This fellow regularly visits the side of my cedar sided home — just below my second floor office window. He taps rhythmically and I get up and put a long lens (in this case the 350 Telyt) on the R8/DMR and tip toe out to catch him. No matter how I stalk him; wait for […]
Category Archives: Daily thoughts
Taking a photograph to make an illustration
I’ve posted this first example, of using a photograph as a jumping off point to create a digital illustration which suggests a work created with traditional art materials (such as pencils, brushes and/or paints), as a response to a conversation with another photographer. I contend that one has to use the digital tools to move […]
Look! it’s weird wednesday already
(somehow this photograph seems like an apt metaphor for our recent election results — ’nuff said) (click photograph for larger view) Leica M8, 28 mm Summicron Asph
Just a photograph
Photographers may document their lives; where they travel; who they meet; what they see. Sometimes they attempt to create a photograph that may qualify as “art” or even “Art.” Sometimes they create fictional photographs; or advertising; or portraits; or illustrations; or they may document wars, disasters, weddings, funerals and other events of every sort. The […]
Forest fairy found in Wauwatosa, WI
the photographers disappear behind grandpas when fairies appear (click images for larger view) Leica M8, 28 mm Summicron Asph
Taking It Lightly video resurfaces.
Some years ago I produced a video, in cooperation with the Center for Creative Learning, and Taking It Lightly, which has, after some time without a video streaming server, found a new home at the Light Development Video Blog.
Friday: flower
(click image for larger view) Leica R8, 15 mm Super Elmar Leica R8/DMR, 100 mm Apo-Macro Elmarit
Not only leaves fall
not only leaves fall winds and windows change the state of life around us (click image for larger view) R8/DMR, 100 mm Apo-Macro Elmarit R8/DMR, 15 mm Super Elmar
Weird Wednesday already?
Almost forgot about this new LUG tradition. Though Wayne Torry reminded me with his wonderful contribution. I always find it a bit weird when multiple media events vie for my attention. The more disharmonious — the more weird it seems. (click image for larger view) Leica M8, 28 mm Summicron Asph
A conversation with forms of disintegration
Billions of leaves now lie on my little parcel of the planet. Each whispers a different message about color, form, texture, pattern, volume, shape, and line. Each changes by the hour as they disintegrate; no longer able to fulfill their role in photosynthesis. How do I choose just one leaf to visually converse with? Does it matter […]