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Monday, December 17, 2012

The Bigger Picture

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I've never liked the 50mm lens. I've tried. I even own a few and put one on a camera now and then. I know, it's the 'stan...
Saturday, December 8, 2012

Workshops 2013

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“Defining Your Vision” January 12 th 2013 As a photographer, defining your personal vision is much more than finding a style. Both ...
Friday, November 23, 2012

Ever insightful Daido Moriyama

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Monday, November 19, 2012

Where Do Projects Come From?

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That's never an easy question to answer, regardless of your chosen media or your personal work style. For me projects usually come ab...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Light: The Defining Factor

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Robert Adams has said that light is the fundamental element central to our understanding of life and our response to it. As light is fundame...
Sunday, October 14, 2012

The Alternative Editor

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It's hard to edit your own work. It’s too easy to get stuck on the images you like and mistake those for your best work. That doesn’t...
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Monday, October 8, 2012

Finding the Image

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When you see a scene that appeals to you you make the photograph. But sometimes you look at the print or the image on you screen and it d...
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David W. Sumner
In 1988 David moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to begin his career in photography, taking a job as a photo researcher at Mountain Light Photography. Since then, in addition to freelancing, he has worked as a studio/darkroom assistant, print finisher and in the late 1990s was Picture Editor at StageImage. For the past several years he has focused on personal projects documenting the social context of the urban environment. He lives in Reno, Nevada with his wife, the painter, Anna Conti.
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