Category: Tsc Tempest Photography
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March. 8th. 2022 – Lockdown!
Meilingyuan is under lockdown! I was on the Metro and the message came through that all residents needed to return immediately – there’s been a confirmed COVID-19 contact in the compound. As I approached the street, the Delicious Bakery was being swabbed down – the alleged “Close Contact” had been to the bakery earlier that…
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Content with Content Creation in this new Societal Media Space?
When I was a lad, in the late 60’s to mid 80’s of late last century, The Media consisted of Broadsheets and Magazines (print media) Radio, and TV. Public discourse and input into political discussion took place through broadcasts, Letters to the Editor, Town Hall meetings, and the Ballot Box. With the exception of Letters…
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What Happened to Tsc Tempest Photography?
Nothing. We’re still here. Quietly working on a major project which produces almost daily updates. That Project? “Today’s Tea” is the working title. Tsc Tempest Photography took off in a major way when I started freelancing in Hanoi, Vietnam. After 4 years in Hanoi, I and my family relocated to Hamburg, Germany. Hamburg is a…
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MoMA – Seeing Through Pictures
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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Do I need, in my kit, a Nifty Fifty?
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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A Personal Retrospective in Progress.
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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20th Century Photography
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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A tolerance for Artistic Critique
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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25 Years…
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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Mussing on comments by Dean Collins
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…