Comments on: Wax-On, Wax-Off http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2008/07/wax-on-wax-off/ The Blog of Photographer David duChemin // Gear is Good. Vision is Better. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:12:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Eric Taylorhttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2008/07/wax-on-wax-off/comment-page-1/#comment-1717 Eric Taylor Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:20:25 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=722#comment-1717 great article! great article!

]]> By: Ianhttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2008/07/wax-on-wax-off/comment-page-1/#comment-1627 Ian Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:23:54 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=722#comment-1627 So much truth in there and you're right, The Karate Kid was a great movie, as is equally The Photographers Eye a great book and i've just started reading that on your recommendation as well.If I can offer you something by way of payback, have a read of The Art of Peace by O Sensei - Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido. There's an online version @ http://www.jinshinkan.searaven.org/talk/osensei/artofpeace/index.html Alternatively, a great book and 70's tv series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Margin is well worth a watchEnjoy! :) So much truth in there and you’re right, The Karate Kid was a great movie, as is equally The Photographers Eye a great book and i’ve just started reading that on your recommendation as well.

If I can offer you something by way of payback, have a read of The Art of Peace by O Sensei – Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido. There’s an online version @ http://www.jinshinkan.searaven.org/talk/osensei/artofpeace/index.html Alternatively, a great book and 70′s tv series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Margin is well worth a watch

Enjoy! :)

]]> By: Troyhttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2008/07/wax-on-wax-off/comment-page-1/#comment-1626 Troy Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:40:44 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=722#comment-1626 Great article DuChemin Sensei! I had to chime in here as you are talking about my two favourite arts in one article...awesome! I've often thought about photography and karate (or any martial art for that matter) as having similarities and lessons that can be cross-applied and this is the prime example IMO. Wax-on, wax-off teaches one to achieve the pan-ultimate skill in karate...it's also the hardest one to achieve. In karate-speak it's called Mushin, or mushin no shin. It's the zen concept of "mind no mind". Meaning that your art or craft is not something you should have to think about when you're in battle...only your opponent fills your mind allowing you to anticipate any attack with ease. Applied to photography (or any other art) this allows you to anticipate that decisive moment and capture it perfectly. There's another concept from karate that we as photographers can cultivate as well, and that is Sanshin, which essentially refers to a state of constant readiness and attention. Without Sanshin there will be no Moshin. I consider it the art of seeing in photography. Great article David...damn you can write! Great article DuChemin Sensei! I had to chime in here as you are talking about my two favourite arts in one article…awesome! I’ve often thought about photography and karate (or any martial art for that matter) as having similarities and lessons that can be cross-applied and this is the prime example IMO. Wax-on, wax-off teaches one to achieve the pan-ultimate skill in karate…it’s also the hardest one to achieve. In karate-speak it’s called Mushin, or mushin no shin. It’s the zen concept of “mind no mind”. Meaning that your art or craft is not something you should have to think about when you’re in battle…only your opponent fills your mind allowing you to anticipate any attack with ease. Applied to photography (or any other art) this allows you to anticipate that decisive moment and capture it perfectly.
There’s another concept from karate that we as photographers can cultivate as well, and that is Sanshin, which essentially refers to a state of constant readiness and attention. Without Sanshin there will be no Moshin. I consider it the art of seeing in photography.
Great article David…damn you can write!

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