tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13951337323427698712012-02-16T21:14:49.246+13:00The most important skill of the photographer is to know how to see. Yes, one sees through one's eyes, but the same world seen through different eyes is no longer the same world; it's the world seen through that individual's eye. With just one click, the lens captures the exterior world at the same time as it captures the photographer’s inner world. -Germaine Krull (1897-1985)Tony Bridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630335967602183491noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395133732342769871.post-60083658684772026832006-12-28T12:51:00.000+13:002006-12-28T13:07:15.008+13:00

Kia ora tatou:I have done it again.I have moved Roadmarx (again).Frustration with some of the features available to me (or rather, not available to me) led me to look for better solution. I think I have found one (maybe). I experimented with going to a full website, but that didn't allow comments (it would have looked cool, however).As you will see when you get there, all the old (well, most)

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Kia ora tatou:2006 has been a monumental year for me in all sorts of ways, both personal and professional. It has been a year of transition, of leaving a comfortable if unchallenging life to one which has moments of pure terror and unbelievable exhilaration, of wonderful companionship and extreme alone-ness; it has been and is a transition which is still a work in progress and has yet to find

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The camera will never compete with the brush and palette until such time as photography can be taken to Heaven or Hell. Edvard Munch Photography has always reminded me of the second child.. trying to prove itself. The fact that it wasn’t really considered an art that it was considered a craft.. has trapped almost every serious photographer.Richard AvedonIt had been raining and it was going to

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Kia ora tatou: Last weekend, I went to see Al Gore's movie An Inconvenient Truth. I am still somewhat in shock after seeing a potential future for the planet, our planet, laid out so graphically and chillingly. I spent a couple of days trying to find the flaws in it. I want to see the flaws in it! But so far, zip. And it has me thinking about my position on windfarms. So before I shoot from the

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Kia ora tatou: A number of people have mentioned to me that they would like to spend some time brushing up on their technique and getting to grips with digital photography (or just building on what they already know). For that reason, and since I will be in Christchurch most weekends this January working on weddings, I propose to hold a series of one-day seminars looking at some of these

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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.-Ansel AdamsConsidered logically this concept is not identical with the totality of sense impressions referred to; but it is an arbitrary creation of the human (or animal) mind.-Albert EinsteinKia ora tatou:A number of you have posted, asking if I would share a few of my secrets involved in making my images, or more specifically, what

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Alex (16, and new to photography) wanted to post this image and make his own statement about it. He would appreciate your comments. Personally I do not believe in God, but after taking a picture like this I can't help believing God exists. When we reached the top of the hill and had a look around, I realised that this would be the only chance I would ever have to capture this, because there would

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Tawhirimatea kept his promise, and he continues to do so to this day. Sometimes he is content to listen to advice from his parents and forgive his siblings. On those days the weather is fine, clear, and calm. But sometimes he is reminded of the pain his parents endured when they were separated and the longing they still have for each other. On those days he sends tornadoes, hurricanes, and

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Many Photographers are concerned only with the subject and they seek to render it as it is. Often they fail to observe that the lighting and the atmosphere adorn and transform even the most humble and commonplace objects. Leonard Misonne (1870-1943) As a photographer you enlarge or emphasise certain moments, making it another reality. In the photograph you can scrutinise all kinds

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Kia ora tatou:Firstly, a big thank you to all of you who made it out to the opening of the exhibition in Darfield on Friday night. It was a real joy to see you all (some of whom I haven't seen for quite some time) and have the opportunity to chat with you. For those of you who didn't and can make it, it is on until December 13 at the Selwyn Art Gallery in Darfield, Canterbury.My thanks as well to

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The first member out of the box is Andrew Spencer, who has sent in this really awesome image.Please comment freely.He writes:To me Kaikoura is about a big ocean, big mountains and a big (sometimes not friendly) sky. I am always on the lookout for images that portray this for me and currently the sky features a lot in my images. For me the sky helps capture the size and the untamed moodiness of

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Kia ora tatou:A number of people have quietly (and not so quietly) commented to me that it would be really great if some blogees' ( that's you) work made it onto Roadmarx.I agree.Couldn't agree more.What a great idea.Let's do it.So let's see who is up for the challenge.I propose a semi-regular post called XXXX( your name) Speaks.The idea is this:You email me an image. Resolution 600px maximum

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For over two billion years, through the apparent fancy of her endless differentiations and metamorphosis the Cell, as regards its basic physiological mechanisms, has remained one and the same. It is life itself, and our true and distant ancestor. Albert Claude It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly

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Kia ora tatou:Welcome to the new, upgraded blog. To bring you up-to-date....James, my web designer, has had some major issues getting my website loaded to my server, so the upgrade is on hold until he gets it all sorted.I have been wanting to do a lot of work on my blog, to give it a newer, fresher look and lose a lot of the negative space in the old one. My daughter talked me into a gmail

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Kia ora tatou:As a number of you know, I have been working towards an exhibition( well, two in fact). The first opens on December 1 at the Selwyn Gallery in Darfield.Those of you can make it( I know it's the party time of the year) are invited to come along and share the work, most of it from my travels this year, and have a glass of wine to celebrate. I am feeling pretty good about what is

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It is my intention…to present to the public, from time to time, my impressions of foreign lands, illustrated by photographic views -Francis Frith (1822-1898)The physical object to me, is merely a stepping stone to an inner world where the object, with the help of subconscious drives and focused perceptions, becomes transmuted into a symbol whose life is beyond the life of objects we know and

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