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Clarifying use of the camera

5/11/2014

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I don't really use the camera for "photography".  
To clarify, here is a list of  conceptual frameworks I use it that makes it into "artogrpahy" or "lightography".

- Drawing with light.  A photographer shared this idea with me.  I would say that I primarily use this approach.  I see and use the images in the same way I see drawings.  

- The lines in the objects are treated as if I drew them.  Photographers frame the shot and are often going for something specific having to do with the image in the lens.  I see all of the components of the drawing(photo) as manipulable.  I have no interest in the object as a photo.  I am interested in all of the aspects of the drawing I see.  I can turn it, color it, delete parts of it, etc.   I may look nothing like what came through the lens.

- Manipulate results to fit a drawing that is evolving. Photographers manipulate camera settings to affect the result.  Generally, they appreciate photographs for deft manipulation of the mechanism.  I don't "use" it as such.  
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When is a photograph not a photograph?

1/30/2014

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I see the objects in the photos I collect in the same way I see the pieces of cut paper I use in the "structures" series(the photo is like a bunch of pieces of paper sitting on my desk before they are assembled).   I wouldn't call it editing or cropping when I adjust one of these "collections".  Conceptually I am in the same place as when I am clipping and placing a piece of paper.  Conceptually, I am in a place where I am  "collecting" light .  A place where the placements of objects is bringing shape to light.  The thing I use to collect the light is more like a bucket or a butterfly net.  Objects are not seen for their photographic quality, or clarity.  If the object came out is blurry, its visual effect is assessed after and not before...   I am not trying to take a good photo because I may cut only pieces out of the pile.

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    Sharing some of my approaches to making the pieces you see on the site.  thanks for reading.

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