Posted by Andrew on April 19th 2011
Eli Reinholdtsen made her digital publishing debut last year with the release of Chasing Reflections at Craft & Vision. The eBook is part of The Print and The Process series and deals with one of Eli’s favourite photographic muses – reflections. Part portfolio, and part photography guide, Chasing Reflections aims to inspire the reader as well as provide practical advice for photographing reflections.
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Posted by Andrew on January 29th 2011
Stuart Sipahigil made a big impact with the release of Close to Home – Finding Great Photos in your own Backyard on Craft & Vision. The theme of revitalising your photography by learning to make photos close to where you live, rather than thinking you have to go to exciting or exotic locations, seems to have resonated with photographers struggling with the issue of finding interesting subjects to photograph.
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Posted by Andrew on January 02nd 2011
China is fascinating and beautiful. It’s also photogenic. I like photos of the little details that say so much: cups, food, lanterns and so on. Recently I’ve been looking at the work of several Chinese photographers that are really good at taking these sorts of images. Ling Li is one of them – her photos are full of energy and life. Take some time to look at her Flickrstream and photoblog, and enjoy the interview.
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Posted by Andrew on November 22nd 2010
Anthony Loved to Fish
There’s a genre of photography that has always appealed to me and that I dabbled with a little when I first started using Photoshop, but have never pursued. I think of it as ‘surreal photography’ and like to see it when it is done well, especially in black and white. Which is exactly why I like the work of Michael Ticcino so much. His imaginative photos show how it is possible to use Photoshop to create imagery that exists only in the imagination.
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Posted by Andrew on August 28th 2010
Close to Home – Eight Birds
It’s a common frustration - even a complaint – from photographers that the place they live in is not visually interesting, at least not interesting enough to build up a comprehensive body of work. It’s a frustration I share myself, and for me the solution has always been to travel to more interesting and photogenic places.
Some photographers though are lucky enough to live somewhere with a wealth of potential subject matter close by. Marius Rustad is one of them. He lives in Norway, and his project Close to Home resulted in a series of beautiful black and white prints taken close to where he lives.
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