The Anomaly
December 14, 201813 CommentsMusingsULTRA newsULTRAsomething: Failing forward for an entire decade.
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Unmasked!
June 1, 20178 CommentsMusingsPhoto TechniquesULTRA newsRumor has it that the International Leica Society (LHSA) recently published a video of their attempt, last autumn, to coerce me into divulging a number of photography "tips." Yeah, you can imagine how that went... Viewer discretion is advised.
The Exhibitionist
February 13, 20178 CommentsMusingsULTRA newsMussorgsky isn't the only one with Pictures at an Exhibition on his resume...
Pushing Buttons
September 7, 201612 CommentsULTRA newsWith a new URL for the blog and an expanded mission statement, ULTRAsomething is retaining all of its original ULTRA-ness, while becoming a whole lot more "something."
A Minor Delay
November 30, 20159 CommentsULTRA newsWhat does one do when one vows to publish at least one article per calendar-month, yet arrives back home — jet lagged and fully booked — on the final day of a month spent mostly in Tokyo? One writes a short article to explain why there's no article that month — thus honoring (though somewhat deceptively) one's vow.
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.
Get Y’ur Lurnin’
March 19, 20131 commentMusingsULTRA newsThe inevitable has occurred — ULTRAsomething is now hosting workshops. OK, it's only ONE workshop, and its being co-hosted with Quinton Gordon from Luz Studios, but it's still a workshop. And it's every bit as unique as its title: "Ferreting Mantras."
Wag the Blog
November 7, 20119 CommentsULTRA newsOnce every three months I slip away from all the limelight, tinsel and glamor of the blogging world, and I take a good long look at ULTRAsomething. I ask myself a great number of questions about what this site is and what it should be. It's a quarterly rite of passage that rarely yields any useful answers. The reason, of course, is that I'm asking the wrong person. Instead of asking myself these questions, I should be asking you, my readers...
(Finally) Facebooked
March 22, 2011No commentULTRA newsFacebook (noun): 1. a small book, splayed open and placed upon the face to block ambient light and improve napping efficiency. 2. a popular social networking website on which ULTRAsomething finally has a presence.
instinct
November 20, 2010No commentULTRA newsInstinct is traditionally abstract and intangible. Some people have a natural inclination to trust theirs. Others must cultivate the relationship. Many, instead, opt to borrow it from friends, family or colleagues. But Instinct now comes in a convenient and palpable new physical form — a book. Instinct is my new photography monograph — a collection of 70 "street" photographs, culled from a two-year, pavement-pounding, photographic examination of humans simply being.