Bill Dobbins comments on the nature of image making and it’s impact on the culture.
Beauty, it is said, is in the eye of the beholder. But what is beautiful is a matter of opinion and there are various different kinds of beauty because there are lot of people with different opinions. I see this as a photographer who has done a lot of work with the female athletic body… Read More NOT ALL SUGAR AND SPICE
The human brain is the most complex structure we know of in the universe. And visual perception is one of the most complex processes the brain undertakes. The area of the brain that deals with vision contains a huge number of specialized cells that register vertical lines, horizontal lines, shapes, motion and so much more.… Read More I’LL SEE THAT WHEN I BELIEVE IT
PRO PHOTOS ARE WHAT GET DRAMATIC RESULTS By Bill Dobbins Model: Carmen Garcia IMAGES THAT MATTER Want people to notice you? Want to be famous? Trying hard to market your image on websites and social media? Are you images all over Facebook? OK – then why isn’t this working? Why isn’t the world paying the… Read More PRO PHOTOS FOR DRAMATIC RESULTS
Back in the 1830s, you had to be a highly trained craftsman to be a photographer. Whether you were shooting Daguerreotypes or using wet plates, creating a photograph was difficult and technologically demanding. The transition to dry plate technology helped to simplify the process, but photography was still an undertaking for specialists. Then film was… Read More THE IMPACT OF PHOTO TECHNOLOGY
“I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work,” Woody Allen once said. “I want to achieve it by not dying.” Artists usually want their work to live on after them, to become part of the culture and be appreciated by future generations. The problem is that you can’t be around to experience this. Vincent… Read More IMMORTALITY THROUGH ART
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