Photography Matters

Hope you all had a great weekend. I just wanted to follow up on yestday’s post, “Get Wierd, and then Just Don’t Care.” Add a few things that I thought were important but didn’t want to make the episode any longer. If you haven’t heard yesterday’s episode yet, you might want to start there to get a little bit of context: INSPIRED – Episode 5 – Get Weird, and Then Just Don’t Care

Enjoy.

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You know what I love about art, particularly photography? It’s finding people who put out work that is so unique, there’s something different about it. That art clearly shows that they are following their unique and individual passion in the photography that they’re producing. I love that.

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One of my favorite things that happens from time to time in photography, or any creative field for that matter, is known as the happy accident… Something that might have at first struck you as a mistake or an accident… but later you’re very glad it happened.

I love happy accidents.

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Happy Friday, hope everyone had a great week. Hey, I went over to Tivoli Village last night. They were hosting a car show. I got a few shots and just wanted to tell you about it, maybe have some suggestions that can help you figure out what you want to photograph this week. Have a great weekend!

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All shots shot on Rollei Retro 400s pushed to 1600, Leica M6, Summicron 35mm.

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I am not interested in rules or conventions. Photography is not a sport.

— Bill Brandt, 1904 – 1983

Bill Brandt is easily in the list of Who’s Who of photographers of the twentieth century. I’ve heard his name a lot, but it wasn’t until recently that I took a more serious look at his work. Wow, he’s now instantly become one of my favorite photographers. Not only because of his photography, but also because of his philosophy on photography.

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It’s no secret that I’ve really been enjoying shooting Rollei Retro 400s, a very beautiful black and white film. I’ve mostly shot it at box speed, 400, but have also played around with it at EI 1600 as well. Both speeds offer great results. I’ve been a little anxious to do an intimate portraiture photo shoot with this film ever since I shot the first roll and saw the results.

I’ve been referring to this film as “moody” and thought it would be really interesting to see how that moody film might work for the beauty photography and portrait work I do. Well, I finally got to find out when I used it on my recent photo shoot with Tonya. I’ll share the results and my thoughts on this film in this episode.

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Film: Rollei Retro 400s pushed to 1600

These are the photos that I shot on the second roll of film that day; the roll that didn’t get exposed to light.

Okay, these are some of the shots from the first roll I shot that day; from the roll that did get exposed to light.

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This is the first episode of a new series I’ve been thinking about starting for a while now. It will be in addition to Photography Matters, but follow a less structured format. The episodes will be shorter and may come out several times a week, or maybe not. The topic for the show…. Inspiration; topics that inspire me, and hopefully might inspire you as well. I hope you enjoy it.

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Creativity; it’s one of the most important building blocks of life. Okay, that’s a little heavy, I’ll try and keep this focused (see what I did there) on Photography.

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With so much of our online time spent on social media these days, does anyone ever pay attention to their own websites? Or do the even have a website? Are website’s still important? All that and much, much more in this episode.

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My photography website

Film Photography Project (FPP)

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You know those certain photographer who, when they speak about photography, it really resonates with you; inspires you and you could listen to them all day. I’ll talk about a couple of photographers that fit that bill for me, and also talk about a daily source of ideas and inspiration… all in one book.

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Joel Meyerowitz Presentation (youtube)

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