I just shorten my blogroll as I am finding that there are some that I no longer read, nor did I notice many folks clicking on to follow. So goodbye for now Jen and George. I am also losing some patience with dead-end blogs, e.g. those that do not provide links to other blogs, thus not... Continue Reading →
Looking and seeing today
This morning was more about looking with the intent of seeing, which I feel is a subtle but important difference. I look all the time. But a lot of times it seems that I am in a state of quasi-awareness. What I look at does not always fully register and there are many times, e.g. a long... Continue Reading →
CS3 B&W workflow update
With my Photoshop work flow for creating my black and white image, one of the first things I did after making the RAW conversion, was to make the global highlight and shadow adjustments by applying a Layers adjustment level. It now appears that with the new Photoshop CS3, I have stopped applying a Levels adjustment layer to... Continue Reading →
Thinking about wide format printers
Canyon Tracks (from the series Bad Trip - Sad Trip) As I start to think about the exhibiting of the series Bad Trip - Sad Trip, I am also contemplating much larger prints. Thus the need of a wider format printer, as I diffinately prefer doing my own printing. The interest in larger prints was... Continue Reading →
ArtBiz101 – Marketing: Place
In discussing the marketing of your fine art “products”, the Place is all those places where transactions take place, also called the “Channels of Distribution”. This not only includes where your collector buys your artwork, but all of those in between places where your artwork moves from you to the final sale. Most products that... Continue Reading →
Alternative Photo of the Day: Riverside
Alternative Photo of the day, which do you like best? (and why??)
Suggesting images, another take
This morning was a nice opportunity to work on images that "suggest" a feeling or thought, versus a literal description of a idea. We are seeing some of the effects of the Hurricane that is moving through Mexico, especially with the change in cloud cover and overcast morning, thus an unusal disfused light to work with. As... Continue Reading →
Photo of the day: Freeway neighborhood
I'm still working on the compositional issues.....
Series updates
For my series Bad Trip - Sad Trip, I just received permission from Simon Denison to quote him from the Introduction of his book Quarry Land for my artistic statement. I have complete about 50% of my sanity check on the printing and titles to the images of the series. My web site, which has about 50%... Continue Reading →
Singular Images 