Quick Quotes: George Tice
“As I progressed further with my project, it became obvious that it was really unimportant where I chose to photograph. The particular place simply provided an excuse to produce work……you can only see...
View ArticleJames Maher: Street Photographer
I don’t do much ‘street photography’ myself, but it is a genre that I appreciate and have great respect for. I happen to run across the street photography of James Mahr, whose work is mostly centered...
View Article‘Be Wrong As Fast As You Can’
This last weekend I read an article in The New York Times that really hit home for me. It was called “Be Wrong As Fast As You Can” by Hugo Lindgren, and the link will take you right to it. And the...
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Ice Abstract
One of my resolutions this winter was that I was going to get out and photograph, despite the fact that I hate the cold. And so last weekend I did, in fact, brave the cold and went out in the snow to...
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What Should Photographs Look Like?
I had the opportunity to visit the “Yours Truly: Privately Collected Photographs” exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh last weekend. The exhibit was really an excellent way to see...
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Inertia
A few days back I mentioned that I was reading a layman’s book about quantum mechanics called “In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality“and that it was mind boggling, fascinating...
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Vintage Black And White Flowers
I had previously written that I was having trouble starting up a new photographic project or direction after having finished my Carrie Furnace folio. I had also mentioned in some prior posts that I...
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Unfocused
I was photographing some tulips at a local botanical garden’s spring flower show this weekend. While doing so, and surrounded by orange tulips, I thought that the feeling I would like to convey was...
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Where I’ve Been
As I mentioned in my review of the Gura Gear Bataflae 32L, I recently had the opportunity to spend a week photographing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It really is a fantastic (and...
View ArticleAre First Impressions The Best?
“You only get one chance to make a first impression!” -Unknown- So says the quote….but what does this have to do with photography? Well, it is a lead in to something I have noticed. There are times...
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32 Bit Lightroom Processing – First Attempt
A few posts ago, I recommended a tutorial on processing 32 bit images in Lightroom, which produces HDR type photos that tend to be halo free and more photo-realistic (I know you can make...
View ArticlePassionate Interests
I had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine who is a passionate bike rider. Similar to the way I might go on a week long photo trip, she might go on a week long trip away to go biking....
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Mural Segments
I find colorful murals interesting. You know, the kind that are painted on the sides of city buildings. But I find just taking a photo of the mural a bit dull. Or rather, the photo is only as...
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Motion
By Howard Grill Another of the images I made during my recent fall photograph excursions. This one is a motion blur abstract. You have to take many of these at the same spot with different degrees of...
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Sunflower In Black And White
I have been enjoying taking new photos as well as converting some of my older color flower photos into black and white. I do find the removal of color, which directs the eye to shape and form,...
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Receptivity
By Howard Grill Sometimes one discovers a photograph inadvertently. Or, as one of my friends is apt to say, perhaps the photograph finds you. The point is that unless you are open to the unexpected...
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What Is Real?
Way back, in 2005 I believe (well, that IS way back in digital imaging years), I wrote an article entitled “Photography And Truth”, which was published in Digital Outback Photo. That article can be...
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Happy Birthday!
It is really hard for me to believe, but as of January 14th I will have been writing this blog for SEVEN years! This is mind boggling to me, as I started it as a quick decision ‘let’s see what...
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Two More From Before
I thought I would show two more photos related to The Muse. One is a black and white conversion of the original photo from that post and the other a different composition from the same type of flower....
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Old Images; New Projects
Every so often it is a worthwhile endeavor to review your old, unprocessed photos to see what is lurking there that you may have missed. When you go back at a much later date you sometimes see things...
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