Yea, I hadn't heard of the stutter step either. Trust me, it takes practice.
As to help, well, I need something to jettison Darrel and me out of this orbit
of negative karma we're stuck in. We just keep getting hit with one challenge
after another. All people go through bad patches; I get that, and the only
thing to do is gut it out and get through it--and, trust me, we aim to do just
that. It's just a tough time we'll have to face and march through.
Cheers, Christine
On Mar 26, 2013, at 9:34 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the great recommendations Christine. I'm very sorry to
hear you're in a funk. Do say if there's anything I/we can do to help
perk you up. More cat pix perhaps?
I just had to find out what was meant by stutter step and located this
article:
http://dbeckerman.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/street-photography-techniques/
Quite interesting to me as a total nube on the subject.
Cheers!
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Christine Aguila
christ...@caguila.com wrote:
Hi Everyone:
Darrel I watched a nice PBS video tonight entitled American Photography:
A Century of Images. It's a nice sweeping overview of the photograph
(1900-2000) and its impact on life, history et al. The commentary by art
and photography historians is good, and it was still fun to revisit all the
iconic images you'd expect to see from the 20th century. I recommend it
for those who haven't seen it already.
I also just finished the book The Essentials of Street Photography by James
Maher, which was also worth a read. Divided into 4 parts, it covers the
conceptual and technical considerations of street photography as well as
the editing process. It then finishes with interviews with Matt Weber, Blake
Andrews, Mike Peters, Richard Bram, Jay Maisel, and Dave Beckerman.
Maisel's work is amazing. You can see his work here if you're interested
www.jaymaisel.com . Also included in the book are some pretty good
exercises. Today, on the way to the subway I had the camera in hand and
practiced the stutter step with not much success, I think. I do think the
book may be too basic for many on the list, but for me it was just what I
needed to lift my photographic spirits so to speak--even if for just a
little while. Life really sucks at the moment.
I haven't forgotten PAW; I have the frames on my camera for the last 3 or 4
weeks; I just haven't had the time--or the interest--to get them on the
computer and processed, and I took some photos today, but more to practice
the stutter step then to actually photograph something, but I'm on spring
break now and despite all the work I have to confront during break, I'm
determined to find an afternoon to have a proper photo walk.
I certainly haven't forgotten about you guys, and I know I'll be more active
soon. I just need a bit more time to get through this really bad patch life
has made for me and Darrel.
Big cheers and I'll probably pop back on the list later in the week.
Christine
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