Letting Go
June 11, 2010At some point this stopped being fun. Not just this blog, but the entire photographic process. Before I go any further, think about that first sentence for a minute. A hobby that became turned into passion isn't fun anymore. It had gotten tedious and trying. Like any relationship that grows stagnant, it was time to let it go. I abandoned my 365 for the tenth time, I stopped posting at the blog, and I stopped leaving comments for my contacts at Flickr. Every article I read about photography was about being creative ... read more
Photographers: Take Notice
May 11, 2010As a photographer, you are not an artist. As a photographer, you are merely documenting life and other peoples works of art. As a photographer, you do not create art, you do not create anything, you simply take pictures of what others have created, including God's creations. Photographers, you are not artists because you do not create. It's best to think of yourselves more of a historian, just documenting what has already been done. I'd like you to stop here, go back, read that paragraph above one more time, this time think about it as ... read more
Photography: For Money or Love?
April 30, 2010Photography. Why did you start taking photos? What do you hope to get from the act of being a "photographer"? The first question is easy to answer for most of us. You may have bought a camera to capture your child's first step. It could have been because you needed to grab some extra credits in college and though photography would be an easy kick to your GPA. Maybe you picked up a National Geographic as a child and were drawn in by the pictures? The second question is often a lot harder to answer, as some ... read more
A Realization
April 26, 2010Over the past month or so I just had not been feeling it. Work was piling up, other interests were interceding, and the camera, aw that damned camera, was becoming a liability. And having been on Flickr for nearly 2 1/2 years, I was growing tired of seeing the same old crap: face paint, uninteresting ideas, jump shots, selective color, the list is endless. Even this blog was pissing me off, as it was eating up too much time trying to think up something I felt someone would read and comment on. So I did what ... read more
Before You Hit the Street
April 22, 2010Shortly after I arrived in Los Angeles, I got in my little purple car and started driving around this behemoth of a city. On the afternoon I'm recalling, I didn't have time enough to head down to the beach, nor to go to the really vibrant East LA neighborhoods that I scouted the week before. But there's a little stretch on Fairfax that is "Little Ethiopia" -- colorful, good eats, and not terribly far from my place. So I headed that way. I got out and started to shoot --- but I felt really uncomfortable. Which ... read more
Noise Reduction
April 8, 2010Noise. Noise. Noise. Noise. Noise. Buzz. Buzz. Buzz. Buzz. Buzz. Blog. Blog. Blog. Blog. Blog. Update. Update. Update. Update. Update. Comment. Comment. Comment. Comment. Comment. Twitter. Twitter. Twitter. Twitter. Twitter. Facebook. Facebook. Facebook. Facebook. Facebook. Flickr. Flickr. Flickr. Flickr. Flickr. Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah. Noise. Noise. Noise. Noise. Noise. Noise. Noise. Noise. Noise. Noise. Noise. Buzz. Buzz. Buzz. Buzz. Buzz. Blog. Blog. Blog. Blog. Blog. Update. Update. Update. Update. Update. Comment. Comment. Comment. Comment. Comment. Twitter. Twitter. Twitter. Twitter. Twitter. Facebook. Facebook. Facebook. Facebook. Facebook. Flickr. Flickr. Flickr. Flickr. Flickr. ... read more
365 – The Cleverest and Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Done
April 5, 2010By Guest Blogger, Darren Rogers 365 days is a loooooooooooong time. And yet it disappears in what feels like a blink of an eye. So much happens in a year, so much unfolds - and once it’s been and gone so much is forgotten. For one year, 365 was my answer to this problem. I discovered Flickr through my good buddy and internet phenomenon disco~stu. He got me into photography and Flickr and the lure of a 365 soon became too much to take. On the 6th of June 2008 I started, without a clue of ... read more
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