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Photomatter Blog is an extension of Photomatter.com's Photography web site featuring photos by James Markus. The blog will focus on photography, business practices, equipment, new photographic creations, important photographic news/information, recent work, and my occasional posts.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Michigan's first Senior Odyssey

Saturday I got to witness pure seasoned talent during Michigan's first Senior Odyssey held in Jenison Michigan. Senior Odyssey is meant to keep the juices flowing, wheels turning, and sharpen the mind. The Web site defines it this way...



"The Senior Odyssey project is a community-based cognitive intervention in which adults aged 60 and over participate in a program of problem solving and brain teasers."

Find out more here...


Photos from Michigan's first Senior Odyssey here...

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Macro - It is a matter of perspective


A common item in any studio, but what is it? Is it concave or convex? The pattern is mesmerizing, and calming.

Friday, December 31, 2010

Smoke Art @ Photomatter



Last month and a few days ago I shot some smoke. Though abstract - I find the ethereal semi transparent nature of the wisps of smoke to be compelling. Hope you enjoy them. A link to my gallery of smoke images is HERE A sampling is posted on the blog.

Friday, November 12, 2010

New Kitchen Art


I've been using my gels, and arranging tableware to add to my kitchen art collection. I find the lighting to be the most critical part in this process. There are more images Here in this link

Not a good idea....

What were they thinking? I'm sure everyone is saying that now, but really...running an ad agency out of the jail wasn't a very good idea. The damages could be astronomical for the state of Texas with 4.5 million copies of this infringement floating around the state.

READ the Story here

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Amazing waves on Lake Michigan



Amazing wind and waves at Grand Haven today. This wave splashed as high as the tower on the south pier as it hit the north pier channel marker. Here is a five frame sequence of the splash

Apparently my blog won't allow animated photos - so here is linked hosted off my website where you can actually see the five frames of the wave crashing into the channel marker...

Click here for photo link

Friday, October 8, 2010

FM Theme: Inspiration


I participate in various contests, and Fred Miranda's is a favorite of mine. Fred is a former model living in LA that years ago started a photography website that I think is one the finest - aesthetically. This photo is for the weekly assignment which has the theme of "Inspiration" - title is "Written Inspiration". Fred's home page is HERE and the weekly assignments are HERE