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downsizing
Read more: downsizingOr, does size really matter? I have been seeing and handling smaller zines like the one below over the past months and really liking the esthetics of the smaller size. Seeing it juxtaposed with my last zine, the size they have all been, has got me thinking about size, and playing with the smaller format.…
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design
Read more: designThis is sort of going to be a “how the sausage gets made” post. My friend, and zine subscriber, Scott, has heard a lot of this already. My process is not very complicated, especially compared with the online publishing places like Blurb. I design the zine totally on my ipad pro. I do not even…
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it’s not about photography
Read more: it’s not about photographyIt just starts from photography. Cheers!
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anarchism
Read more: anarchismAs my last post indicates, I don’t play well with authorities, except my own. This goes way back to grade school. We had to say the pledge of allegiance before class started, and in some cases back then, the lord’s prayer. There was always a voice in the back of my mind asking what does…
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what is good work
Read more: what is good workI was listening to a podcast today by a photographer with great professional experience who was discussing certain cameras and the concept of “good work” in the context of people using those cameras. But what constitutes good work. It seems to me that it depends on what type of photography you do. The guy doing…
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no instagram
Read more: no instagramDecided to deactivate instagram this morning. Posted there a couple of days ago that I was going to do it Monday, but could see no reason to wait. Made the decision not to delete it completely in case I change my mind down the road, and to hold on to the user name. Reactivated my…
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across the room
Read more: across the roomi sit here…same chair…same room…depending on lens…settings…light…it can seem different…look different…have shot this shot…many ways…over and over…the dream interpreted…
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weaning
Read more: weaningI will be here more it seems. Took a trip to visit family last week in Asheville, and went untethered, no ipad. I don’t have all the social media stuff on my phone, it is a functional tool. I enjoyed it very much. Since returning, I have found less and less satisfaction with how instagram…
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selfing
Read more: selfingAnd no, this is not going to be about “selfies”. A guy I follow, Paul Hedderman, who expounds on the concept of nonduality, uses the word selfing to describe the activities generated from the mind that we action figures use to prop up the mistaken idea that we are “long lasting independent separate entities”, a…