Absence of Ego
by K. Praslowicz ~ February 16th, 2009 | No CommentsHow editing seventy year old negatives enlightened my photographic mind.
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ALL OF YOUR NEGATIVES on High-Resolution CD-ROMS
by K. Praslowicz ~ February 15th, 2010 | 2 CommentsAn example of wedding a photography marketing message, as understood by a robot with limited abstract logic skills.
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Alyssa Milano's Nikon FA
by K. Praslowicz ~ March 20th, 2010 | 9 CommentsAlyssa Milano was once featured in a teen magazine with a Nikon FA. Why?
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Does a Photographer Need to be a Framer?
by K. Praslowicz ~ December 6th, 2009 | 7 CommentsSome thoughts on why I don't believe a photographer needs to be the person doing all the matting and framing of a print.
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Double Bass
by K. Praslowicz ~ June 23rd, 2007 | 3 CommentsLast night I was out at Sir Benedict's Tavern having some drinks, and there was live music being played on their stage. One of the performers in the group just happened to be using a double bass. While watching him play, I thought about what would happen if I went up to him, in the [...]
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Five Pro-Film Links
by K. Praslowicz ~ September 14th, 2009 | 2 CommentsEverything old is new again.....Photography 180. "Digital? You're talking to a man who shot 180 rolls of medium format film in the last two weeks!" He shouted. (He didn't really shout but it seemed like it). He's got a digital SLR but only uses it for clients who (and I'm paraphrasing here) "Don't give a [...]
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Flickr Taxonomy - The 'This is my life' Users
by K. Praslowicz ~ February 15th, 2009 | 5 CommentsFlickr Taxonomy As I spend more and more time on Flickr, I tend to notice a few characteristics of other photographers that use the site. From these characteristics, I’ve been mentally filing them away into different groups of photographers. Now that they’ve been in my head long enough, I'm creating a series of posts to [...]
View Entire PostFlickr Taxonomy - The Gearheads
by K. Praslowicz ~ April 16th, 2009 | 5 CommentsFlickr User Classification: The Gearhead
View Entire PostFlickr Taxonomy - The Girl Watchers
by K. Praslowicz ~ January 28th, 2009 | 3 CommentsAs I spend more and more time on Flickr, I tend to notice a few characteristics of other photographers that use the site. From these characteristics, I've been mentally filing them away into different groups of photographers. Now that they've been in my head long enough, I figure I'll do a little post series on [...]
View Entire PostFlower Macros
by K. Praslowicz ~ July 28th, 2009 | 1 CommentSomething I overheard recently: “When I took this photo I was about an inch away from the flower.” Congratulations, you’ve just taken a flower macro. Unless that flower was in the middle of an active mine field, it is still going to be a redundant flower macro that will swiftly be forgotten no matter how [...]
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Future proof your photos
by K. Praslowicz ~ February 2nd, 2009 | 2 CommentsFor anyone who reads this and owns a camera of any type, I have a quick question for you. Do you make prints of your photos? I love the current state of technology where I can shoot a photo, post it on Flickr, and by sundown have two thousand people across the globe already have [...]
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Headshots
by K. Praslowicz ~ May 8th, 2010 | No CommentsIs modern photography sharing the latest multi-player video game?
View Entire PostHow digital ruined the party
by K. Praslowicz ~ April 30th, 2007 | No CommentsBefore you get all huffy, let me just make the disclaimer that this is not a digital bashing post. A more suitable title would have been "How combining film with digital without knowing the limits of the traditional media while simultaneously not realizing the the latitude of digital media ruined the party.", but that would [...]
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Leica Collectors
by K. Praslowicz ~ December 24th, 2008 | No CommentsA little over a year ago was the first time I ever put my hands on a Leica range finder camera. It was an M3 in damn near cosmetic mint condition with only the natural wear of a camera that hasn't been used much. The range finder was a bit dull, and some of the [...]
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Philosophy from a tea bag
by K. Praslowicz ~ February 8th, 2009 | 2 CommentsThe other day I was at my girlfriend's place, and was offered a cup of tea. While drinking the tea I took a moment and looked at the little tab at the end of the tea bag's string. Now, I'm not one for the fortune cookie sized philosophical quips that often appear on such products, [...]
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Procrastination & Podcasts
by K. Praslowicz ~ November 15th, 2008 | No CommentsI swear, sometimes I believe that nothing I ever think about, or do photographically hasn't already been covered by Brooks Jensen in at least one of his Lenswork Podcasts. If you are a photographer who is visiting this site, I suggest spending some time with his podcasts. Earlier this week I passed a parked car [...]
View Entire PostRudeness
by K. Praslowicz ~ June 22nd, 2009 | 5 CommentsStreet Photography? Is it rude?
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Should, Shouldn't.
by K. Praslowicz ~ November 1st, 2009 | 9 CommentsSome thoughts about people who will tell you how to do your art differently, and why they should be ignored.
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The Real Reason Why Men Are Into Photography
by K. Praslowicz ~ April 4th, 2009 | 8 CommentsIt's been exposed! Why men love photography.
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There are Fake Smiles, and then there are Fake Smiles
by K. Praslowicz ~ July 26th, 2010 | 4 CommentsSome digital cameras will now alter faces to add smiles. Is this a good feature?
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Thoughts on Photography/Twitter Recap.
by K. Praslowicz ~ February 28th, 2010 | 2 CommentsJust a few random thoughts about photography I've spewed out over Twitter over the past few months. This is the kind of stuff you're missing out on by not following me. ::hint:: ::hint:: Woke up this morning and found my camera in my bed. Great. Now I'm that guy. Bad art openings make me feel [...]
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Thoughts on Street Photography: Gluttony of Big Cities
by K. Praslowicz ~ April 10th, 2010 | 14 CommentsCan shooting on sparsely populated streets make you learn street photography better?
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Wesly Ngetich and I
by K. Praslowicz ~ May 9th, 2010 | 3 CommentsHow the untimely death of a Kenyan athlete changed my photography.
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What are you shooting?
by K. Praslowicz ~ July 20th, 2009 | 1 CommentCan asking the questions "What are you shooting" reveal the type of photographer that someone is?
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