On Sunday afternoon I asked my youngest son if he wanted to go out and shoot. After a moment’s hesitation he replied: -Can I go out by myself? -Sure, I replied. I loaded the camera with a charged battery and an empty memory card. He put the toys he wanted to photograph in a bag …
It’s my turn to pick a new challenge from The Photographers Playbook. This challenge is called “truth and dare” and is written by Gregory Halpern. The challenge is to “Make a short series of purely object photographs.” And what we shall ask our self is if photographs can tell the truth? Or as Halden put’s it: …
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There is a question that haunts me all the time and that is: Why am I doing this? I have asked myself this over and over again, because I think that I may share my toy-photographs in the wrong context. I suspect that I only share my still life photography because I am flattered to be …
Our latest photo challenge is called “sum of the parts”. I had to read it through several times before I realized that I was supposed to create a diptych. At least in my mind that is what the challenge is about, we’re supposed to create two images independently that each tells a story of their …
Our first meeting was a shock for me. When I looked at the robot all I could see was how lonely and abandoned it was. All I saw was an object that was longing to belong, to be loved and to find the place where it could belong. It wasn’t what I had expected, how …
I got a reprimand after my lastest post about making an exact copy. My youngest son objected because I had left out a big part of how I made the picture. He told me I had to correct my error by telling you how important he is to my work; which is especially true for …
I know that I disqualified myself at the beginning of this challenge. when I said I have tried this before and that I didn’t make it. But my past experience didn’t stop me thinking that this time would be a success. Yesterday I decided to give the challenge my best try. I started by telling my …
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We talked earlier about “the rules of photography” on the blog and I think I have made my point that I like to bend the “rules”. Or as some of you have pointed out, there are no rules, only conventions that we use when we make our pictures.
We started a new series of photo-challenges here on SiP when Shelly asked me (and herself) to write about our work. This time it’s my turn to look in The Photographers Playbook and choose a challenge. I thought I would take one that involves photographing this time ;) The assignment I have chosen is one by Takashi Homma, …
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