Category: Photography
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Blue Moon Camera Delights
In Film to Phone and Back I wrote about my return to film. It just so happened that doing so required actual film and a battery. In a display dominated by memory cards, my local CVS had a very small selection of mostly out of stock consumer grade films. Each box was dust covered. Not…
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An Altar in the World
Barbara Brown Taylor’s meditation on reverence in her book A Geography of Faith: An Altar in the World (2009) put words to what causes me to pick up the camera to take a picture. With the help of classical philosopher Paul Woodruff she defines reverence as “the recognition of something greater than the self” (p21) Even…
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Captured Global’s New Business Model
The new business model behind Captured Global, a photography portal founded by outdoorsman, marketer and collector Peter Johnson (@capturedglobal) was the focus of this week’s evening lecture at Newspace Center for Photography (@NewspacePhoto) in Portland, Oregon. His new business model has definitely received some attention: “Fascinating new model for buying photographs on the web”. Stephen Perloff,…
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Nevada Weir and The Grace of What Might Be Presented
Recently, I was watching an Adobe Lightroom 4 video called “Lightroom 4 and Nevada Weir” because I’m trying to decide whether to use Aperture or Lightroom in my workflow to corral and tag photos to find the version I want later. Fortunately, I learned something entirely different from that video. Nevada’s experiences as an Outward Bound instructor…
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Grandpa in the Poppies or Your Photographic Lineage
“Who’s in your photographic lineage?” A friend of mine asked me that question recently. If the question had been about my artistic lineage I would have said my grandmother on my mother’s side. She hand-painted towels and sheets with decorative flowers and birds. Not strictly necessary on the farm but beautiful customization of a permanent…
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App Stacking for Variations
One of the things that excites me about working with the iPhone and apps are the variations you can create using the same image! No need to fear not being able to get out and shoot! Just look at the riches you already have and apply various and serial tools or apps to it. Here’s an…
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From Film to Phone and Back
From Film to Phone and Back I returned home from a recent iPhoneography workshop in Venice, Italy through Il Chiostro with tons of material, skill and ideas for new creations. Ironically, one of the first things I did, when my soul caught up with my body across 9 time zones, was root through my old…
