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Virtual Photography Reality

Image above copyright © Karl Burke Years ago, while working at the Kodak research labs, I had the idea of shooting images within a virtual space. The thinking was in part due to the tremendous amount of time people were spending within gaming and other types of non-physical worlds. Computer generated and augmented realities seemed ideal environments for recording virtual experience.  It [...]

3 days ago

Flashlight Fill - B/W HDR

Another Gallery of My Nighttime HDR using Flashlight Fill My recent projects have included a series of nightscapes. The existing lighting in these images has been augmented with light painted into each scene using simple flashlight lighting techniques. NOTICE:    THIS POSTING AS WELL AS ALL PHOTOGRAPHS AND GALLERY IMAGES ARE COPYRIGHT - © JOHN NEEL AND ARE NOT TO BE USED FOR ANY [...]

3 days ago

Freedom of Speech - In Jeopardy

Photography plays a huge roll in exposing deception, revealing truth, recording our progress and influencing our future. Photography is a voice! Our future, our environment, our government, our well being will depend on our ability as photographers, artists and communicators to monitor the powers that be and to show the world what is happening. We are the mirrors of our society. We can help to [...]

4 days ago

Shaped Bokeh

Shaped Bokeh can easily be created by either cutting out a shape from a piece of black material such as paper, purchasing pre-made shaped filters, or by finding items with odd shaped holes. The images above were all produced from cutouts or from found "hole " objects. Basically, the out of focus highlights take on the shape of the opening. The opening actually becomes the working aperture for the [...]

5 days ago

Money V Art V Self

Money V Art V Self Your photo work is not a competition. It seems that there are tons of photography competitions being held today. Each one is a promise of some sort that many will see your work and the rewards of submission are also favorable. However, there are no assurances that your work will produce any kind of monetary reward or that it will ever be shown. Competition should not be the [...]

1 week ago

Inspiration - Baldessari

Here is a fun video of the artist and photographer John Baldessari. [...]

1 week ago

Shooting Without a Camera

Shooting Without a Camera I know it may sound silly, but it really isn't. Shooting without a camera simply means to practice shooting everywhere you go. It means that you are constantly looking for images. It is about your consideration of your subjects, relationships and meanings.  It is the practice of becoming engaged with your surroundings. It means being mindful. It means seeing [...]

1 week ago

WPPD - Images

WPPD Gallery including a few sample images from this years collection. Mine is here too!   To see the rest, visit the 2012 Worldwide pinhole Photography Day - Gallery  Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day. You still have about two weeks left to add your image to the web gallery. Images from around the planet are coming in everyday! Have a look! While you are there, realize [...]

1 week ago

Chance and Opportunity

Chance and Opportunity When luck comes your way… … recognize the opportunity and seize it. It is called a decisive moment. Prepare for it in advance. You never really know when it will happen, but you can anticipate it if you are paying attention to the details and thinking ahead. During the making of the image above, I realized that one of the bikers was about ready to leave. I [...]

1 week ago

Photography SHOULD Be About…

IMHO - Photography should be About… Note: These are things to think about. They are not categories. The worst thing any image-maker can be is indifferent to these things! Where you stand What you see How you see What you care about What you think What you feel How you live How we live Enlightenment The Environment Taking a stand Seeing Being Questioning The World Communication [...]

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