Comments on: Always Stop

By: The Story Behind “Diptych, Touch the Earth, Touch the Sky” Part 1 – Always Stop

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:55:36 +0000

[...] lesson from one of my favorite photographers, Cole Thompson, who wrote a great blog about it here. Please check it out if you have the chance, with my apologies to Cole for appropriating the [...]

By: digital cameras photography

digital cameras photography — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:47:46 +0000

Hi. I must just say I like your blog very much. I’m trying to be a good photographer and wonder if its possible to be professional relying only in digital photography?

By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:15:53 +0000

Another gem to store in my camera bag! Thanks for the reminder to NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE W/OUT THE CAMERA, let alone pass by the shot!!!

By: Cole

Cole — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:33:17 +0000

I’ve always been fascinated by some lower megapixel shots of mine that seem super sharp. And there have been times when I have a high megapixel shot that seems less sharp.

I refer to it as “apparent sharpness” and it seems also to have something to do with contrast.

It also reminds us that we do not need to have the very best equipment to create great images.

Cole

By: Shaun

Shaun — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:42:20 +0000

On the camera side, the sensor that was in the original Rebel seems to have been pretty special, I recently reprocessed some of my early digital work shot at Tahawus with the original Rebel, and was very impressed with the quality of the images, especially how the color rendered. Superb image Cole.

By: Gerry Toler

Gerry Toler — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:20:44 +0000

Comparison to that other guy was my second or third thought when I first saw “Windmill”. However, there is no comparison, or copy, in my hard headed mind. Cole and that other guy can each stand alone. Well… maybe Cole had seen the other moonlight image!
REgardless, “Windmill” looks great on my wall.

By: Cole Thompson

Cole Thompson — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:37:43 +0000

Are you guys ganging up on me? No fair, two against one!

By: Bill Vaccaro

Bill Vaccaro — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:30:32 +0000

Amen to that, brother!

By: Bill McMyne

Bill McMyne — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:24:27 +0000

Hmmm..if I may. Your composition has the moon off center..unusual…Adams is a bit off center but not as much…Adams is all horizontal..you have the diagonal light going down and away to the right off the windmill. Adams has no reall focal point…you have the windmill. Can’t wait to hear your observations.

By: Cole Thompson

Cole Thompson — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:07:08 +0000

You nailed it Bill! I’ll explain in my next blog why I’m uncomfortable with that comparison.