Comments on: A perspective on camerawork process http://artandperception.com/2007/02/a-perspective-on-camerawork-process.html a multi-disciplinary dialog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:19:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: June http://artandperception.com/2007/02/a-perspective-on-camerawork-process.html#comment-6151 June Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:04:04 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/02/a-perspective-on-camerawork-process.html#comment-6151 Doug, I was fascinated by the different regions that you took the photos in, always searching for the screen across our eyes, the brush that we have to peer through -- and that sometimes only gives us blank fog behind. Of course, sometimes,the brush is coming at us, almost confronting the viewer. At other times, it seems like a fairly tidy set of frames, just beyond the camera's reach. Once in a while, you add a path or road, which gives us a way out, but the photos which are most compelling to me are the ones in which there is nothing but the brush. You comment about the organization of the space is, of course, the point. Or one of them. Thanks for sending us to your collection. Doug,

I was fascinated by the different regions that you took the photos in, always searching for the screen across our eyes, the brush that we have to peer through — and that sometimes only gives us blank fog behind.

Of course, sometimes,the brush is coming at us, almost confronting the viewer. At other times, it seems like a fairly tidy set of frames, just beyond the camera’s reach. Once in a while, you add a path or road, which gives us a way out, but the photos which are most compelling to me are the ones in which there is nothing but the brush.

You comment about the organization of the space is, of course, the point. Or one of them.

Thanks for sending us to your collection.

]]> By: Karl Zipser http://artandperception.com/2007/02/a-perspective-on-camerawork-process.html#comment-6144 Karl Zipser Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:24:26 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/02/a-perspective-on-camerawork-process.html#comment-6144 <em>on assignment I typically shoot about a thousand images a day</em> Doug, I can relate to that. Not on assignment I can shoot 500 photos in a day. What I cannot do, however, is look at 500 photos and make a sensible selection of them. Each set of 500 only makes the task more difficult. How in the world do you manage all your pictures? on assignment I typically shoot about a thousand images a day

Doug,

I can relate to that. Not on assignment I can shoot 500 photos in a day. What I cannot do, however, is look at 500 photos and make a sensible selection of them. Each set of 500 only makes the task more difficult. How in the world do you manage all your pictures?

]]> By: Doug Plummer http://artandperception.com/2007/02/a-perspective-on-camerawork-process.html#comment-6143 Doug Plummer Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:18:36 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/02/a-perspective-on-camerawork-process.html#comment-6143 Wow, what a lot of comments! I should post here more often. I am a confirmed digital addict at this point, mostly for professional reasons (on assignment I typically shoot about a thousand images a day), but a big benefit is that short feedback loop about what is happening with my seeing, and the quality is so good now. My choice of lens for 90% of my shooting is a 24-105mm f/4 IS. Yes, it's slow. With the image stabilization, it doesn't matter. It's also very expensive, and wouldn't be my first choice if I'm just getting into digital. The picture in the post is an old one, from 1985, but it still holds interest for me. Some of my strongest work from this series dates from the 80's, which is daunting to confront, but I try not to think about it too much. If I think about it too much I think about all those artists whose early work I like the most, and who I think lost their edge as they aged. I am intent to not be one of those. Wow, what a lot of comments! I should post here more often.

I am a confirmed digital addict at this point, mostly for professional reasons (on assignment I typically shoot about a thousand images a day), but a big benefit is that short feedback loop about what is happening with my seeing, and the quality is so good now. My choice of lens for 90% of my shooting is a 24-105mm f/4 IS. Yes, it’s slow. With the image stabilization, it doesn’t matter. It’s also very expensive, and wouldn’t be my first choice if I’m just getting into digital.

The picture in the post is an old one, from 1985, but it still holds interest for me. Some of my strongest work from this series dates from the 80’s, which is daunting to confront, but I try not to think about it too much. If I think about it too much I think about all those artists whose early work I like the most, and who I think lost their edge as they aged. I am intent to not be one of those.

]]> By: Leslie http://artandperception.com/2007/02/a-perspective-on-camerawork-process.html#comment-6135 Leslie Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:49:12 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/02/a-perspective-on-camerawork-process.html#comment-6135 Doug, wonderful writing and portfolio. I love the experience of scrolling through the images of different locations - it's kind of meditative in itself. THe connection you have to these images is palpable. I don't know if that is because I read your writing or I could just feel it. Thanks for showing us these! Steve, interesting connection to the surrealists. Of course they engaged in a lot of sleep deprivation and god knows what else to get at some of that imagery too! Doug,
wonderful writing and portfolio. I love the experience of scrolling through the images of different locations - it’s kind of meditative in itself. THe connection you have to these images is palpable. I don’t know if that is because I read your writing or I could just feel it. Thanks for showing us these!

Steve,
interesting connection to the surrealists. Of course they engaged in a lot of sleep deprivation and god knows what else to get at some of that imagery too!

]]> By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2007/02/a-perspective-on-camerawork-process.html#comment-6123 Steve Durbin Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:37:35 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/02/a-perspective-on-camerawork-process.html#comment-6123 The kit zoom is almost always a good deal, even if you get another lens also, like the 55mm you're considering for those times you need speed or want shallow depth of field. I shoot almost always with the kit zoom, but I use a tripod. The kit zoom is almost always a good deal, even if you get another lens also, like the 55mm you’re considering for those times you need speed or want shallow depth of field. I shoot almost always with the kit zoom, but I use a tripod.

]]> By: Birgit Zipser http://artandperception.com/2007/02/a-perspective-on-camerawork-process.html#comment-6120 Birgit Zipser Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:59:51 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/02/a-perspective-on-camerawork-process.html#comment-6120 Doug, I am about to buy a digital SLR and I cannot decide what lens to buy first. It seems to be the most practical to buy a kit with a zoom lens. But the zoom lens is so slow f/3.5. Another lens that I am considering is a 55 mm f/1.4. In an earlier post, a while ago, you mentioned that you had a lens that you used most often. What kind of lens is that? Steve, any comments on that? Doug,

I am about to buy a digital SLR and I cannot decide what lens to buy first. It seems to be the most practical to buy a kit with a zoom lens. But the zoom lens is so slow f/3.5. Another lens that I am considering is a 55 mm f/1.4.

In an earlier post, a while ago, you mentioned that you had a lens that you used most often. What kind of lens is that?

Steve,

any comments on that?

]]> By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2007/02/a-perspective-on-camerawork-process.html#comment-6093 Steve Durbin Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:16:19 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/02/a-perspective-on-camerawork-process.html#comment-6093 I just realized (prompted while looking at June's <a href="http://junomain.wordpress.com/2007/02/06/automatic-writing-in-the-visual-arts/" rel="nofollow">textile art blog</a>) that your procedure is akin to the "automatic writing" of the surrealists. Attempting to turn off the more conscious part of the brain. I just realized (prompted while looking at June’s textile art blog) that your procedure is akin to the “automatic writing” of the surrealists. Attempting to turn off the more conscious part of the brain.

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