Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

Sorry to disappoint, the One A Day continues. If this does not sit well with you then I will understand and so may I offer 'Happy Trails', 1969*
*Quick Silver Messenger Service: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi0e7brHdMQ

So, that said in sculpture the key is to understand 'The Givens'. In photography there are also this concept of The Givens. The first given seems to be TIME and from there one evolves the concept or idea(s). One of the seminal constructs for photography is motion. This is the single most misunderstood aspects of photography. The single most unique property that photography possesses in the plastic arts is this 'thing' called motion. Motion is a direct function of the prime given of photography, TIME.

So motion is one of the primary facets or constructs that is unique to this thing called photography.

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AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

Thanks for the lecture in aesthetics. How about a series on "The Trite", "The Mundane", and "The Cluttered and Poorly Composed"?

Honestly Timmers, with your background you ought to be capable of so much more. But your figure photos don't reflect this, often verging on the "Look, I got chicks to get nekkid for me!" I keep hoping for more.

Andy

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Oh for God sakes. If there can’t be an end to this, can we at least hope for proper exposure, focus, lighting and maybe culling down to 1 or 2 shots per post? I am truly sorry to be so negative, but after hundreds of these, I have to agree with Andy.

JohnFrim Loc: Somewhere in the Great White North.

I'm not completely sure, but I have this nagging feeling that there is a setting on most cameras for shutter speed. I am pretty sure it is used to stop motion -- either camera or subject movement -- to essentially freeze a moment in TIME and give clean clear images.

I think I have also heard that sometimes -- when appropriate and applied correctly and carefully -- one can intentionally blur an image to emphasize motion.

I see failure of both concepts in Offering #101. Maybe it's time for Timmers to take a refresher course, like Photography 101.

Sorry for being facetious, Tim. I have tried to remain silent for several days now (apart from a few recent accolades), but these exceeded my threshold.

PaulG Loc: Western Australia

Your remark, "With your background" is very generous. Extremely bloody generous..... What background?

PaulG Loc: Western Australia

Seriously... this is appalling photography! And the text? Perhaps I need to be on something (maybe what you're on). I think the charade has persisted long enough. My one-eyed hamster could do better. I'm not being rude but I have personally enquired of you numerous times what is the thought/story behind your posts but have yet to receive a perceptible answer. We all have different levels of competency for whatever reason (which is fine) but this is getting beyond a joke. I don't know how you can post this sort of stuff without questioning its validity. There is clearly not the remotest connection to art/composition/creativity or any hint of photographic intellect. Sorry to sound blunt but with "one in a day five million" or whatever your posts are up to now, you should surely have improved by now.

JRFINN Loc: Plymouth, MA

You've seen one you've seen them all. Same old stuff different day.

Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana

Totally true, as is everything else posted so far.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

All the above.

bbrowner Loc: Chapel Hill, NC

There must be some photography classes in the San Antonio area that you could attend and, perhaps, benefit from!

ecblackiii Loc: Maryland

AMEN!!!!!!

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

Oh you guys are so vary much fun. San Antonio has some 6 junior collages, five universities with BFA programs, and three MFA programs in photography. Two 'schools' in practical and commercial photography and the Southwest Art School that has a full wet and digital photography program. Not only have I taught photography at most of these programs I was the chairman of the department of photography for 14 years at what is now The Southwest School of Art. The current chair there has had me in to do end of the semester critiques of the student's work.

But this is all boring and has nothing to do with my photography. I look forward to the od worn out trite expression so I will go ahead and quote it for you, "Those who can't do, they teach." Lets see where this counter goes, the counter posts and all that jazz.

Here is a tiny heads up, a persona like Arnold Newman asked me to sit for my portrait, that is the thumb nail avatar on the Hog (yes, it is copyrighted and Yes I do have permission to use it), If you look at the work of Newman you will discover that he did many portraits of artists as well as other persons. Many of his portraits were not paid commissions, he did the portraits because these artists were his friends. I never paid Arnold for my sitting, unless you count the extra chocolate cakes slices he had that his wife never found out about! LOL!!!

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

I do think this is ok to post back. You are saying I do believe that I need some basic photographic technical skills education, so let me just laugh along with you about your rather droll use of visual humor displayed in your avatar. That avatar is indeed priceless as a visual metaphor for poor technical skills in photography, my hat is off to you!

It clearly represents the classic 8X10 inch Kodak card stock of what so many refer to as a Kodak Gray Card. You of course know this to be a neutral density attenuator. Used to determine exposure and not white balance in digital work (that is what the reverse of the card the 90 percent reflectance side was created for). But to hold the neutral density attenuator in one's hand is so delightfully hilarious! But that shadow cast on the surface reveals your deep understanding of the 'How NOT To Use the Attenuator! This is just priceless!

Hats off to you for revealing in such a humors manner, the idiocy of the uninitiated amateuristic of those who surround us 'guy in the know!'

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Wow! Apparently you are so much better than the rest of us that we can’t appreciate the value of your superior art.
That is a joke, by the way, in case you didn’t get it.

lsupremo Loc: Palm Desert, CA

You all UHH’ers who think these images are not worth viewing, like I do, can block them from your viewing list, as I did.