dispatchestag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-866132017-09-15T09:24:23-07:00Photography, video, life. TypePadBeing Theretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef01bb09c38c57970d2017-09-15T09:24:23-07:002017-09-15T09:24:23-07:00The lovely thing about traveling and photographing with no agenda is that I can indulge myself. I am in Lisbon for the week. There is no goal, no assignment, no list of things I have to get. I can walk...Doug PlummerStaying Limbertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef01b8d206d8a0970c2016-07-18T21:53:56-07:002016-07-18T21:53:56-07:00A friend of mine, who's a professional symphony musician, says this about her craft. If you don't practice for two days, you notice. If you don't practice for four days, everybody notices. This idea is occurring to me as I'm...Doug PlummerWhere's Contradance Calendar 2015?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef01a73dc989c3970d2014-05-22T16:54:52-07:002014-05-22T16:54:52-07:00The 2015 Contradance Calendar will happen. I'm just behind, that's all. I've got lots of communties to show this time: Coos Bay, Louisville, St. Louis, Peterborough, Concord and Clarkdale, to name a few. I've shot over 30,000 dance photos this...Doug PlummerThe Making of the Megaband Timelapsetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef01a3fcd94565970b2014-03-18T20:56:03-07:002014-03-19T10:20:27-07:00There's a ton of great time lapse eye candy out there. Look at very many of them however and they soon seem cut from the same cloth: a stunning landscape or cityscape, amazing light changes, and cinematic camera movement. They...Doug PlummerLearning pianotag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef01a73d7655ed970d2014-02-12T10:57:11-08:002014-02-12T10:57:42-08:00Three years ago this spring I began to learn to play the piano. As I am preparing a set of photo tutorials and planning for a workshop this summer, it helps me to reflect on the creative process of acquiring...Doug PlummerLatest on the Treadmill Desktag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef019b02a698bb970c2013-12-11T16:31:21-08:002014-02-19T08:15:20-08:00I've been having a lot of pain lately in my upper back and neck. The more I'm on the treadmill, the worse it is. The more I'm on my piano, the worse it is, too. This is not good. I've...Doug PlummerThe Treadmill Desk Reporttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef019b00b5bb4d970b2013-11-05T15:58:09-08:002013-11-05T15:58:09-08:00When my photographic work transitioned from standing in a darkroom to sitting at a computer for much of my day, I felt the impact on my body. Particularly with video editing. I would avoid starting on a project because I...Doug PlummerKickstarter aftermathtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef019afff22717970b2013-10-11T12:10:40-07:002013-10-11T12:13:15-07:00I just came back from the post office and delivered the last of the Kickstarter rewards for my 2014 Contradance Calendar project. It's a good time to review how it went. This is the third year that I have published...Doug PlummerMy Seattle Workshop Series: How To Take Photos That Don't Sucktag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef019aff1452bb970d2013-08-29T15:43:47-07:002013-09-11T08:07:38-07:00Wednesday nights, 7-9, Bryant neighborhood in Seattle 6 weeks starting 25 September $100 for the series Limit: 8 Sign up via comment below, include yuor email--I'll follow up. A camera can allow you to enter more deeply into the moment....Doug PlummerDigital Infraredtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef019104bd6bfb970c2013-08-13T16:47:39-07:002013-08-13T16:49:20-07:00(Costa Rica, 2000) I've had an ambivalent relationship to infrared black and white photos for the duration of my photographic career. Back in the 1970s, the look of Kodak High Speed Infrared film became almost an art school trope. Anything...Doug PlummerThe best light evertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef0191043e8f4d970c2013-07-15T20:14:49-07:002013-07-15T20:14:49-07:00I photograph people and situations for a living. At my core, however, I am a landscape photographer. It is how I started as a teenager, bicycling around the back roads in south central Pennsylvania with a camera around my neck,...Doug PlummerReport from the Content Marketing Retreattag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef01901c0384c4970b2013-05-09T22:03:35-07:002013-05-10T06:22:38-07:00I'm spending two days this week at the Content Marketing Retreat on Whidbey Island, put on by the Langley Center for New Media. This event has industry leaders talking to a small group of professionals, split roughly evenly between marketing...Doug PlummerPalm Springs Photo Festival: The Outcometag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef017eeac780ca970d2013-05-02T20:35:38-07:002013-05-02T20:35:38-07:00“You're absolutely right,” said Kristi, the one Photo Review buddy I made here. “I've never been to a conference where it's so hard to make friends.” It was nice to know it's not me. Something about the tone of this...Doug PlummerBack on tracktag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef01901bc1c440970b2013-05-01T21:39:01-07:002013-05-01T21:39:01-07:00On top of recent debacles, a review with an art rep that I had on my calendar for this morning was, in fact, really supposed to be yesterday morning. I was a no show. A PSPF volunteer, Megan Miller, miraculously...Doug PlummerBut on the other handtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef01901bb7e0e9970b2013-04-30T11:39:16-07:002013-04-30T11:39:49-07:00Then there are the days when all the reviews are bad. But bad in different ways. The photo editor, younger than my children, had I had any, who said, I'm sorry, there's nothing I can tell you, and no one...Doug PlummerThe reviews are intag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef019101a93130970c2013-04-29T21:04:08-07:002013-04-29T21:12:22-07:00There was a group of women in the lobby of the Hyatt in matching yellow t-shirts that said on the back, “If Lost, Return To Bachelorette Party.” “So, what are the circumstances that would lead to having to implement this...Doug PlummerPalm Springs Photo Reviewstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef01901baf82e1970b2013-04-29T09:16:17-07:002013-04-29T09:16:17-07:00I'm at my first photo review event since my last whack at one 6 years ago. Photo reviews are speed dating events for your career, with way higher stakes. You get 20 mintes with an influencial "mover and shaker" in...Doug PlummerAre you in focus?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef017eea034d61970d2013-04-05T13:32:41-07:002013-04-05T13:32:41-07:00I've been suspicious about my new camera and whether the autofocus was accurate in critical situations. Before I head out for a 3 day assignment next week, I wanted to run some tests. I use a specialized lens alignment rig...Doug PlummerGeeking the flowertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef017ee9699a1e970d2013-03-16T15:21:33-07:002013-03-16T15:22:03-07:00Today's "Today I Saw" photo is not as simple as it appears. Sometimes I like to geek out in my image making. I try not to let it show, though, and I want to have the image make the point,...Doug PlummerThe Vera Project Videotag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef017c374d4509970b2013-03-04T14:38:02-08:002013-03-04T14:38:02-08:00This winter the Vera Project approached me about producing the video to be shown at their big fundraising gala and auction. They loved the piece I did for the Northwest Stories series on the All Ages music scene, and wanted...Doug Plummer