Month: December 2012

Stop Motion Video

solo-piano-nyc

“Solo, Piano – N.Y.C.” – A video recently posted to the NY Times website is a wonderful use of still photographs to make a video.  It is a great subject handled sensitively and effectively.  The film maker Anthony Sherin saw a piano on the curb in front of his apartment waiting to be hauled off …

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One more thing that doesn’t work

When I moved to West Orange, New Jersey I became a neighbor of Thomas Edison. Here are a few Gigapans I made of his home and grave: His body rests in the back yard of his mansion, now a National Park, just a few blocks from my home and studio.  His laboratory is also part …

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Quantity or Quality?

Do we take too many photographs?  A thoughtful piece in the NY Times about the value of a photograph.  I don’t fully agree with her conclusion that digital photos have devalued pictures.  Still, it is a good read. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/opinion/sunday/a-lament-for-the-photo-album.html?smid=pl-share I think that while digital photography has made it easy to take too many photographs it …

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