The Influence of Brilliance
I discovered Howard Bond’s work in 1979. At the time I was shooting an old Zeiss Icon 2 ¼ camera and Ansel Adams was my photo hero. Except that I was in an office building in Ann Arbor Michigan, I don’t remember any other the details of that day except that my eyes fell upon the most magnificent photo of the Huron River. My heart said Ansel Adams but my brain quickly corrected me. I wrote down Howard Bond and started my pursuit to find out more about this brilliant photographer. Mr. Bond’s work was already well known in Ann Arbor. It only took viewing a few more of his fine art photographs to produce the burning desire to get back into a darkroom and really learn the craft of printing my own work.
I attended a few photo workshops at the University of Michigan and the burning desire flamed into passion to learn. In 1980 I enrolled at the local community college and took all the darkroom and large camera format classes they offered. I was also privileged to attend a couple of Howard Bond workshops. It was wonderful last evening to attend an opening reception for Mr. Bond in Chelsea, Michigan. Along with collectors of his work, the gallery was filled with photographers that also had great stories about the Bond influence on their work. Howard Bond, (lower right), and his wife greeting visitors at the River Gallery, Chelsea Michigan, June 6, 2009.
aperature: f4.5
exposure: 1/25 sec after a glass of wine
focal length: 47mm
ISO: 200
42 responses
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Karen K Smith added a link (7 Jun 2009):
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Karen K Smith added a link (7 Jun 2009):
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JOE FAILK gave props (7 Jun 2009):
Fits the theme well! Excellent!
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david ong gave props (7 Jun 2009):
EXCELLENT!! love the story.
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Joy B gave props (7 Jun 2009):
Love the story!
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Maura Wolfson-Foster gave props (7 Jun 2009):
Incredible photo and an epithany of a story! Thanks for sharing, Karen!!!
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Jen said (7 Jun 2009):
Love it! This was a great capture of Margaret and Howard, very animated :)
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Howard Simpson gave props (7 Jun 2009):
Nice shot. I feel like I am part of the conversation.
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John Linton gave props (7 Jun 2009):
Very cool image.
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Steven Maguire gave props (7 Jun 2009):
Great B&W image!! Fantastic image!!!
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stuart s gave props (7 Jun 2009):
Love the words and shot. Must have been quite special to share a room with him and take the candid. Very cool.
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Christopher J Chalk gave props (8 Jun 2009):
Looks like their having a great old chat:) LOL at your exposure comment.
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Andrea Petersen gave props (8 Jun 2009):
What a wonderful picture with your great information describing it.
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Ted Gorczyca gave props (8 Jun 2009):
excellent capture
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Rhio9 (Rhio Hirsch) said (9 Jun 2009):
a really good portrait of character studies, conversational energy, social interaction, enthusiasm and intimacy. great angle for it, too.
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Sonia Adam Murray gave props (9 Jun 2009):
Well done Karen!
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Dhanny Palma gave props (9 Jun 2009):
Great Image...
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Rob Roy gave props (9 Jun 2009):
Great image... great story, Karen!! Would also be wonderful in "Candid"!!
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Litz Go gave props (12 Jun 2009):
this is great photo and caption, Karen! lucky you!
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Litz Go gave props (12 Jun 2009):
wow! his photos are amazing! thanks for sharing, Karen. Now, I'm one of his fans!
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Lanis Rossi gave props (13 Jun 2009):
Great capture!
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Deborah Downes gave props (14 Jun 2009):
Great capture, Karen, and thanks so much for sharing this story. Just checked out some of his work. Wow! Wow! Wow!
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Jeff Kovach gave props (22 Jun 2009):
outstanding!
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Ron LaFond gave props (25 Jun 2009):
Great image, Karen. I love the POV. R
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elfriede fulda gave props (5 Sep 2009):
Great B&W,,and such an interesting read, my vote for sure Karen..
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JOE FAILK gave props (6 Sep 2009):
Back to vote!
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david ong gave props (6 Sep 2009):
BTV!
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Sonia Adam Murray gave props (7 Sep 2009):
Once again, came back to vote.
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Michael Ball gave props (9 Sep 2009):
Fantastic shot! Love the story!! Rad!!
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Litz Go gave props (9 Sep 2009):
back to voite!
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Regenia Brabham gave props (9 Sep 2009):
Great shot!! I love it!
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Andrea Petersen gave props (9 Sep 2009):
Back to vote...Super entry!
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Maura Wolfson-Foster gave props (13 Sep 2009):
Back to add my vote...!!!
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John Linton gave props (14 Sep 2009):
Hell YEAH! Rad!
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Deborah Downes gave props (14 Sep 2009):
Back to vote.
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Ron LaFond gave props (17 Sep 2009):
I had to come back and vote "Yeah!" on this one, Karen. I still love the POV and the monochrome treatment. R
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Lynn H gave props (18 Sep 2009):
Love the story and the B&W!
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Christopher J Chalk gave props (19 Sep 2009):
Back to re-vote :)
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Zerina Phillip gave props (19 Oct 2009):
voted.
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Judy Wanamaker gave props (24 Oct 2009):
Excellent capture of this wonderful event. Great entry. voted.
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Steven Maguire gave props (26 Oct 2009):
Back to vote, on this wonderful image!!!!
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Jerry Pittman gave props (28 Oct 2009):
Incredible story, You have my vote.
