Photographs, Photographers and Photography

….where my mouth is.
I have written quite a bit about the imminent demise of film in these columns. Now is the time of reckoning, where I make the move from my point-and-shoot-one-second-shutter-lag-digital to the real thing. My drivers are medium format quality without the bulk, full frame digital sensor, no shutter lag and […]

Three great films about photography
Hollywood, for the most part, has not served still photographers well and there is little of note when it comes to portraying the profession. By the way, have you ever wondered why we refer to photography and prostitution as professions, when either can be practiced with a bare minimum of […]

Don’t emulate the Poles in 1939
I can claim some authority in writing about the ostrich-like behavior of my noble Polish ancestors in 1939. You see, my ancestry goes back for more centuries than I care to admit in that most conquered, yet most proud, of nations. When I was growing up, I looked […]

Visit twenty new photography sites daily
One of the great frustrations of finding new photography on the internet is not knowing where to look.
You read about a site here, a friend recommends one there, in other words pure serendipity.
Now the StumbleUpon tool may not remove the random chance aspect of the search, but it does at […]

Why are so few beautiful?
A friend kindly emailed me to alert me that a web chat board was offering a camera as a prize for the best picture taken in the style of Henri Cartier-Bresson. A worthy goal which will doubtless see some great work submitted.
Then I got to looking at the prize and […]

So what was accomplished, photographically speaking?
I was hanging some of my Really Large Prints the other day in the new home theater I had built - it’s actually a converted garage - which gave me pause to ask “What did you accomplish last year”?
As a matter of course I make it a practice to write […]

Kodak destroys the remnants of its brand equity
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