Lenswork Magazine

It's been really hard not to have my PC working in my studio.  I'm LOST to say the least.  I have had to use my husband's and it's not always available to me when I want it! ; (  And I really don't like his flat keyboard!  Tomorrow we are getting high speed Internet (DSL).  I can hardly wait.  I am so sick of this slow satellite connection.  Manana!  It better work out for us or I might be a little on the upset side.

While I was sweating it out at the shed sale this weekend, I kept busy reading my alternative photography process books that I brought along.  And I also brought a couple of older Lenswork magazine issues to peruse.  I stumbled across a second printing of "Things I've Learned About Photography" by Brooks Jensen, who is the editor of Lenswork, along with his wife Maureen Gallagher.  They are both photographers, naturally.  But I really got hooked reading his article which is basically comprised of sayings/comments by other photographers that he heard over the years.  Some of them are so true that they made me laugh at times.  I hi-lighted the ones I thought were memorable enough to share.  Here's one:

"A good photograph, when first seen, hits you like a ton of bricks.  A better photograph is often almost unseen at first but comes back to mind over and over again long after you've stopped looking at it.  This often happens unexpectedly."

and

"Workshops and/or instructors can be addictive and can take up valuable time that is better spent doing photography!"

I found the second one to hit home because I was just talking about wanting to attend a workshop.  So, maybe I won't.  But at the same time maybe I will!  Just once won't hurt me!  It's not like I have that kind of money.

Yesterday I did work in my studio and got two images ready for High Hand Gallery. New work is due tomorrow.  I framed a color image from Santorini that I had already cut double mats for and the other is a photo transfer that I originally had at the Blue Moon.  Other than that I'm taking it easy this week.  I kind of feel like painting...hhmmm...we'll see what happens with that!