Why do you make photographs?

[Alan Edward Klein]

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It's hard to see- they're tiny in size. What makes a Zen moment and photo?

 

[cliveh]

It's hard to see- they're tiny in size. What makes a Zen moment and photo?

What makes a Zen moment and photo?

Well, the camera makes the photo. But to try and answer what makes a zen moment would be flippant of me to try and do this in this thread. I would suggest you read “ZEN in the art of archery” by Eugen Herrigel.

 

[Kilgallb]

Interesting. My PhD adviser told me the same thing, in almost the exact words but he was talking about Math.

At the PhD level, math is art.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

What makes a Zen moment and photo?

Well, the camera makes the photo. But to try and answer what makes a zen moment would be flippant of me to try and do this in this thread. I would suggest you read “ZEN in the art of archery” by Eugen Herrigel.

Do I have to read a whole book? Can't you sum it up in a short sentence or two?

 

[Sirius Glass]

What makes a Zen moment and photo?

Well, the camera makes the photo. But to try and answer what makes a zen moment would be flippant of me to try and do this in this thread. I would suggest you read “ZEN in the art of archery” by Eugen Herrigel.

What is Zen? I want to know and I want to know now!

 

[MattKing]

What is Zen? I want to know and I want to know now!

Moderator says to himself "Resist the temptation, resist the temptation, resist ....."

 

[Sirius Glass]

Moderator says to himself "Resist the temptation, resist the temptation, resist ....."

Any why you want to start controlling your responses now?

 

[Don Heisz]

Do I have to read a whole book? Can't you sum it up in a short sentence or two?

 

[BrianShaw]

At the PhD level, math is art.

And at the PhD level, music is math.

I'm sure someone here is smart enough to draw a Zen diagram of those facts.

 

[Don Heisz]

@BrianShaw -- did you get some photos shared on Instagram by one of Kodak's accounts? Or is that another BrianShaw? (There are definitely at least 5000 people named Brian Shaw in the world - I met at least one...)

I know. nothing to do with Zen or Venn diagrams....

 

[BrianShaw]

@BrianShaw -- did you get some photos shared on Instagram by one of Kodak's accounts? Or is that another BrianShaw? (There are definitely at least 5000 people named Brian Shaw in the world - I met at least one...)

I know. nothing to do with Zen or Venn diagrams....

I could be anybody or anything I want to be!

Brian Shaw (strongman) - Wikipedia

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Brian Shaw - Wikipedia

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... or I could be deceased and haven't noticed yet.

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[Don Heisz]

I could be anybody or anything I want to be!

Brian Shaw (strongman) - Wikipedia

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Brian Shaw - Wikipedia

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... or I could be deceased and haven't noticed yet.

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At least you're not this one:

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DULUTH, Minn. — On Monday, Brian Ross Shaw was sentenced to 16.5 years for the murder of Kevin John Weiss. St. Louis County prosecutors say Shaw shot at killed Weiss outside of a home in Gary-New Duluth four years ago in December of 2018. The men grew up knowing each other, but tensions became...

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[Sirius Glass]

At least you're not this one:

Man Sentenced To 16.5 Years In Prison For 2018 Murder - Fox21Online

DULUTH, Minn. — On Monday, Brian Ross Shaw was sentenced to 16.5 years for the murder of Kevin John Weiss. St. Louis County prosecutors say Shaw shot at killed Weiss outside of a home in Gary-New Duluth four years ago in December of 2018. The men grew up knowing each other, but tensions became...

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Are you sure? To mathematical certainty?

 

[Auer]

To me photography (as art) is another form of communicating, either talking to yourself or others.

Like writing poetry or playing music. Just having something to say.

The more I do it, the less the gear matters.

Hence why I dont post here much anymore.

 

[cliveh]

To me photography (as art) is another form of communicating, either talking to yourself or others.

Like writing poetry or playing music. Just having something to say.

The more I do it, the less the gear matters.

Hence why I dont post here much anymore.

Your point of view is valid and hence you should post more often.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

To me photography (as art) is another form of communicating, either talking to yourself or others.

Like writing poetry or playing music. Just having something to say.

The more I do it, the less the gear matters.

Hence why I dont post here much anymore.

You ought to finish your linked website so we can see what you have to say.

 

[Auer]

You ought to finish your linked website so we can see what you have to say.

Oh it was finished, I just changed hosts so will have to do it over. It will be up before Monday hopefully.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

Oh it was finished, I just changed hosts so will have to do it over. It will be up before Monday hopefully.

I see you have cookies. I really don't want to be tracked so I won't look at them. Sorry.

 

[snusmumriken]

I would hope the zen moment happens as you release the shutter, not after.

It’s usually fractionally before in my case .

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

It’s usually fractionally before in my case .

What do you feel? experience?

 

[Auer]

I see you have cookies. I really don't want to be tracked so I won't look at them. Sorry.

Thats ok. But you are already tracked.

 

[VinceInMT]

Thats ok. But you are already tracked.

That’s some nice work on your site, definitely worth a look. As for the cookie issue, I am not concerned about them but as web designer/programmer, I wonder what purpose they serve on yours. Unless the user needs to sign in for something, I generally don’t use them on my sites.

 

[koraks]

I really don't want to be tracked

There's only one remedy for this and that's to entirely disconnect from the internet every device you use or that's in your home.

Besides, not all cookies are tracking cookies. I've used them a lot in the past to store session information without ever collating those data on a user basis, so only to facilitate session management on the client device.

 

[Auer]

That’s some nice work on your site, definitely worth a look. As for the cookie issue, I am not concerned about them but as web designer/programmer, I wonder what purpose they serve on yours. Unless the user needs to sign in for something, I generally don’t use them on my sites.

Thank you, its a work in progress that I started on last night.
The cookies as far as I know are not trackers but site functionalty types that are there by default from Zenfolio, my host.
I do not have the passion for creating websites from scratch anymore so there you go.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

Thats ok. But you are already tracked.

So whenever I see that statement from other sites, they're already tracking me too?