The Adventures of Michael Vincent
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10,000
December 14, 2021
“Your first 10,000 images will be your worst”.
Henry Cartier Bresson
The grand master preceded Malcolm Gladwell by several decades.
Think about this, 10,000 hours or images before you actually start to achieve some semblance of competency and effectiveness in a chosen discipline.
I have crossed this threshold a long…
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Archive Memories
December 11, 2021
Reviewing my Archive from the last 9 years has been quite an adventure. It has left me stunned, sad, happy, grateful and curious.
My images reveal a deep connection to life and beauty in the ordinary.
What is considered ordinary very often is the access to inspiration.
My Archive is…
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Reviewing My Archive
December 8, 2021
I was thinking deeply about my expression as a photographer.
Why?
What’s my purpose in this?
While going through my Archive, I felt the stirring of an answer.
Life is Beautiful - La Vita Bella.
I coined a phrase a while back called the expression of life. If life is…
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My Trinity
December 6, 2021
The Holy Grail.
The Epic Threesome.
In Photographic Terms - a Three Lens Kit that covers all the shooting parameters for my Visual Narrative and Expression.
Environmental Context
People, Places, Culture
Portraits & Documentary
I am still contemplating my Trinity.
I know with certainty The 33mm 1.4 is going to…
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Night Vision
December 2, 2021
Everything changes at night.Creating images at night when there is very little Light becomes very interesting to me.Painting with Light when there isn’t much requires a different type of strategy.A fast lens as required.
My choice of optics is The 16mm 1.4.
I can’t see myself using anything else for…