Category: Photography

Posted on by

Images from the Mundane

While relaxing outside on a deck in the sunshine yesterday, I began looking around at the sunlight and shadows a few feet from where I was sitting and began noticing some  textures and patterns that I felt might make make for some interesting photos out of an otherwise mundane scene. That is what I love about photography. There is often something right before you worth shooting if you look for it.

Posted on by

Photography Resolutions for 2024 | Justin Mott

Justin Mott offers some good new year photography resolutions of his own that photographers of all levels might want to follow.

Personally, he reinforces one trend I began this year of shooting more with my “Nifty Fifty”. In the past, I only used it it when it was the optimal lens choice and focal length for a given situation. On my city walkarounds, I preferred to use my various zoom lenses mixed with my phone camera photo grabs for many of my “street” shots. This arrangement and process began to feel cumbersome as I began wanting to travel light on those walkarounds. The efficiency of the phone camera grabs was good for immediate editing and getting images “out there” on Social Media, etc., but afterwards I found, in spite of having one of the best phone cameras available, some shots simply did not measure up to the images of the same subject/time/place I captured for comparison with my full frame Nikon DLSR. It also meant having pictures in multiple locations, furthering the complexity of image file management down the road.

Posted on by

Remembering Elliott Erwitt (1928–2023) | Magnum Photos

There is little I can say about the immense body of creative work Elliott Erwitt left behind and the profound influence he had on the world of photography that hasn’t been said. His greatness simply goes beyond words for me at this time of his passing. He was without equal and will be missed.

https://www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture/remembering-elliott-erwitt-1928-2023/

Posted on by

Photoshop Cafe – Will this change Photoshop forever?

As Photoshop evolves with changes almost exponentially this year with a dizzying series of additional features to comprehend and master, this video from Photoshop Cafe does a very nice job of putting the latest change (with filters on this one) in a user friendly useful way that most will find very helpful.

As with most application software updates, they tend to build on and/or modify elements that heavy/moderate users are already familiar with here and this “filter” change is no different in that regard. I expect to make good use of these changes going forward.

Posted on by

1980s NYC street photography of Janet Delaney | Framelines

Shane Taylor takes a look at the latest issue of Framelines street photography magazine featuring Janet Delaney’s beautiful Rolleiflex photos of 80s New York City, along with photos by Baldwin Lee, John Simmons, Anya Broido, Oscar Diaz and Jonathan Bertin.

A Twin Lens Reflex camera, especially a Rolleiflex has always felt like the best of camera options when shooting street photography since the photographer does not shoot with the camera at eye level, which tends to draw attention from people in the street. I have used my DLSR’s with a tilt screen at waist level when shooting before to emulate the experience of shooting with a TLR but it simply is not the same as the real thing. It simply does not work as well and seems odd for good reason.

Framelines did a nice job of featuring other photographers, Baldwin Lee, John Simmons, Anya Broido, Oscar Diaz and Jonathan Bertin, in this video as well as the current issue of their wonderful quarterly street photography magazine.