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583 When I Grow Up

When I was very young, it was a special treat to go to the General Store. Right there on the shelf was a toy tractor. We didn’t have much and Daddy couldn’t buy it for me, but right then and there I decided that someday I would own myself a... Continue reading

Posted 6 days ago at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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582 Getting Lost on the Creative Journey

One early autumn morning some birds flew over the surface of Lake Abert, in Oregon. I was in the right spot, with the right lens and I clicked off a couple of shots as the birds flew by. I’m going to claim the image as my own and show it... Continue reading

Posted May 12, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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581 On Selecting the Best

A seemingly long time ago, (or more recently, depending on how you view the passage of time these days) I had the temerity to assemble a photographic project entitled Fifty, a collection of my fifty best photographs – up until that point in my life. The motivation was the celebration... Continue reading

Posted May 5, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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580 The Questions Worth Answering

A while back I attended a contemporary art exhibit. The memorable aspect of the exhibit was an explanatory sign on the wall of the exhibit. The sign informed us artwork explored, “the political relationships among gender, culture, religion, labor and social codes.” I was wondering what ever happened to art... Continue reading

Posted Apr 28, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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579 Empty or Abandoned?

I enjoy photographing old buildings and other objects that have passed their prime. While photographing the renovation of the Cary Elementary School it occurred to me the school was worn out and run down because generations of students had used it. The school building fulfilled its original purpose and was... Continue reading

Posted Apr 21, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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578 The Key to the Subject

Last week I talked about my Project Triangle and the characteristics of creating new projects. I have two little stories on that topic. My friend, Brooks Jensen (of LensWork fame) is obsessive about keywording his Lightroom database. He claims he has enough images keyworded to create projects for the rest... Continue reading

Posted Apr 14, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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577 The Project Triangle

My projects have three characteristics; Time, Place and Theme. Most of my projects have fixed all three characteristics because I went someplace at a specific time and photographed a single subject. If we let at least one of those characteristics vary we can add some variety to what might become... Continue reading

Posted Apr 7, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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576 Ya Just Never Know

Some projects just never quit and sometimes it is a struggle just to keep up with them. My Academy Street project just keeps chugging along. The hero image for the Change of Pace folio is the Pasmore House at 307 Academy Street. It was distinguished by two huge oak trees... Continue reading

Posted Mar 31, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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575 An Important Distinction

Sometimes you don't realize a significant change you made is significant unless someone else tells you about it. I was reading the other day where a museum curator made a distinction between image and photograph. The difference is that photograph implies a physical artifact while the use of image implies... Continue reading

Posted Mar 24, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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574 One Foot in the Past

Gallery shows are wonderful, a lot of work and tough to come by. The competition for gallery space is intense and the reward is fleeting and very often not financially rewarding. Yet, we still pursue this as a venue to display our art. There is prestige and honor to have... Continue reading

Posted Mar 18, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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573 How far do you have to go to fulfill your vision?

I attended a photo gallery talk a few months ago and the photographer’s description of the difficulties encountered in making the photographs along with the complex technical processing almost made my head hurt. The photographs were very, very good, the stories were great and the cleverness and technical prowess to... Continue reading

Posted Mar 10, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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572 No, Wait. Photograph First, Then Write.

Here’s another thought on dealing with an artist statement. I think that most photographers will make their images first and then write that artist statement. I am guilty of that method of work, because I am a photographer first and writing is a struggle I postpone and hope to minimize.... Continue reading

Posted Mar 3, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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571 Write First, Then Photograph

I have written several times about creating artist statements. Here are a couple of more thoughts on that topic. The words don't have to be the last thing you create. Those pesky artist’s statements can be created most any time. You don’t have to wait until all the photographs are... Continue reading

Posted Feb 24, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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570 Ah, the Sorrows of Old Technology

Some of the projects from my old website did not migrate to the new site, falling victim to the advance of Technology. Many images had a long side of 500 pixels at 72dpi. With high resolution monitors and smartphones, such small images would not look good. The world of digital... Continue reading

Posted Feb 17, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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569 Ah, the Joys of Aging

In rebuilding my website, I had to locate “hero” images, something to entice my readers to download a project. In this search for images, I discovered a project I cannot remember creating. I guess this just might be another sign of getting older. The amazing find was a pdf publication... Continue reading

Posted Feb 10, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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568 Now About That Path to Knowledge

After I completed last week’s post, I thought a bit more about the Path to Knowledge. (You could scroll down a bit and read last week's post first. I'll wait until you do that.) I made it sound like it was a linear journey to a destination. I assure you,... Continue reading

Posted Feb 3, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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567 The Path to Knowledge

I was riffing on acquiring digital editing skills last week and I would like to continue with that thought. It is simply this; some people learn and then go out to find a way to use the knowledge and other people learn when they have a problem they can’t solve.... Continue reading

Posted Jan 27, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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566 Practice and Performance

There is value in practicing the arcane transmutations of digital editing so those skills can be used on worthy images. Learned skills are used to make good images great or to make your visual statement abundantly clear to your audience. Making an unusable image mediocre is really a waste of... Continue reading

Posted Jan 20, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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565 Missed It By That Much…

In photographing the grand landscape, the scale is tremendous. Photographs can include many, many miles from horizon to horizon. To change a viewpoint significantly, you have to pack up the camera and travel miles. You travel miles to change the viewpoint, and then in the final positioning of the camera,... Continue reading

Posted Jan 13, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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564 Another Year of Blogging

I forget a special day. The special day was January 5th, the ninth anniversary of this blog. The blog started out as “Square Pegs” because it was going to show good photographs that didn’t fit the criteria for the projects I was creating. The old bromide about square pegs in... Continue reading

Posted Jan 10, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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563 I Must Be Resolute.

Yes, it’s the beginning of the calendar year and it’s time for those New Year’s Resolutions. It seems like a pretty good thing to do with self-improvement and all that, so I’ll let you in on some of my resolutions – from last year. Last year I wanted to make... Continue reading

Posted Jan 6, 2019 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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562 There Is No Perfection In Addition; More From Harvey Penick.

Another thought from Mr. Penick that has stayed with me for decades. It’s the title; perfection is achieved by subtraction, not addition. Removing the superfluous is the route to perfection. I guess in the most elemental form, a stone sculptor personifies this. Stone is removed until the sculpture is revealed.... Continue reading

Posted Dec 30, 2018 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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561 Concentrating or Thinking?

When I go out to photograph there is no other motivation than to capture the beauty that appears before me. There is incredible joy and happiness that comes from finding something beautiful and capturing its image with my camera. There is no deep, thoughtful preparation and mystical revelation in this... Continue reading

Posted Dec 23, 2018 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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560 How Quickly We Acclimate

As part of a photo workshop I used my iPad mini’s camera as a teaching aid to illustrate suggested compositions during field sessions. That part worked very well. Well, here’s what didn’t work well. Some of my teaching examples were actually recorded on the iPad’s camera roll. Holy Moley did... Continue reading

Posted Dec 16, 2018 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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559 The Second Hurdle

Photographers have two hurdles to overcome when making a photograph. The first is technical. Can one make a technically competent photograph? With the sophisticated camera and lens technology available to us, technically perfect photographic images are almost guaranteed every time we press the shutter release. We see a scene that... Continue reading

Posted Dec 9, 2018 at Postcards from the Creative Journey

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