Reading Not Only Photography Blogs More Productively
Couple weeks ago I was watching this wonderful and inspiring TED talk and been amazed as usual. But it also inspired me to start using Alex too.
My Black and White 35mm Holga Photographs
This week I finally found time to get some of my exposed rolls of black and white film developed in a lab and to scan it at home yesterday. I love the excitement of shooting on film, not knowing what I am going to get and then being surprised as the photo appears on my screen. Also taking photographs with Holga (a toy camera with a plastic lens) makes it even more unpredictable, which is a nice way to relax and keep my creativity flowing.
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Visual Acoustics – Documentary Film about Photography and Modernism
Recently I have discovered a wonderful film about modernism and architecture photography from 2008 so today I want to tell you about it. If you are a photographer or architecture enthusiast I recommend you to watch it, if you haven’t seen it already.
It is a documentary film called Visual Acoustics and it celebrates life and photography of Julius Shulman (one of the best architecture photographers) who took photographs for the best modernist architects of the 20th century such as Frank Lloyd Wright, John Lautner, Frank Gehry and Richard Neutra. Read More…
Photography and Playstation 3: Is Playing Games Useful for Photogs?
If you are a photographer you are probably familiar with Henri Cartier-Bresson and his photography. If you are interested in street photography it is probably safe to say you studied his work, bought his books, watched his movies etc. And you probably also know how he trained his eye for being able to capture the decisive moment, right? For those of you who don’t know: after finishing his soldier training Henri was living on the coast of Africa making a living as a hunter. As a hunter he had to be patient, know where to stand so he wouldn’t be visible for the animal he was hunting and he had to know exactly when to push the trigger. After fighting malaria, almost dying and going back to Europe he put his rifle away and picked up his iconic Leica camera with 50mm lens and began to hunt for perfect moments shooting people in the streets of Marseille, Paris, Berlin, Prague, … making some of the best street photographs ever taken.
The More Talented You Are The Less Stuff You Need
If you’d tell me I should watch a movie which takes place in one room and is about two people having a conversation I probably wouldn’t expect it to be extraordinary. And yet a word ingenious came to mind right after I’ve seen it. I am talking about The Sunset Limited film which I had an opportunity to watch the other day. It is based on Cormac McCarthy’s book and was directed by Tommy Lee Jones. The two main characters are played by Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson who are having a deep and meaningful conversation which goes far beyond the room throughout the movie. But the best thing (besides the conversation) is the visual richness of the movie. Visual richness in one room of a New York public housing projects apartment? Read More…
Why I Love Black and White Photography
“I love black and white photography because it is a proof of the world not being just black or white.”
Black and White Street iPhoneography – the photos #03
Thank you very much everyone! I truly appreciate you stopping by and looking at the street photos made with my iPhone. Today is the last day (I ran out of photographs from the January 28th, 2011). But I will be posting some other photography stuff soon. :) Read More…
Black and White Street iPhoneography – the photos #02
Did you like the street iphone photos I posted yesterday? I hope so. As promised the black and white iphoneography saga continues… Read More…
Black and White Street iPhoneography – the photos #01
I hope you like the iphoneography slideshow featuring some of the street photos I made with my iPhone in the streets of Prague which I published yesterday. Here are the photos I promised. Enjoy! :) Read More…
Black and White Street iPhoneography – product of 40 hrs without sleep
On Friday January 28th, 2011 I was watching the amazing “Life in a Day” film streamed live from Sundance via YouTube from about 2 till 5 AM. I could’t sleep after I was about to get up in 2 hours so I spend these two hours “thinking”. Then I decided to go to take some street photos with my iPhone. I spent all morning walking around Prague and photographing whatever caught my attention.
