Category Archives: classes
more learning
For the past several weeks, I’ve been heavily into working on technique. Mainly, it’s been post-processing. But I also decided to take a little class on using flash, which was something that I was still a bit fuzzy about. Taking … Continue reading
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Tagged arm, body, classes, eyes, face, fashion, flash, high-key, light, model, photography, post-processing, strobe, studio
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what it is
Is this photo confusing? Certainly, it doesn’t seem that way to me. It’s a moody still life — a moldering apple, a little sprig of raspberries, a green leaf, and a dried up reddish flower. They’re seen from a low … Continue reading
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Tagged aesthetics, apple, class, decay, light, Madison, photography, still life, Wisconsin
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at it again
Last week Wednesday, another session of the class I took last fall and spring started. Some of the folks in it are new, so that should be interesting. Also, many of the people I spent the most time with last … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract, body, class, collodion, conceptual, George DeWolfe, hands, light, Lightroom, Madison, mindfulness, photography, reflections, Sally Mann, shadows, skin, Tom McInvaille, Wisconsin
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breakthrough
It’s been too long; but sometimes life gets in the way. The photograph here was part of my final work for the class I was taking this spring. It was an element of a triptych that was to be somehow … Continue reading
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Tagged aesthetics, arts, class, difficult beauty, flower petals, flowers, light, Madison, petals, photography, skin, Wisconsin
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biography
Last week, the assignment for my class was to do a self-portrait that was not a literal self-portrait. For me, this wasn’t a particularly challenging assignment, for the most part, because I think any intentional photograph has an element of … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, biography, class, David Duchemin, dead, death, defense mechanisms, fish, Mexico, photography, puffer fish, self-portrait, spikes, travel, vacation
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staging
Had a couple of meetings now for the class I’m taking. The dynamics of the group are quite different than in the fall. Then, most of us were roughly in a similar place with our photography: mostly comfortable with the technical … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract, aesthetics, art, class, ferns, flowers, Madison, photography, plastic, roses, Tom McInvaille, Wisconsin
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changing weather
Today was 30 degrees F warmer than yesterday and people were starting to get their spring enthusiasm going. Walking around with a coffee, loosening their winter coats, sitting in sunny areas that have been covered with snow for months. For … Continue reading
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Tagged candid, classes, focus, focus plane, hair, Madison, people, photographic themes, photography, street, technique, Wisconsin, woman
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growing as an artist
In November and December, I took a masterclass with Tom McInvaille, one of the more established photographers here in Madison. Since this was during the time I was first getting involved with and exploring the possibilities of Google +, I … Continue reading
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Tagged aesthetics, classes, Edward Weston, fingers, hands, Harry Callahan, Imogen Cunningham, photography, skin, Tom McInvaille
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