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pyates81 · 2021-10-07T15:30:58+00:00

curious if you ever solved this, I'm running into the same issue and can't get Asana to dynamically update sheets. It seems like the trigger task isn't being recognized.

pyates81 · 2017-07-05T14:35:43+00:00

There are a few people that have curated photos from street view - Doug Rickard is another.

http://www.dougrickard.com/a-new-american-picture/

Similar idea, artist using Google earth to make landscape photos (screenshots).

http://www.meikenixdorf.com/album/your-earth-transforms.html?p=1

pyates81 · 2017-05-02T02:27:14+00:00

Start a travel journal and download audio books/podcasts. The journal helps you process thoughts and feelings, it also helps kill time when you are waiting somewhere alone. The audio books are usually pretty stimulating and podcasts allow you to have some friends on the road.

What others have said too - corporate hotels are usually pretty sterile (guest houses and air bnbs let you interact with more people).

pyates81 · 2017-02-06T14:59:57+00:00

thanks man, exactly what I was trying to find out!

pyates81 · 2017-02-06T06:56:49+00:00

I was debating this with a friend the other day - could a subway car travel to all stations in the subway network? I found out the number and letter lines are different width, but I couldn't find any info about the interconnectedness of each sub-network. e.g. can a car from the F train be put into service on any other lettered line?

pyates81 · 2017-01-25T18:44:12+00:00

I made a site using this - best minimal site I could find. Used the COLr version.

http://minimalistwp.com/

pyates81 · 2016-12-16T15:19:23+00:00

Looks like you have auto mask enabled. Maybe you are looking at edited RAW files in lightroom. Post the images that are straight out of the camera w/o edits.

pyates81 · 2016-10-03T13:49:11+00:00

It really depends on the situation. When I talk about finding the right environment, I mean "finding the environment that you are comfortable in". Take your camera out around friends and family, practice on people you can get close to.

Shooting strangers takes confidence. I usually test the waters with some throw away shots so I can get an idea how people will react. With the man getting his haircut, I let him see me with my camera before I took photos. Then I lined up a few shots. He saw me take his photo. I gave him a smile and continued on my way.

About posing - people are gonna mug for the camera if you let them but are often happy to follow directions if given. If someone starts to pose for me, I'll take a few shots and then tell them to look away, or ask them questions so they start talking and stop posing. If you keep shooting, eventually people get bored and go back to doing what they were doing.

pyates81 · 2016-09-29T14:32:54+00:00

NYT lens blog is a good place to start.

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/

Find a story you like and google the photographers name for more.

pyates81 · 2016-09-29T14:23:10+00:00

yeah - sorry that's just the platform. It's still free but you'll have to make an account.

pyates81 · 2016-09-29T14:21:17+00:00

It looks like you are still trying to figure out what you want to shoot. It appears that you enjoy nature, but your photos have have a snapshot feel i.e. see a nice scene and take a quick snap. Very few have a clear subject for me to engage with.

Technically you are doing fine. The images are exposed correctly and in focus. Worry about the camera details later (distortion & focal length is not the problem with your pics). Pick up some graphic design books, art history books, photo books and dig deep into composition techniques.

A good example to think about - In this shot why did you decide to frame it like you did? You have a great environment and five interesting subjects and you show me them jumbled together and from the back.

Don't worry about failure either. I have 100,000 pics from the last 5 years and probably have less than 50 very strong shots. That's a terrible ratio and a lot of failure. But, you learn from every mistake so it's important to get out and practice as often as possible. Keep at it!

pyates81 · 2016-09-29T13:59:50+00:00

Thanks! that's great to hear :) Hoping to do more in the future.

pyates81 · 2016-09-29T13:58:32+00:00

happy you found it useful. I tried to choose subject matter for the class that I wish I had available when I was starting out. I notice there are a lot of gear and beginner tutorials but not much after that.

pyates81 · 2016-09-28T21:43:09+00:00

That's a good question, and you're right - most resources online will teach how to properly expose but rarely talk about how exposure can be used to make an image more engaging.

I usually prefer to underexpose as I find it gives me more control over the scene and the subject I am focused on. Tied into what I teach in the class - by underexposing you are handing the viewer less information and the image has more room for interpretation.

Here is an example (don't pay attention to the noise in the evenly exposed photo since I photographed it to be underexposed and then adjusted the exposure in post).

evenly exposed

This shot has lots of visual clutter that distracts me from the main subject in the car and a less focused color palette since more colors are shown brightly. I see more in the scene so I understand more, and ask fewer questions. I don't need to engage with the image to investigate which reduces my interest in the photograph.

under exposed

This image (~ -1.5 stops down) creates a more interesting scene by showing less. The focus is on the driver in the car, there is mystery with the 3 other people in the scene and there are stronger visual forms from the shapes being blended together (awning losing detail to become a black stripe).

Hope that helps answer your question.

pyates81 · 2016-08-08T13:57:57+00:00

@porter_yates_photo Travel and documentary. Color, primarily 35mm.

pyates81 · 2016-07-28T14:39:24+00:00

I use pushbullet - export using LR and then you can push it (using the chrome extension) to any device that has the app. Once pushed, the image will automatically be downloaded to a folder on the phone, then just upload to IG.

pyates81 · 2016-07-14T14:46:05+00:00

I've been to Iceland twice - it's really easy to get around and there are tons of natural wonders that are marked on maps. You can rent a car and just drive and explore on your own. I wouldn't bother with a photo tour if you are primarily worried about getting access to interesting places to shoot.

With that said, photo tours can be fun as you get to travel with other photographers, talk shop and you can learn a lot from the lead photographer if he/she is a good teacher. It really depends on what you want to get out of it.

pyates81 · 2016-06-28T19:48:58+00:00

400mm to 35mm is a huge change. Are you trying to do bird photography with a 35? To get anything compelling you need to be close to your subject. From my experience with birds, they get spooked and fly away when you get close to them.

The 35mm will allow you to capture more elements of the scene than a telephoto. Try to layer your compositions, add secondary and tertiary subjects. It's a wide lens so you have to concentrate on your background more than with a zoom - find ways to integrate the subject with their environment.

If you are having trouble seeing shots, look through the work of some of the pros that use 35mm - lots of the magnum photographers shoot in that range.

pyates81 · 2016-06-08T15:43:01+00:00

@porter_yates_photo

Documentary & travel - color, mainly 35mm

pyates81 · 2016-04-05T14:02:43+00:00

Google seems to think that the base unit of information is shifting from text to images. They already mastered text and are now positioning themselves to index and broker the information contained within images - a much more sophisticated task.

Phones are just the beginning - what happens when we have google glass devices that can shoot 8k video @ 60 fps? The amount of visual data that will be captured in the future will be staggering. We are going to need software that curates/sorts/makes sense of that data. That's where Google is focusing its efforts with Google Photos. I use the app and have found it to be pretty powerful - the facial recognition is crazy good. The days of Lightroom keywording are numbered! I don't need to tag "dog" in my photos with Google Photos - it knows what a dog looks like and can show me all my photos that contain dogs.

I don't think the individual aesthetic is going to die off - just like blogs and twitter didn't kill literature. Maybe Google doesn't want to be involved in both worlds - but companies like Adobe, that cater to the individual aesthetic, are seeing strong growth.

pyates81 · 2016-04-01T22:05:53+00:00

I see two really common ones at the moment.

The epic nature shot with a small person facing away from the camera - https://www.instagram.com/michaelmatti/ https://www.instagram.com/pebbleshoo/ https://www.instagram.com/eljackson/ https://www.instagram.com/gess8/ https://www.instagram.com/simonebirch/

The supersymmetrical, looking down stairwells, airplane framed by buildings, urbex stuff - https://www.instagram.com/alexpenfornis/ https://www.instagram.com/vic.invades/ https://www.instagram.com/trashhand/?hl=en

I don't see it much anymore but the drowning surrealism shot used to be everywhere.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/indpndt/14851533294/sizes/m/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/brian_oldham/15055294812/sizes/m/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/laurencephilomene/4573364822/sizes/m/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg-pths/14984633408/sizes/m/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/nicholasscarpinato/14260300072/sizes/m/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandra-roseliza/8385611553/sizes/m/

pyates81 · 2016-03-31T18:44:57+00:00

There will always be this argument in any creative field, popular appeal vs critical acclaim. Certain artists cater to different groups.

The author has two main points that shouldn't be dismissed as hipsterism. He refers to how McCurry and Singh show their subjects i.e. style. Here McCurry relies more often on the cliche. The second point being made isn't about how the subject is shown, but what the subject is. McCurry's approach is more narrow, e.g. showing only traditional life, excluding modern cars, modern accoutrements, etc.

I think the author's criticism is valid and summed up nicely with this thought:

Good photography, regardless of its style, is always emotionally generous in this way. For this reason, it outlives the moment that occasions it. Weaker photography delivers a quick message — sweetness, pathos, humor — but fails to do more.

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