Faces Don’t Matter

We’re wired to look for faces. Show someone a photograph with people in it and their eyes go straight to the faces, searching for expression, emotion, identity. This reflex runs deep enough that many photographers treat it as photographic law:…
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Faces Don’t Matter

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Photos I found #8: Winter Holidays

More photos I found. These are probably late winter/early spring holiday photos in the mountains somewhere in France. Easter holidays maybe. Given the snow I’d think Alps.

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Teaching Photography #7: Keeping Gear in Its Place

The ongoing challenge in teaching photography to a young person is protecting them from gear culture. Marketing is sophisticated and pervasive. Social media shows photographers with expensive equipment.…

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Paws in the sand

I posted this photo last week as my contribution to Aminus3’s photo prompt: minimal. I thought I might as well explain it here.

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