Comments on: The Photograph Within Workshop http://twwilliams.com/blog/2008/01/27/the-photograph-within-workshop/ Discovering and learning Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:35:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Exercise Pictures http://twwilliams.com/blog/2008/01/27/the-photograph-within-workshop/#comment-38672 Exercise Pictures Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:22:50 +0000 http://twwilliams.com/blog/2008/01/27/the-photograph-within-workshop/#comment-38672 [...] The Photograph Within Workshop [...] [...] The Photograph Within Workshop [...]

]]> By: Brooke Greiner http://twwilliams.com/blog/2008/01/27/the-photograph-within-workshop/#comment-38456 Brooke Greiner Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:05:30 +0000 http://twwilliams.com/blog/2008/01/27/the-photograph-within-workshop/#comment-38456 Hi Tommy, Fun to read about the class on your blog! And I really like your step picture. See you in 6 weeks at the next course. I thought it was helpful and I loved the day-long conversation. Brooke Hi Tommy,

Fun to read about the class on your blog! And I really like your step picture. See you in 6 weeks at the next course. I thought it was helpful and I loved the day-long conversation. Brooke

]]> By: Tommy Williams http://twwilliams.com/blog/2008/01/27/the-photograph-within-workshop/#comment-38088 Tommy Williams Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:00:31 +0000 http://twwilliams.com/blog/2008/01/27/the-photograph-within-workshop/#comment-38088 Billie: it's funny that we're so far apart geographically but we read the same photo blogs from people around the Puget Sound (another we have in common, I think, is <a href="http://photomusings.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Paul Butzi's</a>). I was aware that I was looking at smaller pieces of things around me. I have a hard time making photos I like in new places. I need time looking at things and absorbing them somehow before I can take photos I like. Getting to the point that I can "perform" better in new locales is one thing I hoped to get from the workshop. And I believe that it will come. But, in the meantime, I'll keep right on taking pictures of the stuff all around me. Billie: it’s funny that we’re so far apart geographically but we read the same photo blogs from people around the Puget Sound (another we have in common, I think, is Paul Butzi’s).

I was aware that I was looking at smaller pieces of things around me. I have a hard time making photos I like in new places. I need time looking at things and absorbing them somehow before I can take photos I like. Getting to the point that I can “perform” better in new locales is one thing I hoped to get from the workshop. And I believe that it will come. But, in the meantime, I’ll keep right on taking pictures of the stuff all around me.

]]> By: billie http://twwilliams.com/blog/2008/01/27/the-photograph-within-workshop/#comment-38048 billie Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:15:34 +0000 http://twwilliams.com/blog/2008/01/27/the-photograph-within-workshop/#comment-38048 Tommy, I read Doug's blog and so I was delighted to find that you attended the workshop. I like the images in the set. You seem to be taking a more intimate look during the workshop. Tommy, I read Doug’s blog and so I was delighted to find that you attended the workshop. I like the images in the set. You seem to be taking a more intimate look during the workshop.

]]> By: Tommy’s Blog » Jan 28th: Skylight covered in snow http://twwilliams.com/blog/2008/01/27/the-photograph-within-workshop/#comment-37995 Tommy’s Blog » Jan 28th: Skylight covered in snow Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:07:52 +0000 http://twwilliams.com/blog/2008/01/27/the-photograph-within-workshop/#comment-37995 [...] Login « The Photograph Within Workshop [...] [...] Login « The Photograph Within Workshop [...]

]]> By: Doug Plummer http://twwilliams.com/blog/2008/01/27/the-photograph-within-workshop/#comment-37994 Doug Plummer Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:33:46 +0000 http://twwilliams.com/blog/2008/01/27/the-photograph-within-workshop/#comment-37994 Hey, thanks for writing us up so quickly. I've linked to you already. I hope the workshop simmers in you and helps your process. My experience is that the best workshops are those where nothing seems to have happened, but there's a big shift six months later. Stay in touch. Doug Hey, thanks for writing us up so quickly. I’ve linked to you already. I hope the workshop simmers in you and helps your process. My experience is that the best workshops are those where nothing seems to have happened, but there’s a big shift six months later. Stay in touch.

Doug

]]> By: Tommy Williams http://twwilliams.com/blog/2008/01/27/the-photograph-within-workshop/#comment-37973 Tommy Williams Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:22:49 +0000 http://twwilliams.com/blog/2008/01/27/the-photograph-within-workshop/#comment-37973 Thanks, Julia. I find that I need more time away from my photos to appreciate them. I have also discovered, through the various aborted efforts at taking a photo a day over the years that the photos I produce during those times are definitely better than the things I do outside those times. Maybe it's just practice: I am better at operating the camera, I have the discipline to shoot more pictures more often and so there is more to choose from, and because I process the photos every day I have greater facility with my "digital darkroom." But I think--I hope--there is more than just quantity and an easier way with the camera. I hope that the daily practice lets me make better photos. I'm still not sure what I want to say with my photographs or, in fact, even why I take them. I just know that I must take them. During the workshop yesterday Doug pointed out that this uncertainty is a good thing because it's something that will keep driving me to make more photographs. Once we find the answers we're looking for, the urge to make art--or at least the art that explored that now-resolved area--goes away. I appreciate you reading and taking the time to comment. Thanks, Julia. I find that I need more time away from my photos to appreciate them. I have also discovered, through the various aborted efforts at taking a photo a day over the years that the photos I produce during those times are definitely better than the things I do outside those times. Maybe it’s just practice: I am better at operating the camera, I have the discipline to shoot more pictures more often and so there is more to choose from, and because I process the photos every day I have greater facility with my “digital darkroom.”

But I think–I hope–there is more than just quantity and an easier way with the camera. I hope that the daily practice lets me make better photos.

I’m still not sure what I want to say with my photographs or, in fact, even why I take them. I just know that I must take them. During the workshop yesterday Doug pointed out that this uncertainty is a good thing because it’s something that will keep driving me to make more photographs. Once we find the answers we’re looking for, the urge to make art–or at least the art that explored that now-resolved area–goes away.

I appreciate you reading and taking the time to comment.

]]> By: Julia http://twwilliams.com/blog/2008/01/27/the-photograph-within-workshop/#comment-37960 Julia Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:42:22 +0000 http://twwilliams.com/blog/2008/01/27/the-photograph-within-workshop/#comment-37960 You might not be happy with it, but I really like mossy stairs. The zag moving up the stairs is just what your eye wants, and then there is something tasty looking about those top three steps, a sort of layered cake effect. You might not be happy with it, but I really like mossy stairs. The zag moving up the stairs is just what your eye wants, and then there is something tasty looking about those top three steps, a sort of layered cake effect.

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