Photography
Photographic Sunday – Museum Compositions
In 2011 I did a Sunday series on my photography (you can see them in the drop down series menu on the right under 'Photographic Sunday'). I have created a lot of new images since then so I thought I would do a few more editions of 'Photographic Sunday' for you. Museum...
Heroes and Goddesses – A Travel Napkin Story, Part 2
The Truman Library Before I met the two Goddesses I talked about in part 1, I visited the home of 2 of my heroes. I met them at the Truman library in Independence, Missouri, just east of Kansas City. Truman is obviously one of the men I am talking about. The other...
The Compelling Image in the Age of Social Media
In addition to my Napkin Dad persona I am also the owner of MAKE Studio, photography with an emphasis on personal portraits. In that capacity I spoke last week at the Social Media Tulsa conference on 'The Compelling Image in the Age of Social Media'. One of...
The Compelling Image – Photography #2
I compel you to look at Photography part 2. You can hear more about it at the Social Media Tulsa Conference where I will be speaking and leading a hands-on session on creating Compelling Images for Social Media. Screw The Fashion Police You are in...
Shooting a Feeling – Photography Lesson #1
I am speaking this week at the Social Media Tulsa Conference. A link to the conference website is below and you are invited to attend. My topic is 'The Compelling Image in the Age of Social Media'. This week I am drawing some images that will introduce...
Me Drawing Lauren Drawing
Recently I went to Philbrook Museum of Art here in Tulsa to do a photo shoot for a friend, Kathi Morrison, and her family. When we were done I left the family and went traipsing around the museum on my own for a while. When I came down stairs I found Kathi's...
Portraits – Photo Retrospective 2012, part 2
Welcome back Napkin Kin to part 2 of my portraits of 2012. Yesterday I covered the Second half of 2012, July-December. Today I am showing the first half with a bit of overlap, January to July. _________________ My drive down from Northern California in July ended...
Portraits – Photo retrospective 2012, part 1
Hello Napkin Kin! Welcome to 2013. One of my resolutions is to mix it up a bit on The Napkin Dad Daily in 2013 and one way to do that is to add in more of my other work for you to see. Here are some of my photographic portraits from 2012. Starting with the latest and...
Photographic Sunday – Tulsa Digital Photography Group
In 2008 I helped found the Tulsa Digital Photography Group, later named 'PHOTOG'. It now has close to 600 members, making it the largest in Oklahoma. We put on photo shoots once or twice a month and have a monthly library presentation that I lead. Sometimes...
Photographic Sunday – Travels
I love road trips. When I was very small we moved from one side of the country to the other a number of times. We did it again when I was a teenager. I did it twice during undergraduate and graduate years and once again as an adult with a family. Those were just the...
Photographic Sunday – Fashion
I love fashion shoots because of the great clothing and makeup and the fun that can be had combining it all. Here are some recent images. Gum Svetlana in Rust OUT Fence Cloud Boots Rain Heat Out / In Garage Spiral © 2021 Marty Coleman |...
Photographic Sunday – Emotional Wind
Living in Oklahoma a photographer can either be cursed by the wind or blessed by it. I feel blessed by it. After many outdoor photo sessions I found I had a great collection of images with hair and expressions all over the place. I started to find an emotional...
Photographic Sunday – Collages / part 2
The collages I showed last week were images that were collaged into pre-existing images. This week I am showing collage images that exist by themselves. Postcards This is a series called 'Postcards'. They are images taken on vacation, collaged together and...
Photographic Sunday – Collages / part 1
In 1981 my art style moved towards photo-realistic drawings and paintings. As a result I started taking photos that I could use as reference for the drawings. After a while I realized I didn't like the process of creating photo-realistic images - being in a dark...
Photographic Sunday – Landscapes
Flint Creek in Fog, New Life Ranch, Oklahoma, 1990s My daughters went to camp here for many years. We also went to family camp a number of times as well. It was down in a valley so the fog would often settle in pretty thick in the mornings. Cadillacs and Barbed...
Photographic Sunday – Backs and Straps
Starting back in the 1980s I developed a photographic fascination for backs. It started when a model I was photographing for a project got cold feet about doing the nudes we had planned. We were already the location, a beach with dramatic cliffs and incredible...
Photographic Sunday – 90s Film Portraits
These black and white film portraits were taken in the late 80s and early 90s in and around San Jose, California. Bob, Eulipia Restaurant, 1990s He was an aspiring actor and a restauranteur. I took this photo for his actor head shot portfolio in the restaurant he...
Photographic Sunday – San Jose Summer – 1980s
I took a LOT of slides back in the 80s. My then father-in-law was a big slide film fan and I became one as a result. I recently decided to experiment with scanning these old slides on my flat bed scanner. The results are evocative and...
Photographic Sunday – Cranbrook, 1981
I have set aside several Sundays to show you some of my photography. I used film until 2005 so any images predating then you can assume are film images, any after that will be digital. Woman With Oval, 1980 In 1980 I started graduate school at Cranbrook Academy...
Every Portrait
I should take a pic of day #5 of 'Photography Week' at The Napkin Dad Daily In photography or any other medium an artist is the one who is not trying to copy. They have in their head a vision, an idea, a concept, an attitude that compels them to create something out...
You Don’t Take A Photograph
>I am making this day #4 of 'Photography Week' at the Napkin Dad DailyThere has been a debate within the photography world ever since the advent of the digital camera and software such as Photoshop that can be used to work on photographs.The debate is between...
The Camera Is An Instrument
I don't have a photographic memory, but I think this is day #3 of 'Photography Week' at the Napkin Dad Daily One thing I have always tried to teach my students, whether formally when I was a college instructor, or informally in my photo group, is that your eye is the...
It Is One Thing
>It's unexpectedly day #2 of 'Photography Week' at The Napkin Dad DailyI love taking portraits. But it's very hard for me to do studio work. The lack of background, the lighting, it all lessens the ability to get to the heart of someone. I know there is a place...
The Still Must Tease – Photography
I help run a photo group here in Tulsa. We had our annual Halloween Cemetery shoot this weekend and I gave a presentation the week before about how to get the most out of this sort of shoot. Beyond the technical styles we went over the most important thing was...
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