HT2119 - Night Photography

As I went to bed last night, I noticed outside my bedroom window a very sizable icicle being illuminated by the lights from our deck. The icicle was seen against a night black background. It was gorgeous. I grabbed my camera and quickly photographed it before jumping into bed. As I was drifting to sleep I found myself not thinking of icicles but rather about night photography.

HT2118 - Seasonal Artwork

I have a friend that changes her bath towels, dish towels, and napkins to match the season. Interestingly enough, however, that seasonal sensitivity does not motivate her to change the artwork on her walls. Why? Could it be as simple as the fact that matting and framing artwork is so cumbersome? Perhaps poster hangers might help!

HT2117 - Two Types of Photographing

I may be only speaking for myself here, but I've found that I have two completely different type of sessions when I am out photographing. Most typically, I'm definitely out photographing and I find a place where I photograph purposively, extensively, intensely for a few hours or even a few days. There are other occasions, however, when I'm not really looking for photographs, but they appear without me searching for them. These two styles of photographing require different equipment that can equally produce useful images.

HT2116 - The World in Two Dimensions

There are two realities about photography that are inescapable; photography compresses the world into two dimensions, while simultaneously it shrinks the world into a consumable size. Doesn't this imply an inverting expansion in our imagination whenever we look at a photograph?

HT2115 - The First Thing I Do

For the most part, I know how I want to use my camera in various situations. For me, the ability to memorize custom settings for different shooting scenarios is an incredibly important tool that I use with almost every capture. The first thing I do with a new camera is set the custom settings for my shooting scenarios so that whichever camera I pick up has the same identical configurations under C1, C2, and C3.

LW1433 - If Not Every Day, Then at Least with Regularity

Pianist Vladimir Horowitz has said that if he skips practice one day, he knows it. If he skips practice two days, his wife know it. If he skips practice three days, the world know it. I think this applies to our efforts in the photographic creative life. We can't be out photographing every day, but there are other things we can integrate with our daily life to keep our creative momentum alive. Here are 10 ideas that might help.

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HT2114 - Find the Software that Thinks Like You Do

Photography has become so intertwined with the world of computers and software that it's hard to visualize doing photography without a computer. I did, we all did, 50 years ago, but today we have alternatives galore. I use Lightroom on PC, not because of its unique virtues but rather because it thinks the way I do and presents the least amount of resistance.

HT2113 - Memorable

I think there's no doubt that one of the characteristics of the best photographs is that they are memorable. Do we remember them because of their exquisite tonalities? Do we remember them because of their spectacular color? Judicious depth of field? Tack sharp details? Or does a photograph become memorable for reasons that have nothing to do with technology, but everything to do with the heart?