Tag: time
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Using the best tripod, which is a table-top tripod (a video)
This podcast shows you why the the best tripod for many situations is a table-top tripod. It also explores how to use that tripod in far more ways than just on top of a table.
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Reflecting on Vietnam (a video)
This podcast takes you on a very short and personal trip to Vietnam.
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Using shutter different speeds to show motion or stop action (a video)
This podcast explores how to use low shutter speeds to show motion as compared to using high shutter speeds to stop action.
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Vietnam as a war, Vietnam as a country
When I told my seventeen-year old daughter I was going to Vietnam, she was very impressed. I ostensibly went to visit a friend who lives there and to try to see the country through his eyes. I also went to photograph (and scout locations for a potential photo workshop.) I am pretty sure my daughter thinks of Vietnam in connection with the TV show,…
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India, journey (a video)
This podcast takes you on a journey through India. The brief video is an adventure in sight, sound and motion.
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How do we think about the “age” of a photograph?
I have been thinking/writing a lot recently about how photographs “age.” I do not mean physically, though that is an important question. I mean in terms of how we experience them as old or new. Recently, I blogged about my wife’s current project, photographing three or more generations of Indian women and turning those portraits into animated, multi-generational family portraits. Last week, I wrote…
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Technology as artistic opportunity and aesthetic hurdle
My wife, who is a photographer, has been producing some compelling animations / videos based on multi-generational portraits of Indian women. In the process of making the work, she went through a series of hurdles, just like any creative person would. She first struggled through the process of conceptualizing and defining the project. Once she knew what she wanted to do, she then applied…
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A new look at complaining about the “good old days”
I was exchanging e-mails with Bob Krist, a freelance photographer who works regularly on assignment for National Geographic Traveler. Our dialogue started with the idea that when we were younger, the older photographers we admired complained about the good old days. I wondered if, today, when he and I are no longer young and are more prone to complain, are we just being nostalgic…
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Moving, water (a video)
This podcast plays with your perception of moving water.
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Seasonal rhythms in motorcycle riding and photography
The arrival of autumn, my favorite season, brings a number of changes to my life. On a larger level, the school year begins, defining much of my wife and daughter’s schedules until the next summer returns. The looming colder weather also means it is time put my motorcycle away for the winter. Thinking about all of that lead to some thinking about photography. (Are…