January 2010
72 posts
Photo Quote of the Day 01/31/10 →
A good photographer must love life more than he does photography.
- Joel Strasser
Photo of the Day 01/31/10 - Suspended Animation →
Photo of the Day 01/29/10 - To the Victor Go the... →
The Vatican is a treasure trove of art, architecture and rarities. This is but one of millions, Gabinetto Del Laocoonte or Laocoön and His Sons; from Wikipaedia:
The statue is attributed…
Photo Quote of the Day 01/30/10 →
You should never think without an image.
- Aristotle
Latest Magazine Cover - Farming, February 2009 →
Here’s a look at the newest edition of Farming: The Journal of Northeast Agriculture. This is a shot I grabbed at last year’s New York Farm Show, which I’ll be attending again the last…
Photo of the Day 01/29/10 - That's One Big Caesar... →
Given the modern trappings wrapping around almost any landmark that sites right smack in the middle of an urban center, it’s no surprise that getting a picture of an ancient site is…
Photo Quote of the Day 01/29/10 →
As photographers we sell “emotion not emulsion”—the tools are immaterial, the resulting piece is all important.
- Jeff Adams
Photo Quote of the Day 01/28/10 →
You have to be ready for luck.
- Neil Leifer
Photo of the Day 01/28/10 - Early Riser Alert →
Photo of the Day 01/27/10 - Let Sleeping Dogs Lie →
Especially puppies like Maggie here … she worked hard, running around in the snow all day. She earned a break.
Photo Quote of the Day 01/27/10 →
The camera is an extension of yourself … Your story treatment may be subjective, but it is important to remain objective as to truth.
- Cornell Capa
Photo of the Day 01/26/10 - Promise of a Bright... →
Photo Quote of the Day 01/26/10 →
Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.
- David Alan Harvey
Photo of the Day 01/25/10 - Ancient Facelift →
Perhaps the team working on the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens wouldn’t mind taking a crack at Joan Rivers or Bruce Jenner … they clearly do pretty good work with ancient structures.
Photo Quote of the Day 01/25/10 →
Anyone can take a picture … a person with a passion sees the picture before it’s taken.
- Anonymous
Shop at Amazon? →
Just a quick update that I’m now and Amazon affiliate and I’ve added an Amazon search box and Deals of the Day widget to
http://www.bmmimages.com/contact/
I only put it there so it wasn’t always…
Photo Quote of the Day 01/24/10 →
No matter how advanced your camera you still need to be responsible for getting it to the right place at the right time and pointing it in the right direction to get the photo you want.
- Ken…
Photo of the Day 01/24/10 - Light Up My Yard →
If you question what I would do To get over and be with you Lift you up over everything To light up my room
-Barenaked Ladies, Light Up My Room
Photo Quote of the Day 01/23/10 →
When photographing, turn around—your best picture might be behind you.
- David Huffines
Photo of the Day 01/23/10 - Infinite Horizon →
Site Update and Shifting Focus →
I’ve been reading David duChemin’s latest book, VisionMongers: Making a Life and a Living in Photography, and it’s really spurred me to consider what I love most about photography and what…
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Photo Quote of the Day 01/22/10 →
I think all art is about control - the encounter between control and the uncontrollable.
- Richard Avedon
Photo of the Day 01/22/10 - Sometimes, Ya Gotta... →
Sandboxes are busy places, and the work doesn’t stop just because there’s a nosy camera around. No, sir.
Photo Quote of the Day 01/21/10 →
It can be a trap of the photographer to think that his or her best pictures were the ones that were hardest to get.
- Timothy Allen
Photo of the Day 01/21/10 - Hook, Line and Sinker →
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.
-John Buchan
Photo of the Day 01/20/10 - We Could Walk Forever →
Giant steps are what you take / Walking on the moon / I hope my legs don’t break / Walking on the moon / We could walk for ever / Walking on the moon
- The Police, Walking on the…
Photo Quote of the Day 01/20/10 →
The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don’t belong. It gives me both a point of connection and a point of separation.
- Susan Meiselas
Photo of the Day 01/19/10 - Mysteries Held Deep... →
And your eyes turn towards the window pane To the lights upon the hill The distance seems so strange to you now And the dark room seems so still
-Sting, Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot
Photo Quote of the Day 01/19/10 →
A photograph gives us the naked truth, which has to be clothed by the imagination. - Frank Meadow Sutcliffe
Photo Quote of the Day 01/18/10 →
It’s a lovely way to communicate and it’s a true, universal language.
- Bill Frakes
Photo of the Day 01/18/10 - History is Written by... →
Photo of the Day 01/17/10 - Rust Never Sleeps →
Photo Quote of the Day 01/17/10 →
The two most engaging powers of [a photographer] are to make new things familiar and familiar things new.
- W. Thackeray
Photo Quote of the Day 01/16/10 →
Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.
- Don…
Photo of the Day 01/16/10 - Alone at Sea →
The sad truth is you’d rather follow the school into the net ’cause swimming alone at sea is not the kind of freedom that you actually want
NOFX, Regaining Unconciousness
Photo Quote of the Day 01/15/10 →
A camera has interesting ideas of its own.
- John Szarkowski
Photo of the Day 01/15/10 - Wish We Weren't Here? →
Downtown Athens speaks for itself sometimes, occasionally with a profoundly dissenting voice.
Photo of the Day 01/14/10 - Celebrate. Remember.... →
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Photo Quote of the Day 01/14/10 →
I don’t take pictures for the sake of photographing. I take photographs to express what’s going on inside of me. Photography turned out to be the most handy tool.
- Rumio Sato
Photo Quote of the Day 01/13/10 →
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
- Scott Adams
Photo of the Day 01/13/10 - Past Present Perfect →
Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap.
New England Winter Warmer →
Robust Porter →
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Photo of the Day 01/12/10 - Cold Comfort for... →
We’re just two lost soul swimmin’ in a fishbowl, year after year.
Runnin’ over the same old ground; what have we found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
Photo Quote of the Day 01/12/10 →
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 Quote of the Day 01/11/10 →
A painter can outsee the layman. The camera can outsee the photographer.
- Wilson Hicks
Photo of the Day 01/11/10 - An Eye on the Past →
The ruins at the Oracle of Delphi in Greece were stunning at every turn. History jutting from the hillsides as far as the eye could see.