HT2387 - Migrant Mother PPI
Is it fair to say that one of the most important and world-changing images from all of photographic history is Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange? For our generation of photographers, it's good to remember that this amazing image first appeared as an 85 dpi image in newsprint. The same for W. Eugene Smith's Country Doctor, or Tomoko and Mother in the Bath. Same with Weston's My Camera on Point Lobos.
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HT2386 - A Sense of Immediacy
HT2386 - A Sense of Immediacy
Regardless of the subject, when the objective is to connect with a viewer, immediacy and presence are important compositional goals. Curiously enough, these goals are obtained in entirely different ways depending on whether you use a wide angle or telephoto lens.
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HT2385 - Gathering Backgrounds
HT2385 - Gathering Backgrounds
Surprisingly enough, digital processing has opened the door to texture-like backgrounds for our projects. Applying a textured background is easy and can contribute significantly to the aesthetic of a project. I'm referring to the background that might be in the image as a texture or alternatively a background for the white border of paper behind the image. Gathering backgrounds is another step in the creative process.
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HT2384 - Your Way of Seeing the World
HT2384 - Your Way of Seeing the World
An element of human nature that I find constantly amusing is the advice I receive from others about where to go to make a photograph. Isn't it interesting that no one ever says why I should make a photograph, what it's aesthetic might be, what my intent could be, what the content might reveal, how said location might blend gracefully with my other work, or how their suggestion might be insightful. Advice is always about location, location, location — good advice for real estate, but not necessarily for art making.
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HT2383 - Shooting Skies for Sky Replacement
HT2383 - Shooting Skies for Sky Replacement
I'm still slightly hesitant to use Sky Replacement because it seems to approach a line of demarcation that I'm not particularly comfortable crossing. That said, there are times when it's the only solution to salvage an image. With this in mind, I've started amassing my own collection of cloudy and colorful sky images. Somehow, probably with questionable justification, it seems less of a cheat if I'm using my own cloud images.
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Random Observations on Art, Photography, and the Creative Process. These talks focus on the creative process in fine art photography. LensWork editor Brooks Jensen side-steps techno-talk and artspeak to offer a stimulating mix of ideas, experience, and observations from his 50 years as a fine art photographer, writer, and publisher. Topics include a wide range of subjects from finding subject matter to presenting your work, and building an audience.
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