Reviews and Recommendations are a critical review about gear, images, techniques, books, videos etc. along with a recommendation regarding their use.
Social media is a big factor in every photographer’s life. It’s both a blessing and curse. At its best, it is engaging, informative, and educational. At its worst, it is addictive, time-wasting, toxic, and replaces personal interaction. As Thanksgiving week (Happy Thanksgiving BTW) is a slow week for many things, I’ve decided to use the…
Hi, my name is Mike and I’m an introvert. Why do we feel compelled to proclaim being an introvert as if it is something we should strive to overcome? It used to be that being introverted was admired. Being a person of “quiet strength” or “thoughtful leader” or a “deep thinker” were once compliments. Now,…
Please join me on Vero. Vero is a relatively new social media platform that I’ve just started using. Its tagline is “True Social” indicating is tries to be social media as we always thought it should be. This get’s back to the original concept of social media before all the hype, ads and the never…
Mike Disfarmer was portrait photographer in the small town of Heber Springs, Arkansas. His career spanned two world wars and the Great Depression. He created simply wonderful portraits that documented the people of Heber Springs during that period. Like now-renowned street photographer, Vivian Maier, Disfarmer was “discovered” by a stroke of luck that saved them…
Let’s face it; camera gear is expensive. We all save up for that special piece of gear we wanted until we finally go ahead and make the buy. Then we start wondering, “Did I get the best deal? Did I overpay?” Fortunately, price watch (PW) sites can help us get the best deal and save…
Photographer and photojournalist, Dorothea Lange is a famous for documenting the lives of people during the Great Depression as part of a Farm Security Administration program. She traveled across the country recording the effect of the Depression on the lives of so many. In the photo on the right, you can see the camera she…
If you’re like me you’ve spent a lot of time watching Amazon Prime and Netflix while hunkered down during the pandemic. Well I have one more for you to add to your list. It’s the film Campesino and it’s on Amazon Prime. It’s a documentary about Carl Oelerich, a skycap at the Salt Lake City…
The CBS News program, “Sunday Morning”, had a great story this past Sunday (Nov. 29th). It’s about 20-year-old Canadian photographer Leah Denbok who has been photographing homeless people since she was 15. She’s really quite good. Her portraits are hauntingly beautiful and really give a face to the homeless who we often treat as invisible. …
