Mastering the Basics: Aperture in Digital Photography
In optics, an aperture is a hole or an opening through which light travels. In Digital photography, this light is guided through to the...
In 500 words -Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth by JMW Turner
English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist Joseph Mallord William Turner was known for his expressive landscapes and violent...
From Earth to Mars - The Humble String in Visual Art
Ah, The humble string. From fishing lines and nets, cordage, clothing and bow strings to sutures, traps and leads, string has helped us...
Bookshelf: Creative Mending by Hikaru Noguchi
Like A Dictionary of Color Combinations by Sanzo Wada, I encountered Creative Mending by Hikaru Noguchi while travelling. Wandering the...
Colouring Space - Visualizing the Universe
With a near-to-mid-infrared sensitivity, ultra image resolution and spectroscopic capabilities, the James Webb Space Telescope has...
Sanzo Wada: A Dictionary of Color Combinations
Back in July 2016, I wove through summer crowds in Tokyo with my sister. It was the last day of my trip, and I was looking to shore up...
Mastering the Basics: Shutter Speed in Digital Photography
From humble beginnings to the contemporary engineering of today, the camera has come a long way in a relatively short space of time....
The (Ever-Growing) Glossary of Photographic Terms
In every art practice, there is a language built around its theory and mechanism. This ever-expanding glossary outlines some key terms...
In 500 Words - the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot Deck by Pamela Colman Smith
You may not recognise her name at first, but you'll almost certainly recognise her art. The Rider–Waite–Smith Deck (also known as the...
Modern Art, Postmodern Art and Contemporary Art - What's the Difference?
Generally speaking, the words modern and contemporary are synonymous in the English language, both describing the neoteric or...
Typology Photography + Tips to Make Your Own
A photographic typology is a body of work that visually explores a theme or subject to draw out similarities and differences for...
Wordless Words- the Art of Asemic Writing
How do we interpret the difference between what we see and what we read? If you have ever greeted an enigmatic instance of graffiti with...