by Kim Ort | Feb 6, 2014 | Abstraction, Contemplation, Inspiration, Lines, People
Donning our cranky costumes of logic and cause-and-effect, we may flatly deny it. But this planet, our home, is all about roundness and things coming round. Some parts of cities are too rectangular and solid. Young men go to these places and put the curves back...
by Kim Ort | Oct 15, 2013 | Abstraction, Attention, Contemplation, Going Abstract, Lines
Abstract photography is about eliminating any recognizable or literal aspects of a subject and instead, isolating within the frame colour, lines, shapes, and curves. In writing and planning my workshop, Going Abstract, I learned some things about myself. One is that...
by Kim Ort | Mar 6, 2012 | Books, Lines, Photography, Space, The Practice of Contemplative Photography
Chapter 15 of The Practice of Contemplative Photography,(paid link), by Andy Karr and Michael Wood, continues with the technical requirements for forming the equivalent of what you saw. This chapter explores shutter speed, ISO settings, exposure, and white balance...