The original idea was that I’d come up with an essay or two for your enjoyment, but I get the feeling that you’re not here for that, so I’ll spare you the prose and make with the purty pictures instead.
I’ve been thinking about making it possible for you to order prints. It depends on whether I can be bothered to fight with WordPress further. I should just move to hosted Ghost or Squarespace and be done with it.
Without peeking at the EXIF data, and disregarding the different focal lengths, which processing do you prefer? One is the OM-5’s default black and white, while the other is Lightroom + DxO Filmlab. I don’t mind processing photos, but I tend to hyper focus and lose track of time when I’m doing it, and I’d like to avoid that if possible.
Can you really call it “the doldrums” when there’s solid proof that democracy is collapsing in the West and your home on Native land is caught in a trade war with a country ruled by a despot funded by a Nazi?
Vancouver is due for a whopper of an atmospheric river this weekend. While I am emotionally well-suited for late winter’s cold and damp, physically my body longs for summer.
I’ve been thinking a lot about my creative pursuits and how I can appear unfocused. Occasionally, I feel bad about that, usually when I’m trying to figure out how to fund my latest obsession — an unrealistic prospect when I’m living on tuna and jasmine rice for dinner. I dream of travelling the world and documenting everything I see, not because I have ideas about being a great photographer, but because I think we’re living in a politically precarious moment, and I feel an obligation to sharpen my skills.
You ain’t got to get ready if you stay ready.
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Other things I’ve recently enjoyed:
Dan Levy on creativity when the world is a garbage fire
Tatiana Hopper’s YouTube channel has some of the best film analysis I’ve ever encountered, and her breakdown of the production of The Brutalist is yet another winner.
Lights, Camera, Accelerate Action – MPB gathered a group of women photographers in honour of International Women’s Day to discuss access, representation, equity, and equality in the photography industry.
