“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
Monday, September 02, 2013
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
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