gordon stillman photography

Out of the darkness / In the middle of nowhere / lights for nobody /
Mar 8

Out of the darkness /

In the middle of nowhere /

lights for nobody /

Exit Sanctuary Darkness into light or will light blind you?
Feb 26

Exit Sanctuary

Darkness into light or will

light blind you?

Stacked forgotten /  Saved for utility /  Dignified silence / 
Feb 14

Stacked forgotten / 

Saved for utility / 

Dignified silence / 

Below are a list of ideas or assignments I would like to photograph or write about to inform my photography. Ultimately I would like to try all these, and please feel free to make up more assignments and share your responses to these assignments. I will link to my responses as I do them.

Here we go, in no particular order:

  1. Photograph still life (include symbolism)
  2. Photograph minutae
  3. Photograph gigantae
  4. Photograph a totally random object in different settings (maybe an umbrella?)
  5. Photograph preserved animal specimens in a biology lab
  6. Photograph the most important things you and your neighbors own
  7. Photograph the neighborhood chess match/domino/poker game
  8. Take self portraits (daily?)
  9. Photograph elaborately staged sets
  10. Create composite imagery (pick a theme to explore)
  11. Write about your style, eye and what inspires you
  12. Write about your reasons for how you tackled the above assignments
  13. Write about why you like your favorite photographers
  14. Write or photograph the following themes/ideas: whimsy, poetic, humor, loss, love, emptiness, modernity, metaphysics, identity, intersections, ancient, traditional, natural, mythic, history, memory, biography, utopia, dystopia, ignored, unnoticed, overlooked
  15. Write about the photographers that influence your work
  16. Find more photographers whose work is similar to yours
  17. more to come….
Mar 10
Photo and Writing Assignments
saturninefilms: Bethany is preparing for a zombie apocalypse. Unrelated to tea, but nevertheless enlightening when you consider how important word choice is—and your audience.
Sep 22

saturninefilms:

Bethany is preparing for a zombie apocalypse.

Unrelated to tea, but nevertheless enlightening when you consider how important word choice is—and your audience.

 Jasmine Pearls, a green or white tea infused with jasmine scent via petals, was my favorite tea in high school. It was also the tea that ignited my desire to taste every type of tea available. That desire was first put into use discovering all the varieties of true tea—or tea grown from the plant—and is now expanding into herbal teas and other infusions. This blog will follow my interest in tea with tasting notes and reviews. At the moment, my favorite tea is Japanese Schincha (first pickings of sencha and other Japanese teas) when available. After Schincha it is Gyokuro Tea (Japanese shade grown tea), and then pouchong, mao feng and pi lo chun. Regardless of what my favorite tea is, certain moments or times of day call for different types of tea, including Lapsang Souchong, Pu-erh, Rooibos and other herbal teas. I hope you enjoy the tea journey!
Sep 22

 Jasmine Pearls, a green or white tea infused with jasmine scent via petals, was my favorite tea in high school. It was also the tea that ignited my desire to taste every type of tea available. That desire was first put into use discovering all the varieties of true tea—or tea grown from the plant—and is now expanding into herbal teas and other infusions. This blog will follow my interest in tea with tasting notes and reviews.

At the moment, my favorite tea is Japanese Schincha (first pickings of sencha and other Japanese teas) when available. After Schincha it is Gyokuro Tea (Japanese shade grown tea), and then pouchong, mao feng and pi lo chun.

Regardless of what my favorite tea is, certain moments or times of day call for different types of tea, including Lapsang Souchong, Pu-erh, Rooibos and other herbal teas.

I hope you enjoy the tea journey!

via www.gordonstillman.com
Jan 30

via www.gordonstillman.com