New Photo Portfolio

My new photography portfolio is up and running. Check it out at: photography.chuckkirchner.com.

How Travel Has Changed

Check out these two websites:
http://news.travel.aol.com/2011/03/01/travel-then-and-now-through-photos/
and
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/travel-tips-and-articles/76543?affil=lpemail.

The AOL site shows side by side photographs of how travel has changed over the decades.  The Lonely Planet page describes more recent changes in how we research trips.  Both are insightful and worth a gander.

Keep it Simple

I came across a great quote in a book I've just started entitled "Visual Poetry" by Chris Orwig.  "The trick of great poems and photographs is to tell just enough."  Keep the photo simple, minimize extraneous elements.  I'm reminded of a sketch by Pablo Picasso that is made up of 4 lines yet makes its subject very clear.  http://www.art.com/products/p10290468-sa-i724882/pablo-picasso-femme.htm?sorig=cat&sorigid=0&dimvals=5000016&ui=ecb7b2a7f81544fcb44931ec0686438a.  Boil your subject down to its most basic elements; try to exclude extraneous elements, and your photos will be stronger for it.

A Quote from Ansel

"A good photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels."  Oh, so true!