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18th March 2010
Ann Curry Talks Talks Passion & PhotographyAnn Curry is not only a respected journalist and news anchor at the Today Show, but she’s also an accomplished photographer who with her extensive travels, has captured some remarkable raw moments wherever she’s gone.
On a recent segment, Ann spoke eloquently about the craft and the passion she has for it and I can’t help admiring her even more for making time to indulge herself in something she loves regardless of how hectic her schedule may be. If you love something, you truly make the extra effort to make time for it.
“I feel so lucky that I found something that has given me peace, even in the worst of circumstances. And it makes me know that all of us can find peace, even in the chaos of our own lives. If [only] we can find that one thing that we care so much about … And, for me, it’s taking pictures.”
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15th March 2010
Fog Over San Francisco - Absolutely stunning photograph of The Golden Gate Bridge taken before sunrise from Battery Spencer in the Marin Headlands. The beautiful blue tones and the way the fog completely hides the city is unbelievable. I hope to one day visit this photographer’s paradise.
For even more breathtaking images, take a look at the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area photos that Rob has taken. (Photograph by Rob Kroenert)
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14th March 2010
Stories Behind Your Photographs
When it comes to sharing photographs, the presence of nice composition, lighting and contrast can make any image speak for itself because it has the opportunity of having captured the glory of what you experienced when you took it.
There really is no need for words to describe it other than for it to maybe have a title but I’m one that feels more of a connection to a photograph when there’s a friendly caption shedding light on the thought process behind it.
We’re all obessesed in wanting to know how things were made and for me a photograph isn’t any different. Isn’t the bonus footage of a movie and everything that played a pivotal role in making it what entices us to invest on buying DVDs or Blu-Rays in the first place? At least that’s the reasoning behind my purchase.
At the moment, I can look at 20 pictures of Big Ben in London on my computer and remember the exact feeling of standing before this prominent landmark and wondering if I would ever be back.
I remember the crowds I had to manipulate around to get the angle, I remember how hot it was, I remember feeling the energy of the structure and having to crane my neck to fully frame the shot I wanted and I certainly remember Vanessa hustling me to hurry up because I was taking countless shots of the same landmark.
Of course you were all oblivious to this conceptual story and I like to think sharing this type of insight offers an added layer of sentiment to a photograph because it demonstrates the humanistic considerations that influenced its making.
What makes a photo so attracting is not just admiring the final piece printed and framed but seeing beyond the obvious, beyond the technical details and understanding its personal meaning, in learning about moments that are not always shared but that have equal significance which will be remembered both on paper and in your minds.
Tell Us About It
Some people are just not interested in travel and in that case, they are likely to have minimal appreciation for photographs, no matter how impressive they may be and in those moments you realize that the reason you find your photographs remarkable is because of the memories they elicit.
The audience may not share the exact memories but hopefully the photo will carry enough emotion to speak for itself and even if it does, having a caption to support the underlining story of a photograph is always a receptive detail I admire and one that viewers would appreciate more if you include it.
I am interested in learning about the stories behind your photographs.
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13th March 2010
Revamped FotovineThe main reason for creating this little photographic space that I call Fotovine was to do away with bookmarking all these photography related gear, software, tips, etc that I was coming across.
Bookmarking generally implies that you’ve found an interest in something and that you have intentions of coming back to it but the actual act of bookmarking for me became the equivalence of forgetting that I ever came across it, so instead I figured publishing these photographic gems would hold more value if I shared them.
I’ve even incorporated a retweet button to propagate the idea of sharing even more.
Since then, I noticed the slew of “following” that started to take over the Tumblr dashboard for the site, so I decided to decent up the place a bit. Nothing fancy but at least now I personally feel more incline to want to visit the site and enjoy not just what’s being featured but the overall simple aesthetics that surrounds it.
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10th March 2010
It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter, because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the ordinary.
~ David Bailey, British photographer
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