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05/08/2007

The second number one photographer (first is Michael Kenna) in my life. I admire all his photographs!

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Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Thomas Edison

Every friday evenings from 27 July to 31 August the skies in Bournemouth set to burst in sprinkles of colour. This is fantastic, but, unfortunately, very quick event.

Edge of Darkness: The Art, Craft, and Power of the High-Definition Monochrome Photograph, Barry Thornton, Amphoto Books, ISBN 0 8174 3815 7






Elements of Black and White Photography: The Making of Twenty Images, George Todd, Amphoto Books, ISBN 0 8174 3821 1

19 July 2007 (with flu)

The best ideas take time. The more you think about the product, analyse it, examine it from every angle - the more freely great ideas will flow.
The key factor is that physically coming face with the product itself can stimulate all five senses and inspiring on the process of generating ideas.

• If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it’s as though I’ve neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up. Robert Mapplethorpe

• Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried. Bill Brandt

• A good portrait tells the subject's past, present, and future. Bill Brandt
  

Sublime Light - an amazing series of articles about lighting in photography.
Strobist - lighting tips by David.
Food Photography Blog - lighting technique for food photography.
Photoflex Lighting School - lighting from the basics right up to studio lighting with complex kits - clear and well explained.

If you know any other sites about lighting you want to share, let me know by posting a comment.

Dan Heller's Photography Business Blog - a wonderful journal to read. Plenty of in depth information and articles.
DPReview - perhaps the best place to learn a lot about photography. Top-notch camera reviews and remarkable forums.
Luminous Landscape - a great resource with many tutorials and reviews.
Photozone - any lens you can think of has been tested here.
AfterCapture - magazine with monthly publications for photographic post-production work.
It also provides online multimedia resources for the photographic professional. In addition to archives of AfterCapture’s print articles, it provides original online content, tutorials, blogs, and audio and video podcasts.

If you know of any other good sites you find useful, please leave a comment.

for French Vogue, Febraury 2001

Actions are one of the most powerful and time-saving features of Adobe Photoshop.
Everyone has their own favourites, but if you are looking to find some additional ones, here’s a couple places hosting downloadable actions:

Adobe Photoshop Exchange
PhotoshopSupport
ActionCentral
About.com
Action FX
The Light’s Right Studio
Fred Miranda

If you know of any other good sites or actions you find useful, please leave a comment.

GREAT LINKS ACROSS THE WEB is a new blog feature where I will post links to useful sites.

I live without thinking about photography at all until the autumn'2005 when I found the site of Michael Kenna who become the key figure in my life.

This discovery open my eyes on such a huge world of art photography and turn my steps in BHSAD where I currently studying graphic design and illustration...

• Creative without strategy is called art. Creative with strategy is called advertising. Jef I. Richards, University of Texas Advertising Department

• Vision without craft remains unfulfilled. Craft without vision is meaningless. Suess B., Creative Black-and-White Photography

• Artists who seek perfection in everything are those that cannot attain it in anything. Eugene Delacroix

PHOTOGRAPHY is a new regular blog feature where I will highlight photographs that is currently blowing my mind.

The master printer's professional guide to B&W darkroom techniques, Steve Macleod, Rotovision, ISBN 2 8804 6733 0

Update on Tuesday, July, 17, 2007: I bought that yesterday. The great one. Must have.

INSPIRATIONAL BOOKS is a new blog feature where I will highlight books that I'm going to buy.

Proportion and contrast can save in many cases.