"My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph." - Richard Avedon

Recently, I was offered the position as Photo of the Day editor for 360 Main Street: [link] Specifically, I will be looking to feature the work of photographers from the Great Lakes Bay Region.
I never thought of starting a club (or a group) before, but I can't think of a better way to accumulate potential contributers. Though certain requirements still need to be formalized, I'll be looking for locally derived photos about Michigan, particularly the Tri-Cities (Bay City, Saginaw, and Midland). In addition to captures that feature our area, I'll also be looking for images with more universal, less local subject matter, like macro, conceptual and abstract shots. There's going to be room for a wide variety.
If you're a MI-based photographer and would like some additional exposure outside of dA, drop me a message and a watch. I'll be making an announcement shortly for the creation of a group exclusively for MI related photography.

best,
Sean

"I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do... that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse." - Diane Arbus

Recently, I've been bringing my camera out more often after sundown. I'm discovering new and fascinating opportunities, especially related to street photography, that aren't always present during daylight hours.

Early film photographers shied away from capturing night scenes because these require prohibitively long exposures to maintain adequate depth of field, or produced unacceptable amounts of image noise. Fortunately for us, times have changed since the early days of night photography. Modern digital cameras are no longer limited by reciprocity failure and provide instant feedback-- greatly increasing the enjoyment and lowering the risk of investing the time to take photographs at odd hours.

So, grab your camera & tripod and don't be afraid to explore the night.

This month, AMC presented "The Prisoner". A six-part miniseries which is a reinterpretation of the original British 1960's cult television series that starred and was co-created by Patrick McGoohan.

Jim Caviezel (The Passion of the Christ, The Thin Red Line) plays the role of Six; and two-time Oscar nominee Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings, The Da Vinci Code) co-stars as Two.

When I was younger, I used to stay up late to catch re-runs of the original series. So, I was curious how this remake would measure up. Having watched the entire series over the last three days, I have to admit, I wasn't overly impressed. The pacing was hard to follow, and at times, completely incoherent. "Surreal", I suppose, is the most appropriate (and entirely accurate) word I can think of.

If you've seen it, I'd like to know your thoughts. In my opinion, the best thing AMC did was to make the entire original series available free for your viewing pleasure. You can watch all 17 episodes from the 1967-1968 television show here: [link]

Enjoy!