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My Favorite Quotes: Alfred Steiglitz

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I’m currently reading a book called Group F/64, and I can’t recommend it enough to all my fellow photographers out there. Some of the book talks about the relationship between Edward Weston living on the west coast in San Francisco and Alfred Steiglitz living in NY.

I had been familiar with Steiglitz and know that he was considered the man that everyone looked up to and so much wanted his respect…especially Edward Weston.

Steiglitz once said, ” Wherever there is light, one can photograph”.

You find the light, you find the shot.

If I had to say which subject I’ve written the most posts on it would have to be the Light. I’ve said to my online class with the BPSOP, and to the photographers that sign up for my “Stretching Your Frame of Mind” workshops countless times that Light is everything; the only possible exception is capturing a moment in time while street shooting.

Since I can remember, and that would be going on fifty years, if I can see it, I can take a picture of it….and that was in the film days; days when the ASA was twenty-five. Now with the digital age that has become even easier; it’s called jacking up your ISO…way up!! Of course the only problem is forgetting to jack it back down…way down…which everyone does at one time or another…except for me. Truth be told, I’m not sure where that little button is on my camera!!!

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It takes such a small amount of light to create long lasting images, and you can also do it like I do which is with a tripod and an ISO of two hundred. Or if you left your tripod in the car, and you’re walking around looking for interesting subject matter, be sure to have a fast lens on and shoot wide open. I’ve even found places to rest my camera on for additional support.

FYI, your wife’s shoulder makes a great tripod!!!

So next time you go out, think of what Alfred Steiglitz said. You don’t need to look for areas in bright sun, bright rooms, or thinking you have to shoot midday…because you don’t. You find the light and you’ll find  the shot.

Visit my website at: www.joebaraban.com and check out my 2018 workshop schedule at the top of this blog. Come shoot with me sometime.

This coming July 29th will be my 30th anniversary teaching at the Maine Media Workshop. I’ve always picked this time as it’s the week of the Lobster Festival down the road in Rockland. This ofers a unique set of photo ops, different from the Maine Coast, fishing villages and lighthouses. The Lobster Festival is all about color, design, light, energy, people watchng and environmental portraits everywhere you look; some people are there in costumes and loved to be photographed.

In conjunction with The Santa Fe Workshops, on October 2nd I’ll be leading a group in San Miguel de Allende. A beautiful oasis and artist colony, and the entire city is a UNESCO site.

Come join me for a week of fun and photography…what could be better?

JoeB

JoeB

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