Photo Series: The Skatalites
Rude BoyThe Skatalites are a ska band from Jamaica. They played initially between 1963 and 1965, and recorded many of their best known songs in the period, including Guns of Navarone.…
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Remembering Kodachrome
The ArtistLaunched in 1935 by Eastman Kodak, Kodachrome would soon become a very successful product for its maker. Kodachrome is a type of film that is called “color reversal film,” which…
Please Read On ...Crop Suey!
Cropping, or Crop Suey, refers to the removal of the outer parts of an image to improve framing, accentuate subject matter or change the aspect ratio of the image. Depending…
Please Read On ...The Concept Of Style
Style can be defined as a characteristic manner of presentation in any art form. The word can refer to to the elements of flexibility that shapes each type of art…
Please Read On ...The Creative Triad
Triad: a group or set of three connected people or things. Also, a chord of three musical notes, consisting of a given note with the third and fifth above it.…
Please Read On ...f/8 and Don’t Be Late!
The f-number (sometimes called f-stop) of an optical system expresses the diameter of the entrance pupil in terms of the focal length of the lens; in simpler terms, the f-number…
Please Read On ...Photo Study: No Water
Subject matter for photographs can be found just about anywhere – sometimes right at your own feet. Although this image could be termed as a formal composition, the purpose of…
Please Read On ...The View Camera
The view camera is a type of camera first developed in the era of the daguerreotype (1840s-’50s) and still in use today, though with many refinements. It comprises a flexible…
Please Read On ...Photo Study: Funnel Ball
In my day, it was tetherball. Our common playground game, that is. So this picture came about one day on a photo walk and I had to find out what…
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