Monthly Archives: March 2011 The Tug So here are 2 images from my youth. The first, was taken in lower Manhattan as in front of the tugboats that plied NYC harbor docking the cruise ships on the lower west side. This is one of a series my grandfather shot simply to use as modeling photos for paintings he would…  Marketers rely on their “Ps”…Product, Placement, Pricing and Promotion to communicate and motivate their audiences and photogs have theirs too…well, we do now…a new construct…that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Position Jim Richardson, a friend of Joe McNally, once said “if you want your pictures to be better, stand in front of more…  As I contemplate this somewhat self indulgent, pseudo literary journey in “edutainment” we call blogging and the vast, unexpectedly intimidating white space in front of me I find myself drawn to the simplicity of what has been the single most important tool used by every visual artist since the earth cooled. Composition is our visual… |
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