Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Showcase: Too Young - Lens Blog - NYTimes.com

Showcase: Too Young - Lens Blog - NYTimes.com
Powerful stuff! Photography has an ability to communicate that is too easy to take for granted.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

1980-1990's Seattle - Washington (WA) - Seattle and King County Suburbs - City-Data Forum

1980-1990's Seattle - Washington (WA) - Seattle and King County Suburbs - City-Data Forum

I hope somebody discovers my whole collection of Seattle and Tacoma work and shares it with others. I was just in the Seattle and Tacoma area two weeks ago doing some more wandering and exploring. My goal will be to create a document of Seattle and Tacoma that will express a specific moment in time, that will confirm and reinforce peoples memories. All the original negatives, prints, and current digital files are available at the Tacoma Public Library. You can contact Robert Schuler at the Northwest Room and Special Collections. His email is rschuler@tpl.lib.wa.us .

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Hiroshima: The Lost Photographs: Observatory: Design Observer

Hiroshima: The Lost Photographs: Observatory: Design Observer
This is an amazing story, about the photographs, how the photographs were found, and in the end, about the power of photography to express what happens.

Friday, August 14, 2009

The New Breed of Documentary Photographers

The New Breed of Documentary Photographers

This is an excellent site to explore. I love The Bangladesh Project. It is a flash based gallery, but if you have Flash it is a wonderful collection of photographs. Makes me want to go there.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

The Visual Science Lab: Examining Modern Mythologies about Camera Equipment. Part One. Intro.

The Visual Science Lab: Examining Modern Mythologies about Camera Equipment. Part One. Intro.

Equipment sanity! Worth reading and thinking about. I have to agree, but somethings, like the quality of the viewfinder and the auto-focus are still worth upgrading. I have been using the Panasonic Lumix G1, which is a very different kind of camera, this summer and love it. I sold my Nikon D700 and Nikon lenses, even if the quality of the files was amazing. It was just too large for me.

Monday, August 10, 2009

85 Vintage Photo Ads - Digital Photo Tips and More on PopPhoto.com

85 Vintage Photo Ads - Digital Photo Tips and More on PopPhoto.com

There are many memories in these ads. I started reading camera magazines in 1967. I also found many old magazines in used book stores. I can remember many of these ads. I can remember wanting many of the cameras advertised. Fun times!

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Wandering in Tacoma 2008: Stephen Cysewski

Wandering in Tacoma 2008: Stephen Cysewski

I just finished this web site, I will be traveling to Tacoma next week to take some more photographs.

Friday, July 17, 2009

Guido Castagnoli Photography

Guido Castagnoli Photography
Check out the Places: Provincial Japan Photographs. I love the ambiance. I want to go there.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Shutterfinger: The Four Stages of Seeing

Shutterfinger: The Four Stages of Seeing

Yes! This is true to my experience. I think there is an aspect of not being self-conscious in stage 4, you just see what you see and take what you take.

Friday, June 19, 2009

B: Kirkwood's animal farm

B: Kirkwood's animal farm

I really like these photographs, they make me look, and think!

Monday, June 15, 2009

Kenai Penninsula 2009: Stephen Cysewski

Kenai Penninsula 2009: Stephen Cysewski: "A group of students went on a trip to the Kenai Peninsula. We went to Seward and the Sealife Center, a Kenai Fjord National Park boat trip, Kenai and the Russian Orthodox Church, Homer, Anchor Point, and Clam Gulch. These are photographs of that trip."

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Buddhas - a set on Flickr

Buddhas - a set on Flickr
I just posted some Buddha images to Flickr, www.justbuddhas.org, and Facebook. I am playing around using Nik software with Lightroom, it is amazing.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

lens culture: Laura Domela

lens culture: Laura Domela

Everyone My Brother Knows in Girdwood, Alaska

Check out this series of portraits...........

Monday, May 25, 2009

Don Wright for Governor

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House on Chena River

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Jit's Father

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On the Riverboat Discovery

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South Cushman Area

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C&J Drive-Inn

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Went around South Cushman today taking photographs, I do have a documentary agenda, expressing the everyday experience of Fairbanks, or at least my experience of Fairbanks. The light is very stark, great for desolate and abandoned buildings.


Street Photography Techniques « NEW YORK PHOTOGRAPHER’S BLOG

Street Photography Techniques « NEW YORK PHOTOGRAPHER’S BLOG
An amazingly detailed and accurate description of street photography technique!

Thursday, May 21, 2009

B: Shoot first, ask questions later

B: Shoot first, ask questions later

Excellent photographs and excellent ideas. The relationship between projects or ideas and actual photographs is complex and intricate.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Dennis Villegas

Dennis Villegas
An excellent, interesting, and deep web log. Worth subscribing to.......

Bird a Thon and Green Houses


Yesterday I spent the day with an Alaskan Bird Observatory Bird a Thon. We left at 7:00 in the morning and went to excellent bird watching locations in the Fairbanks area. The people I was with were avid bird identifiers, I mostly was there to take photographs of what I saw and to learn new locations to explore in Fairbanks. We returned at 5:00 in the evening. The group identified 58 distinct birds.

Today we went looking at green houses. Next weekend is the traditional safe planting day. Jit's father will be here and I hope he will enjoy the radically different gardening experience. I sort of hate gardening, but I think Jit and her Dad will have fun.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Jit's Father



Jit's Father will be visiting us this summer. He will be arriving May 18th.
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Monday, May 4, 2009

Thai Restaurants Fairbanks Alaska 2009: Stephen Cysewski

Thai Restaurants Fairbanks Alaska 2009: Stephen Cysewski

This is an update of a series that I posted in 2005. I have two more to add to finish the series for 2009.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Spring Street Shadows

I love the street shadows of the birches before they leaf out.





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May 1, 2009 ~ Sister Cyril | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

May 1, 2009 ~ Sister Cyril | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

The way it should be!

"We have a dramatic example today of what one dedicated person can do to change the lives of people in need. Fred de Sam Lazaro revisits a story he reported 10 years ago about an Irish Catholic nun who is a school principal in Calcutta, India. Her name is Sister Cyril Mooney."

Experiment with Facebook

I am testing to see if this post will appear on my Facebook Status Page.

50 Strange Buildings of the World | Village Of Joy

50 Strange Buildings of the World | Village Of Joy
I love web sites like this.......

Friday, May 1, 2009

Use Google Reader to gather information on the web!!!!!

If you are not using Google Reader to gather information on the web you are crazy! Maybe that is a little extreme, but I believe it. I have over 200 RSS feeds that I subscribe to.

2009 Formula One season, wet & dry - The Big Picture - Boston.com

2009 Formula One season, wet & dry - The Big Picture - Boston.com

I love Formula 1 and I love photography. I will wake up at 3:00 AM to watch a Formula 1 race. There photographs, like all the photographs from "The Big Picture" are amazing.