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Category Archives: On Exploring Photography
Serendipity, part two
Getting back to my ruminations on serendipity in photography, which I began the other day: I’m learning that what makes photography difficult as an art is bridging the disconnect between what the eye perceives and what the camera captures. We’ve all … Continue reading
Serendipity, part one
Yesterday I was able to go out and do a photography walk for the first time in a month. We’ve been on a very annoying weather pattern where it’s been rainy every weekend, which has dampened my photography practice. But … Continue reading
Amateur mistakes, I got ’em
We were at Canalside in downtown Buffalo the other day for a greyhound meet-up. It was a lovely time and I took a lot of photos, but I wasn’t super happy with my output, because the light was really bright … Continue reading
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Aurora
If you were anywhere north of, say, whatever latitude it is that the Pennsylvania’s northern border sits on, you were under instructions to get outside and look at the northern sky because the sun was blasting out magnetic particles that … Continue reading
“The personality of the photographer, his approach, is really more important than his technical genius.” –Lee Miller
Sheila O’Malley has a typically amazing post about photographer Lee Miller, about whom I need to learn more because she is fascinating and because of photography: Much of her history was erased through decades of obscurity and a total and … Continue reading
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Today in “Ya never know….”
Last Sunday morning I ventured out to Knox Farm State Park, a favorite local place of mine, to walk and do some photography. I wasn’t all that excited at the prospect, though, because the morning was quite cold and it … Continue reading
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At the Gardens
Last week my Brother-in-Law visited us, and one of the things we did was go to the Botanical Gardens, which is always a terrific time, as well as a great place to practice photography! I organized my edited shots from … Continue reading
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New video: My photographic journey, thus far
New video on my YouTube channel! Watch! Like! Subscribe!
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“I’ll take ‘KINDS OF RAMAS’ for $1000, Ken”
The answer: “This type of widescreen photograph can be created in Lightroom by stitching together multiple photographs from a single vantage point.” “What is a panorama?” Last Sunday I was at Chestnut Ridge park on a wonderfully clear day, and thus I … Continue reading
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“The Promise of Spring”
Via Leanne Boulton, one of my favorite photographers working today. Boulton resides in Scotland and primarily produces street photography, which is one of my favorite genres. And as great good luck would have it, this photo appears on a day … Continue reading
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