Comments on: The Next Level http://photomusings.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/the-next-level/ figuring out which way to point the camera, and when to let the shutter go... Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:28:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Finding Your Level « through my eyes http://photomusings.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/the-next-level/#comment-1367 Finding Your Level « through my eyes Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:23:38 +0000 http://photomusings.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/the-next-level/#comment-1367 [...] part series on taking your photography to the next level on Luminous Landscape.  Colin Jago and Paul Butzi have discussed George’s series and raised some interesting issues with the approach that [...] [...] part series on taking your photography to the next level on Luminous Landscape.  Colin Jago and Paul Butzi have discussed George’s series and raised some interesting issues with the approach that [...]

]]> By: tim atherton http://photomusings.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/the-next-level/#comment-1361 tim atherton Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:59:06 +0000 http://photomusings.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/the-next-level/#comment-1361 George Barr’s article George Barr’s article

]]> By: Paul Butzi http://photomusings.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/the-next-level/#comment-1347 Paul Butzi Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:49:13 +0000 http://photomusings.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/the-next-level/#comment-1347 Well, you posted it twice, so it must be very important. What's the <i>Oprah Camera Club</i>? And what, exactly, are you referring to as 'this'? George Barr's article? My post? Well, you posted it twice, so it must be very important. What’s the Oprah Camera Club?

And what, exactly, are you referring to as ‘this’? George Barr’s article? My post?

]]> By: tim atherton http://photomusings.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/the-next-level/#comment-1326 tim atherton Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:33:03 +0000 http://photomusings.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/the-next-level/#comment-1326 This looks like it could be a good pick for the <i>Oprah Camera Club</i> I suppose Maybe someone could do a wiki version of it, like for the Happiness Formula? http://happinessformula.pbwiki.com/ This looks like it could be a good pick for the Oprah Camera Club I suppose

Maybe someone could do a wiki version of it, like for the Happiness Formula?

http://happinessformula.pbwiki.com/

]]> By: tim atherton http://photomusings.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/the-next-level/#comment-1325 tim atherton Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:31:42 +0000 http://photomusings.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/the-next-level/#comment-1325 This looks like it could be a good pick for the <i>Oprah Camera Club</i> I suppose This looks like it could be a good pick for the Oprah Camera Club I suppose

]]> By: Billie http://photomusings.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/the-next-level/#comment-1318 Billie Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:06:45 +0000 http://photomusings.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/the-next-level/#comment-1318 Taking your work to the next level is very hard to do. In general.....Camera clubs won't help, workshops won't help (excluding craft), portfolio reviews won't help, "normal" friends won't help, a photography or artist friend "might" help. Mostly, it comes from within and it is hard to find. Taking your work to the next level is very hard to do. In general…..Camera clubs won’t help, workshops won’t help (excluding craft), portfolio reviews won’t help, “normal” friends won’t help, a photography or artist friend “might” help. Mostly, it comes from within and it is hard to find.

]]> By: Darrell Klein http://photomusings.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/the-next-level/#comment-1299 Darrell Klein Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:40:30 +0000 http://photomusings.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/the-next-level/#comment-1299 "It seems to me that Barr is focusing on figuring out the answer to the question “How does my work stack up against the work of others?”, and I think that the answer is going to be almost perfectly useless." I have to agree with you here Paul. When I read the two articles by George, I was having a hard time figuring out how it was going to get me anywhere. No disrespect meant to George because I enjoy reading his blog. I just think that this approach can lead to the trap of pandering to the critics and not actually advancing your creativity. “It seems to me that Barr is focusing on figuring out the answer to the question “How does my work stack up against the work of others?”, and I think that the answer is going to be almost perfectly useless.”

I have to agree with you here Paul. When I read the two articles by George, I was having a hard time figuring out how it was going to get me anywhere. No disrespect meant to George because I enjoy reading his blog. I just think that this approach can lead to the trap of pandering to the critics and not actually advancing your creativity.

]]> By: andy ilachinski http://photomusings.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/the-next-level/#comment-1281 andy ilachinski Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:04:18 +0000 http://photomusings.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/the-next-level/#comment-1281 Stumbled on your site (from the "Philosophical Photographer" blog) and was mesmerized by your beautiful images and insightful commentary! And I concur with your commentary about George Barr's essay; ultimately, for any artist, it is a journey from without. External guideposts and feedback are important, and will always be there, but the primary driver must always come from the inside. I recall a aphorism from Joseph Campbell along the lines that, if, as you machete your way through a thick jungle, struggling to find your "pathy" you stumble upon a well-trodden path that others had carved before you, do not rejoice!...for it is now that you've lost your way! Anyway, thanks for a wonderful blog that I will now have to make a daily stop as I sip coffee in the morning ;-) Stumbled on your site (from the “Philosophical Photographer” blog) and was mesmerized by your beautiful images and insightful commentary! And I concur with your commentary about George Barr’s essay; ultimately, for any artist, it is a journey from without. External guideposts and feedback are important, and will always be there, but the primary driver must always come from the inside. I recall a aphorism from Joseph Campbell along the lines that, if, as you machete your way through a thick jungle, struggling to find your “pathy” you stumble upon a well-trodden path that others had carved before you, do not rejoice!…for it is now that you’ve lost your way!

Anyway, thanks for a wonderful blog that I will now have to make a daily stop as I sip coffee in the morning ;-)

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