the other Martin Taylor

Photography: Artistic Blocks

2009-03-11T21:21:54Z

To misquote a more insightful writer me, there are two kinds of artists: those who openly struggle with self-doubt and those who lie about it. It may be flippantly stated but that doesn't make it any less true. Unless you are terminally optimisti...

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Project 365: Mile 2 - The Work Begins

2009-01-22T19:10:39Z

If this is your first year long picture-a-day project you might just have noticed that the task seemed to get much more difficult over the last few days. What's going on? Remembering that project365 is a distance race not a sprint let's return...

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Photography and Equipment - Just Get Over It

2009-01-08T23:39:29Z

I still love photography but I'm so over equipment. I'm a software engineer who is into photgraphy so I am apparently the go-to guy when you want to know what camera or lens you should buy. People are always calling me up or asking me what ca...

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Begining a Photography 365 Project

2009-01-03T22:23:55Z

So you have enlisted in project365 - how hard can it be? All you have to do is pick up your camera once a day. How long does it take to make a picture? 1/125 of a second on average? That's only 1/10800000th of your day. This should be easy. I...

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'91 Miata: Long, long, long, really-long term test

2008-09-23T22:32:30Z

My Zoom Zoom, originally uploaded by the other Martin Taylor. The accepted wisdom among professional misers is that there certain things you should never buy new. I can't remember the exact list but I do remember that books, DVDs and cars r...

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1/2 Million Views Can't Be Wrong

2008-09-09T04:23:06Z

Agave, originally uploaded by the other Martin Taylor. I hit a small milestone on Flickr this week as I passed over half a million views on my stream. Of course 500,000 views is small potatoes for the flickr-concienci but for me it is vague...

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Avedon in Paris (a review and preview)

2008-08-31T03:28:17Z

Avedon in Paris (a review and preview), originally uploaded by the other Martin Taylor. My wife and I recently took advantage of a required trip back to the UK to spend a few days in Paris. Aside from a dollar that sucked and the 100% smoki...

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The Polarizing Effect of Martin Parr

2008-04-16T19:30:34Z

Preface: I just wrote this piece for an art-photo-history course I'm taking and wanted to put it somewhere on the web - it's pretty long and involved so I won't be insulted if you don't read it all: Love him or hate him, there is no denying the c...

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The Creative Rut

2008-03-17T17:22:51Z

It has been eight months since I posted anything to Vox. How funny then that the subject that inspires me to write again is the subject I last wrote about; inspiration or the lack of it and faith in your own work. So, since we last chatted I co...

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When Your Muse Goes on Vacation

2007-07-23T23:27:50Z

I hate those blogs that apologize for not writing or being away. Even more I hate the excuses they proffer to explain their absence; usually something to do with being too busy or real life getting in the way of blogging. Are we d-list bloggers ...

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