Charged Vessels & Infinite Bodies

[alfredo]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/traceyholland/sets/72157617733594328/with/3503920187/
Really like her still life.

[Sheepshank]

1. very cool

and what an interesting technique with photography...almost all looks had drawn.

[alfredo]

2. I really like her work.

Here's another that has committed acts of art with his camera.

http://www.edelmangallery.com/witkin.htm


His stuff is all over Google.





Self Portrait

[Alameda]

3. I would say more with the software than with the camera.

People have different ways to approach photography. Interesting work, but rather disturbing, reminds me somewhat of Los Caprichos by Goya

[alfredo]

4. I remember the old saying "you make a snapshot in a

camera, but you make a photograph in the darkroom."

I remember the days of dodging and burning, cropping, manipulating exposure time, and light. I can still smell the chemicals. I remember the care with which I handled the negatives, the paper, and the temperatures. I can still feel the heat from the light in the enlarger. I can feel it on my forehead.

[Alameda]

5. There are different ways to approach things, all valid.

I remember grinding stones, engraving copper plates, setting tension on presses....soaking paper to get the right moisture consistency. Grungy hands with ink soaked into my cuticles......or smelling like clove or linseed oil....things change and evolve or devolve.

We each approach different mediums with our own purpose. For me, photography is about seeing and documentation of what I have seen. I want it to be recognizable. For other things there are other mediums...for me....to each their own.

I like minimal futzing with my photographs. Rather, they are what was there at that time. I may lighten, darken or crop, but that's just about it. I use a program called ThumbsPlus for most of what I do with them If I want to do more I use Painter X, but 99% of the time, it's just TP.

I admire people who are expert in the use PhotoShop, but I've never gotten into it. For one thing it's too damn expen$ive!

[alfredo]

6. I found, the better the camera the less you need to do to an image.

I use GIMP for editing. I's free. I used to use Photoshop, but my copy was so old it wasn't compatible with my OS.

[Alameda]

7. Gimp......what OS do you use?

I have a few programs, in fact thousands of $$$ worth, but can't use them now on this OS. It sucks big time. It's about time to get another camera....I've dropped this one too many times. BTW how do you upload photos here? I don't see the option for an attachment.

[alfredo]

8. OSX. Gimp is multiplatform and open source.

http://www.gimp.org/


The version I use:
http://gimp.lisanet.de/Website/News/News.html

[Alameda]

9. hmmm...have you seen Painter or ThumbsPlus?

[alfredo]

10. Painter used to be real good, but I've heard negative

opinions of late. Look for reviews. I've heard the name Thumbs plus, but don't know about it.

Apature and Lightroom seem to have a following.

Now that I am retired I can't afford PS anymore so GIMP has become my choice. It has a steep learning curve, but so does Photoshop. Getting to know the in window menus was an adjustment for me.

[Alameda]

11. You are right. Painter was great when they were Fractal Design...

It's still good though. I wish I could use my older versions. It's tempting to get an old computer just to use them. You should check out Thumbs Plus, you can try it for 30 days for free and it's not an expensive program. It shows you a tree of your hard drive with color codes to show you where graphic files are. I've been using it for 17 years and love it. It allows you to do a lot with the files, resize, darken, lighten and and many other things. It is one program I would not want to be without. Have you tried PaintShopPro? It's just like Photoshop, but costs much less. I have worked with both of them and was amazed at how similar the two programs are. Again, it's a try before you buy program.

I'm on a PC, not a MAC.

[alfredo]

12. It's Windows only. My first editing program was Colorit!

Loved it.

[Alameda]

13. Oh well, us Windows folks don't get a lot of graphics programs....

It is a wonderful program. I am on Windows because there is a whole other world of artish things that can only be done on a PC. I'm into textiles, embroidery and pattern making. All these are PC only based programs, as that is where they evolved from. I started them on DOS, now they are GUI.

[alfredo]

14. I started off by asking computer repairmen what computers

are more trouble free. They all said Mac. So I bought one and haven't found reason to change.

When you said textiles I immediately thought of Arturo Alonzo Sandoval

http://www.uky.edu/FineArts/Art/sandoval.php

http://www.allianceforamericanquilts.org/qsos/interview.php?kid=14-31-54F