I was catching up on some recent photo magazines and the August issue of Shutterbug had a pretty cool picture. The theme was “Letters”, and people were taking pictures of various letters of the alphabet. Erica Ellis had a very…
Category: thoughts
What’s This? Week 5 – or is it 6?
This last week have been rather hectic for me, so I honestly don’t remember what week we are on for the “What’s This?” theme. I think it’s Week5, but perhaps someone could confirm this for me in the comments. Truth…
Monday Minutia: Memory Management
A post over on This Week in Photography got me thinking about my memory cards and the rituals or practices I take to conserve my image data. As they suggested over at TWIP, I do format my cards in camera…
Rituals – Cleaning your Gear
Rituals are an important part of many cultures and belief systems. Yet rituals can also be patterns of behavior. We drive the same way to work every day, we tend to eat similar meals from one week to the next,…
Usual becomes unusual
The tutorial for this Tuesday, you may notice is not your typical Photoshop tip, trick, or tutorial. I took things outside of the desktop and into the real world to show you examples of thinking outside the box when it…
Maintenance Monday (and a book review…kind of)
Hey all, it’s been a busy couple of days for the blog. I’ve been doing some research and maintenance on the blog to try and keep things interesting and to hopefully let more people know about the articles, essays, tips,…
Smell the Roses
Yes, we love this craft of photography, and we could spend every waking hour studying nuances of esoteric subjects related to the field, and peeping at the pixels of countless photos, analyzing techniques, and all that stuff. That wouldn’t be…
Quality versus quantity
“Okay, I’m done.” “That’s it? You’ve only been shooting for ten minutes!” “Yep, got about 50 shots, I should have 4-6 proofs for you from that bunch.” “So we’re done?” “Pretty much…I mean I can keep shooting, but there’s really…
Monday “McNallyisms”
Thanks to David Hobby over at Strobist for posting this on Saturday – apparently I have been missing the boat on videos lately as Google has a pretty extensive video archive of well-known people that they get to come out…
Tuesday Trip around the Web
There’s been a slight change of plans on the weekly schedule this week. Friend and fellow-blogger Jason Moore is out on “assignment” again (partying things up in France actually!), and a couple of us are filling in for his weekly…