“The great geniuses are those who have kept their childlike spirit and have added to it breadth of vision and experience.”
– Alfred Stieglitz
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Friday, December 27, 2013
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Monday, December 09, 2013
Monday, December 02, 2013
Sunday, December 01, 2013
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Vivian Maier
Sometimes photography surfaces from the most unique places. Vivian Maier was a nanny by profession but her secret passion was photography. Her photography has been hidden for years until it surfaced when someone bought the negatives and was gobsmacked by what he unearthed. The images are unbelievable street photography and her story is fascinating. You can find more about her and her photography at these websites: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/11/26/vivian-maier-self-portraits-book/ and also http://www.vivianmaier.com/
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Quote Dujour
“I would never choose a subject for what it means to me. I choose a subject and then what I feel about it, what it means, begins to unfold.”
– Diane Arbus
– Diane Arbus
Saturday, November 09, 2013
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Friday, October 25, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
Quote DuJour
" The act of filming is an act of friendship, and seeing a film is making friends with people on the screen"
- Albert Maysles
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Quote DuJour
"You can not change the direction of the wind. Instead adjust your sails."
-source unkown
Tuesday, October 08, 2013
Thursday, October 03, 2013
Quote DuJour
" I don't think about art when I'm working.
I try to think about life"
-Jean-Michel Basquiat
Friday, September 27, 2013
Friday, September 20, 2013
Quote DuJour
“The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.”
– Henri Cartier-Bresson
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Quote DuJour
"A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper"
-E.B. White
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Sunday, September 08, 2013
Quote DuJour
"Inspiration is for amateurs – the rest of us just show up and get to work"
- Chuck Close
Friday, September 06, 2013
Quote DuJour
"The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death"
- Steven Pressman The War Of Art
Thursday, September 05, 2013
Wednesday, September 04, 2013
Tuesday, September 03, 2013
Monday, September 02, 2013
Quote DuJour
“I would say to any artist: ‘Don’t be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all the better.”
– Edward Weston
– Edward Weston
Sunday, September 01, 2013
Ode to the Blackwing 602
While thumbing through a past issue of The Hollywood Reporter (it's a fun read) I came across an article about a Hollywood obsession for a pencil. It seems that a certain pencil, the Blackwing 602, was the pencil of choice for screenwriters, animators composers and illustrators. No longer made, this pencil seems to be The Holy Grail for some. Though no longer made a knock-off of the original is now made, the Palomino Blackwing 602.
Creatives have always had their lucky charms or muses, it seems for some, it was the Blackwing 602. For a fun read I recommend you go to The Hollywood Reporter site and read this well written article Why Is Hollywood Obsessed With This Pencil.
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Street True Colors
© Neil Schierstedt All Rights Reserved
"But I see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful,
Like a rainbow"
-Cyndi Lauper
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Quote DuJour
"A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong."
- Orson Welles
- Orson Welles
Monday, July 15, 2013
Thursday, July 04, 2013
Tuesday, July 02, 2013
Life
Image © Neil Schierstedt All Rights Reserved
"From Which I Came / A Magic World"
Ten pounds and a head of hair
Came into without a care
What they thought were cries
Were little laughs
Only looking forward and moving fast
The little bundle had arrived
And i was happy to be alive
In a magic world
Long days and dreaming nights
Wide eyes take in all the sights
A little wonder goes a long, long way
Learning where to go and what to say
Say hello to your new son
Well he sure is having fun
In a magic world
Every moment's built to last
When you're living without a past
In a magic world
-Lyrics from the Eels song
Friday, June 21, 2013
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Quote DuJour
"The moment a man begins
to talk about technique,
that's proof
he is fresh out of ideas"
author Raymond Chandler
Monday, April 29, 2013
Quote DuJour
"When the only tool you have is a hammer,
every problem begins to resemble a nail"
-Abraham Maslow
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Quote DuJour
"The contemplation of things as they are,
without error or confusion,
without substitution or imposture,
is in itself a nobler thing
than a whole harvest of invention"
-Francis Bacon
(posted on photographer
Dorthea Lange's darkroom door)
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Friday, March 29, 2013
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Quote DuJour
"….the limitations of photography
are in yourself, for what we see
is only what we are."
-Ernst Haas
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Quote DuJour
"The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera"
-Dorothea Lange
Friday, March 22, 2013
UGH! Adobe Lightroom
I love working with Adobe Lightroom. What I don't like is it's book creation module. Blurb is a good publisher but I would like more publishing resources. The ability to port the book to other resources like Mpix and others. A little competition would be nice. Come on Adobe lets open this up a bit!
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Friday, March 15, 2013
Quote DuJour
"The hallmark of not having a clue
is thinking you have it
all figured out"
-Joan Schierstedt
Friday, March 01, 2013
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Quote DuJour
"You don't live for photography,
you make photographs
because it fills you with life.
-Henri Cartier-Bresson
Friday, February 22, 2013
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Quote DuJour
"Hold to the now, the here,
through which all future
plunges to the past…"
-James Joyce
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Quote DuJour
Your work is to discover
your world
your world
and then with all your heart
give yourself to it.
-Buddha
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Monday, February 04, 2013
Friday, February 01, 2013
Ink Drops In Ultra HD
You have to watch this video. The color is so rich and the slow-motion in HD is assume!
Watch it here
Watch it here
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Into The Wild
Image © Neil Schierstedt All Rights Reserved
"Somebody left the gate open
You know we got lost on the way
Come save us a runaway train
Goin insane?"
-LP-
You know we got lost on the way
Come save us a runaway train
Goin insane?"
-LP-
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Monday, January 14, 2013
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Sunday, January 06, 2013
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
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