"to see the world in a grain of sand..."
Next week I’m conducting 2 seminars for the big Teachers Conference here on Friday. Teaching teachers, oh my!!!
We’ll be covering how to do infrared photography with digital cameras, and in the afternoon, I’ll be demonstrating how to make the “small world” panoramas.
It’s a hipstamatic holiday!
Feasting this weekend? With glorious weather and a humongous assortment of reasons to be thankful, I had the privilege of attending 2 fab functions to celebrate the season.
It’s not always a good idea to show up at these events with the gadget bag, tripod and assorted accoutrements of the photo trade, unless of course you have been asked to do so in exchange for payment of some form or other. 🙂
However I was a guest, and so had to show a little discretion with the photos. However, you know me, if there’s a “scene” I have to take advanage. Bu the iphone does take awesome images at least for the web, and this one was taken with a cool app called Hipstamatic.
If the street people weren’t enough to keep me from hanging out downtown after business hours, these zombies are!Continue Reading
Learning how to get great images is one thing, but seeing and HEARING what others have to say about them is a key component.
That’s one reason why I always enter the big photo salons at PPOC – to hear the feedback, the criticisms, and yes the praise (!) but we all really learn from the things that we need to do better. Here’s nice little video that explores some interesting nature images, and what makes them so cool.
These aren’t your typical “contest winning” images, but they are astounding and the commentary is revealing.
I’ve talked about tryptichs and wall decor before, but here’s a new example with abstracts.
Imagine your office space or reception area with some large “real” artwork, and not those cheesy “motivational” posters. Soooo passe now!
Nature, when you look close enough is truly an artist!Continue Reading
What do you do when someone steals your image? Let them eat cake!
I took a drive around my neighbourhood (all 250 kilometres of it!) just to see what kinds of interesting subjects I could find close to home.Continue Reading
