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Thoughts About Photography


Update your bookmarks and RSS feeds!November 19 2008
The redesign of Found Photography has launched and that requires me to do some maintenance and ask you to update your links. All you really need to know is to update your rss feed to this: [http://www.foundphotography.com/feed/](http://www.foundphotography.com/feed/) and you can continue to follow this blog here: [www.foundphotography.com](http://www.foundphotography.com/) As added motivation to check out the new site design, I have a free copy of Tom Ang's new book, Fundamentals of Photography to give away. [Click here to read my review of the book and add a comment to be entered to win the book!](http://www.foundphotography.com/2008/11/book-giveaway-fundamentals-of-photography-by-tom-ang/) Oh, and in case you were wondering, I am keeping [an archive of this site](http://www.foundphotography.com/index_archive.html) live for a while, just to maintain my visibility to Google, but this is the last post I will make at the /photothoughts address.
The Future of Found PhotographyNovember 9 2008
Canon_g10.jpgpanasonic_LX3.jpg I have a birthday and Christmas coming up so I have been saving my pennies to purchase a new camera. Believe it or not, I actually have my eye on a digital camera, not an antique. My old Nikon just doesn't do the trick anymore. I have enough giant SLR's in my collection so I want a small point-and-shoot that also has gives me plenty of manual control. I have narrowed it down to the new Canon Powershot G10 and the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3. If you have a recommendation or preference between those two please add your thoughts in the comments.
The World's Largest Camera?October 6 2008
I really enjoyed this YouTube clip showing a really large camera. He has it on a trailer that he can pull from location to location. Yes, I am already trying to figure out if I could build one myself. Enjoy...
The Lomo: Perfection is OverratedAugust 11 2008
I can think of nothing more boring than a photo that looks exactly like I planned. Some photographers have the ability to perfectly craft a photo by manipulating an environment until things fall into beautiful alignment. I definitely respect that, but I have no wish to work that way. For me the beauty is in the chaos, not the organization. Lucky for me I don't have to make a living from working that way because leaving a photo to chance is literally a shot in the dark. You point your film in the direction of something interesting and hope for the best. That mentality puts me in the company of the Lomography fans. Here is a video documenting the rise of the Lomo camera:
For the Love of FilmJuly 27 2008
In preparation for my camping trip last week I stopped at Sam's Club to stock up on 35mm film. Not finding the film aisle, I asked the person at the photo counter. My suspicions were confirmed when he explained that two weeks earlier Sam's stopped stocking 35mm film. My heart sank. I know that eventually digital will completely replace film. It's just a matter of time. I have nothing against digital, and I would actually love to have a really nice digital camera. Still, it is sad to see the decline of film. I was reminded how much I love film this week as I watched a slideshow of family photos. The slides were projected onto a white sheet taped to the side of a cabin. The colors were so warm and the photos were so beautiful. The aged slides were a living document, showing the effects of time. The dust, the color shifts, the less than perfect exposures, the scratches, all the imperfections made the images more than just pictures. These were actual artifacts of something real. I think that is what is really lost with the transition to digital. When you look at your digital pictures in 50 years they will look exactly the same - pixel for pixel - as the day you took the picture.