Philosophy of Photography – Page 4

Imitation and “the Masters”

joderd / May 6, 2014

“Follow the masters! But why should one follow them? The only reason they are masters is that they didn’t follow […]

joderd / March 18, 2014

Galen Rowell (1940-2002) has always been an inspiration to me–as much for his climbing endeavors as for his wilderness photography. It

joderd / March 13, 2014

An image from the barrio viejo just south of the Tucson city center. For good or ill, the area is slowly

joderd / March 9, 2014

It’s been a busy week. It’ll be Thursday or Friday before I get back to regular postings. In the meantime,

joderd / February 21, 2014

It’s pretty standard…you post a colorful sunset photograph on Facebook and you get a pile-on of “Likes”. Perhaps like this very,

joderd / January 30, 2014

I can’t remember where I read it or heard it…or who said it, but I find it constantly banging about

joderd / December 12, 2013

So, here are some quotes to bring us all back to Earth and far, far away from the NAS (Nikon

joderd / November 10, 2013

Yesterday 15 of us were lucky enough to spend a day with Cole Thompson at the Center for Fine Art

joderd / November 1, 2013

As photographers, how often are we influenced by famous images we have seen before? How often are we merely imitating

joderd / September 24, 2013

So, you are out in the wilds of the back o’ beyond and you have set up your tripod to