Scott Loftesness
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We Wrote the Book!
Scott’s Google Reader- 7 Time-Saving Google Analytics Custom Reports
- Creative Workflow #7
- Mobile Native Services
- 5 Tools Hyperlocal Publishers Can Use to Improve Online Ad Sales
- Hard work on the right things
- Dedicating the merit
- Ten Pieces of Inspiration #73
- Peter Thiel’s CS183: Startup - Class 11 Notes Essay
- Three TYPO San Francisco Talks Online
- Freesound
- Scott’s Instapaper
- Nine Things Successful People Do Differently - Heidi Grant Halvorson - Harvard Business Review
- How Mark Zuckerberg Hacked the Valley - Businessweek
- Europe's banks on the brink | Reuters
- How to Find Great Writing Ideas | WritersDigest.com
- Wislawa Szymborska - Nobel Lecture
- An Interview With Thom Steinbeck | The Hairpin
- Going digital : Naturejobs
- Don’t wait
- Harvard's Clayton Christensen: Instilling the Value of Integrity in Your Heart
- Clayton Christensen On How To Find Work That You Love | Fast Company
Author Archives: Scott Loftesness
How Do You Learn And Improve Your Photography?
Tonight’s edition of Trey’s Variety Hour (Episode #34) is hosted by my friend Doug Kaye. The topic of the show – totally unrelated to gear for a change! – is “How do you learn and improve your photography?” A great … Continue reading
In the Rose Garden with my Lensbaby Muse
After being reminded by a friend that we’re in the peak of rose blooming season here in Menlo Park, I headed out this afternoon with my Canon EOS 5D Mark II and a Lensbaby Muse to see what I could … Continue reading
From Capture to Final Image – An Example
In January, Doug Kaye and I headed out for some photography along the Half Moon Bay coastline. We headed first for the beautiful trees of the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve – and, as we were heading back, I shot this image … Continue reading
An 11-Inch MacBook Air
A few months ago, I bought an 11-inch MacBook Air. I’ve been totally blown away by this computer – it’s far and away the best Mac I’ve ever had. Here’s my story… Why this 11-inch MacBook Air? I decided I … Continue reading
Stockton Street – Chinatown – San Francisco
This is another image from my photo walk with Doug Kaye in San Francisco last Thursday. Doug noticed that this section of street across from us wasn’t blocked by parked cars, trucks, etc. He shot several shots that he put … Continue reading
Fun in San Francisco’s Chinatown and North Beach
I took a day off from work today to join my good friend Doug Kaye for a delightful photo walk in San Francisco’s Chinatown and North Beach neighborhoods. We met at the Portsmouth Square Park/Garage – with handy underground parking … Continue reading
Looking Back…
This is one of those weekends that provokes a look back. As I wrote last year, these two days in March will never be quite the same. I spent some time tonight looking back at my photo archive and ended … Continue reading
Multiple Image Artists – Idris Khan, Pep Ventosa
In today’s New York Times Sunday Magazine, artist Idris Khan was featured. His multiple image black and white compositions of London are quite striking – with great depth. They capture your eye – and keep your eyes in the frame. … Continue reading
Benches
Back from another wonderful session today with good friends at the Walker Evans exhibition at Stanford’s Cantor Art Center. Last fall, I took a portraiture class taught by Neal Menschel at Stanford’s Continuing Studies program – and many of us … Continue reading
Work alone if you can…
In my reading about the great American photographer Walker Evans, I stumbled across this quote from Evans in his advice to his photography students at Yale (as cited in Walker Evans at Work): “Work alone if you can. Girls are … Continue reading
