I Am (Was) A Camera
The ArtistHere are some old analog photography notes from days gone by. Still relevant, but without the techno terminology and the acronyms associated with today’s modern digital cameras. In fact, you…
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From The Renaissance To The Baroque
The stylistic changes that mark the shift from the Renaissance to the Baroque are very dramatic. The Baroque era spanned a turbulent century and a half. Roughly, the Baroque era…
Please Read On ...Some Thoughts On Balance
10:09:52 “Objects are immediately seen as having a certain size as well as having a location in space. No object is seen as being unique or isolated. A scale of…
Please Read On ...All Art Is Abstract To Some Degree
Abstract art is generally taken to mean painting and sculpture by artists for whom the manner and the means are the subject rather than the representation of any object. All…
Please Read On ...Chimping
Do you chimp? As a digital photographer, chimping is a term used to describe the habit of checking every photo on the camera display (LCD) immediately after capture. Some photographers…
Please Read On ...Form Follows Function?
Form follows function is a principle of design often associated with modern architecture and modern industrial design of the 20th century. This design principle states that the shape of a…
Please Read On ...Greetings From Bloody Bay!
Negril, Jamaica is a very small but widely dispersed beach resort town located across parts of two Jamaican parishes. Negril’s beach, also called Seven Mile Beach, has been rated as…
Please Read On ...After 33 Years, It’s Back To The Island!
Once upon a time in 1984 I visited Jamaica for a week. The beautiful country and the people of Jamaica made a deep impression on me. Jamaicans have a warmth,…
Please Read On ...Chiaroscuro (Say What?)
Chiaroscuro, an Italian word for “clear–dark”, is a term in art for a contrast between light and dark. The term is usually applied to bold contrasts affecting a whole composition,…
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