| Vol.
I, No. 4 |
January
Thaw |
Jan.
19th, 2001 |
Links to Arts & Craft On-Line
Photography Sites
The amount of info on the web is enormous, as
anyone who's ever tried to run a search can attest to. And, to put it all
in context, best estimates say that only a fraction, maybe 20 - 40 % of what's
out there is actually making its way to the search engines.
Well ...
Here at DownStreet, we'd like to try to help. So
each issue, we post a few links in Arts & Craft to sites that might interest
you. Sometimes the links will be related to one another ...
sometimes we'll just offer up a somewhat random sampling. Sometimes
they're about Vermont sites, sometimes not. In either case,
we think we might be able to help you find the kind of site you've been looking
for.
Of course, while we can't vouch for the fact that every link
we provide will be of interest to everyone, we do our best to filter out the
noise and the bustle. ...
We hope you enjoy the following sites as much as we do.
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Links to Photography Sites On-Line
As a companion to this month's feature -- Imagine
This, The Photography of Edward R. Buxton -- DownStreet's Links to Arts &
Craft on-line offers these sites devoted to photography. We also urge you
to visit ImageWorks,
Buxton's web site, for additional images and details about his work.
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The Ansel Adams Gallery
Adams is one of Ted Buxton's favorite
photographers. This site, which is primarily devoted
to selling reproductions of Adams' work in posters,
notecards, etc., is nonetheless a reasonably quick,
solidly informative, and thorough site. ...
From the main page, in addition to the stuff for sale,
there are links to an Ansel Adams Biography, Original
Photographs {by other photographers in the Adams
tradition}, Locations at which to view the work {Yosemite,
Monterey, and the recently restored Mono Lake facility},
Exhibit Schedules, and more. There is also a comprehensive
listing of the 2001 workshops available, including
"An Introduction to Platinum Printing" {which is
already filled}, "Meeting the Landscape on Its Own
Terms," "Introduction to Superlarge Format
Photography," "The Black and White Creative
Process," "The Large Format Photography
Workshop." Workshops begin next month and run
through early December. Unfortunately, even if
understandably, the view of Adams' images is limited to
the repro's associated with the merchandise
Nonetheless, if you appreciate Ansel Adams, and more still
if you're not already familiar with his work, this site is a
must see.
Rating: **** [4 stars]
Masters of Photography
If you're interested in the history of
photography and want to see plenty of images to boot,
then this is the site to visit. ...
Care to see a brief sampling of whose images are
here? How's about Ansel Adams, Alvarez, Bravo,
Arbus, Atget, Brandt, Brassaļ, Cunningham, Eggleston,
Evans, Friedlander, Hine, Klein, Koudelka, Lange,
Lartigue, Mapplethorpe, Modotti, Muybridge, Outerbridge,
Porter, Riis, Rodchenko, Salgado, Steichen, Stieglitz,
Strand, Talbot, Weston, White, and Winogrand!?!
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These sites are absolutely worth a look.
Rating: ****1/2 [4-1/2 stars]
KODAK:
Taking Great Pictures
Eastman-Kodak has long been synonymous
with American photography. This site shows
something of why Kodak may still lay claim. ...
If you're already an accomplished photographer, you may
not find anything new under the sun here. But if
you're like most, you can probably learn a thing or a
dozen to help rid yourself of some of those annoying
problems that keep popping up in your pix. From
the main page, there are links to a Guide to Better
Pictures {including info on Top 10 Techniques; Choosing
Film; Lenses, Filters & Attachments; Lighting
Exposure; Flash Photography; Close-ups; Composition;
Camera Care & Handling; Special Situations &
Subjects; Remedies for Problem Pictures; Film Developing
& Much More; and a Glossary of Photographic
Terms}. There's also a special section devoted to
Preserving Family Albums, as well as several on-line
tutorials, including the Language of Light, Beginning
Composition, and Teaching Basic Darkroom
Techniques. Finally, under Additional Resources,
you'll also find a comprehensive listing of Kodak
publications, as well as lots of useful info on digital
photography under the heading of "Doing More with
Your Pictures."
We've come a long way from the Kodak Brownie. And
Kodak's site has come a long way from when we first
visited a few years back
Rating: ****1/2 [4-1/2 stars]
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If you know of any links that you think are
worthwhile, why not send them along to ...
links@downstreetmagazine.com
...
If we agree, we'll be happy to include them
in an upcoming issue to pass the word along. ...
Thanks.
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