On Love, Inspiration and Purpose - Khalik Allah (Fri 01 Aug 2014)

Love Foundation - Amsterdam (Tue 20 Aug 2013)
Khalik Allah (*) responds to the following question On Inspiration (*) and purpose (*):

Question: how did you find your purpose (*)? how did you know? how do you tap into that thing that inspires (*) you deep within and never leaves? thank you. Bless

Khalik Allah (*): When you’re in love (*) you’re inspired (*). Love (*) is magnetic. If I love photography (*) then I’m just gonna keep being with it. If you wanna consistently remain inspired (*) then you gotta have a purpose (*) bigger than photography (*), and then do it for that purpose (*).

via Tumblr (*) by Khalik Allah (*).

Obviously applicable to everything in our lives. Nice to see it so clearly abstracted and stated. Thanks Khalik (*).

On Succeeding - StreetShooter (Sat 22 Mar 2014)

Reflection - eljeiffel House / Alexandria (Sat 22 Mar 2014)
StreetShooter (*) writes On Succeeding (*):

Find your photos out there [..] and bring them home and process them as only you can. Find yourself in what you do and others will too. Hopefully at some point in the near future you can sit back and say,

“I am very satisfied with what I’m doing and getting and I will continue to improve and carry on.”

Do not be one of those that say, I am not satisfied with what I’m doing..

via March 22nd, 2014 ….. Fuji XP1 & 23mm … Definition Of Success! (*) by StreetShooter (*).

Always worth making your way through StreetShooter's Posts (*) to find the heart of what he is trying to convey. Love it.

On Remembering - Colin Pantall (Tue 18 Mar 2014)

Remembering Jenny (*) - Two Months on .. World Champions (*). How? I don't know, but.. - Prague (Sun 30 Aug 2009)
Colin Pantall (*) writes On Remembering (*):

It's strange how one remembers things without being aware on any conscious level of why one remembers or how one remembers.

via A Happy Post for Happy People (*) by Colin Pantall (*).

As the Green Day (*) lyrics for Time of Your Life (*) go:

So take the photographs
and still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf
in good health and good time

On Photography - The Eye, Heart and Mind - Streetshooter (Sat 15 Feb 2014)

Heart - Amsterdam (Tue 20 Aug 2013)
Streetshooter (*) writes On Photography (*):

There exist many photos out there waiting to be born. Within those photos lives many that are just beautiful images that are for you to add to the definition of your self. If you can’t find them it is your fault and not theirs. If you focus on your Eye (*), Heart (*) and mind (*) then out there are those photos waiting for you. If you don’t focus on your Eye, Heart and Mind, those images are still out there but you won’t find them because someone else will..

via February 15th, 2014 ….. Defining The Self Thru Your Photos ….. Part 3 (*) by Streetshooter (*).

The Reward of Photoblogging for the Little People - Reciprocity Failure (Wed 29 Jan 2014)

Untitled - Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)
Reciprocity Failure (*) writes On Photography (*):

And then there's a whole 'nother echelon, the rest of us- guys like me. The bottom of the barrel, the pissing in the wind crowd, the no respect guys- like most everyone else in blogdom. We do it for the same reasons we continue to photograph without fanfare- although we may aspire to bigger and better, after a coupla years, it becomes obvious it's because we want to, have to. For better or for worse...

And the reward (*) is, the reward is whatever we find of it within ourselves..

via The Art Of Photoblogging... (*) by Reciprocity Failure (*).

Happy to say this little blog and the photos here, are for me, but I hope maybe there might be one or two others out there who enjoy what has appeared here over the last almost five years.

Photography and us - Mike Davis / A Photo Editor (Wed 08 Jan 2014)

Untitled - Split / Croatia (Tue 30 Jul 2013)
Mike Davis (*) writes (*):

We are the photographs we make, they are us.

via The Difference Between Photographers And Photo Editors (*) by aPhotoEditor (*).

On Photography - Max Pinckers / Colin Pantall Blog (Wed 22 Jan 2014)

Street Portrait - Lisbon (Wed 14 Aug 2013)
Max Pinckers (*) writes On Photography (*):

Listen to your images. Let them talk back to you and you’ll be surprised with how much they can teach you about yourself.

Above all, always be critical and question the medium, the subject, the approach and your own position.

via Max Pinckers dos and don'ts: Question Yourself, Question Everything (*) by Colin Pantall (*).

Keeping in Shape - Eric Kim (Fri 04 Jan 2014)

street portrait - Lisbon (Wed 14 Aug 2013)
Eric Kim (*) writes On Photography (*):

taking photos is like training a muscle. You need to do it consistently to keep it fit and in shape. And even more important is to keep your eyes sharp and ready to look for photographs.

via On Consistency and Street Photography (*) by Eric Kim (*).

The Gift of Photography - Kirk Tuck (Thu 29 Jul 2010)

Intersection - Copenhagen (Fri 23 Aug 2013)
Kirk Tuck (*) writes On Photography (*):

You can't swim without a pool.You can't shoot without a camera. Don't leave it at home. The camera is like your shirt or your shoes. Take it everywhere you take your body. Then you'll be ready when the image you love arrives in front of you like a gift. Be gracious. Be ready to accept the gift.

via You have to get wet if you want to learn to swim. (*) by Kirk Tuck (*).

On Photography, Context and Meaning - Jorg Colberg / (Sun 15 Dec 2013)

Untitled - Oxford Street / London (Sat 17 Aug 2013)
Jorg Colberg (*) writes On Photography (*), Context (*) and Meaning (*):

Photographs need to be seen with context in mind. Many photographs are created with a very specific context in mind [..] But context can also be an anchor that prevents access. [..] [some] speak directly to us; many of them escape their context and talk of the human condition [..] these photographs show what happens when a master photographer sets up her or his camera: The results will stand the test of time and, inevitably, they will want to break out of whatever context they might have found themselves originally in.

via A few thoughts on Lewis Hine (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).

Hands (Detail) - Oxford Street / London (Sat 17 Aug 2013)

More On Photography - Saul Leiter - Sean O'Hagan / The Guardian (Sat 30 Nov 2013)

Covered - Split / Croatia (Wed 31 Jul 2013)
Saul Leiter (*) talks more on the mysteries of Photography (*):

I like it when one is not certain what one sees, [..] When we do not know why the photographer has taken a picture and when we do not know why we are looking at it, all of a sudden we discover something that we start seeing. I like this confusion.

via Saul Leiter obituary (*) by Sean O'Hagan (*).

On Photography - Saul Leiter / The New Yorker (Thu 28 Nov 2013)

Street Portrait #10 - Sagrada Familia (*) / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)
Saul Leiter (*) talks about the mysteries of Photography (*):

There are the things that are out in the open and then there are the things that are hidden, and life has more to do, the real world has more to do with what is hidden, maybe. You think?

via POSTSCRIPT: SAUL LEITER (1923-2013) (*) by Teju Cole (*).

On Appreciation - Jorg Colberg / Conscientious Photography Magazine (Tue 26 Nov 2013)

Street Portrait #9 - Sagrada Familia (*) / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)
Jorg Colberg (*) writes (*):

I have literally no idea who any of the people (*) in these pictures are, yet I am interested in each and every one of them. [..]

So then, let’s appreciate (*). To appreciate (*) can mean all kinds of things. In photography, it means to become aware of a moment that might signify something to be appreciated (*), to then capture it as a photograph so that it can be looked at later.

via Eva Vermandel’s Splinter (*) by Conscientious Photography Magazine (*).

Street Portrait #1 - Sagrada Familia (*) / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)
Street Portrait #2 - Sagrada Familia (*) / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)
Street Portrait #3 - Sagrada Familia (*) / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)
Street Portrait #4 - Sagrada Familia (*) / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)
Street Portrait #5 - Sagrada Familia (*) / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)
Street Portrait #6 - Sagrada Familia (*) / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)
Street Portrait #7 - Sagrada Familia (*) / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)
Street Portrait #8 - Sagrada Familia (*) / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)

On the Dimensions of Photgraphy - Jorg Colberg / Conscientious Photography Magazine (Tue 12 Nov 2013)

Red Cones - Hyde Park / London (Sun 18 Aug 2013)
Jorg Colberg (*) writes On Photography (*):

the photograph is little more than a manipulated two-dimensional representation of what previously existed in four dimensions (three spatial, one – often forgotten – time).

via The Challenge of Photography (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).

On Photography - Jorg Colberg (Mon 01 Jul 2013)

Untitled - Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)
Jorg Colberg (*) writes On Photography (*):

When telling a story with photographs, the idea is not to tell the actual, completely convincing story. Photography simply can’t do that. What it can do, however, is to tell a story that has enough holes in it for us to believe it, a story that lacks enough specificity to be believable – just like life, which, after all, usually is one somewhat messy, not so obvious affair

via Visualizing the past: Ulrike Schmitz (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).

On Photography - Jorg Colberg (Tue 09 Jul 2013)

Jörg Colberg (*) writes On Photography (*):

People usually love talking about their photographs, and they love telling you what is in those pictures (even if most of that is not apparent to a stranger at all – we’re certainly all photographers in the sense of believing there are things in the pictures someone else simply can’t see, given her or his lack of background knowledge).

via Photography’s Existential Dread (*).

Dimitri the 6 year old Carpet Snake - Newtown (Sun 07 Jul 2013)>

On Grief - Rebecca Norris Webb / riccomaresca.com (Jun 2013)

Self Portrait - Newtown (Mar 2010)
Rebecca Norris Webb (*) reflects On Grief (*):

I accept that everyone I love will die. I accept that grief (*) will break me open time and time again.

I also accept that if I can pick up my camera (*) and head out into the landscape, I can create even during the darkest and most devastating times of my life. I find some peace (*) in this.

via The Geography of Loss: A Conversation with Curator Laurel Reuter and Artist Rebecca Norris Webb (*).

On Photography - Being Uncomfortable - Alex Webb / LA Times Thu 13 (Jun 2013)

Fish - Seoul / South Korea (Mon 10 Sep 2012)
Alex Webb (*) writes On Photogrpahy (*):

I needed to be a little uncomfortable to photograph well.

via reFramed: In conversation with Alex Webb (*) by Barbara Davidson (*).

Could say the same thing about my paddling.

On Photography - Rebecca Norris Webb and Alex Webb (Tue 16 Apr 2013)

Untitled - George Street / Sydney (Apr 2013)
Rebecca Norris Webb advises:

Learn to listen to your photographs. They are often wiser than you are.

While Alex Webb (*) advises:

Follow your passion (*). You should pursue photography (*) because it is something you love - that you absolutely need to do. The rewards from photography - recognition, occasional remuneration - are so fleeting that it makes no sense to pursue photography (*) except as a labor of love.

5 frågor till: Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris Webb (*) by fotografiska (*).

Getting Started - Rebecca Norris Webb / fotografiska (Tue 16 Apr 2013)

Untitled - George Street / Sydney (Apr 2013)
Rebecca Norris Webb (*) talks On Getting Started (*):

Maybe not knowing why is a good place to start.

via 5 frågor till: Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris Webb (*) by fotografiska (*).