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walking in the light: a life in photography


PHOTO JOURNAL

I plan on sharing some thoughts on photography based on my nearly 30 years of teaching, 50 some years being around cameras, and the last 10 years freelancing. Former students might hear some echoes of comments made in class. My favorites remain the same: Eugene Smith, Father Don Doll, James Nachtwey, Jim Richardson, and of course, for pure art--Ansel Adams. This is the starting line-up, but the bench is full and plenty of other shooters are first-teamers in anyone’s book. Periodically, I may comment on a particular photo, its ripple effect in the world of writing with light. Photos, when all the planets are aligned, can become--to paraphrase Thoreau--a moment’s monument. Those of the masters don’t really NEED my words commenting on them, but I like to think about photos, and these journal comments will be my solitary standing ovation, clapping alone here in my study, to some photographs and photographers I admire.

Anyone wanting to share a response, can reach me at windhover_b@yahoo.com

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Barn Artists show coming up


This weekend is the first gallery show for the Barn Artists. Our barn will play host to some nice art and, hopefully, a decent crowd. Saturday, Nov. 14, is 10 a.m. til 4 p.m. and Sunday the 15th noon to 4. I am anxious to show off the barn loft which houses most of my exhibit photos. It has not held much of a crowd since we first built the barn in 2000, thinking at the time that we would utilize the darkroom for workshops. Then came the digital world!! With any luck this show will be the first of several every year. Mostly it will be fun to gather some of my favorite people together and “jaw” a bit as we say in the country.