I do not choose this title lightly, for there are parallels in the real world that this situation mimics. The situation? Facebook’s Profile Review Process that requires Photo ID to Prove one’s Identity and thus right to use a designated Profile. Schematic: One day you wake up, attempt to use Facebook in the normal way […]

…or, Death in the Social Media Matrix In recent days I’ve been on the receiving end of a troubling and growing phenomenon. The assassination of a Facebook Profile. 2-3 days ago I had posted to a group page on Facebook about Reiki Energy and my view about where it comes from, personal belief/faith kind of […]

“…anyone growing a business (even a freelance photographer), needs to build equity along with revenue. For photographers, the rights to their photographs are their main source of equity.”  Hmmm… http://aphotoeditor.com/category/pricing-negotiating/ For today, that’s what’s in my Line of Sight.

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 […]

I’ve been in a malaise for quite some time. Despondent and diffident towards photography, particularly my photography. I’d lost all inspiration and desire to create images. It was like there was no outlet or outcome to producing the images, and slowly the desire to even pick out the camera died not like a deciduous tree […]

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 […]

It seems we have lost the knowledge, understanding and tolerance for Artistic Critique. I’ve been a poet, publicly, an artist photographer, a commercial photographer a brewer of beer and maker of things. And never have I sought nothing more than, “Oooo, that’s nice,” as a critique. Yet it seems these days, with the internet and […]

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 […]

So, I’m watching DC@Brooks – again; and I pick up just a little bit more. Blowthrough on the background. i.e. in essence you don’t want your background to be brighter than 2 stops above 18% Grey, reflective… or in other words, no brighter tan 2 stops above the diffused value of your subject… I think […]

I recently came across a blog article responding to some recent claims that the camera was dead. It was called, “Of Cameras: Traditional Photography is most certainly not dead” by a Mr. John Cary, of Fifty Shoot Shadows fame. Its an interesting read, lengthy, but worth a read as are the comments that follow after […]