By Nancee Rostad | Art & Creativity
To set the scene: mid-October; hotel room; somewhere in Montana; 3:35 AM; lying in bed awake; can’t get back to sleep….what to do, what to do? As my mind wandered, my eyes took in the dark room. It really wasn’t totally dark, since I always leave the room darkening shades open in hotels. Arrayed […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity
Leslie Ashe Deigh Bates Philippe Berend Frank Field Here’s one from near my home in Sonoma County, California Michael Fleischer Enclosed are 2 photos from a nearby forest with a local railway snaking its way through the landscape…(an ice age Tunnel Valley) ! John Goddard These […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
Robert Zajonc tells us to stop being wusses and that we’ll just get to love anything we own. Mere Exposure Effect. Mr Zajonc, leading voice in this theory of human psychology, tells us that the more we are exposed to a stimulus, the more likely we become to enjoy it. My past experiences with […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
How to choose lenses, cameras and accessories should be your decision, not the market’s. Judging by the comments and email my last post elicited, I can’t have done a great job of explaining my subtractive approach to system building 😉 But first, let’s draw a line between collectors and photographers. Both represent valid hobbies, […]
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By pascaljappy | Opinion
How can a HiFi amplifier review relate in any way to the pursuit of creative photography? This post explores three parallels useful for many togs. As recent high-end camera releases have failed to capture my heart and my dinero, realistic exploration of downsizing options has taken precedence. This may seem like a shame to […]
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By philberphoto | Travel Photography
Two friends, a work meeting and the Luberon. Luberon ticks all the boxes of overtourism, of being one of these exquisite locations blighted by hordes of visitors who think that tourism amounts to getting in position for quick Instagram-destined snaps. Point of entry is the legendary city of Avignon, once residence to popes, and […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity
As usual, thank you all for sharing 🙂 As for visitors, enjoy, and please leave a note to the photographers who shared their work 🙂 Leslie Ashe Deigh Bates Philippe Berend Allan Dew I’ve just started to process my images from a trip to Tuscany (It’s going to […]
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By pascaljappy | Opinion
A new perspective on an old question. Beyond the use as a visual notebook, at which it excels, the smartphone has progressed tremendously to capture more and more of the ‘serious’ photography market. Periscope lenses, larger sensors, better colour science, better DR, RAW files, and probably more, add to the list of features bridging […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity
Nature isn’t all about green leaves and sandy beaches 😉 One of the beauties of running a blog such as DS is the possibility of regularly viewing the work of creative photographers (you know who you are 😉 ). This obviously percolates through my mind and makes me more aware of scenes that I […]
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By Bob Kruger | Art & Creativity , How-To
Blame it all on Levon Biss and his TED talk. Inspired by his son, Sebastian, Levon related his experiences making really large photographs of really small things over several years. After watching his talk I said to myself, “I can do that.” That launched me on my ongoing macro photography journey. Rather than me […]
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