Andrew Burton Photo - Latest Comments

Re: Sometimes I Love Photos I shouldn’t

Mark B — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:45:42 -0000

I like this too. The film quality nicely matches the quality of the product that comes from that factory, both bad.

On another note, do you normally say that you make photographs? That's a common non-English speaker phrase, and it would be interesting if there was a subset of native English speakers that use the same phrase.

Re: Three Hours at Homecoming

Dingleberry McGee — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:49:29 -0000

First frame doesn't do much for me. Second I think can be taken out. Fifth frame is kind of hard to look at with that nose just poking you in the eye. Red bull and twilight poster dude kind of boring, understand purpose but merg. Everything else is hot. Especially: hallway, bracelet, blurs, shoesless shadows and high school rave(?). Like the Vuvox kind of. COOL!

Re: On Travel, Photography

Thomas Cain — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:05:42 -0000

This is an absolutely amazing letter. I hope your friend followed every single word. You have put to paper a lot of the feelings I have about travel photography. I look forward to subscribing to the blog as well as your twitter.

Re: Inspiration: Sol Neelman: A photographer’s style

solneelman — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:51:46 -0000

Hey man, thanks for the nice comments.

I'm not sure how good my program is, but I try to own it and do the best I can. That's all any of us can do.

I'm also an old man that took years and years to really have any sort of a clue. Everyone has their own path. Some are quick learners: Finch & Eich come to mind. Then there are others that need to evolve, like me.

I'm confident you'll find your voice and vision. It may take time, but the journey will be sweet.

Sol

Re: Accounting for time.

twitter-43346498 — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:24:39 -0000

Hey Andrew,

Found your website on the following 1000words.net post: http://www.10000words.net/2009/08/20-photojourn...

But that's not why I'm commenting. I absolutely agree with you on always taking photos if you are a photographer. Back in 2006, I passed up an opportunity for a staff position at my local newspaper to move to Washington, DC. After about six months and failed attempts at getting a photo job there, I realized I stopped taking photos and it made me really upset. I heard about a project called Project365, where you take a photo a day for an entire year, and took it upon myself to get going on my own version of it. It kept my hand in photography, every day, even when I wasn't working as a photographer.

I've now completed two full years, and I'm halfway through my third. Who knows when I'll stop.

(I'm now a freelancer and photojournalism master's student at the University of Missouri.)

Re: Accounting for time.

Melissa Romero — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:59:31 -0000

Very true post. This whole summer and actually all of last semester I did not write a single article and I'm a newspaper major. Thanks for this.

Re: Accounting for time.

Greer Greerson — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:48:51 -0000

Interesting...

Re: National Go Skateboarding Day

joeybaker — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:02:57 -0000

Opttych! Nicely done sir!

Got me thinking: Motion graphics/interactivity of this format could be totally sweet! Imagine laying out photos like these in a 3D space. No 'play' button, but an 'explore' button.

Re: The Vancouver Project, Eddie Adams

Noel Talbot — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:13:05 -0000

i am sooooo excited for you!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Re: The Restless Struggle

erin — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:02:07 -0000

id like to speak with you about this sometime.

Re: The Restless Struggle

LS — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:55:50 -0000

I'm going to add a "but" here. Obviously, I completely agree with everything you're saying. However, while we can always strive for more, it's really, REALLY important to be proud of yourself for where you are. This is something it took me awhile to recognize, because I always wanted to push myself to do more next time.

Now I know that that's great, and I SHOULD want to push for more, but I also need to take a step back, breathe and tell myself "You absolutely rocked that!" And then, after I say that, I want to replicate the feeling again and again, so I re-set the bar. But we have to remember to celebrate where we are right now, too, even if it's not where we want to be in 10 years, a year, or even tomorrow.

Re: In Defense of Twitter - An Essay

Stef — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:35:04 -0000

What did you use to* create your blog

Re: In Defense of Twitter - An Essay

Stef — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:34:35 -0000

Andrew, what did you create you blog? Did you build it in Dreamweaver/Flash or use some kind of site to sync it with your site? Your site is awesome, by the way!

And interesting thoughts on Twitter.

Re: Aint That America pt. 2

twitter-15569850 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:51:09 -0000

Great depth of field on this. Yet despite the awesome photo, it look disgusting.

Re: Aint That America pt. 2

jbaker071 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:58:48 -0000

I love this ironic, diptych, theme! If this became a trademark of yours I'll be jealous :)

Re: The Single Image is Dead.

jbaker071 — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:51:13 -0000

Agreed sir. I don't think we've reached this stage yet – many photojs still make their bread and butter off of the single assignment – but I do think this is coming. There's no reason your portfolio should be stories, not singles.