Author: BrianR

Ep 129 :: Abstraction in Photography (by theartofphotography)

I really love The Art of Photography podcasts. I’ve learned a lot from them. But this one about abstraction is important to me.

Most of my paintings are abstractions. As I want to make photography that is art I should probably connect back to my experiences and successes in painting. This video was a good reminder that not all photography is about sharp & clear representational imagery ex. portraits. But I love me some pics of people. 🙂

Thanks Ted.

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It’s Flashback Friday! Do you have a photograph of someone in your family in a powder blue tuxedo?

See more 1970s fashion in our new exhibit “Searching for the Seventies: The DOCUMERICA Photography Project.”

Image: “Michigan Avenue, Chicago” (couple on street) Perry Riddle, Chicago, IL, July 1975. National Archives, Records of the Environmental Protection Agency.

THIS is a portrait. Such handsome people. Striking.

Izzy’s Mask

Nikon F3, Nikkor 28mm-85mm 1:3.5-4.5, Artista Edu 400, Rodinal (1+100)

This photos is really growing on me. When I first saw it I lamented the lack of focus in the foreground. But the composition of the girl looking at my son in the foreground really makes it. The counter balance of the blurry and grainy bokeh in the top right helps a lot.

I’m reminded that many awesome pictures I love aren’t very sharp. New technology that captures perfect sharpness automatically isn’t necessarily required to make a artful picture. And after all my goal is to make art.

A real pic by this tumblr’s owner.