{"id":94,"date":"2011-01-05T00:35:31","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T06:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rickspicscorner.com\/blog\/?p=94"},"modified":"2012-07-02T23:27:39","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T04:27:39","slug":"random-mumbling-post-2011-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artistrichardcuster.com\/blog\/random-mumbling-post-2011-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Mumbling Post 2011-1"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Silvershotz<\/em> annual ‘Folios’ issue just recently hit the newsstands.\u00a0\u00a0Aside from being one of my favorite magazines to look at the world of art photography, the ‘Folios’\u00a0issue\u00a0is one I look forward to each\u00a0year as it contains\u00a0work\u00a0by emerging artists and\u00a0those who are not strictly photographers but have an artistic talent for photography.\u00a0 The 2009 issue contained a lot of great work,\u00a0some of which\u00a0really inspired me.\u00a0 The 2010 issue seems a little disappointing by comparison.\u00a0 More than a few of the pictures I see in this year’s\u00a0issue seem to have a snapshot feel and some are so out there that\u00a0I’m\u00a0left wondering\u00a0if the quality of submissions this year was just at a low.\u00a0\u00a0That’s not to say that the whole issue is bad because there is some excellent work\u00a0to be found in the pages (some of which I may discuss soon).\u00a0 Perhaps I’m becoming more discriminating?\u00a0\u00a0That’s a matter of\u00a0internal debate at this point.<\/p>\n

Since we’re on the subject, there exist a few photography magazines which I read\u00a0on a regular basis.\u00a0 I read Silvershotz<\/em>, Photographic Technique<\/em>,\u00a0Color<\/em>, and another I can’t quite recall (it’s a\u00a0technique-oriented magazine).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Silvershotz<\/em> and Color<\/em> focus on art photography (although Silvershotz<\/em> does include some informational articles and sometimes a product review).\u00a0 Photographic Technique<\/em> focuses on some of intermediate and advanced techniques used to process photographs, both digitally and in the darkroom.\u00a0 It also includes a product review, which is focused the processing side of photography.\u00a0 The last magazine is strictly about shooting technique, and it has given me more than a few pointers on what to look for when setting up my shots.\u00a0 Most other popular photography magazines seem to deal more with gear, which is not where I believe one focus their energy when engaged in photography.\u00a0 And seriously, do we really need to read articles about the latest bags from Lowepro or the new CF cards from Sandisk?\u00a0 Every once in a while they will mix a camera review in there as well.\u00a0 That’s not to say those magazines don’t have their place – if I’m looking to add a new piece of gear, I will sometimes consult one to get their thoughts, but that’s about it.<\/p>\n

Thankfully most of my discussions with other photographers about gear have mostly been based in the need for input, feedback, or information.\u00a0 I have had a couple of gear discussions in the past where the other photographer has bragged about all the higher-end stuff he or she uses (as they looked with disdain upon my little entry-level DSLR).\u00a0 Those discussions tend to grate on my nerves and, if I can’t steer the discussion to something more substantive, leave me looking for the nearest exit.<\/p>\n

On the gear front, I did pick up my backdrop rack the other day.\u00a0 I’m pretty excited about it.\u00a0 While I meander my way through a small health issue and a pending dental procedure, I can try to do some larger scale still life shots in my living room.\u00a0 I do have a small “Studio in a Box” contraption that I got on the cheap (I used it to to take the photos of my cameras for my final project) but its small dimensions don’t make for much flexibility in object selection.\u00a0 I could barely get my Pentax 645 in the frame without showing the sides of the lightbox.<\/p>\n

Now you have the meandering thoughts swirling in my head for today.\u00a0 I must take my leave as in about 8 hours I need to cancel an appointment in order to find a more cost-effective way to get something done I need done.\u00a0 So, to all of you, my faithful and not-so-faithful readers, I bid you goodnight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Silvershotz annual ‘Folios’ issue just recently hit the newsstands.\u00a0\u00a0Aside from being one of my favorite magazines to look at the world of art photography, the ‘Folios’\u00a0issue\u00a0is one I look forward to each\u00a0year as it contains\u00a0work\u00a0by emerging artists and\u00a0those who are not strictly photographers but have an artistic talent for photography.\u00a0 The 2009 issue contained […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artistrichardcuster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artistrichardcuster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artistrichardcuster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artistrichardcuster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artistrichardcuster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artistrichardcuster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97,"href":"https:\/\/www.artistrichardcuster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artistrichardcuster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artistrichardcuster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artistrichardcuster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}