A mathematics teacher is not much like a nineteenth-century railroad worker–but there are parallels. Our consultant who tutors High School math and science continues to learn from it; sometimes, his students do also.
Our photographic consultant finds that the camera he uses can have an unsubtle effect on the pictures he takes.
Our photographer draws our attention to how differently the same objects appear in different light. It’s a lesson easily generalized.
Our photographer notices how a new technology forces our bodies into new positions.
Our photographic consultant is reminded how complicated things are for beginners, no matter how straightforward it all seems to the professionals.
The photographs that came out of this Kodak Brownie camera from the 1930s may be the best size ever found.
One of our consultants has been working on a genealogical project this past week. It prompts some thoughts on the difference between science and scholarship as well as the longevity of documents.
Our photographer illustrates the evolution of technology through something once ubiquitous, now obsolete.
Photography can seem very complicated, so cameras made for non-experts are often highly simplified. This can make them difficult to use.
You have many tasks, large and small, difficult and otherwise. For each one you have to choose a way to get it done. A problem arises when you find such a wonderful means that you forget the end.