photography
Fancy Tools
Peter Cripps [http://petercrippsphotographyblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/the-tools-we-use/] and Hugh MacLeod say it all: > The sad fact is, if you like buying shiny new gadgets that is, whether they be cameras, laptops or even the latest silver Mont Blanc pen (or “writing instrument” as they prefer it
An Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living But An
> “An unexamined life is not worth living, but an electronically recorded life is not lived at all.” —Penn Jillette [http://pennsundayschool.com/]
Oscar the Minimal
I’m thinking King Oscar II wouldn’t worry about whether he was a Canon or Nikon guy: > “I would rather have my people laugh at my economies than weep over my extravagance.” – Oscar II [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_II_of_Sweden], King of Sweden and Norway
Why Adding Text to Your Photos is Important
Brooks Jensen [http://daily.lenswork.com/2013/05/image-text-as-point-of-entry.html] shares a story about how a viewer got interested in his portfolio based on text, not photos: > “Through the stories she was able to connect with the images. Notice the sequence of events in that last sentence. It was
Sound Arguments
I finally got a chance to catch Sound City [http://buy.soundcitymovie.com/], the documentary by Dave Grohl about an old recording studio and the many bands who recorded there. I was sure there’d be some correlation between the subject and photography, and I wasn’t disappointed. > “In
It's a Problem Worth Having
From Pat Dryburgh [http://bitquill.com/home/2013/4/28/bqa-pat-dryburgh-on-design-development-health-and-music] (via Michael Schechter [http://smarterthaniam.com/post/49364620147/at-a-certain-point-life-gets-in-the-way-of] ): > “At a certain point, life gets in the way of documenting it."
The News is Killing You and Your Art
The past few weeks, in the United States, we’ve been treated to minute-by-minute news coverage that has mostly proven to be inaccurate. That’s nothing new. The news has always been inaccurate, invasive and statist. It’s just that nowadays we can prove it within seconds of the publication
The Creative Advantage of Limits
Augusten Burroughs writes about constraints [http://www.fastcompany.com/3008745/takeaway/augusten-burroughs-creative-advantages-limits] in an excerpt from his book, “This is How.” > Limits force improvisation. Improvisation creates new things. Welcome to the club! (via Brian Clark [https://twitter.com/copyblogger/status/327465829950160896])
Buy a Fucking Camera
Merlin Mann’s perfect parody of photography sites, buyafuckingcamera.com, is no more. However, the video tutorials from that site still exist. It’s worth revisiting again and again to remind us of what most of the photo bloggers out there are really thinking while they’re “teaching”: * How To
Truth is Stranger (and More Interesting) Than Fiction
The first time I heard the phrase, “photographers are liars,” I was intrigued to learn more and possibly start a fight. The theory goes: since a photographer creates an image from his/her point of view, anyone else viewing the image will not get an accurate depiction of the scene