing with something familiar.   Normally just some interesting patterns are enough […]

Better than the real thing

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

 
Perhaps not completely photography related, but I wanted to make a post about a recent experience in seeing the IMAX U2 3D film.   This is concert footage of perhaps one of the most well known bands on the planet.   What made this particular film so unique, so special was that it was actually […]