Creative Camerawork

“One of the arguments against digital is that you can shoot and shoot and shoot like crazy without being discerning. I agree with that—it is a problem. Do you know what I do to overcome that? I only use 4GB memory cards, because I don’t want to edit. Listen, editing is a pain in the ass. You don’t want to edit 3,000 images. On a 4GB card, you’ll get about 100 shots, which is the equivalent of three rolls of film. That’s a great way to make you more discerning.”

https://www.format.com/magazine/features/photography/film-photography-is-horrible

2016/09/08
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Dru Donovan. http://www.drudonovan.com

Hasan Elahi. http://elahi.umd.edu

McNair Evans. http://mcnairevans.com

Lyle Ashton Harris. http://www.lyleashtonharris.com

Matthew Jensen. http://jensen-projects.com

Alex Majoli.

http://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/alex-majoli/

Eileen Neff. http://eileenneff.com

Louie Palu. http://louiepalu.photoshelter.com/index

Robin Schwartz. http://robinschwartz.net

Lida Suchy. http://www.lidasuchy.com

Yvonne Venegas

http://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/yvonne-venegas/

2016/09/07
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http://emailslink.kodak.com/YesConnect/HtmlMessagePreview?VfYbhyeYF_zAxQPK4Hjr85AFZF1cv__0qEvfonSFoKg=.enc

Where’s the Tri-X? (BTW: that paper is not darkroom paper.)

Fujifilm Unveils Black-and-White Instax Mini Monochrome Film

2016/09/06
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This translates so easily to photography!

“It is a good plan for every young man or woman having literary aspirations to carry a pencil and a piece of paper and constantly jot down striking events in daily life. They thus acquire a vast fund of information. One of the best things you know is habit. Again, the best of reading is not so much in the information it conveys as the thoughts it suggests. Remember this above all. There is no royal road to learning.”

2016/07/17
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater

Noon – 1 p.m.: Dan Trudell Trio 

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.: Eric Schneider / Pat Mallinger Quintet 

3- 5:30 p.m.: Charlie Haden – Rambling Boy (film + Q&A)

Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.: Mwata Bowden’s One Foot In, One Foot Out

2 – 3 p.m.: Louder Than A Bomb Presents: The Bomb Squad

3:30 – 4:30 p.m.: Cameron Pififfner’s Adolphe’S AX 

Millennium Park, Jay Pritzker Pavilion

6:30 – 7:30 p.m.: Brown in Bronzeville Effect with Maggie & Africa Brown

8 – 9 p.m.: Orbert Davis’ Soul Migration – Commissioned for the Great Black Migration Centennial Celebration 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

Millennium Park, Von Freeman Pavilion (South Promenade)

Noon – 12:55 p.m.: James Sanders Proyecto Libre

1:10 – 2:05 p.m.: Magic Carpet 

2.20 – 3:15 p.m.: Greg Rockingham Quartet 

3:30 – 4:30 p.m.: Brian Carpenter’s Ghost Train Orchestra 

Jazz and Heritage Pavilion (North Promenade)

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.: John McLean: A tribute to Charlie Christian

2 – 3 p.m.: Edwin Daugherty Sextet: playing the music of Johnny Griffin and Eddie Harris and Gene Ammons

3:30 – 4:30 p.m.: Pharez Whitted Quintet 

Jay Pritzker Pavilion

5 – 5:50 p.m.: Brian OHern and the Model Citizens 

6 – 6:55 p.m.: Tarbaby featuring Nasheet Waits, Orrin Evans, and Eric Revis, with special guest Oliver Lake

7:10 – 8:10 p.m.: Benny Golson Quartet

8:30 – 9:30 p.m.: Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra conducted by Carla Bley: “Celebrating Charlie”

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

Millennium Park, Von Freeman Pavilion (South Promenade)

Noon – 12:55 p.m.: Steve Schneck Quartet 

1:10 – 2:05 p.m.: Alyssa Allgood Quintet 

2:20 – 3:15 p.m.: Chris Greene Quartet 

3:30 – 4:30 p.m.: Victor Garcia Organ Septet 

Jazz and Heritage Pavilion (North Promenade)

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.: Luke Malewicz Heritage Quartet 

2 – 3 p.m.: Nate Lepine Quartet 

3:30 – 4:30 p.m.: JD Allen Trio 

Jay Pritzker Pavilion

5 – 5:50 p.m.: Tatsu Aoki’s MIYUMI Project featuring Tsukasa Taiko, Jon Jang, and Francis Wong

6 – 6:55 p.m.: Eric Alexander / Harold Mabern Quartet

7:10 – 8:10 p.m.: Anat Cohen Quartet 

8:30 – 9:30 p.m.: The Bad Plus perform Ornette Coleman’s SCIENCE FICTION w/Tim  Berne, Ron Miles, and Sam Newsome. This work was commissioned by Duke Performances at Duke University.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

Millennium Park, Von Freeman Pavilion (South Promenade)

Noon – 12:55 p.m.: Kendall Moore Octet 

1:10 – 2:05 p.m.: Charles Rumback Sextet 

2:20 – 3:15 p.m.: George Fludas Quartet 

3:30 – 4:30 p.m.: Barry Altschul’s 3Dom

Jazz and Heritage Pavilion (North Promenade)

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.: Erwin Helfer Solo Piano 

2 – 3 p.m.: Norman Simmons Trio 

3:30 – 4:30 p.m.: Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans 

Jay Pritzker Pavilion

5 – 5:50 p.m.: Michael Zerang and The Blue Lights 

6 – 6:55 p.m.: Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah

7:10 – 8:10 p.m.: John Scofield / Joe Lovano Quartet 

8:30 – 9:30 p.m.: Candido’s 95th Birthday Celebration featuring M.F. Production’s Latin Jazz All Stars, featuring Candido, Steve Turre, Nestor Torres, Sammy Figueroa, Frankie Figueroa, Elio Villafranca, Yunior Terry, Diego Lopez, Jorge Castro, and Guido Gonzalez. 

Check http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_jazz_festival.html for accuracy of the schedule before you go, or just go and enjoy.

2016/07/05
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Mike Johnston, of The Online Photographer, has arranged for a package of four books that’s quite the deal.

Clarence John Laughlin: Visionary Photographer (1990)

Todd Webb: Photographs of New York and Paris 1945–1960 (1986)

George N. Barnard: Photographer of the Sherman Campaign (1990)

The Photographs of Dorothea Lange (1995)

Marked down from $165 to $48! But the offer ends tomorrow, so put down that M-80 and tend to this. Here’s another link, within which is a link to order: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2016/06/last-chance-and-please-help.html

Go now.

http://tinyurl.com/hkjsjgs

2016/07/01
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This time, you don’t have the opportunity to process any film, but you are allowed to, y’know, chip in. (The music’s already been selected.)

2016/06/30
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This card arrived via snail mail a few days after its announced start date (no fault of the USPS; that was the Jazz Record Mart’s long-standing M. O.).

Alas, the business closed fifteen days before the sale was to have ended.

No more

• free “brunches” on Sunday mornings during free festivals
• suburban teen musicians commuting in to work at the store
• impromptu film festivals
• visits by gods of the music, in town for gigs
• massive moves to a new address a block away every few years
• beat-up vintage posters
• newsletters in desperate need of proofreading (Lord knows, we tried)
• (got another one? Send it in!)

Update: we were on the Left Coast when JRM went to heaven, and repeated e-mails did not get a rise out of the ghost, so we contacted the family’s record company. They sent the CD of our choice and the difference. Everybody else goes to heaven as well.

2016/02/29
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The Giorgio Armani ad campaign, begun last month, flatters sincerely through imitation.

2016/02/28
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If you can agree with most of what you hear, well, then…

2016/01/26
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