Through the Lens (2013 Version)

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Looking Through the
Lens
Alan Levine cogdogblog.com
Alan Levine cogdogblog.com

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cc licensed ( BY ND ) flickr photo by Chuck “Caveman” Coker:
http://flickr.com/photos/caveman_92223/2866407172/

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http://flickr.com/photos/vincepal/3750617746/

I Exist

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http://flickr.com/photos/monkey_gastello/180031608/

I Exist

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http://flickr.com/photos/metabolico/442924577/

I Exist

"Also interesting is that the shots that people seem to post to
Instagram – graffiti, flying pigeons, stuff around the
neighborhood – are not the kind of photos you see on
Facebook. Instagram has created a new niche – making
photographers out of people who were not photographers
before.”
“More On Instagram (or why Facebook hasn’t won everything)”
(http://thenextweb.com/location/2010/12/30/more-on-instagram-or-why-facebook-hasn%E2%80%99t-won-everything/)

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http://flickr.com/photos/davewong/2548952137/

cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by davemmett:
http://flickr.com/photos/davemmett/3022383314/

http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2009/09/the-best-camera-iphone-app-book-community/

allenge!
Ch

• Find someone you don’t know
• Take photo with mobile device
• email to

island42words@photos.flickr.com

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dogroo

“When it comes to the artistic value of images
and proclamations of self importance, let me
be very blunt: where there is no artist, there is
no art. No matter how beautiful or powerful
the feats of nature you photograph, if all you
do is record them using photographic media
without introducing your own sensibilities into
the final product, they are not art!Your images
should provide viewers with an experience
they could not have had, and would never
have seen or felt, if it were not for your
sharing it with them.”
Guy Tal, (http://guytal.com/wordpress/2011/05/dont-be-an-idiot/)
cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by jónr:
http://flickr.com/photos/jonragnarsson/280131282/

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by cogdogblog:
http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/5702001885/

Caught Checking In to Morrison
Hotel

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http://flickr.com/photos/penmachine/2740346077/

cameras / metaphors


aperture

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cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by i k o:
http://flickr.com/photos/emiliano-iko/4748043421/

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Paolo Margari:
http://flickr.com/photos/paolomargari/3484863724/

cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo by mugley:
http://flickr.com/photos/mugley/2928281873/

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by kevindooley:
http://flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/2787381665/

cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by deVos:
http://flickr.com/photos/devos/8250950/


shutter speed

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http://flickr.com/photos/zpyder/1081930640/

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ttp://flickr.com/photos/lbrummphoto/4315487404/

cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Liam Wilde:
http://flickr.com/photos/bean_baker/3893043940/

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Express Monorail:
http://flickr.com/photos/expressmonorail/4314559132/

cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by angela7dreams:
http://flickr.com/photos/angela7/2781433789/

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by ohad*:
http://flickr.com/photos/ohadby/41058122/

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http://flickr.com/photos/tudor/664156379/


iso

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http://flickr.com/photos/imnicholas/5013500139/

cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Thomas Hawk:
http://flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/2354086423/

composition

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http://flickr.com/photos/lbrummphoto/4278144872/

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Andrea Costa Photography:
http://flickr.com/photos/ac_theart/3505959936/

cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by Michelle Brea (busy-away):
http://flickr.com/photos/itsallaboutmich/840084501/

cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by deVos:
http://flickr.com/photos/devos/86878315/

cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo by cogdogblog:

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If you mash up this photo a dog will bark at yoy!

what’s wrong?

"It has changed me more as a father than it has as a
photographer. There are lots of difficult things you go
through as the parent of special needs child. Yet to
see his photo showcased prominently on something I
care deeply about, such as Flickr, and to see him
being praised by my friends and colleagues gives me
a sense of pride for my son. Also his images has
been used for campaigns and posters for Autism.
This photo has produced some redemptive and
endearing qualities since I posted it online."
Kris Krug from “Story of a Portrait from flickr Homepage”
(http://madaboutportraits.blogspot.com/2011/02/story-of-portrait-from-flickr-homepage.html)

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http://flickr.com/photos/pasukaru76/4218226857/

story

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cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by Juergen Kurlvink:
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cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by freestone:
http://flickr.com/photos/freestone/183376463/

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Pay No Mind:
http://flickr.com/photos/paynomind/65010034/

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by AndWhyNot:
http://flickr.com/photos/andwhynot/2946734025/

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by ashley rose,:
http://flickr.com/photos/ashleyrosex/3042780224/

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Felipe Morin:
http://flickr.com/photos/metabolico/460873307/

context

"Without a caption, without a context, without some
idea about what the picture is a picture of, I can’t
answer. I simply cannot talk about the photograph as
being true or false independently of beliefs about the
picture. A captionless photograph, stripped of all
context, is virtually meaningless. I need to know
more.And yet, this idea that photographs can be true
or false independent of context is so ingrained in our
thinking that we are reluctant to part with it."

Errol Morris, “Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire”
The Lusitania

(http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/10/pictures-are-supposed-to-be-worth-a-thousand-words)

cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo by Ernst Vikne:
http://flickr.com/photos/iboy/4532497884/

“I’m not a good
photographer”

Try.
Reflect.
Share.
Repeat...
Repeat...
Repeat...
Repeat...

365 photos

http://www.flickr.com/groups/366photos/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/366photos/

"Photography is an art and a craft. Getting better at
both requires practice—lots of practice. The Daily
Shoot is a simple daily routine to motivate and inspire
you to practice your photography, and share your
results! It’s not a contest and there are no prizes. It's
simply about encouraging you to pick up your camera
and make photographs.That's it. There aren't any other
rules. You aren't going to get demerits if you miss a few
days, nor will you get gold stars for doing every
assignment. We're just here to help you with a little
nudge every day. The rest is up to you!"
The Daily Shoot, (http://dailyshoot.com/)

"The intelligent, polite and talented DS
photographers expand my creativity by
showing so many possible good approaches
to the same photographic problem.
Commenting on other photos and having my
own photos commented on is yet another
enhancement to the learning.”
John King, (http://flickr.com/photos/johnking/)

cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by john.king:
http://flickr.com/photos/johnking/5251126461/
cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by john.king:
http://flickr.com/photos/johnking/5425668561/

John King

"Daily shoot has really forced me to look more
closely at my world and experiment more with
my photography. I am trying different angles,
lighting and composition. By shooting
everyday, I am also able to see when I fall into
a rut or a pattern thus forcing me to try new
things.”
Jabiz Raisdana, (http://flickr.com/photos/intrepidflame/)

cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Intrepid Flame:
http://flickr.com/photos/intrepidflame/426620305/

Jabiz Raisdana

"'Forcing' yourself to take a photo every day
means you have your camera with you at all
times and you start to look at objects and
events with a more artful eye. I find it that I
frame shots in my head even if I am not going
to actually press the shutter button.
I have always loved photography but this kind
of project actually made me fall in love with
photography all over again.”
Audrey Williams, (http://flickr.com/photos/ajwms/)

cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by AJ Wms:
http://flickr.com/photos/ajwms/292988246/
cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by AJ Wms:
http://flickr.com/photos/ajwms/306635688/

Audrey Williams

“I remember walking around campus that day thinking about preparedness, looking
for preparedness, wondering what preparedness was. No luck.That evening,
though, I was thinking about how Leatherman’s were an example of preparedness,
and then I remembered an old pocketknife my grandfather had given me. I tried to
think of how I could make it interesting. It needed… atmosphere. It needed…
lighting. But just shooting it with a flash turned out bland, so I figured out how to get
the flash focused on a small area of the scene (it’s called a snoot).
It’s clear, I think, that absent the constraint of needing to take a certain kind of
picture that night, I probably wouldn’t have ever headed down the path which
resulted in the picture, nor would I have gained further practice in photography.”
Galagon Wagon, (http://galagonwagon.com/2011/02/the-daily-shoot-and-creativity/)

cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Galagon Wagon:
http://flickr.com/photos/galagonwagon/5429505007/

“Despite knowing that photographing water is difficult, I
walked around our campus after school looking for it; I
should have been looking for liquids. Then I saw it.
Beautiful, dense, thick buckets of mud. A blend of earth
and water and gas and everything mushed together. I
have always loved mud, so with great pleasure I
snapped a round of shots. I am glad I didn't go with a
more traditional glistening form of liquid, and I tried
something a bit different.”
Jabiz Raisdana, (http://intrepidflame.blogspot.com/2011/01/state-of-matter.html)


“I often see people and think that I’d like to take their
portrait. It sounds creepy in my head as I write that but
I promise it’s a fairly widespread idea (
http://www.100strangers.com). I just happen to think
certain people look interesting but I don’t ever do
anything about it. I worry my social skills are not up to
it.
But you see a photo at the top of this post. A photo I
took of a stranger. That may not seem like a big deal to
many of you but it took some serious psyching up for
me to do that. It’s not the best picture but it does
represent something I’m glad I did.”
cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo by bionicteaching:
http://flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/5436986582/

Tom Woodward, (http://bionicteaching.com/?cat=254)

strangers

“The assignment’s taken me on some pretty
unexpected adventures. Almost everyday I’ve
started with a completely different idea (or no idea)
of what I was going to photograph, then stumbled
upon something extraordinary. It’s forced me to
think about things in new ways and it’s shown me
that sometimes it’s easier to make art when you
take a more hands-on approach and don’t
overthink it.”
Matt Martin, (http://blog.electrovert.net/?p=69)

cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by electrovert:
http://flickr.com/photos/58873944@N07/5417153345/

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by Faithful Chant [ back ]:
http://flickr.com/photos/chant3/3252597528/

motivation matters

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http://flickr.com/photos/kwl/4555399660/

shared space matters

cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by teliko82:
http://flickr.com/photos/teliko82/2189579308/

learning with others
matters

cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Thomas Hawk:
http://flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/155589939/

learning by doing
matters

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by striatic:
http://flickr.com/photos/striatic/241843728/

daily ______ ?

lenge #2!
Chal

• Retake your photo
• Make it say “Excited to be here!”
• email to

island42words@photos.flickr.com

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