Comments for Musings on Photography

Comment on I remember by Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:21:04 +0000

Put me down for another one who likes the fern. I’ve been trying for years to get a picture of a fern that I am happy with – perhaps I should try less hard (a propos your post above about not letting too much thought get between seeing and clicking the shutter).

Comment on Untitled by Gordon McGregor

Gordon McGregor — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:08:26 +0000

At first glance I thought there was a tango going on.

Then my boring engineer brain kicked in and there’s a DNA spiral in front of me.

Comment on Wessel by Paul L.

Paul L. — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:52:43 +0000

I watched the video and absolutely loved the thoughts behind it. Perhaps that’s why I’m now attracted to street photography. There’s a certain freedom in total reaction without thinking. It’s nice, also, to be surprised at what I get. Thanks for sharing the video.

Comment on Wessel by Paul

Paul — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:56:10 +0000

I’m at the same point as you are . It’s either your theory or I’m going to just give up photography for a long long period of time. I’m burnt out with rules and everything digital! I’ve started taking my 8×10 out with hyperfocal setting and shooting paper negatives. I’m having so much fun,there’s such a large element of imperfection in the images that it makes me so free because I DON’T CARE. The images are just for my viewing.
Paul

Comment on Wacom Fun Pen & Touch disappointment by Wacom

Wacom — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:31:29 +0000

Hello, Paul.

We’re really sorry to hear about your bad disk… indeed, reports of customers receiving corrupt disks are unusual. Please accept our apologies.

We’re happy to send out another one to you. Or, in the meantime, we ask you to visit our website and download the driver for your new Bamboo Fun tablet. The driver will get your tablet working and give you access to the Control Panel so you can get going.

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Comment on Wacom Fun Pen & Touch disappointment by ron

ron — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:16:29 +0000

I bought the Pen & Touch too, and will be returning it once I return from a trip I’m now on. I had a few days to play with it before I left, and I’ll say, even when the install disk works, it’s not ready for prime time.

I don’t know if it’s just that Apple somehow got it supremely right with their MacBook pads, but that’s my standard, and Bamboo doesn’t come close. The first dealbreaker is that it sometimes registers the finger-down start of a motion as a tap, which it isn’t; this leads to inadvertent clicks, program starts, etc. The second is that there’s no way, unlike with Apple, to continue a long motion (say, to the right) by adding a finger to the left when you run out of pad on the right. So you’re limited on a single motion by where you started.

All the pen stuff works fine. But then, I already had a regular Bamboo tablet, and I wanted something for double duty so I didn’t have to move my tablet around so much.

Good idea, bad execution. I wanted to like it. I don’t.

Comment on Everyday by Infamous J

Infamous J — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:37:44 +0000

It’s the reason I do carry a camera. I “see” the small un-noticed things everyday, everywhere I go. The camera is to capture the “seeing”, not to help create the “seeing”.

Comment on I remember by John Taylor

John Taylor — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:30:03 +0000

li(k)e… oops

Comment on I remember by John Taylor

John Taylor — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:28:54 +0000

I was in the mountains of Southern Oregon living in a little cabin with no power, but my nearby neighbour (her cabin had solar) was a Berliner so i was not to far out of the loop. I lie this fern portrait by the way

Comment on Everyday by Tommy Williams

Tommy Williams — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:46:51 +0000

I carry my camera with my as much as I can and I take pictures every day. I find that I notice things even without the camera that I would not have noticed in the days when I wasn’t making pictures daily.

There’s a different kind of seeing when I have the camera and am looking for pictures. In that mode, I’m looking at everything and considering everything, something I don’t do–or don’t have time to do–when the camera is merely with me.