“I didn’t want to tell the tree or weed what it was. I wanted it to tell me something and through me express its meaning in nature.” — Wynn Bullock Last weekend severe storms swept through our area. Many families lost things, including some losing their homes. Our own Main Street was several feet under […]
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Passing down the clothes (or on to the rummage sale)
“It’s about time we started to take photography seriously and treat it as a hobby.” — Elliot Erwitt May 28th brought my niece, Libby, to Milwaukee for lunch and to pick out clothing which no longer fit Sophia. She seems to be counting her new outfits. (click images for larger view) My nephew, Erickson also […]
The importance of craft — technique
“A good documentary photograph transmits the information of the situation with the utmost fidelity; achieving it means understanding the nuances of lighting and composition, and also remembering to keep the lenses clean and the cameras steady.” — Sam Abell, Seeing and Shooting Straight Sunday morning: cold wind bites the skin even as the sun melts fresh […]
Net(not)working(yet)
“A photograph is always invisible, it is not it that we see.” — Roland Barthes Networking (day two) continues: Stephanie Reynolds, the friendly freelancer, hosted the Well-fed writers at Barnes & Noble in Bay Shore Mall, Glendale, WI. Martha Carrigan, President and CEO of Big Shoes Network offered valuable suggestions on the subject of networking. Wesley Manko, of DefenseWorks, […]
Net(not)working
“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” — Ansel Adams Networks: My dear friend, David White, currently finds himself studying and testing networking concepts. He invited me to an event hosted by Katie Felten of MKE Live, a local chapter of LinkIn; a networking site for professionals. My interest, as always, revolved around “what does professional networking look and […]
Spider John Koerner at the UWM Fine Arts Recital Hall
“The photographic image… a message without a code.” — Roland Barthes Last week McKim Stropes phoned to inform me that Spider John Koerner would perform at the UWM Fine Arts Recital Hall. Memories flooded my mind. Back in the mid sixties some part of my awakening as a young man occurred at the Avant Garde listening to “Blues, Rags […]
“If I knew how to… “
“If I knew how to make a good photograph, I’d do it every time.” – Robert Doisneau. “…an exercise in vigilance; the hope of noticing something which will make me understand more clearly what still resists being understood; what still lies obscured but at least now [is] glimpsed.” Dan Frank used these words to describe his […]
David and me; planning a shoot; and St. Patrick’s Day preparation
writers (don’t) meet up David hosts the party for he and i – just fine (click images for larger view) planning the easter sunday shoot with Ellie and Sean – testing a new light modifier – pleased St. Patrick needs cookies – don’t you know?
A pow wow
a tiny infant absorbs the pulse and songs of a thousand generations For a bit of context you can view a slide show of additional Pow Wow photographs made on Sunday, March 2, 2008, at the State Fair Grounds in Milwaukee, WI.
Last days of christmas
last days of christmas fog covered landscape, wake up to thunder and lightning last evening, we shared food, the remaining gifts given and received Sophia presents me with her annual calendar (thanks to on-demand printing)