tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241393111022392313.post1416265188800739960..comments2023-10-28T07:56:45.216-04:00Comments on Creating Space: PhotographyAndrea and Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15337904921232330088noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241393111022392313.post-66085522143038558842008-05-14T11:22:00.000-04:002008-05-14T11:22:00.000-04:00Hi Jess! Well, you know "green fingers" makes mor...Hi Jess! Well, you know "green fingers" makes more sense. My neighbor, in the New Forest, was 84 years old and had crippling osteoporosis, but she had the most beautiful garden and would work in the summer on it. She even had tulips which were 50 years old!<BR/><BR/>We, too, have had a lot of rain and sun, so the east coast gardens (which have not been leveled by tornadoes) are really bursting forth! I bet your garden is just naturally fabulous.<BR/><BR/>You make me laugh, Jess, you have to be patient to do the art you do and to be a mother to your several - 6, am I remember right? - children! :) Your photography is lovely...the photos I have seen of your paintings/drawings and the ones of your findings.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Jess!Andrea and Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15337904921232330088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241393111022392313.post-78821937224082380352008-05-14T10:31:00.000-04:002008-05-14T10:31:00.000-04:00We call it 'green fingers' here and no, I neither ...We call it 'green fingers' here and no, I neither have green fingers OR a green thumb! ;) My garden's suddenly sprung into life and I think it must be due to all this rain and sun we've had lately! I've always had one camera or another since I was old enough to have pocket money, although never expensive models (or complicated ones!) I'm too impatient to work out all the knobs and dials!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241393111022392313.post-21286577313634146822008-05-14T08:13:00.000-04:002008-05-14T08:13:00.000-04:00Vivian, your Fuji sounds wonderful...that is quite...Vivian, your Fuji sounds wonderful...that is quite a zoom range! It is great you can use the filters with this camera. That is something which is very appealing to me.<BR/><BR/>One of the things which is important to me is how the camera feels in my hands and how easily I can access the controls. <BR/><BR/>Yes, I do not work directly from photographs, but use the inspiration they evoke. <BR/><BR/>Thanks Vivian....I am off to your blog to see these photos! :)Andrea and Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15337904921232330088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241393111022392313.post-25787043413675916222008-05-14T08:01:00.000-04:002008-05-14T08:01:00.000-04:00Hey Babs! I think you are pretty darn great with ...Hey Babs! I think you are pretty darn great with the camera...take a look at the photos on your blog! <BR/><BR/>My son has the same camera as you have and he loves it a lot. It does just what he wants and needs...isn't that the point? I think there are features on all cameras which are not used by those who use them. It really depends on how you use your camera and what it is you are wanting to get from it.<BR/><BR/>Well, then it is a Friendly UFO, then! :) It was so weird because we couldn't see it in the sky without the camera. We were just watching the moon that night and snapped some photos....that green light came up in each one at different locations. :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks Babs!Andrea and Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15337904921232330088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241393111022392313.post-71118955634251218482008-05-14T04:37:00.000-04:002008-05-14T04:37:00.000-04:00I love my camera too :>)I used an SLR for years an...I love my camera too :>)<BR/><BR/><BR/>I used an SLR for years and loved the creative control - the deliberate altering of depth of field and focus etc and coping with extremes of light.<BR/><BR/>When I bought my first digital I found the SLR languished a little as I loved the immediacy of viewing images and the ability to dump the failures straight away,<BR/><BR/>A while ago I bought myself a Fuji 9500 digital - it does most of what an SLR can, has manual controls as well as automatic - and LOTS of them!<BR/><BR/>it has a 28-300 zoom lens and can focus down to 1cm - add the screw on magnifying filters and macro shots are great - I LOVE it. It's given me the creative control back.<BR/><BR/>You can see some of the shots on my blog.<BR/><BR/>I use it for photography in its own right, documenting my work, family snapshots, recording students work, occasionally reference material (though I don't normally work from photos but prefer to work from life)- all sortsvivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241393111022392313.post-1629182543022321212008-05-13T23:20:00.000-04:002008-05-13T23:20:00.000-04:00I love photography,,,but have never been what I'd ...I love photography,,,but have never been what I'd call great with the camera. I just have a little Canon Power shot that my daughter & her husband got me a couple of years ago.Sometimes I think I 'need' a better one, but hey,,,,I don't know how to use all the features on this one!<BR/>I love that eerie green light in that moon photo,,,,I'd love to think it's a ufo,,,friendly, of course. What a magical thought!~Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00912644174343772017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241393111022392313.post-69394187764310288952008-05-13T18:19:00.000-04:002008-05-13T18:19:00.000-04:00Hi Kate, don't you think that is what all artist r...Hi Kate, don't you think that is what all artist really do in some ways...document their lives? I can also tell you that my best friend is an only child and childless. Here is the thing, she has a need to write her memoirs! I am not conscious of needing to do that, however I am an avid journaler. Okay, there I have said it...I do journal with regularity! I don't think I have said there here before. Your question is an excellent one to ponder!<BR/><BR/>Isn't that always the way...if you are a professional you and your family don't see the results, either. You know the cobbler's children go without shoes. :) But you grew up with a professional photographer, so of course you would be unbelievable when it comes to photography! And I have seen the results of your work on your blog!<BR/><BR/>So put a camera in Kate's hand and she is off to anywhere to shoot some photos.<BR/><BR/>You know what? I have mis-led you on these photos - they were actually shot by my son! He and I were gathered in the room watching the light and he took the camera from me and shot these! Now what an awful mother and an awful artist to forget that! Poor Guy...I will have to fess up to him about that. Both of my children have a nice eye for details like that. It is a great shot to be sure! Gee, it just dawned on me when you said you liked MY photo! Please forgive me!<BR/><BR/>Kate, thanks for your great comment!Andrea and Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15337904921232330088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241393111022392313.post-60522215108359058092008-05-13T17:35:00.000-04:002008-05-13T17:35:00.000-04:00I mostly use the camera for documentation. I have ...I mostly use the camera for documentation. I have many, many journals filled with pictures representing events in my life. I don't know why I am so obsessed with documenting my life. I don't know who will care, after I'm gone, as I have no children to leave these to. My father died suddenly at the age of 53 and even though he was a professional photographer, there are very few pictures of him or anything revealing who he was or what he thought. His personal pictures were of me and my three siblings as we were growing up. I guess in those days that's all there was to life. <BR/><BR/>My camera is a Sony Cyber-shot, but I started with a Kodak Instamatic when I was 19, and I loved taking pictures of places I'd go to for an afternoon or a weekend. I loved then, and still do love jumping in the car and going somewhere, anywhere. I guess geographic and landscape art is what interests me.<BR/><BR/>I especially like the picture you took at sunset with the whole tree shilhouetted in the foreground.Katiejanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10703557560000189704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241393111022392313.post-80001140201374875012008-05-13T15:11:00.000-04:002008-05-13T15:11:00.000-04:00Hi Suki, my daughter has a Nikon Coolpix...she lo...Hi Suki, my daughter has a Nikon Coolpix...she loves it. Maybe that is a good camera for writers :) Well, my SLR takes a bit more time as it is not so much a point and shoot, so you might have to hang out with Mr. Turtle for a good shot. But you would get a good shot :)<BR/><BR/>Clearly digital photography has made our world a lot smaller with visiting places we may never go or see things we might not ever see. <BR/><BR/>Do you think it might have been a UFO? I don't know...I thought a satellite, but no one else thought so (even my scientist).<BR/><BR/>I love artistic photography, too...What do you think Steiglitz would have thought of digital cameras? OH MY! There would have been tons of Georgia nudes, then! :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks Suki!Andrea and Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15337904921232330088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241393111022392313.post-11643481301773574522008-05-13T13:01:00.000-04:002008-05-13T13:01:00.000-04:00Interesting post as always. I own a simple digita...Interesting post as always. I own a simple digital Nikon Coolpix L3. I love it for my blog photos. I've never taken so many photos in my life since getting the digital two years ago. I would like a digital with lenses. I guess this means I'd like to start having more control. also to be able to get a picture of the turtle before he plops into the pond.<BR/><BR/>Previous to getting the digital, I mostly took photos of people for my family history albums. Or a few pictures of my paintings etc. Now for some reason I take far more pictures of buildings or landscapes.<BR/><BR/>Photos are a wonderful way to share our lives and vision without words. To travel without leaving the armchair. Love the photos you show here. Is the green a UFO????<BR/><BR/>From a viewers POV i have always loved artistic photos other's have made. Arbus, Steiglitz, the famous. Cameron. So forth. I love daguerreotypes and tintypes. Also hand tinted photos and post cards.sukipoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351851210507048174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241393111022392313.post-66684144309337549142008-05-13T11:10:00.000-04:002008-05-13T11:10:00.000-04:00Hi Chewy,My SLR is an Olympus E-Volt 500. I have ...Hi Chewy,<BR/><BR/>My SLR is an Olympus E-Volt 500. I have an older digital (and somewhat smaller) Olympus, too. Mainly, I carry my SLR with me, though. Old habits of carrying the larger camera. :) I would probably like the smaller camera, but there are other things I need to put money on right now...like tuition, books, etc. for two! :)Andrea and Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15337904921232330088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241393111022392313.post-70300805702053043202008-05-13T10:54:00.000-04:002008-05-13T10:54:00.000-04:00I have a digital Canon Rebel SLR and a smaller Can...I have a digital Canon Rebel SLR and a smaller Canon digital Elph. The Elph is in a case I can wear on my belt. I take it everywhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241393111022392313.post-5592705102365311162008-05-13T09:38:00.000-04:002008-05-13T09:38:00.000-04:00Hi Paula,Love the camera! Pictures tell amazing s...Hi Paula,<BR/><BR/>Love the camera! Pictures tell amazing stories, uh?<BR/><BR/>I think that is the thing about the digital cameras, you can do so much with the camera, alone! :) Hey, basic is great, you know?<BR/><BR/>Ah Ha! Another gardener...and a camera to capture the excitement!<BR/><BR/>Thanks Paula!Andrea and Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15337904921232330088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241393111022392313.post-50801033479821720122008-05-13T09:28:00.000-04:002008-05-13T09:28:00.000-04:00Yep, that's me. I carry my camera with me everyda...Yep, that's me. I carry my camera with me everyday. Great for reference photos, fun shots of silliness, just whatever.<BR/><BR/>I don't have a fancy expensive camera. I have two Panasonic Lumix digital cameras. One is just the basic but oh so feature rich, I'll never learn how to use all the little thingies !!!! The other is the next model up and my husband uses it to photograph my work.<BR/><BR/>I have lots of pictures of my garden. Never get weary of those !!!!Paula In Pinetophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911094972820071183noreply@blogger.com