Neil Jolly on Photography
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f11 and Be There
18 Jan 2019
I wanted to expand on some of the things I mentioned in my blog Commitment. There’s a famous photojournalist idiom f8 and be there (generally attributed to Arthur Fellig). The landscape photographers version is usually altered to f11 and be there for a bit more depth of field. The implication…
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Is Photography Art?
13 Jan 2019
In my first blog post I mentioned that I would be addressing the often asked question; “Is Photography art?”. The answer, like many answers, is well that depends! I know not what you were looking for right
Let’s look at a few examples for some ideas of what I mean. We shall…
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Commitment
30 Dec 2018
To continue in the same vein as the last post I’d like to suggest that making a good photograph requires, commitment, and perseverance, to succeed. Sure there’s the odd occasion when you get lucky but more times than not luck doesn’t go your way. For example on a recent shoot I ended up…
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The Value of a Photograph
17 Dec 2018
We’ve all seen posts, or articles, out there in cyberspace, debating the value of a photograph as it pertains to art. Some say that it’s only a piece of paper, canvas, etc, how much could it possibly be worth. The purpose of this post is, not to debate whether a…