visual vocab

here's a lovely little post from the New York Times magazine about Ezra Stoller, master of mid- to late-20th century architectural photography: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/10/21/magazine/ezra-stoller.html?smid=tw-nytmag

this page lists examples of photo manipulation throughout the last century--really interesting stuff.

_this goes out to all those students in PHOT416 Food Photography classes, past and future_

interesting because it approaches in a photograph what many architects would attempt to show with a rendering.  the way the light plays across the broad front parts of the house and illuminates parts of the interior, the way the shadows are kept short by the angle at which the house is viewed, and the way the house's context is shown off without overpowering the house itself all work to the design's favor.

those polaroids i've had in the fridge since grad school still work (Taken with instagram)

shelves are getting built today #thingsorganizedneatly (Taken with instagram)

i love it for several reasons.  i love that my students might see a beautiful hasselblad and fall in love.  but mostly i love that they get to see what a lens with hyperfocal distance indicators looks like.  

photo by inez and vinoodh for vogue paris, dec11/jan12.

photo by inez and vinoodh for vogue paris, dec11/jan12.