22 April 2010: Ten Thousand Hours

I went up to Syracuse University tonight to see a lecture by professional photographer, Stephen Wilkes. He was phenomenal and his work was quite amazing. My favorite was the Ellis Island series he did: http://www.ellisislandghosts.com/ Check out his work, he is truly a master of this craft. He said something during the lecture that I have heard/read several times before but it reminds me how long it takes to really be "an expert". He said you have to do something for at least 10,000 hours to master it. I have many more hours to go!

19 January 2010: Career Counseling

If I had to do it all over again...I would major in photography, digital imaging, design, or something like that!

13 January 2010: The Show Must...Come Down

These were the three pieces I had in the Syracuse Photographers Assocation show. It came down last night amidst a gallery party for our members. We are already planning our next show!

The Year Of The Photograph

Can you find your favorite photograph in this collage? Here they are - all 520 photographs that I have posted to the blog in the last year! Yeah, I know it was supposed to be a photo a day so that would mean 365 photos but I got a little excited some days and posted more. So sue me!

9 December 2009 Photo:

A couple of my photos hang in The College of Global Studies office at Arcadia University (where I work-well when I am not on the road or working from home). The one on the left was taken in Northern Ireland at the University of Ulster.

3 July 2009 Photo(s): Three Is The Magic Number

I received an NPR feed on my facebook page about this photographer.
"Photographer Ed Kashi has been all over the world, documenting some pretty tough pills to swallow. That's why his latest project is a real departure. In his book Three, photographs are presented as triptychs with no context, no captions."

If you want to see some of his work you can check it out here:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/07/three.html?sc=fb&cc=fphttp://edkashi.com/three.php

In the past, I have had to do triptychs for photography classes and always find them very interesting. When I went to take pictures this morning, the final droplets of rain were hanging around. In looking at the photos from today, I put together this little triptyph for the blog. No where near as good as Kashi but it has given me some motivation to look at some of my old photos to see what I can put together.

Also today is July 3...weird! Perhaps THREE really is magic! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11N-BD1aBo0

25 March 2009 Photo: The Mother of Invention

Today's photo was taken in the garden of the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY. For those who are not into photography or missed my earlier post on this subject, this is the home of Eastman Kodak. Apparently, I am currently intrigued by shadows since this is the second day in a row with shadows.

I love visiting the Eastman House but this day, I got there just as they were closing so I didn't get to see any of the exhibits. Again, if you are in the area and looking for something to do, it is worth the trip to see the history of Kodak!

3 February 2009 Photo: Art For Art's Sake

I was at Mass College of Art today for work and I am always jealous of the students who are going to school there because I wish I had followed my dream and gone to school for photography. I always enjoy speaking to the students and helping them to find someplace to study abroad to continue exploring their medium. This picture above was from the lobby of one of the buildings which I thought particularly captured the essence of the study abroad fair I was at today.

Does anyone out there remember Captain Bob. He was on TV in the early 70's in the New England area. He did a drawing show and I was front and center every weekend watching and drawing with the Captain. It is a vivid memory on my childhood and I was pretty good at drawing too. If I had to do it all over again, I would have pursued the arts more.