Afternoon Dessert. – by Kirk Tuck
Whenever I write two or three columns in a short amount of time that are critical of mass culture, or take pokes at the irrational foibles of our own industry (photography) I get an inevitable spate of caustic comments letting me know that I am a washed up “hack” and a “bitter old man [...]
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Afternoon Dessert.
Afternoon Dessert. – by Kirk Tuck
Whenever I write two or three columns in a short amount of time that are critical of mass culture, or take pokes at the irrational foibles of our own industry (photography) I get an inevitable spate of caustic comments letting me know that I am a washed up “hack” and a “bitter old man [...]
A portrait from the studio.
A portrait from the studio. – by Kirk Tuck
This is Ameerah Tatum.
I met her at Zachary Scott Theatre
Where she performed the lead in a musical play called:
Once Upon This Island.
She came to the studio to be photographed.
She brought her leather jacket.
The Tri-X whirred thru the camera.
I made prints.
Some for Ameerah and s [...]
Everybody wants a critique. No one w...
Everybody wants a critique. No one wants to hear your opinion. – by Kirk Tuck
In the end it’s easier just to go shopping.
Everyone seems to want a critique. Whenever I meet for lunch with an aspiring photographer they have their black portfolio case in hand and the ask me to look it over and give them my opinion. &nb [...]
A post from mid-summer that goes well...
A post from mid-summer that goes well with my recent sunday "end of the world" post….. – by Kirk Tuck
Search back to july 2 if you want the original comments…
FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2010
Is technology destroying art? Does anyone care?
This is the naked die of a micro something or other. We shot it last m [...]
Sometimes we take a photograph becaus...
Sometimes we take a photograph because we just love the subject so much. – by Kirk Tuck
Ben was so young when I took this. It was so long ago. We’d moved into the house the year before and I’d just bought the white chair and the ottoman Ben was sitting on. To Ben’s left is a set of French doors and s [...]
Predicting the past is easy. The fut...
Predicting the past is easy. The future, less so. – by Kirk Tuck
I had an interesting lunch with a friend today at Maudie’s Mexican Food Restaurant on Lake Shore Blvd. today. It was an interesting lunch because my friend, whom I’ll call Bob, works at a mid sized public relations agency. He actually owns h [...]
Getting back to basics.
Getting back to basics. – by Kirk Tuck
Our fragmented culture has inculcated us with the fallacious idea that we should all be Renaissance Men and Renaissance Women. We should be, all at once, a writer, engineer, artist, photographer, triathlete, movie critic, economist, political expert and social critic. Burrowing down, t [...]
Melancholy Walk. The Downfall. And o...
Melancholy Walk. The Downfall. And other mini blogs as captions. – by Kirk Tuck
I may be just a little insane but I think I’m witnessing the collapse of civilization every day. Just a little bit at a time. Crumb by crumb. Not in the monolithic, “TSA Groped me and all is lost” sort of way, but in a d [...]
“THE PASSION IS IN THE RISKR...
"THE PASSION IS IN THE RISK" – by Kirk Tuck
Yesterday was Thanksgiving. We had a houseful of people. My parents were here and Belinda’s parents, too. Nieces and nephews and new additions to the family. Belinda and I teamed up in the kitchen and put out some nice food. My mom brought some [...]
The 35mm lens and why no one should c...
The 35mm lens and why no one should care if it’s the best in the world or not. – by Kirk Tuck
I wrote a little piece the other day about using a couple of new lenses on the Canon 7D. And in the past few weeks I’ve also talked about buying and using two different macro lenses, that, at first glance, seem to be so clo [...]
