tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post1214460085959647598..comments2024-01-13T23:14:15.017+13:00Comments on The Ambling Rambler: Deafness and PhotographyRobynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06087174644154663679noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post-10712787989699757312008-09-15T06:31:00.000+12:002008-09-15T06:31:00.000+12:00I so agree with your post and many if not most of ...I so agree with your post and many if not most of the comments.<BR/>I became more aware and more visual when I became deaf one year ago. After 48 years of hearing, I am more aware of my surroundings, more appreciative of my world, take in and comprehend more than ever. This was in my silence.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02250044610162724765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post-66033488903719938372008-09-03T08:00:00.000+12:002008-09-03T08:00:00.000+12:00Not sure I ever mentioned that my mother ran an ar...Not sure I ever mentioned that my mother ran an art gallery and painted professionally when I was a kid. I showed her your work and she was impressed. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, it's funny because we've had somewhat similar backgrounds. I probably wasn't as good at the piano as you, but it was my life for many years. I too began losing my hearing young and realized the music would be temporary. For a few years I threw myself into the piano while I could just to savor it. All of us with progressive hearing losses know we can wake up one morning to be totally deaf. It happens. <BR/><BR/>Better not to put all your eggs in one basket. <BR/><BR/>As a child I felt intimidated by my mom's talent so never pursued the visial arts, but as I get older I find myself drawn to it. You've inspired me to take up photography, dear. :-)<BR/><BR/>Hugs.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13093639101711800065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post-80927748284728023202008-08-28T10:30:00.000+12:002008-08-28T10:30:00.000+12:00Ya know what I agree with you. I tend to be more ...Ya know what I agree with you. I tend to be more aware of my surroundings then say oh, a cop can be :) <BR/><BR/>I love this part<BR/><BR/><I>I'm single because (amongst other things) the men I have met haven't been able to cope with deafness that well, and I tend to get the feeling that men would like their females to be perfect, even if they're not that perfect themselves. Thats fine by me, I'm happy with my own company and I would rather be single than be with the wrong person.</I><BR/><BR/>This fits the bill perfectly for me too.Abbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17272667052295179028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post-73769133858237116002008-08-24T17:50:00.000+12:002008-08-24T17:50:00.000+12:00Hi Dino, Aka Fookem,I'm quite happy sharing my pho...Hi Dino, Aka Fookem,<BR/><BR/>I'm quite happy sharing my photography tips with you, but please let me know what tips you want to know. The best way is to head to my photography blog at www.robyncarterphotos.blogspot.com and take a look at what you like, and if you have any questions about an image leave a comment and I can reply. <BR/><BR/>alternativly, if it's a 'lesson' rather than a tip, I'll do a few in this blog :)<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/>RobynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post-4717659512552497702008-08-24T16:38:00.000+12:002008-08-24T16:38:00.000+12:00I recently read your post. I guess I am like you w...I recently read your post. I guess I am like you when you took the images ten years ago. Hee Hee... <BR/><BR/>I have Nikon D80 and I am still learning how to process in the right way. <BR/><BR/>Again your photo works are very IMPRESSED! (I like the way how you shoot)<BR/><BR/>Would like to hear your little tips or your advice if you don't mind to share yours?<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>Dino aka FookemAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post-53697299789095227982008-08-24T16:28:00.000+12:002008-08-24T16:28:00.000+12:00I really admire your photography work. :)-FookemI really admire your photography work. <BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/><BR/>-FookemAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post-4079401223356979862008-08-24T11:02:00.000+12:002008-08-24T11:02:00.000+12:00Robyn, yes, now the photography link works. Love ...Robyn, yes, now the photography link works. Love the one of the Golden Gate Bridge (I'm a California native, but live in Colorado now).<BR/><BR/>Henry, I was so surprised to see you as a commenter here. I have your book "What's That Pig Outdoors?" !!Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10401551604933163595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post-38777762159234954872008-08-24T09:44:00.000+12:002008-08-24T09:44:00.000+12:00LOL - The photo-raphy link now worksCheersOld Deaf...LOL - The photo-raphy link now works<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/>Old Deafess<BR/><BR/>(at least I didn't type Deafass!!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post-47259214693700298152008-08-24T09:42:00.000+12:002008-08-24T09:42:00.000+12:00Hi Henry,Note taking was considered underhand back...Hi Henry,<BR/><BR/>Note taking was considered underhand back in the 1980's when I was wanting to go to University. However it's widely accepted now. I had terrible troule at school with it as well - no one would lend me notes as they thought I was cheating - so feel I would have done better if I could have laid my hands on more information. Instead I had to spend a lot of time at the library.<BR/><BR/>As for your photoraphy - you are way better than you think:)<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/>RobynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post-30564957401916510612008-08-24T09:26:00.000+12:002008-08-24T09:26:00.000+12:00hi Valerie - the link now works - sorry about that...hi Valerie - the link now works - sorry about that :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post-91702839330122473902008-08-24T05:54:00.000+12:002008-08-24T05:54:00.000+12:00P.S. "robyncaterphotos" doesn't work, you old deaf...P.S. "robyncaterphotos" doesn't work, you old deafess, you.HENRY KISORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366450710995335659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post-50753687572620001832008-08-24T05:53:00.000+12:002008-08-24T05:53:00.000+12:00I'm deafer than Robyn, and I'm a photographer who'...I'm deafer than Robyn, and I'm a photographer who's nowhere near as good as she is. I think she has a point in suggesting that deaf people hone whatever visual skills and talents they have in order to compensate.<BR/><BR/>I'm astounded to learn that note-taking was considered underhanded in NZ academic circles!HENRY KISORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366450710995335659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post-20478068344998459422008-08-24T04:44:00.000+12:002008-08-24T04:44:00.000+12:00I've been reading your blog for a while and lurkin...I've been reading your blog for a while and lurking until now. I'm deaf myself too and very attracted to the visual arts and dabble with it through making quilts. Your photography is wonderful. However, the link to your photography blog itself didn't work for me.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10401551604933163595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post-28329185205836938702008-08-23T20:03:00.000+12:002008-08-23T20:03:00.000+12:00Hi Thanks for pointing out my typo LOL Cracking u...Hi Thanks for pointing out my typo LOL Cracking up. It's like Countess, and Mistress. Well - probably not.<BR/><BR/>Will fix it now LOL<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/>Robyn<BR/>Cracking upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post-64781940687951945102008-08-23T19:57:00.000+12:002008-08-23T19:57:00.000+12:00Huge typo alert!!! Deafess???Huge typo alert!!! Deafess???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post-44153284303599316072008-08-23T19:36:00.000+12:002008-08-23T19:36:00.000+12:00I find that a really odd question..how on earth wo...I find that a really odd question..how on earth would you know?<BR/><BR/>Also, how many photographers are on here for example? .. and what percentage would be deaf? I don't think it would be high number.. I can't see a correlation between being deaf and being a photographer. Deafness may make you more visually acute but it doesn't give you greater creativity or skill. It's a bit like Ray Charles ... would he know if he would have been more or less musical if he hadn't lost his sight? How would he know?.. he could have formed a musical interest if he was sighted and still been a gifted musician.. his life's path would have been different of course.<BR/><BR/>Also, there are clinical tests for all people to discern whether they respond best to tactile, auditory or visual learning stimulus. You can have perfect sight and/or hearing and still be more attuned to visual stimuli and learning and so on. Teachers should vary their presentation methods to employ a full range of learning experiences. I prefer visual stimuli myself but when tested I come out even for visual/hearing/tactile..(which is unusual).<BR/><BR/>.. now if taste was involved and I had to eat my words.. I'd probably be a genius!!! ;)<BR/><BR/>.. with your stories.. I'm sorry to be a spoil sport again.. but one of my daughters (not IQ) has a knack for always spotting wild life or things that no one else sees.. she just.. sees things! Some people are just more perceptive .. in fact in "spy" school they chose these people or train others to be more perceptive.. it is a skill that you can learn.. some people just have it more naturally.. sometimes someone is just more alert than the group at a particular time for whatever reason.. it is true of course, that when one sense is impaired or missing people and animals compensate with another sense being more highly developed than usual.<BR/><BR/>..so the long and short of my response is that I think you are a gifted photographer with very highly developed visual skills .. and creativity. I think your sight has been heightened as a compensatory measure for your lack of hearing and that you are probably more visually alert.. but then so are some sighted people as well. However, I think it is quite possible that if you were not deaf and had taken up photography your talent would be equal to what it is now.. but then all things cannot be considered equal. If you watch "Run Lola Run".. life has many alternate paths.<BR/><BR/>.. now as for "I look back at the images I took ten years ago and cringe, but then remember that through trial and error and looking at work online, I have improved slowly and surely." If a photographer cannot look at their work from ten years ago and see an improvement (especially in technique) then they are definitely not a great photographer.<BR/><BR/>.. and .. "I will never take the world by storm. I doubt that anyone will remember my work in my lifetime or after.." I will remember your work! Plus, there are many great artists who don't achieve fame, but that does not mean they are not great artists. It just means they are not celebrated. There are also many crappy artists who do attract a great following but that does not make them masters.<BR/><BR/>I think this belongs in a note.. I don't know why I have chosen to be so wordy about this. I believe that past a certain length replies should be "noted"!<BR/><BR/>Have a good weekend. :) Liz <BR/><BR/>I obviously liked reading your journal and I am just expressing my thoughts here which is one aim of journals, i.e. to be thought provoking! :D<BR/><BR/>PS: I think I just put this in the wrong blog but you can publish in the right one here :crazyliz:Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post-75931938689906474992008-08-23T19:21:00.000+12:002008-08-23T19:21:00.000+12:00I find that a really odd question..how on earth wo...I find that a really odd question..how on earth would you know?<BR/><BR/>Also, how many photographers are on here for example? .. and what percentage would be deaf? I don't think it would be high number.. I can't see a correlation between being deaf and being a photographer. Deafness may make you more visually acute but it doesn't give you greater creativity or skill. It's a bit like Ray Charles ... would he know if he would have been more or less musical if he hadn't lost his sight? How would he know?.. he could have formed a musical interest if he was sighted and still been a gifted musician.. his life's path would have been different of course.<BR/><BR/>Also, there are clinical tests for all people to discern whether they respond best to tactile, auditory or visual learning stimulus. You can have perfect sight and/or hearing and still be more attuned to visual stimuli and learning and so on. Teachers should vary their presentation methods to employ a full range of learning experiences. I prefer visual stimuli myself but when tested I come out even for visual/hearing/tactile..(which is unusual).<BR/><BR/>.. now if taste was involved and I had to eat my words.. I'd probably be a genius!!! :p<BR/><BR/>.. with your stories.. I'm sorry to be a spoil sport again.. but one of my daughters (not IQ) has a knack for always spotting wild life or things that no one else sees.. she just.. sees things! Some people are just more perceptive .. in fact in "spy" school they chose these people or train others to be more perceptive.. it is a skill that you can learn.. some people just have it more naturally.. sometimes someone is just more alert than the group at a particular time for whatever reason.. it is true of course, that when one sense is impaired or missing people and animals compensate with another sense being more highly developed than usual.<BR/><BR/>..so the long and short of my response is that I think you are a gifted photographer with very highly developed visual skills .. and creativity. I think your sight has been heightened as a compensatory measure for your lack of hearing and that you are probably more visually alert.. but then so are some sighted people as well. However, I think it is quite possible that if you were not deaf and had taken up photography your talent would be equal to what it is now.. but then all things cannot be considered equal. If you watch "Run Lola Run".. life has many alternate paths.<BR/><BR/>.. now as for "I look back at the images I took ten years ago and cringe, but then remember that through trial and error and looking at work online, I have improved slowly and surely." If a photographer cannot look at their work from ten years ago and see an improvement (especially in technique) then they are definitely not a great photographer.<BR/><BR/>.. and .. "I will never take the world by storm. I doubt that anyone will remember my work in my lifetime or after.." I will remember your work! Plus, there are many great artists who don't achieve fame, but that does not mean they are not great artists. It just means they are not celebrated. There are also many crappy artists who do attract a great following but that does not make them masters.<BR/><BR/>I think this belongs in a note.. I don't know why I have chosen to be so wordy about this. I believe that past a certain length replies should be "noted"!<BR/><BR/>Have a good weekend. :) Liz <BR/><BR/>I obviously liked reading your journal and I am just returning my thought which is one aim of journals, i.e. to be thought provoking. :Dicemotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00508730111386608421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post-24303669688563056482008-08-23T15:52:00.000+12:002008-08-23T15:52:00.000+12:00Hi Deb Ann,Thank you for letting me know. Glad yo...Hi Deb Ann,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for letting me know. Glad you enjoyed it :)<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/>RobynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332166427202301275.post-29978912738901340602008-08-23T14:51:00.000+12:002008-08-23T14:51:00.000+12:00Hi there! I want to let you know how much I enjoye...Hi there! <BR/>I want to let you know how much I enjoyed reading your post. :)Deb Ann and Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16848684699934748571noreply@blogger.com