Yea, I hadn't heard of the stutter step either. Trust me, it takes practice.
As to help, well, I need something to jettison Darrel and me out of this orbit of negative karma we're stuck in. We just keep getting hit with one challenge after another. All people go through bad patches; I get that, and the only thing to do is gut it out and get through it--and, trust me, we aim to do just that. It's just a tough time we'll have to face and march through. Cheers, Christine On Mar 26, 2013, at 9:34 AM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the great recommendations Christine. I'm very sorry to > hear you're in a funk. Do say if there's anything I/we can do to help > perk you up. More cat pix perhaps? > > I just had to find out what was meant by stutter step and located this > article: > http://dbeckerman.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/street-photography-techniques/ > > Quite interesting to me as a total nube on the subject. > > Cheers! > > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Christine Aguila > <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: >> Hi Everyone: >> >> Darrel & I watched a nice PBS video tonight entitled American Photography: >> A Century of Images. It's a nice sweeping overview of the photograph >> (1900-2000) and its impact on life, history et al. The commentary by art >> and photography historians is good, and it was still fun to revisit all the >> iconic images you'd expect to see from the 20th century. I recommend it >> for those who haven't seen it already. >> >> I also just finished the book The Essentials of Street Photography by James >> Maher, which was also worth a read. Divided into 4 parts, it covers the >> conceptual and technical considerations of street photography as well as >> the editing process. It then finishes with interviews with Matt Weber, Blake >> Andrews, Mike Peters, Richard Bram, Jay Maisel, and Dave Beckerman. >> Maisel's work is amazing. You can see his work here if you're interested >> www.jaymaisel.com . Also included in the book are some pretty good >> exercises. Today, on the way to the subway I had the camera in hand and >> practiced the "stutter step" with not much success, I think. I do think the >> book may be too basic for many on the list, but for me it was just what I >> needed to lift my photographic spirits so to speak--even if for just a >> little while. Life really sucks at the moment. >> >> I haven't forgotten PAW; I have the frames on my camera for the last 3 or 4 >> weeks; I just haven't had the time--or the interest--to get them on the >> computer and processed, and I took some photos today, but more to practice >> the stutter step then to actually photograph something, but I'm on spring >> break now and despite all the work I have to confront during break, I'm >> determined to find an afternoon to have a proper photo walk. >> >> I certainly haven't forgotten about you guys, and I know I'll be more active >> soon. I just need a bit more time to get through this really bad patch life >> has made for me and Darrel. >> >> Big cheers and I'll probably pop back on the list later in the week. >> Christine >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
