December 2009
69 posts
Photos of the Day - 12/31/09 - A Year in Pictures →
It’s been a photographic year, indeed. Families, seniors, weddings, trips to Italy and Germany, magazine covers and the everyday click of the shutter. Without a doubt, I’ve seen most of 2009 through…
Photo Quote of the Day 12/31/09 →
A photographer is an acrobat treading the high wire of chance, trying to capture shooting stars.
- Guy Le Querrec
Photo Quote of the Day 12/30/09 →
Ultimately, my hope is to amaze myself. The anticipation of discovering new possibilities becomes my greatest joy.
- Jerry Uelsmann
Photo of the Day 12/30/09 - Cold Cruel Sky →
You say the hill’s too steep to climb Climb it. You say you’d like to see me try Climbing. You pick the place and I’ll choose the time And I’ll climb That hill in…
Photo Quote of the Day 12/29/09 →
When you begin viewing the world through a camera lens, your senses sharpen as your mind and eyes are forced to focus on people and things never before noticed or thought about. I discovered…
Photo of the Day 12/29/09 - Don't Fence Me in the... →
Here comes the rain again Falling on my head like a memory Falling on my head like a new emotion Here it comes again
-Annie Lennox, Eurythmics
Photo Quote of the Day 12/28/09 →
If it makes you laugh, if it makes you cry, if it rips out your heart, that’s a good picture.
-Eddie Adams
Photo of the Day 12/28/09 - That Would Sure Taste... →
“Seriously, go right ahead and drop that steak … be glad to clean up.”
Photo of the Day 12/27/09 - Old is New is Old →
What comes around goes around
I’ll tell you why
Round and round.
-RATT
Photo Quote of the Day 12/27/09 →
No matter how sophisticated the camera, the photographer is still the one that makes the picture. - Doug Bartlow
Photo Quote of the Day 12/26/09 →
It’s easy to make a small fortune out of digital photography. First, start with a large fortune.
-Scott Bourne
Photo of the Day 12/26/09 - The Setting Sun is... →
Bounce, bounce, bounce … that’s what Tiggers do.
Photo Quote of the Day 12/25/09 →
True beauty is not a measurement, it is a spirit.
- David Winge
Photo of the Day 12/25/09 - Dancing Lights →
Merry Christmas to you all, especially all my wonderful clients this year, who made this a BUSY but great one. Here’s looking ahead to an even better 2010.
WatchRight back atcha, you stunning SOB.
merlin:
Merry Christmas, you magnificent bastards.
Photo Quote of the Day 12/24/09 →
Photographic technique is no secret and—provided the interest is there—easily assimilated. But inspiration comes from the soul and when the Muse isn’t around even the best exposure meter is very…
Photo of the Day 12/23/09 - Waking Window →
At the still point of destruction At the centre of the fury All the angels, all the devils All around us can’t you see There is a deeper wave than this Rising in the land There is a…
Photo Quote of the Day 12/23/09 →
Our job is to record, each in his own way, this world of light and shadow and time that will never come again exactly as it is today. - Edward Abbey
Photo of the Day 12/22/09 - Moon Over Magog →
“When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie …”
Photo Quote of the Day 12/22/09 →
Pictures are often made for no other reason than that the act demonstrates the power of the photographer over time, the partial fulfillment of a deeply rooted wish.
- Ralph Evans
Photo of the Day 12/21/09 - A Long Way to Long... →
But worth the trip.
Photo of the Day 12/20/09 - Winter's Icy Fingers →
The crystalline containment of winter’s icy fingers, encasing and embracing.
Photo Quote of the Day 12/21/09 →
We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph. The world we live in is a succession of fleeting moments, any one of which might say something significant. When such an instant…
Photo Quote of the Day 12/20/09 →
When you buy a 1/4-inch drill bit, what you really need is a 1/4-inch hole. Clients don’t need photographers, they need photographs.
- Bill Westheimer
Photo of the Day 12/20/09 - Blowin' in the Wind →
A small part of a smart future.
Photo Quote of the Day 12/19/09 →
Time will never stand still and those moments that bring us such joy become memories in an instant. To capture such a moment and record it forever is truly monumental.
- Joshua Atticks
Photo of the Day 12/19/09 - Easy Target →
Nearly missed the mark… thankfully it’s an easy target.
Photo of the Day 12/18/09 - You Lookin' at Me? →
A sneak peak at the January cover of the upcoming Farming: The Journal of Northeast Agriculture. I shot this Highland fellow in Lowell, Vermont. He’s less bothered by the cold and snow than…
Photo Quote of the Day 12/18/09 →
The most important attribute a photographer can have is enthusiasm.
- Arnold Drapkin
Photo of the Day 12/17/09 - Winter on the Vine? →
“Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance.” — Benjamin Franklin
Photo Quote of the Day 12/17/09 →
I didn’t choose photography. Photography chose me.
- Gerardo Suter
Photo Quote of the Day 12/16/09 →
Visual ideas combined with technology combined with personal interpretation equals photography. Each must hold it’s own; if it doesn’t, the thing collapses.
- Arnold Newman
Photo of the Day 12/16/09 - 8 Squares a Day →
Eight days a week is not enough to show I care
- The Beatles
“I’m doing all my shopping on Etsy this year so if you’re on my list, I hope you...”
– Ariella (via merlin)
Bottling Day for Double Rye IPA and Golden Honey... →
Photo Quote of the Day 12/15/09 →
It is a peculiar part of the good photographer’s adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in the stream, to hook it, and to bring it in without unfair play and without too much subduing…
Photo of the Day 12/15/09 - Boys Will Be Boys →
This is Patrick. He’s a special boy. Special to me for various reasons. He can beat me in pretty much any video game at 4. He’s a fellow Dolphins fan, who faithfully cheers on Ronnie Brown…
Photo Quote of the Day 12/14/09 →
Photography is a love affair with life.
- Burk Uzzle
Photo of the Day 12/14/09 - Dewy Passion →
Morning kissed and dewy-eyed.
Photo Quote of the Day 12/13/09 →
Best wide-angle lens? Two steps backward. Look for the ‘ah-ha’.
- Ernst Haas
Photo of the Day 12/13/09 - Two Steps Back →
In this case, it’s two gondola strokes back for wider angle …
Photo Quote of the Day 12/12/09 →
I don’t trust words. I trust pictures.
- Gilles Peress
Photo of the Day 12/12/09 - The Slithering Light →
Photo Quote of the Day 12/11/09 →
Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
- Ansel Adams
Photo of the Day 12/11/09 - There Goes My Hero →
Too alarming now to talk about Take your pictures down and shake it out Truth or consequence, say it aloud Use that evidence, race it around There goes my hero Watch him as he goes …
Photo of the Day 12/09/09 - Dance of the Night... →
‘Tis the season…
Photo Quote of the Day 12/10/09 →
The magic possibility of framing a certain space and time is what brought me to photography. This process of recording elements of three dimensions in the flow of time, and fixing them in a two…
Photo Quote of the Day 12/9/09 →
If you love photography enough, the equipment will come, the portfolio will result and if you enjoy the process, successful will follow. You will evolve your own “formula”.
- Bruno Schreck
Photo of the Day 12/09/09 - The Swell and Surge of... →
A natural symphony of motion.