Bunny Hops to F-Stops: 1st Place - 3rd Grade
May 12, 2008 – 8:45 pm
Bike Rodeo 1979, 1st Place - 3rd Grade — by Joe Reifer
My entry for Amy Stein’s Bunny Hops to F-Stops project.
Orphan Works, Nocturnes, Franken, Vest, LCDs, Archibald, Watson
May 11, 2008 – 10:01 pm
Wilderness — by Joe Reifer
- Spend 30 seconds to protest against the Orphan Works Bills. It’s important.
- The Nocturnes host a night photography workshop at Rush Ranch, this Saturday, May 17th. A perfect opportunity to dip your toes into the intoxicating water of night photography!
- My friend Will Franken, who also happens to be one of the funniest people on the planet, has completed his next epic podcast, entitled Side Two of Abbey Road
- Are you sitting down? Click on the photo: Professional Photographer’s Vest with Built-in Chair
- Learn about the technology behind LCD monitors
- Cool idea: Father’s Day tintype portrait sessions at Rayko Photo Center in San Francisco
- A day in the life of a commercial photographer — going for a jog with Timothy Archibald
- The straight dope from Jay Watson on being a versatile photographer — part I & part II
The Photobook: A History
May 9, 2008 – 7:47 am
What is my name? — by Joe Reifer
I was thinking about taking the Photographic Book Publishing workshop taught by Darius Himes this Summer, but the timing isn’t going to work out. Darius has an interesting blog, which lead me to his article Who Cares About Books? I’d read another article by Darius in photo-eye magazine that referenced Martin Parr and Gerry Badger’s The Photobook: A History, Vol. 1
Two things. Thank you Darius! And why didn’t someone tell me about this book before? The Photobook is a veritable Rosetta Stone of photography book designs. I can’t imagine making my own photo book without having read it. I’m going to pick up The Photobook: A History, Vol. 2
Photo Books: How Many Images?
May 5, 2008 – 8:13 pm
I’ve been thinking about putting together a self published night photography book to use as a portfolio and to sell in conjunction with a print offer. One important question that I’ve struggled with is how many images are ideal for a fine art photography book? 20 to 30 prints seems right for a portfolio, and 50-60 images sounded like a good number for a book.
To stimulate some more thinking on the matter, I pulled 10 great photography books from the shelf, and took some notes. I was also interested in the layout, written material, and physical dimensions. But the main purpose was to pick 10 photo books I really dig, and see how many images are included:
- Open Range and Parking Lots
- Suburbia
- Lost America / Troy Paiva. About 125 photos. Most on facing pages. Stan Ridgway forward, author essays interspersed in chapters. 9″ square
- Slide Show
- The Americans
- Bravo 20
- Occupied Territory
- American Prospects
- Gone: Photographs of Abandonment on the High Plains
- William Eggleston’s Guide
Want to help with the research? Go to your bookshelves, pull out one of your favorites, and let me know the title and how many images are included. Thanks!
Pinhole, Bacon, Urbex, Restraint, Pinball, Rock!
May 1, 2008 – 9:26 pm
Downtown SF (pinhole) — by Richard Sintchak
- Tim Connor’s article on Flickr & Style (via Musings) is more interesting and on point than the New York Times Magazine article it responds to.
- Heather Morton, Ask an Art Buyer, on self promotion (via The Business of Photography)
- 50 ways to use bacon (including the stunning new condiment, Bacon Salt)
- 16 abandoned and decaying hotels (via Andy Frazer)
- Tony Fouhse on the barriers of shooting 4×5. I happened to read Tony’s post after watching a documentary film about Matthew Barney called No Restraint
- Speaking of modern geniuses, here’s a short interview with author Steve Erickson, one of the most important, underrated fiction writers of our age.
- Pinball rules! (via painter Dan Fontes)
- Rant of the week goes to Nicolai at Photon Detector for Lomographic Society continues to suck
- Krautrock meets free jazz/improv/skronk in the music of Oakland’s Oaxacan
Wildrose Charcoal Kilns, Death Valley
April 28, 2008 – 7:28 am
Wildrose Charcoal Kilns, Death Valley — by Joe Reifer
Death Valley dune sunset
April 24, 2008 – 9:07 pm
Death Valley dune sunset — by Joe Reifer
I’m smashing the soapbox and pressing the eject for awhile.
Maybe I’ll see some of you out there in the real world taking photos.
Angel’s Ladies
April 22, 2008 – 2:19 pm
Angel’s Ladies — by Joe Reifer
12 bedroom, 7 bath roadside property for sale, just North of Beatty, NV
Belmont silver cyanide mill
April 19, 2008 – 10:07 am
Belmont, a 500-ton silver cyanide mill that operated between 1913-1923.
Dates of operation on the Plymouth are unknown.
Lenswork, Pinhole, 1DS III, Releases, Eastman, Mauritania, BMX
April 14, 2008 – 8:44 pm
Make a note of it — by Joe Reifer
- Just when I was getting burnt on Lenswork, issue #75 arrived featuring Bill Jay’s great portraits and stories about famous photographers, and Larry G. Blackwood somehow making beautiful images of the often cliche´ subject of grain elevators. Only those of you who get the extended version on DVD will get the bonus goods though: fantastic panoramic black and white night photos from Chris Faust’s book Nocturnes
- World Wide Pinhole Day is coming up on Sunday, April 27th — Rayko Photo Center in San Francisco will be hosting free rides on the Bus Obscura “… a passenger bus converted to a multiple aperture camera obscura using a rear projection technique that allows the individual images to flow into one another. As the bus moves down the street a 360 degree animated panorama is created inside.”
- Dan Heller talks about situations where you need a model release for editorial image usage.
- Some interesting ruminations on the tricky question, Canon 1DS Mark III vs. medium format digital over on Pebble Place. There’s also an excellent compatibility chart for using Contax lenses on Canon EOS cameras.
- George Eastman House now has some amazing prints for sale at affordable prices. Featured photographers include Alfred Stieglitz, Lewis Hine, Julia Margaret Cameron, and Nickolas Muray.
- My friend Derek sent me an article about some amazing music from Mauritania.
- Arising out of Amy Stein’s new photographers who rode BMX project, comes the raddest photo of the week of Aaron Hobson and family.
