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fair use, photography, painting
As a painter who sometimes uses photographs as reference and who sometimes photographs things, I'm wondering what exactly Fairey might be infringing upon, if he is infringing. My fuzzy understanding of the law says that public figures such as politicians or celebrities don't really have a say in how their likeness is recorded or used. Since this ...
Posted to Politics by tannerda on October 22, 2009
In a knee-jerk way, I was going to agree with you...
But then, I thought on it, and figured these sorts of arguments were probably made when cameras were first invented...who could think of photography as art when there are media of oil, pastels, and ink, etc? Photographers have been manipulating their images since photography became a media...trickery, chemicals, special lenses, special filters, ...
Posted to Best of the Fray by catnapping on June 22, 2009
What is the West?
The West is a place, an idea, and a way of looking at life. Just spend a little time reading Willa Cather ( I know she is a romantic to some, but there was very little romantic about trying to stay alive out here) Everyone who is native to the area knows that the beauty, which there is a lot of' is only part of it. Our history includes relatives ...
Posted to Art by DKR on May 7, 2009
Old Postcards
I love old postcards, the funkier the better. I've got some from New Orleans in the twenties that I truly treasure. The exhibit looks incredibly cool. The old stamps really rock, too.
Posted to Art by judyinboston on March 4, 2009
Photosynth SUCKS! Here's a REAL inauguration zoom mosiac!
This is AWFUL software! You can only zoom in to the center of the image, you can't pan sideways, you can't zoom in very far, and the resolution is horrible. HERE'S the inauguration in a Gigapixel, zoomable mosaic the way it should be done. It will knock your socks off and you'll never mention photosynth again. Characteristically, Microsoft is ...
Posted to Technology by FayeKane on January 28, 2009
Catholic Schools
So, what are we to take away from this slide show? That once - a long time ago - nuns in head to toe habits educated a bunch of ragamuffins. Today, the ragamuffins still go to Catholic schools, but judging from the photos, nobody is teaching them. They just stand there praying or looking prayerful, and somehow stuff just pops into their ...
Posted to Today's Pictures by dgbx on January 24, 2009
Re: Blogging
A buddy and I talked about blogging on the way to lunch the other day. We decided that there are some folks set up a blog and have no clue about writing or graphics. Their writing tends to be one long run-on sentence and they wouldn't know a paragraph if it bit 'em. After about two postings, they run out of steam never to be heard from again. The ...
Posted to Technology by ksteinhoff on December 19, 2008
Re: Blogging
Robert, First, let me compliment you on a nice, clean-looking blog. In answer to your questions about the creative side of blogging and how bloggers see the world, let me give you my perspective. In the late 60s, I worked for a newspaper where I had to shoot five photo essays a week. My goal was to shoot pictures of ordinary people doing ...
Posted to Technology by ksteinhoff on December 19, 2008
Rocketlife.com
This is the fastest and easiest site I have used. I downloaded 862 pictures in 30 seconds and made 5 books....This is blew everything I have used before out of the water. SN
Posted to Shopping by SteveNewman on August 14, 2008
Reading Online
All the bells and whistles along with the candy spots do not cause one to read. There one may pause but for a second in the blah, and then move on for content. News, views, and adds do not sell themselves. What they need is the story. People need people as much as the dawn needs day and in the night the words that touch the world touch all. ...
Posted to The Browser by Stephen Craig Rowe on June 23, 2008

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