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‘Lyrical Landscapes’ by Charles Cramer

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Noted landscape photograph photographer Charles Cramer is presenting free a talk on “Lyrical Landscapes” at De Anza College in Cupertino on Friday, June 10 at 6:00 p.m. The event is in the “Choral Hall,” room A11 near the Flint Center auditorium on campus.

Charlie is one of the most highly regarded landscape photographers working today, and his knowledge and understanding of how to achieve a beautiful print is unparalleled. I believe that he will address these things along with some ideas about the parallels between his photography and music. Charlie is also a very talented musician – like a good number of other photographers. (Believe it or not, Charlie played organ at our wedding, oh so many years ago! :-)

I urge San Francisco Bay Area photographers to join me at De Anza on June 10 for this event!

(I’m a faculty member at De Anza and my office is in building where the event will take place.)

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‘From Film Holder to Memory Card’ at TOP

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The Online Photographer (a.k.a. “TOP”) is one of the blogs I follow regularly – lots of great thought-provoking posts show up there on a regular basis, frequently written by folks who know what they are talking about. Take a look if you don’t already follow TOP.

I enjoyed a recent article (“From Film Holder to Memory Card”) by photographer Charles Cramer in which he describes his transition from large format film gear to using medium format digital systems. My favorite example of Charlie’s ironic humor in the post is his “apology” to those who haven’t made the switch: “Note to my large format friends: O.K., I sold out—but I get to use zoom lenses!!!”

In any case, this post is another data point to consider if you happen to be one of those folks who is certain that great photography must be created using traditional film gear and processes. While there is absolutely no question that great work can still be done that way, it is equally possible to do wonderful photography with newer technologies… and, as Charlie illustrates, there are some things that can simply be done more effectively, less expensively, and with better results.

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New Additions to My Sidebar ‘Photographers’ List

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In the sidebar of this web site I have a list of some of interesting photographers who catch my attention for various reasons. I added a couple new photographers to the list today… but I’m not going to say which ones are new. This is my devious way of encouraging you to explore some of those links and the wonderful photography you will find if you visit them.

You can find the links on any page at this site – just scroll down to find them in the sidebar along the left side of the page. The links take you away from this site and to the web sites of the respective photographers. Enjoy!

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Jim M Goldstein’s “List of ‘Best Photos’ Lists”

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Once again Jim M Goldstein has collected and posted his annual list of many photographers’ “best of 2010” lists and post. There are 160 links in this year’s list! There is also a lot of really fine photography in that list, and it is worth taking some time to browse through the links – though don’t fool yourself into thinking that you’ll be able to get through it in one sitting!

At Jim’s invitation, I have added a copy of the whole list to this post – look for it after the “jump” to the rest of the article. (I’m in the list – highlighted in bold type.) Continue reading Jim M Goldstein’s “List of ‘Best Photos’ Lists” →