December 29, 2009

Ten Years

Filed under: Words — Ted Forbes @ 8:34 am

As we are coming up on the close of another decade, I’ve noticed a bunch of reflection and response by bloggers and podcasters of what the last 10 years have produced and even some speculation on where the next 10…

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December 22, 2009

The Importance of Personal Projects

Filed under: Words — Ted Forbes @ 10:24 am

If you are working professionally as a creative, or even just a creative person working professionally – I can’t stress enough the importance of personal projects. Personal projects are the fun things designed to engage yourself. They are a creative…

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December 10, 2009

Showing Your Work Online

Filed under: Words — Ted Forbes @ 8:03 pm

Scott Bourne wrote an interesting article recently entitled Five Reasons Why Photographers Should Build A Blog Rather Than A Website. He makes actually 6 really good arguments for blogs over a website and as one who’s done both…

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November 14, 2009

The Wonders of Lo-Fi

Filed under: Words — Ted Forbes @ 2:51 pm

As someone who shoots lots of HD video and even digital photographs, I must admit that I’ve always had a soft spot for lo-fi image making. There’s just a wonderful quality to the funkiness of certain things that gives pictures…

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November 7, 2009

Photography and the iPhone

Filed under: Words — Ted Forbes @ 8:30 am

I’ve recently become obsessed with probably the lamest feature on the iPhone – the camera.

Its no real mystery that this is one of the weaker links of the phone from a technical perspective. Being a photographer I own a…

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November 6, 2009

The Top 5

Filed under: Words — Tags: — Ted Forbes @ 8:17 pm

Over the years I’ve owned way too many cameras. On the train today I was thinking that they are just tools, but what makes me favor one over another. Thought it would make a fun blog post to name my…

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November 3, 2009

And we’re live…

Filed under: Words — Ted Forbes @ 11:06 pm

Looks like all systems are go…

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