'Stray Matter' - utter genius!

Sometimes I come across a site where I think my photography could be so much better, sometimes I come across a site and think wow I'm never going to be this good. On very rare occasions I come across a site which makes me want to cry and throw away my camera because any photograph I ever take will only be one millionth as good as this.

Of course the rarest gem of all is a photo site with good picture descriptions. Yes, there are sites with good technical or factual descriptions. Yes, there are sites with OK poetic descriptions which complement the picture nicely but none where the link is seemless or where you cant separate the text from the picture.

A picture says a thousand words but a picture with a thousand words says a million words.

'Stray matter' is a photoblog that does all the above and more, it blows my mind far out the other side, how can a photoblog be this good.

Evocative is one word I could use, often haunting, combining the photo with the text puts you right into the picture making it a living breathing landscape.

Utter genius.

Thank you to Scotty for permission to use a thumbnail image.

Blogs Of Note: Javajive - Photography from indonesia

I am still using 'stumbleupon' to find interesting photography sites. I came across this great Brandon Hoover's photography blog, not only are the photos top quality but the subjects of people and places of Indonesia is fascinating.

The blog is well organised, you can either read it like a blog or use the tags to get at separate subjects. He also has galleries on smug mug and flickr.

You can spend a lot of time here looking at the pictures.

Photographer: David Burdeny

I find photography fascinating, one particular favourite area is landscape images and even better if it has the sea or coast as the subject.

Looking at a really good photograph is like flipping a switch in the brain which turns on 10,000 v of electricity directly into the brain.

David Burdeny does just that, his photographs are simply breathtaking. The elegance and simplicity with the atmospheric black and white images are just simply stunning.

I would beg to be able to capture images in this way, these photographs make me want to live by the sea for a year trying to get just one image half as good as his.

If you want more images and who would not go to his website, david budeney photgraphic works for more coast shots as well as a study of landscaped in colour motion.