Photo Lessons
There are a lot of people who own cameras and like to take photos, but who also want to learn how to take better photos. There are a lot of…
Inside the Ordinary – Lesson 2
3D Compositon For this second lesson, we are going to talk about composition. From Wikipedia: composition is the placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients in a work of…
Inside the Ordinary – Lesson 1
These lessonsare not about the mechanics of how a camera works. I will talk very little about shutter speeds or exposure. You do not need an expensive DSLR{{1}} to participate.…
Focus
Since I am currently between jobs (read unemployed) I am doing a lot of research on promoting yourself as an artist. Conclusion, I don't think I will become famous...;) Almost…
Failure to see
I was walking through Ross Bay Cemetery and noticed that there was an image here. I saw the flowers and the weathered grave stone, however I got sidetracked by…
The Devil is in the details…
or more appropriately, the Art is in the details... When I was in Art College, my photography instructor suggested reading the book "Looking at Photographs" by John Szarkowsky*. The basis…
How to make a photo…
People, especially non-photographers, often ask me what is involved in "making" a photo. Now first I want to say there is nothing "wrong" with taking any kind of image. For…
Some Background
I was working on a post on the difference between "Art" and "journalism" but I don't think these are the correct terms to use. I think what I really want…
Artificial Scarcity (thinking aloud)
A while ago, a friend suggested that I call my prints limited editions. The argument is that I always try to create new work and never go back to old…
Snow in Victoria
What is with the strange weather in Victoria, I mean it is almost the end of February? We got about 20cm of snowfall today. For people in the rest of…