December 2011
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A Short Time in Chinatown, Flushing
It didn’t fully sink in until my wife oversaw me editing some photographs from my visit to Chinatown but she pointed out that a lot of the images I brought back weren’t the typical collection of shots she would expect someone to capture after having spent a short time in such a touristy neighborhood.
I have this thing about going places and taking photos. A slight aversion if you will about...
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In Your Bag Series →
Bellamy Hunt, aka Japancamerahunter runs a series on his site where people like you and I are less likely to place a halt to this ongoing obsesion of wanting to know what’s inside a photographer’s bag. It’s already a given you’ll find camera gear but it’s all the other stuff like Field Notes, unique pens, pocket knives or even the bag itself is what ultimately interest me because I feel you can...
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Do You Really Want to Make a Living Out of Your...
Something I’ve discovered over the period of anxiously venturing out alone during any type of weather with my camera is that I’m more passionate about the act of photographing than I am thinking about whether I would ever want to do this professionally.
They say that when your hobby becomes your business, there’s potential for you to loose that artistic essence which attracted you to this...
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“Sit down and look at f-stop, aperture, ISO, and all of those kinds of things as...”
– The more statements I read like this, the more I’m convinced that being a photographer has always been less and less about what’s in your camera bag and more on the subject of learning about others and yourself and it’s a mistake to think that it’s about anything else. At least this is my...
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Print Giveaway For You
Every so often, the folks at Mpix run 50% off promotions on 8x10 prints and even though I may not necessarily be seeking to purchase additional prints to embellish our make-shift photography wall in our apartment, I take advantage of offers like this to load up on prints so I can use them as a token of gratitude for people like you.
I have five 8x10 prints of my work that I would love for...
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On The Topic of Talent
I generally have very mixed feelings about being told “you’re talented”, largely because I don’t feel talented. Talent is the natural ability to do something for which people may think there’s not much effort put into accomplishing something and that’s simply a result of people not always being previewed to what you go through to do what you do.
I probably shouldn’t mentioned this because it’ll...
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Instagram Favorites For November 2011
Far more than text updates about work, travel or anything else, Instagram has created this huge platform for us to share parts of our lives to people by making the straightforward process of framing, shooting and editing fun. For me, the app is a reminder that our lives is a work of art and it’s challenged me to look for beauty and balance in the everyday.
Perhaps not everyone is going to...
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“Don’t worry about being better than anybody you know personally or whose work...”
– Advice from Bill Allard as he explains on how he became a National Geographic photographer. I suspect we’ve all gone through this feeling of not liking ones own work and the times I’ve done it, I can’t recall anything good ever coming from it. The consequence of it can go either...
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Top Photography Websites of 2011 →
Bryan Formhals puts together a collection of his favorite photography related blogs, magazines and websites which he holds a tremendous amount of respect for and now I do too. Some of them I’m already subscribed to and others I’ve added. What’s interesting about all of his recommendations is that none of them are the type that make me cranky. By cranky, I’m referring to the...
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Obligatory 2011 Holiday Gift Guide for...
Despite declaring my disregard for anything tangible this year as far as photography gifts, this still continues to be the time of year when friends come out of the woodwork asking for suggestions on what to get for their photography-loving people in their lives.
If you’re the “photography person” in your social circle, I find it funny that people instantly assume you have this...
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What It Looks Like Inside Amazon.com →
You’re probably scratching your head thinking what’s makes a few photographs of endless amount of boxes so fascinating. Perhaps not much but I wasn’t so much analyzing the cardboard but more the actual environment in which it’s seen.
From a photographer’s perspective, my intrigue for these images stem from being representative of 2 essential ingredients that...