Cones of Silence
June 12, 20145 CommentsMusingsULTRA newsEveryone redesigns their website now and then. But only ULTRAsomething would use such a mundane task as justification for an observational post on the state of humanity.
Archive for Musings – Page 7
National Biplane Lady Day
May 1, 20145 CommentsMusingsWhich of these two is more ridiculous: "Film Photography Day" or "National Biplane Lady Day?" In this article I present the arguments. You make the decision.
A Treatise on X and Z
April 1, 20143 CommentsMusingsPhoto TechniquesI've often said that photography's closest art form is not painting, but poetry. So perhaps it's not surprising that I've uncovered yet another link between photography and language.
The Fallacy of Saw
March 13, 20146 CommentsMusingsWhat I see when I see what I saw is not the same fiction as most others divulge.
Fractured
February 17, 20148 CommentsMusingsI can no longer deny my propensity for "fractured photography." Now I just need to figure out what, exactly, that means.
How Many Wrongs Make a Right?
January 10, 20144 CommentsMusingsIf two wrongs don't make a right, then how many wrongs does it take? At last, the answer is revealed!
The Ponce Factor
December 2, 20136 CommentsMusingsUnsurprisingly (and like most photographers), my Holiday wish list is once again filled with all manner of photo-related paraphernalia. The surprising part lies in my definition of what constitutes "photo-related paraphernalia."
Littlefields
October 4, 20134 CommentsMusingsMy readers are well-aware of how stubbornly I hold onto certain photographic convictions — particularly my belief that photos are best-enjoyed printed. In a time when many photographers have never seen even a single one of their photos in print (much less a collection of prints), it's a delight to come across a world in which photographers still practice the fine craft of distributing photographs the "old fashioned" way — via small, independent magazines. This article discusses one such magazine, Littlefields, and how it gives me hope that photography's future need not resemble its present.
Multitasking
September 4, 20135 CommentsMusingsWhat's a busy fellow to do? Faced with a backlog of photo-related correspondences to write plus another blog article to develop, I had but one choice: Multitask!
Roadkill
June 3, 201313 CommentsMusingsThere are two types of street photographers — those who choose the label, and those whom the label chooses. Which are you? Which am I? And why?
ULTRA U: History of the Film Camera
May 8, 20139 CommentsMusingsPhoto GearWelcome to "ULTRA U," my new online university dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of photographic knowledge, as best I can manipulate it. Here, in Lesson 1, I'll discuss the real history of film formats for still photographers. Give it a read — you'll likely find it's not nearly as dry as you might suspect, and I guarantee you'll learn something you never knew before.
Reject Intent
April 30, 20135 CommentsMusingsvBookWhat makes one photograph better than another? Miraculously, I think I found the answer. And, as anyone who frequents this site might suspect, the answer has absolutely nothing to do with what we've previously read, learned or intuited. Read the article to see how I applied this new definition of 'better' to create the "Masquerade" vBook, which premiered on this site a couple weeks ago.