Valencia Street, San Francisco, California.
©2013 David W. Sumner
Friday, June 28, 2013
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
A Daily Dose: June 26, 2013
A store front on Valencia Street, San Francisco, California.
©2013 David W. Sumner
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
A Daily Dose: June 25, 2013
This image is from a project I've been working on for most of this year. Its working title is, "Through the Bus Window."
I've spent the last 22 years living in San Francisco without a car. I ride the streetcars and buses where ever I need to go. There's a lot to see out the windows of the buses and streetcars.
I realized this year that mostly what I see through the windows of the public transit vehicles is a population of individuals who go about their daily lives, moving through the streets, going from place to place, expending great amounts of energy to keep themselves and their families sheltered and clothed and fed. They work, they shop, they care for their kids and their elders. They're on the streets, in the buses and streetcars, taking care of business. They are the working class. They are the glue that holds our society together.
The next time you ride a bus take a look and let me know what you see.
Photo: ©2013 David W. Sumner
Saturday, June 22, 2013
A Daily Dose: June 22, 2013
Market & Front streets, San Francisco, California.
©2013 David W. Sumner
http://photographynewsnotes.blogspot.com/2013/06/2013-summer-workshop.html
Monday, June 17, 2013
A Daily Dose: June 17, 2013
Bus stop on Market Street, San Francisco, California.
©2013 David W. Sumner
Saturday, June 15, 2013
A Daily Dose: June 15, 2013
Entrance to the Metro, Market Street, San Francisco, California.
©2013 David W. Sumner
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Monday, June 10, 2013
Sunday, June 9, 2013
A Daily Dose: June 9, 2013
Post Street near Montgomery, San Francisco, California.
©2013 David W. Sumner
Saturday, June 8, 2013
A Daily Dose: June 8, 2013
Stockton & Post streets, San Francisco, California.
©2013 David W. Sumner
Friday, June 7, 2013
A Daily Dose: June 7, 2013
052813B-35: Post & Stockton, Union Square, San Francisco, California
©2013 David W. Sumner
Here's one of those images that you never see coming. It wasn't until I scanned this neg and was spotting it that I realized the two figures dead center were near doubles of two very famous photographers.
Of course, a second look and I knew the resemblance was minor, but it's enough for a double take and enough to make me wonder if I experienced some subconscious moment in which I thought, "There they are, snap the shutter now!"
I think those subconscious moments happen often. It's the intuition a photographer develops after long years of practice. It's being instinctively aware of important elements coming together without actually looking at them and understanding the timing of the movement and knowing when to come into it, sensing that split second and adding your "click" to the concerto.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
A Daily Dose: June 6, 2013
Store window, Post Street, San Francisco, California.
©2013 David W. Sumner
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Monday, June 3, 2013
Sunday, June 2, 2013
2013 Summer Workshop
Creating Order out of Chaos
This workshop has been postponed until August. Watch for a new date to be posted in July.
David's 2013 Summer workshop concentrates on the most fundamental aspect of picture making - composition.
"Ultimately the composition of a photograph depends upon a series of complex decisions made by the photographer often in a fraction of a second." - DWS
Having guided students through the initial steps toward defining one's personal vision and the process of identifying and understanding the fundamental nature of light, David will now focus those lessons on the creating of dynamic and powerful compositions.
This June 29th workshop will explore the classic rules of composition and demonstrate why those rules can be and are so often broken.
David will take participants through the process of defining essential elements such as line, form and tonal value as well as the concepts of visual tension, negative space and balance and how all of these work together to create a visual harmony resulting in a dynamic image successfully expressing the photographer's vision.
Other topics discussed in the course of this workshop will include :
color vs. black & white
exposure
lens attributes
post processing/printing
Date: Saturday, June 29th, 11:00am - 5:00pm
Fee: $70.00
Location: San Francisco Financial District (Meet on the bottom floor of the Crocker Galleria on Post St. at Montgomery, at 11:00am)
SCHEDULE
Instruction & discussion: 11:00 - 12:00
Gallery visit: 12:15 - 1:30
Break: 1:30 - 2:00
Photographing & problem solving: 2:00 - 4:00
Discussion & wrap up: 4:00 - 5:00
Be sure to bring a camera: digital, film, SLR or point & shoot and some sort of note taking device. (Pack a lunch for the break or there are limited options for lunch in the Financial District on Saturdays.)
To register email David at: dave@bigcrow.com
Saturday, June 1, 2013
A Daily Dose: 6.1.13
Pacific Park, Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, California.
©2013 David W. Sumner
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