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UN-BECOMING WALDO

There are many ways this photo could be improved. Sticking my face in front of the mountain isn’t one of them. By MICHAEL PERKINS YOU CAN’T SAY IT’S JUST UNCOOL PEOPLE ANYMORE. In recent days (this...

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FULL HEART, EMPTY HEAD

Westerville, Ohio, 2015. 1/250 sec., f/5.6, ISO 100, 35mm. By MICHAEL PERKINS THERE USED TO BE A CARTOON THAT SHOWED A MAN WITH A LITERAL HOLE IN HIS HEAD, described by the caption as being...

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TECHNIQUE OR STYLE?

Technique can’t produce a great picture all by itself. But neither can style. Frustratin’, ainnit? By MICHAEL PERKINS YEARS OF WRITING DAILY HUMOR MATERIAL FOR OTHERS IN THE RADIO RACKET taught me that...

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PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE

Miles from home, I either had to shoot this with the “wrong” lens, or miss the moment. Hey, I lived. By MICHAEL PERKINS PHOTOGRAPHY, IF IT TRULY IS AN ART (and I’m assuming you believe it is), can...

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THE THIRD WAVE

By MICHAEL PERKINS I’VE BEEN DRENCHED IN A VIRTUAL TIDAL WAVE over the last few days, visiting one of those torrential storms of discontent that can only exist on the internet, churning furiously,...

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POST #500: ON THE ROAD TO CHERRY GARCIA

Taking control of your photography can be a daunting process. By MICHAEL PERKINS VISITORS TO THE FACTORY HEADQUARTERS OF BEN & JERRY’S ICE CREAM in Stowe, Vermont, upon completing the standard tour...

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SO, THAT HAPPENED

Another year older and deeper in depth. By MICHAEL PERKINS MOST YEAR-END ROUND-UP LISTS, from rosters of hot-selling New York Times books to summaries of the most binge-worthy tv titles, tend, in our...

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S.O.O.C….and S.O.W.H.A.T.

By MICHAEL PERKINS IF YOU REGULARLY POST IMAGES TO PHOTO SHARING SITES, you will no doubt have come upon groups or albums labeled S.O.O.C., or Straight Out Of The Camera, pictures that purport to have...

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EYES ON THE PRIZE FOR THE EYES

By MICHAEL PERKINS THE INTERNET SCREECHED ITSELF HOARSE in 2016 when the Nobel Prize committee announced its intention to award one of its coveted awards for Literature to Bob Dylan, the first popular...

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PHASES AND STAGES

  By MICHAEL PERKINS MORE INK HAS BEEN POURED OUT about Henri Cartier-Bresson’s  notion of “the decisive moment” than perhaps any other chunk of photographic philosophy ever hashed out between honest...

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THE SNARE OF CHEAP REWARD

By MICHAEL PERKINS SOCIAL NETWORKS HAVE PRODUCED TWO PROFOUND EFFECTS in the world of photography, one essentially beneficial, one essentially harmful. Certainly the ease with which photographs are...

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EYEWITNESS, ONCE REMOVED

By MICHAEL PERKINS PHOTOGRAPHS STRIVE TO GIVE DIRECT TESTIMONY to life’s key moments, to minimize the distance between event and reporter. The most arresting photographs benefit from this straight...

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HOW TO NOT DO

By MICHAEL PERKINS THIS FORUM HAS NEVER REALLY BEEN ABOUT GEAR, being an examination of why we make photographs rather than what specific equipment we use to do so. Of course, pictures aren’t born in a...

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HUE AND HUE ALONE

A monochromatic, and yet full color, image. By MICHAEL PERKINS MOST DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY begin with a body of commonly held terms, the basic and uniform names given to things. Such common...

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