http://wmgphotoblog.com Presented by William M. Gatesman in conjunction with www.wmgphoto.com Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:30:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en _________________________________ Light always plays a part to a greater or lesser degree in any photograph. Sometimes, as was the case the morning of June 30 when I captured the image in this post, light becomes a compositional element in the photograph. But light can be a fickle subject. She is prone ... http://wmgphotoblog.com/2008/07/03/natural-light-is-an-elusive-subject/ In 1978 I started playing around with the old cameras I had found in a cabinet in my dorm room in college. A friend and I captured this image while walking around Fairfield, Iowa, with my old plastic Ansco Anscoflex twin lens reflex camera, the one with the large dish ... http://wmgphotoblog.com/2008/05/31/66/ I am preparing several photographs for an upcoming exhibit in Frederick, Maryland. I have been inspired to go beyond the pictures themselves and create works of art that, while centered on the photographs, provide a context for the images as well. Schism II (shown below) incorporates the photograph, Schism, but ... http://wmgphotoblog.com/2008/05/25/expanding-the-frame/ I am hopeful that my photographs strike an emotional chord thereby enabling the viewer, if just for a moment, to step out of his or her limited sense of self. I was reminded of this phenomenon this past weekend. A friend and I have just returned from our annual pilgrimage ... http://wmgphotoblog.com/2008/05/13/the-power-of-art/ Magda Indigo publishes a photoblog. In a recent post which she calls Passion Indeed! Magda decries the lack of care people seem to give when posting images on the internet. In looking through a friend's Flickr gallery of photos from a recent family wedding, I was overwhelmed by the sheer ... http://wmgphotoblog.com/2008/04/16/putting-your-best-shot-forward/