Koudelka’s thoughts on color photography

I recently started reading Josef Koudelka’s Diaries and noticed several notes on why he does not and should not take color photographs. I don’t take color photographs—because to take good color is harder than …

Eskenazi’s boxes

I’m listening to Jason Eskenazi discuss his approach to photography on Paulie B’s YouTube series Walkie Talkie. Eskenazi describes having several projects that unfold over many years. Within each project, …

Learning from your failed shots

I’m watching Tatiana Hopper's YouTube video, Why Your Bad Photos Are Actually Important, where she makes the case that taking time to examine my photographs can help me grow as a photographer. What connects all of …

Photographs can transcend original intentions and motivations

I am reading How I Take Photographs by Daido Moriyama and in contradiction with his previously noted statement that I should have an idea of what I want to capture, he states that I (the photographer) will …

Bir hayal yakalayabilmek için bakmaktaydım

Sait Faik Abasıyanık’ın Semaver adlı kitabını okuyorum. Şehri Unutan Adam adlı hikayesinde şöyle bir paragraf dikkatimi çekti. Akşam oluyordu. Köşe başındaki tütüncüye uğradım. Güneş, satılmamış edebiyat …

What do you want to capture

I am reading How I Take Photographs by Daido Moriyama, and he says something that I myself am not sure how to answer. Emphasis mine: I see so many young people—I guess they’re photography students—with cameras in …

Pleasure in looking

I am watching a YouTube video about how Monet chased an "envelope". I haven’t heard this word used in this context before. Brian T. Martin, the creator of the video, describes it as the air, the light, or the …