Lesson 168 - We two have run about the hills,
and picked the daisies fine;
But we've wandered many a weary foot,
since auld lang syne.
(Cultural references should be subtle.)
Lesson 169 - Praradiso (Dissonance between a theme and a setting.)
Lesson 170 - A bust of somebody ("The older I grow, the more I find myself alone." - Alberto Giacometti)
Lesson 171 - Lady in pink (“My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain.”― Helmut Newton)
Lesson 172 - A game in Rome (“Neorealism is difficult to define. It is an impulse. It is a moment. It is an act of recovery and restoration. It is a source of inspiration, a fountain that never stops flowing.” - Martin Scorsese)
Lesson 173 - Sale (A smart gear choice is essential for travel photographer, the kit should be minimal, but containing necessary things like batteries and chargers.)
Lesson 174 - Bridesmaids of Hanoi (There are two schools of street photography, candid and consensual. The latter can easily turn into an over arranged group portrait.)
Lesson 175 - Vertical abstract expressionism composition no. 10 ("When I make a photograph, I want it to be an altogehter new object, complete and self-contained, whose basic condition is order." - Aaron Siskind) [See also Lesson 82 (Rothko)]
Lesson 176 - Highway US 1 (Cabriolets are better for avoiding window reflections when taking pictures while driving.) [See also Lesson 73 (Don't take pictures while driving.)]
Lesson 177 - Is Coke OK? (The sunlight is too bright and sharp, resulting in overall contrasty look with dark shadows and skies.)
Lesson 178 - Isola di San Michele, Venezia ("Speak against the tyranny of the unimaginative" - Ezra Pound)
Lesson 179 - Under construction (In order to create diffused light with soft shadows, one might use different types of impromtu tools such as silk or other farbic.) [ See also Lesson 132 (Pale colours) ]
Lesson 180 - Galaxy of a pond Lenses are sealed by balsam that can become mouldy over the years. Fungus spots in the lense deteriorate sharpness.)
Lesson 181 - Psychiatric hospital garden ("I hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move." - Georgia O'Keeffe) [ See also Lesson 7 (Still life) ]
Lesson 182 - The ugliest building in Prague ("The photographer does not work in the industrial sense [...] yet, he does something: He creates, manipulates and gather symbols." - Vilem Flusser, Für eine Philosophie der Fotografie)
Lesson 183 - Brunch time (Side-reversed picture. Negativ was loaded into a cartridge in the opposite way.)
Lesson 184 - I couldn't live there if you paid me to. (Grey positive can be caused by optical characteristics of orange light in the darkroom which makes prints seem much more contrasty than they really are.)
Lesson 185 - Assumption (Dynamic symmetry uses diagonal elements to promote continuity, flow, rhythm and balance in composition.)
Lesson 186 - Epiphany ("This triviality made him think of collecting many such moments together in a book of epiphanies. By an epiphany he meant a sudden spiritual manifestation, whether in the vulgarity of speech or of gesture or in a memorable phase of the mind itself." - James Joyce, Stephen Hero)
Lesson 187 - Orange puddle (Auto white balance can be off for night images. Remember the moonlight color temperature is around 4000K.)
Lesson 188 - Thinking inside the box ("Simplify the obvious and then hide it." - Timothy Persons)
Lesson 189 - A tram stop and a block of flats (Visual relation of objects should convey the message of the picture.)
Lesson 190 - Landscape (Repeating elements leading towards a golden ratio end point. Textbook compositions are boring.) [See also Lesson 167 (Diagonals)]
Lesson 191 - Backyard in the rain (Small light patches on old photographs are caused by fungus. Treat the back with hydrogene peroxide and let it dry on direct sun.)
Lesson 192 - Warming Hut bookstore and cafe (Multiple frames add depth and draw attention to the main subject) [See also Lesson 166 (Framing)]
Lesson 193 - Shop window ("Color photography, well, I would be interested in that. But how to do it, it's too complicated for me so far." - Josef Sudek)
Lesson 194 - Around the corner (Wide-angle lens offers a large angle of view but exaggerates relative sizes of objects and distorts perspective.) [See also Lesson 66 (Focal lenght 28mm)]
Lesson 195 - Hampstead Heath (The golden triangles rule: Major diagonal dominates the image, while two reciprocal lines connect the remaining corners with the diagonal perpendicularly. The image is naturally divided inro four triangles.)
Lesson 196 - Misty morning of summer 2001 (Even naive tourist snapshots can get additinal meaning in symbolic context.) [See also Lesson 141 (Old digital cameras.)]
Lesson 197 - Death of a legend (Obstructing elements in the foreground.) [See also Lesson 138 (also Chelsea hotel)]
Lesson 198 - KL 885 (Rembrandt ligting is characterized by one side of the face well lit from the main light, while the other side is partially hidden in chiaroscuro.)
Lesson 199 - Dark dawn ("The biggest cliche in photography is sunrise and sunset."- Catherine Opie)
Lesson 200 - A chimney (Duotone is a technique that separates dark and light tones of an image and superimposes contrasting colour half-tones over those areas. Similarly, tritone, quadtone, et cetera separations can be produced.)
Lesson 201 - The right panel (Triptych is an art form consisting of three parts where the central part is typically the largest one. It originated as an altar panel painting form and has been used by many artists since, from Hieronymus Bosch to Francis Bacon.) [ See also Lesson 200 (The central panel) and Lesson 199 (The left panel) ]
Lesson 202 - Cacti (“If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff.” - Jim Richardson)
Lesson 203 - There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed. Exodus 3:2 (Too obvious.)
Lesson 204 - A hole in the wall (Deconstuctivism is a post-moder architecture movement from 80s emphasizing fragmentation and dynamics.) [ See also Lesson 129 (Constructivism)]
Lesson 205 - Autumn landscape (Wrong format decision, a panoramic camera would suit the scene better than 6x7 medium format.)
Lesson 206 - A Rhapsody (Geometric abstraction originated in the early 20th century in the works of Kupka, Malevich and others, and by the 60s it has become a standard visual form of moden design. The connection to music was emphasized by Wassily Kandinsky.) [See also Lesson 117(Leading lines)]
Lesson 207 - A window (By simple tools, such as crop, the autor manipulates the objective reality to create a new subjective world presented to the viewer.) [See also Lesson 115 (more autumn colours)]
Lesson 208 - After the rain (Light leaks on film are usually caused by bad condition of camera sealing. Recently they have become one of the staples of cheap lomography aesthetics.) [See also Lesson 1 (Light leak during developing)]
Lesson 209 - Repeat the mantra - I feel wonderful (“Some of the great pictures happen along the journey and not necessarily at your destination.” — Steve McCurry) [See also Lesson 160 (yet another religious icon.]
Lesson 210 - Central Park from the Met (A photographer is too close to her subject, probably missing the ambiance.) [See also Lesson 59 (a relation of a model and the surrounding environmen)]
Lesson 211 - Ceiling at Venceslaus square (Op-art creates abstract images with repeated patterns often creating optical illusions of movement. Although the term was coined in 1960s, the roots of op art can be traced back to Bauhaus, Moholy-Nagy and Picabia in 20s.)
Lesson 212 - Their House (Excessive dust and lint on a negative holder during scanning, use anti static wipes and an air blower.)
Lesson 213 - In the park (Low light photography creates a demanding combination of slow shutter speed and a low f stop number.) [See also Lesson 124 (Underexposed) and 150 (Night photography)]
Lesson 214 - Sister Pascalina and other characters from the works of Julius Zeyer. (In music, etude is a short work primarily focused on practicing certain skills. This concept can be easily applied to photography as a technical exercise without higher aspirations.) [See also Lesson 5 (Another statue)]
Lesson 215 - A group portrait ("My painting is not violent; it's life that is violent." - Francis Bacon)
Lesson 216 - The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner ("...a mysterious intersection of chance and attention that goes well beyond the existential surrealism of the 'decisive moment'". - Lee Friedlander)
Lesson 217 - The end of the station (Urban photography is often referred to in the same context as street photography but it’s a broader genre that can include anything within a built-up, urban environment.)
Lesson 218 - A school desk study (On-camera flash light typically separates the main subject form the background creating a clear focus. Sometimes it does not.) [ See also Lesson 22 and 23 (flash issues) ]
Lesson 219 - Lamp post no. 801315. (Sexualization is an overused approach in pop culture and advertising with far-reaching social impact. The debate continues whether negative responses are primarily caused by the perceived lack of value (commitment) or lack of agency (objectification). )
Lesson 220 - Low season on Peloponnesus (Blue hour.) [ See also Lesson 125 (magic hour) ].
Lesson 221 - Manhattan (“He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion...no, make that: he - he romanticized it all out of proportion. Yeah.” - Woody Allen)
Lesson 222 - Vanishing point (In the study of perspective, a vanishing point is the point at which the receding parallel lines appear to converge.) [ See also Lesson 92 (four benches) ]
Lesson 223 - Neun Luftballons (“It's all the same story. People try to survive in the world they were born.”
― Aki Kaurismäki) [ See also Lesson 112 (four ramens) ]
