Looking Through the Lens: Flickr Photos and Photography

cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by Adam Melancon:
http://flickr.com/photos/melancon/2629905708/

Looking Through the Lens
Alan Levine
cogdogblog.com/stuff/itc11

Saturday, February 19, 2011

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Martin Gommel:
http://flickr.com/photos/kwerfeldein/2104791931/


cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Hossein Ghodsi:
http://flickr.com/photos/mhghodsi/3049527437/


BS


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


cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by Vincepal: http://
flickr.com/photos/vincepal/3750617746/

I Exist

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by rokoto:
http://flickr.com/photos/monkey_gastello/180031608/

I Exist

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Felipe Morin:
http://flickr.com/photos/metabolico/442924577/

I Exist

flickr photos by Pink Sherbert Photography
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet//


!""" a#er a vacation to Hawaii in $%%&' Ms"
Pruitt uploaded some photos ( taken with a
)** Kodak digital camera ( to the site Flickr"

Since then' through her Flickr photos' she has
received a contract with the stock+photography
company Getty Images that gives her a
monthly income when publishers or advertisers
license the images",
flickr photos by Pink Sherbert Photography
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet//

!For Photographers' the Image of a Shrinking Path, -New York Times' March $%.%/
-http:00www"nytimes"com0$%.%0%101%0business0media01%photogs"html/


!Also interesting is that the shots that people seem to post to
Instagram 2 gra3ti' 4ying pigeons' stu5 around the
neighborhood 2 are not the kind of photos you see on
Facebook" Instagram has created a new niche 2 making
photographers out of people who were not photographers
before",
!More On Instagram -or why Facebook hasn6t won everything/,
-http:00thenextweb"com0location0$%.%0.$01%0more+on+instagram+or+why+facebook+hasn7E$78%7**t+won+everything0/


Who has a
camera?


cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by davidcwong:
http://flickr.com/photos/davewong/2548952137/


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


Chal lenge!
• Find someone you don!t know
• Take photo with mobile device
• email to
sip99second@photos"4ickr"com


cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Derek K. Miller:
http://flickr.com/photos/penmachine/2740346077/

cameras / metaphors


aperture

cc licensed ( BY ND ) flickr photo by -=RoBeE=-:
http://flickr.com/photos/robertszlivka/2741653860/


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

cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Chris_Moody:
http://flickr.com/photos/zpyder/1081930640/


cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by L.Brumm Photography and Design: h
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/


cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo by TheGiantVermin:
http://flickr.com/photos/tudor/664156379/



iso

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by tomquah:
http://flickr.com/photos/tomquah/3915654642/


cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by greenkozi:
http://flickr.com/photos/themacinator/3334790211/


cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by imNicholas:
http://flickr.com/photos/imnicholas/5013500139/


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

composition

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by L.Brumm Photography and Design:
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 ) flickr photo by cogdogblog:
http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/5432699692/
If you mash up this photo a dog will bark at yoy!

what’s wrong?

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by kk:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kk/14443265/


!It has changed me more as a father than it has as a
photographer" There are lots of di3cult 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 4ickr Homepage,
-http:00madaboutportraits"blogspot"com0$%..0%$0story+of+portrait+from+4ickr+homepage"html/

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by kk:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kk/14443265/


cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by pasukaru76 (out of town):
http://flickr.com/photos/pasukaru76/4218226857/

story

cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by Bill Liao:
http://flickr.com/photos/liao/154355830/


cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by pcgn7:
http://flickr.com/photos/21204781@N07/2501994750/


cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by chuck_heston:
http://flickr.com/photos/chuckheston/383386494/


cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by Juergen Kurlvink:
http://flickr.com/photos/kurlvink/2554907553/


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

do photos tell the truth?


The Lusitania


!Without a caption' without a context' without some
idea about what the picture is a picture of' I can6t
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
The Lusitania
thinking that we are reluctant to part with it",
Erroll Morris' !Liar' Liar' Pants on Fire,
-http:00opinionator"blogs"nytimes"com0$%%:0%:0.%0pictures+are+supposed+to+be+worth+a+thousand+words/


cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Voxphoto:
http://flickr.com/photos/vox/390491528/

DIY

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

“I’m not a good photographer”

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


!Photography is an art and a cra#" 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! It6s not a contest and there are no prizes" It6s
simply about encouraging you to pick up your camera
and make photographs"

That6s it" There aren6t any other rules" You aren6t going
to get demerits if you miss a few days' nor will you get
gold stars for doing every assignment" We6re just here
to help you with a little nudge every day" The rest is up
to you!,
The Daily Shoot' -http:00dailyshoot"com0/


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

John King



John King

!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:004ickr"com0photos0johnking0/



John King

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

Jabiz Raisdana



Jabiz Raisdana

!Daily shoot has really forced me to look
more closely at my world and experiment
more with my photography" I am trying
di5erent 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:004ickr"com0photos0intrepid4ame0/



Jabiz Raisdana

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

Audrey Williams



Audrey Williams

!;Forcing6 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 <nd 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:004ickr"com0photos0ajwms0/


Audrey Williams

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


!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 Leatherman6s 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 4ash turned out bland' so I <gured
out how to get the 4ash focused on a small area of the scene -it6s called a snoot/"

It6s clear' I think' that absent the constraint of needing to take a certain kind of
picture that night' I probably wouldn6t have ever headed down the path which
resulted in the picture' nor would I have gained further practice in photography",
Galagon Wagon' -http:00galagonwagon"com0$%..0%$0the+daily+shoot+and+creativity0/

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


!Despite knowing that photographing water is
di3cult' I walked around our campus a#er 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 didn6t
go with a more traditional glistening form of liquid'
and I tried something a bit di5erent",
Jabiz Raisdana' -http:00intrepid4ame"blogspot"com0$%..0%.0state+of+matter"html/



cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo by bionicteaching:
http://flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/5436986582/

strangers

!I o#en see people and think that I6d like to take their
portrait" It sounds creepy in my head as I write that
but I promise it6s a fairly widespread idea -http:00www"
.%%strangers"com/" I just happen to think certain
people look interesting but I don6t 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" It6s not the best picture but it does
cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo by bionicteaching:
http://flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/5436986582/

represent something I6m glad I did",
Tom Woodward' -http:00bionicteaching"com0?cat=$>9/

strangers

cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by electrovert:


!The assignment6s taken me on some pretty
unexpected adventures" Almost everyday I6ve
started with a completely di5erent idea -or no
idea/ of what I was going to photograph' then
stumbled upon something extraordinary" It6s
forced me to think about things in new ways and
it6s shown me that sometimes it6s easier to make
art when you take a more hands+on approach and
don6t overthink it",
Matt Martin' -http:00blog"electrovert"net0?p=&*/

cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by electrovert:


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

motivation matters

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by kennymatic:
http://flickr.com/photos/kwl/4555399660/

shared space matters

cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by uncleboatshoes:
http://flickr.com/photos/uncleboatshoes/3091582912/

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 ______ ?

Ch allenge #2!
• Retake your photo
• Make it say "Excited to be at ITC#
• email to
sip99second@photos"4ickr"com


cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by woodleywonderworks:
http://flickr.com/photos/wwworks/4759535950/

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