Archive of 2006 February

Finished vs complete

February 07, 2006  :  On Art and Artists      
I often think back to an exercise that a philosophy professor gave us back in college. We were given a sheet of newsprint and a piece of charcoal and told to "make a mark on the paper". After some perplexed looks, we all ... Read More

Sharpening is like salt

February 08, 2006  :  Photography      
I was just reading a photography forum where someone asked about sharpening: if you should do it when you convert the raw file, before your print, or both. To answer, I came up with this metaphor: sharpening is like salt in cooking. You should add ... Read More

Jackson’s first digital drawing

February 13, 2006  :  family      
Jackson, who's 20 months old, often visits me in my studio during the day. Usually it is to play with my spinning chairs, or crawl under the shooting table. Lately, he's loved sitting on my lap and playing with the various pens and pencils I ... Read More

The process of seeing

February 25, 2006  :  On Art and Artists, Photography      
In an article about how infants learn to see, the Cognitive Daily recently gave a good description of the process of sight: "When we perceive the world visually, we're not just passively 'seeing' what's there, we're constantly determining where one object ends and the next ... Read More