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I Gotta Pay to get Rejected? Navigating Photographic Calls to Artists.
Yes, we've seen it done by other artists seeking to be recognized for the fine work they produce -- a way to get their work "out there"...
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John Shelton
- Dec 21, 2019
- 7 min
"F8 and be there!"
Yes, it's a cliche now, "F8 and be there" (at least among photographers), famously coined by Arthur Fellis (WeeGee), the noted street...
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John Shelton
- Aug 8, 2019
- 4 min
Cooking Up Some Landscape
Being original with food or landscape takes time, energy, creative vision.
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John Shelton
- Apr 24, 2019
- 4 min
The Future of Photography
Imagery is everywhere. Most anyone with a phone now has the ability to take decent photographs and edit their shots. Social media...
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John Shelton
- Sep 3, 2018
- 5 min
Waiting, waiting.....always waiting. The mantra of being a newly professional photographer.
Being a new professional photographer is a waiting game. Like the opening refugee scenes in the movie Casablanca, my life seems a bit...
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John Shelton
- Jun 18, 2018
- 6 min
The Road Tripping Photographer (Part 3)
(A continuation of Part 2): Following three full days of shooting in central Utah and Salt Lake City, I was well behind on my journal...
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John Shelton
- Jun 11, 2018
- 6 min
The Road Tripping Photographer (Part 2)
(A continuation of Part I): After years of driving through the San Rafael Swell in central Utah via I-70 to Reno, I have always wanted...
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John Shelton
- Jun 10, 2018
- 4 min
The Road Tripping Photographer (Part 1)
Having snapped an insane numbers of frames in and around Estes Park, as well as in the Rocky Mountain National Park (as if that wouldn't...
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John Shelton
- May 16, 2018
- 2 min
Gimped.....
Yes, I know, it's a derogatory term. However, the term is self-applied, the injury self-inflicted, and considering how I feel about it...
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John Shelton
- May 8, 2018
- 1 min
David Yarrow: Kicked By An Elephant
I'm NOT a wildlife photographer for one simple reason. I don't have the patience, or the tendency towards masochism. My respect for...
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John Shelton
- Nov 16, 2017
- 2 min
New American Gothic?
Times have changed. America has changed. I don't know if it's better or worse. Worse -- perhaps because we've lost a certain civility...
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John Shelton
- Jul 8, 2017
- 3 min
...You Know We'll Have A Good Time Then
Being separated from your sons is always rough -- which can happen even when you're living in the same house. It happened to me and my...
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John Shelton
- May 27, 2017
- 3 min
Music To Live By
I'm not quite sure when it was I fell in love with jazz. As a kid, we had almost none of it in the family record collection -- perhaps a...
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John Shelton
- May 9, 2017
- 3 min
EatSleepFuckDrinkWatchtheCornGrow
I find I have a fascination with farms -- not farming, but just the visual aesthetic of the farms themselves. Well, yes, I grew up in...
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John Shelton
- Feb 28, 2017
- 2 min
The Inclusion of Souls
So much of my work to date has been focused primarily on inanimate subjects, landscapes, structures, void of people, a sort of solitary...
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John Shelton
- Feb 2, 2017
- 2 min
Fun job, photography.
Well yeah, it is a fun job most of the time, mostly because I get to do what I love to do and it's a great creative outlet that offers...
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John Shelton
- Dec 31, 2016
- 2 min
Leibovitz cares.....
Annie Leibovitz is a photographic icon, and one for my time and my generation. If you care about photography, you have to acknowledge...
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John Shelton
- Dec 15, 2016
- 2 min
Fascinations with Decay
Urbex.....or urban exploration, is a developing interest of mine. It is the practice of exploring abandoned houses, factories, public...
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John Shelton
- Dec 11, 2016
- 1 min
Albert Watson: A day in the life...Scotland.
Lately, I've been watching videos of "a day in the life" type, with subject matter concerning photographers. Most are superficial, but...
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John Shelton
- Nov 29, 2016
- 1 min
The elusive search for Long's Peak
I've been climbing this mountain since I was five (the one with the notch), probably half a dozen times now. It's also a popular...
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