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Friday, April 19, 2013

The Future of Your Seeing

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The looking you do today influences the future of your seeing. It hardly needs to be said that photography, as a visual medium, takes a l...
Sunday, April 7, 2013

Feel the Light

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As you come to know light you develop a 'feel' for its presence. You begin to know intuitively when light is performing, really p...
Monday, April 1, 2013

Off the Shelf

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I just finished reading a few interviews with Tod Papageorge. And I must say, though I tried to see some merit in his endless referenc...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Workshop March 23rd, 2013

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T his workshop has  SOLD OUT - 3/19/13 "The Best Light is the Available Light" - Saturday, March 23, 2013 Photogra...
Friday, February 8, 2013

Exploring Color Once Again

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My personal vision is rooted in a close up, wide perspective of contrast, values of gray and line. Every so often I venture into color phot...
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

More Basics

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  Consider the the simplicity and comfort of the familiar. Photo: ©2011 David W. Sumner
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

When Does it Become a Project? Part 2

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I never set out to shoot a "project." I never try to think of a concept that I can turn into a project. I have created only a f...
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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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