Keep Moving Forward… 08.09.10
I don’t always drink Chinese Tea. I do like to sample around. #todaystea Feiner Friesen Broken Tee, Schwartzer Tee Nr. 168. German, Friesen blend of Assam #blacktea. Use before 2022. I was always taught, with Assam black teas, measure 1 spoon of tea per person plus 1 for the pot, then steep for 3-5min. No wonder its bloody […]
Read More#TodaysTea: something incredibly Smokey Black Tea. Age unknown, source unknown. Very dominant smoke aroma. Also noticeable in the taste. Creamy mouthfeel, mildly tannic. It seems to be a Wuyi Rock Tea? #LapsangSouchong, #DaHongPao, perhaps something else?
Read MoreOn May 21, I held an event to commemorate International Tea Day, at the Kachelofen Brew House, in Shanghai, China. Here are some images.
Read MoreMy Tea Course Completion Certificate. This program was put together by Shana Zhang who is based in Yunnan. https://www.udemy.com/user/shanazhang/
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Well today, I finally completed an Online course with New York’s, Museum of Modern Art and I am very happy to have completed it. The course was hosted (delivered) by Cousera who’s Support Services have proved to be outstanding indeed. The course itself was well structured, with ample video resources and written resources. The written resources DO […]
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I never understood the hype around the “Nifty Fifty.” On a full frame (35mm) camera it used to be one of the ‘must have’ prime lenses in your kit. This was back in the day when Zoom Lenses just could not match the image quality of a Prime. Other ‘must have,’ Prime lenses were 28mm […]
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Soon to come, some new work: a retrospective look at 40 years of personal work, as a survey of Twentieth Century Photography. Exploring representative samples of Twentieth Century Photography as shown in the Encyclopedia of the same name, I will collate examples of my own work that have either a similar direct subject, treatment or […]
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Recently, I forced myself to look at a book. Some encyclopedia of 20th Century Photography, or something like that and I got to thinking as I looked at the sample images, “Hey, I’ve got something like that in my archive of shots…” So, then the idea pops into my head, why not review all my […]
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It seems we have lost the knowledge, understanding and tolerance for Artistic Critique. I’ve been a poet, publisher, editor, an artist photographer, a commercial photographer, a brewer of beer, and maker of things; and never have I thought nothing more than, “Oooo, that’s nice,” as a valid and informative critique. Yet it seems these days, […]
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Recently, I was backing up my hard disk, upgrading from 500 Gb to 1 Tb, and was marveling at the 34,000+ photos (which is not that much, and not so many are that good either, really) I had on there. Yet, it just hit me this morning, that it represents 12 years of continuous digital […]
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