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 […]
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Friday: flower — still life?
The flowering plants have fallen over, wilted, dried, gone to seed. Very little green remains “outside” — only the pines and some grasses. The days have become short and the light, more often than not, overcast, dull and gray. If I continue to produce a flower photograph each Friday it will require more planning; no longer simply a […]
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