by Matthew Rehrl MD | Photography, Writing
One of the upsides/downsides of moving from film photography to digital photography is the significantly increased volume of generated content, resulting in the need to “up my curation game”. For example, I quickly rejected the photo above of the rail car wheel; it...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Photography, Writing
This week, on my drive home after my Saturday morning photoshoot (where I took the above photograph), I came up with what I thought was a new, super-cool hashtag: #Phoetry: A photograph-inspired poem. To my surprise—and momentary dismay—when I got home I found this...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Goals, Photography, Writing
For any projects which I intend to pursue seriously, I start off with pen and paper, writing out my goals. For example, I am taking my eighth or ninth photography course, and here are the goals which I just posted to my Flickr group: Would love to hear other...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Photography
I took the two Black & White photographs above at Seattle’s Magnuson Park, where there is a Fin Art Sculpture installation by John T. Young. (If you get a chance, you have to watch his 25-minutes fabulous You Call That Art?! YouTube video!) In the first photo, I...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy, Photography
I am a photographer but I am not a philosopher. I am a student of photography. I have read several technical books about photography, I have taken classes in different types of photography, and I have studied some of the histories of photography. I even have a few...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Photography
Black & White photography isn’t about the subject matter being either black or white. Rather, it’s about appreciating the infinite shades of gray in between. (Hint: this post is not about photography.)
