My wife and I go to museums, all kinds. Last year, we went to the Hermitage. Need a month or a year for that place. I always look at the painted images like they were photographs. Sculpture challenges me the most, because of its three dimensional quality.

But my favorite things to look at are portraits. And, you cannot do better, right now, than the Met and the John Singer Sargent show.

I only have so many shots left.

I thought I’d add that if folks want to dig into ‘pictorial’ composition a little more there is a great free book by Henry Rankin Poore… guess what the title is. Amazon has a copy but what they provide has no pictures. Manybooks.net does not have the book

Project Gutenburg does have the book with pictures that are a touch fuzzy, but adequate… this link will get you there. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26638

Of course, this is about ‘pictorial’ composition. It has taken me quite a while to realize that photography is about much more that simply ‘pictorial’… with that said, ‘pictorial’ is pretty much where my heart is.

Thanks for your great podcasts.

Enjoy! http://www.photography.ca/blog/2015/06/25/135-photographers-museums/

I’m trying to discern which of the selections were camera motion. When I select them the color might seem off, or not valid/true in that position–trying to see the meat from the gristle. If there’s Orton effect done by Orton himself I suppose it is merely his style. But when you get your style from a Photo Shop (including layering)-one has left photography and entered Gaphic Art.-Ernie Moore Jr.

As people working with what’s available, much success to the Ortons with their Graphic Arts work(s). I hope to someday see the non-composite layer, Composite Intentional Camera Motion Imagery untouched(-up) nor what’s there reapplied; to see how the photoimages compared to my handling of camera motion.-Ernie Moore Jr.

The lack of pompusness was nice. Mr. Orton seems a person who’s found joy in the experiences-what was old can be looked at again to be new and reappreciated.-Ernie Moore Jr.

Felt energized after this podcast. Just finished Group f.64 by Mary Alinder. Have read the two other books she wrote about Ansel. He was not all that kind or patient. Check out the less filtered version of the Half Dome ome shot on pages 56–58. These people helped each other all the time. Ansel was a severe critic.

lorin

Thank you, Marko and Bret.