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I have been meaning to start some blog postings about previsualization I have had with some images. Granted my brain doesn’t often think that far in advance, but sometimes I get lucky! So I hope you enjoy the first in the “Idea to Image” series…
The plant shown here is a Scouring Rush […]
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 […]
Well it finally happened - I now have more rocks than I have time to photograph them! Having a rock habit is a tough thing to kick, but I am trying. You see so many with potential you just have to have them. I think there may be some […]
Listening to Brooks Jensen’s podcast (LW0412 - Which ruler should we use?) brought to mind all sorts of concepts that I think about often when evaluating images. He brings forth the question of how we measure the quality of photographs. Is it against the historical masters or perhaps the pictures we see in a […]
“While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.” - Dorothea Lange
This is one of my favorite quotes because it pretty much sums up the […]
