Comments on: Getting Down to Business http://stilllifewith.com/2007/04/05/getting-down-to-business/ Food Photography Blog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:04:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Linda, The Village Vegetable http://stilllifewith.com/2007/04/05/getting-down-to-business/#comment-10758 Linda, The Village Vegetable Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:49:22 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2007/04/05/getting-down-to-business/#comment-10758 very interesting. and you have made me a huge fan of his work as well. not that your expertise isn't comparable. blog v. media is an interesting debate. i dont know that i even have an opinion on it either. i suppose the only thing that pops into my mind is that fact that in the blogosphere, the fact that your photos can so easily be stolen, is frightening. very interesting. and you have made me a huge fan of his work as well. not that your expertise isn’t comparable.

blog v. media is an interesting debate. i dont know that i even have an opinion on it either. i suppose the only thing that pops into my mind is that fact that in the blogosphere, the fact that your photos can so easily be stolen, is frightening.

]]> By: Sonia http://stilllifewith.com/2007/04/05/getting-down-to-business/#comment-10650 Sonia Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:16:22 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2007/04/05/getting-down-to-business/#comment-10650 I am completely blown away with your blog. Wonderful photography! I was a cooking school teacher for many years and a late arrival to the blog scene....In this 'new phase' of my life I'm trying to learn to take pics of the food I prepare. Love your photos! I am completely blown away with your blog. Wonderful photography! I was a cooking school teacher for many years and a late arrival to the blog scene….In this ‘new phase’ of my life I’m trying to learn to take pics of the food I prepare. Love your photos!

]]> By: L http://stilllifewith.com/2007/04/05/getting-down-to-business/#comment-10607 L Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:54:00 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2007/04/05/getting-down-to-business/#comment-10607 Nika - I agree, photography isn't something you want to try to make a business from unless you really love it! Elizabeth - hmm. no rotating photos, but yes, that is real food! -L Nika - I agree, photography isn’t something you want to try to make a business from unless you really love it!

Elizabeth - hmm. no rotating photos, but yes, that is real food!

-L

]]> By: Elizabeth Lynch http://stilllifewith.com/2007/04/05/getting-down-to-business/#comment-10593 Elizabeth Lynch Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:36:59 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2007/04/05/getting-down-to-business/#comment-10593 sorry - the photos seem to rotate. i was responding to the one with the octopus. it's wild!! sorry - the photos seem to rotate. i was responding to the one with the octopus. it’s wild!!

]]> By: Elizabeth Lynch http://stilllifewith.com/2007/04/05/getting-down-to-business/#comment-10592 Elizabeth Lynch Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:35:15 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2007/04/05/getting-down-to-business/#comment-10592 is that photo actual food?! is that photo actual food?!

]]> By: nika http://stilllifewith.com/2007/04/05/getting-down-to-business/#comment-10528 nika Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:00:42 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2007/04/05/getting-down-to-business/#comment-10528 L - great interview. re: the ending paragraph - about low end, high end and disappearing "middle-class" photogs.. its a subject that frustrates me, exhausts me, makes me feel unwelcome and also can at times make me feel a driving desire to find the "answer." All that swirls for me on that topic but I tend to come back to one seeming "truth," if one is able to develop a style that is consistent and true to one's self (so that it is honestly one's own and thus naturally manifested) then success can come. I also feel that one has got to get away from the net (and the pervasive negative hype) sometimes and realize that we beginner photogs ARE legitimate artists (if that is the way we take ourselves) and no one else can tell us we are not. If we think we are, then we are. Thats the secret to being an artist - it is wholly self-defined and its our responsibility to nurture it. Photography is not a get rich scheme :-) Just like science, the context I am coming from, you do it for the love of it, not to be the superstar. But that should not translate into doing shoots for free, it should actually be the opposite. L - great interview. re: the ending paragraph - about low end, high end and disappearing “middle-class” photogs.. its a subject that frustrates me, exhausts me, makes me feel unwelcome and also can at times make me feel a driving desire to find the “answer.”

All that swirls for me on that topic but I tend to come back to one seeming “truth,” if one is able to develop a style that is consistent and true to one’s self (so that it is honestly one’s own and thus naturally manifested) then success can come.

I also feel that one has got to get away from the net (and the pervasive negative hype) sometimes and realize that we beginner photogs ARE legitimate artists (if that is the way we take ourselves) and no one else can tell us we are not. If we think we are, then we are. Thats the secret to being an artist - it is wholly self-defined and its our responsibility to nurture it.

Photography is not a get rich scheme :-) Just like science, the context I am coming from, you do it for the love of it, not to be the superstar. But that should not translate into doing shoots for free, it should actually be the opposite.

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