Tag Archives: body
it’s been another month, or more …
How does time move along so quickly? Granted, it’s summer and my camera was in the shop for a while. But there’s also been some ennui that I’ve been struggling with. During June and July, I took photos on exactly … Continue reading
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Tagged beautiful light, body, feet, flat plane, legs, light, Madison, one of those days, people, photography, shade, shadows, shapes and patterns, shoes, street, urban, Wisconsin
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back at it
A couple of weeks ago, it was finally time to take my camera in to the shop for some repairs and cleaning. It had been exhibiting various electrical sorts of errors at random times. So, since, I felt in a … Continue reading
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Tagged aesthetics, arm, art, body, conceptual, light, Madison, nature, photography, roots, shadows, skin, Wisconsin
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light & shadow
There’s something to this technique that I really like. A softness and gentleness. It evokes and suggests. A person makes a space. Existing. Meaning emerges from the shadows and its collaboration with the light. One light. The light. Skin is … Continue reading
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Tagged blur, body, chiaroscuro, conceptual, embodiment, gentleness, light, madn, nude, people, photography, shadows, skin, softness
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introspection
This is an outtake from a series I did a couple of weeks ago after my appendectomy. It seemed important to document it artistically, at least a bit. So I worked on developing some ideas that I’ve explored a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged aesthetics, body, chiaroscuro, conceptual, light, Madison, man, mirrors, mortality, photography, reflections, shadows, skin, twigs, Wisconsin
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sleep #14 by Chris Friel
sleep #14, originally uploaded by chrisfriel. One of the most creative photographic artists I know is Chris Friel. His work pushes the boundary of perception and time in evocative ways. Working both with the figure, as here, and with landscape … Continue reading
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Tagged aesthetics, body, Chris Friel, multiple exposure, nude, photographers, photography, shadows, skin, woman
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working
Lately, I haven’t been taking many photos. But I have been using the time to work on my website. I’ve neglected it too much in the time that I’ve had it and I feel like I need to get it … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, blog, blogging, blur, body, light, people, photography, selfie, skin
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emerging
Continuing with my explorations of in-camera texture effects. There’s something fascinating about layering as an element of setting up a photo. It adds a certain amount of chance into the equation. And that’s all for the good. Being personal, too, … Continue reading
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Tagged blur, body, conceptual, layers, light, photography, skin, texture
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expression
Making art is a personal thing. It emerges from trust in your intuition. Making personal art is not easy. What is easy is making images that everyone has seen before; we do it unconsciously, because to some extent that is … Continue reading
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Tagged aesthetics, art, arts, body, conceptual, creativity, culture, face, hand, light, photography, shadows, skin
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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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abstraction
Exploration of ideas. Light defines. Elements interact. “The universe is real for us all and dissimilar to each one of us. … it is not one universe, but millions, almost as many as the number of human eyes and brains … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract, aesthetics, art, body, conceptual, fern, leaves, light, photography, Proust, shadows, skin
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imag(in)ing light 