Archive for June, 2009

Apple Of My Eye / Orange Of My Camera

Apple Of My Eye / Orange Of My Camera

June 28, 2009 | Comments (5)

Do you suffer from photographic Post Incarceration Syndrome? I found several references recently to statements about the ethics of combining exposures for increased dynamic range, improved depth of field etc. primarily focused (no pun intended) on the “fact” that such images don’t represent what the human eye would see. Let’s be very clear here: cameras [...]

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July 4th “Torrey Apple Days” Celebration

July 4th “Torrey Apple Days” Celebration

June 24, 2009 | Comments (0)

Michael Gordon, David Fantle, and I will have a booth at the upcoming July 4th celebrations in Torrey, UT. If you happen to be around Capitol Reef National Park during the holiday, be sure to come over and say hi. We’ll have a large number of prints, cards, and posters, as well as copies of [...]

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Ars Gratis Artis

Ars Gratis Artis

June 20, 2009 | Comments (3)

I recently experienced a rare moment of inspiration listening to a radio show. One of the guests was Satish Kumar and one sentence he said almost off hand and without emphasis, stuck in my mind and stayed with me: “there is nothing to achieve.” In his narrative he dismissed the importance of success, instead stating [...]

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Confessions Of A Reluctant Social Networker

Confessions Of A Reluctant Social Networker

June 14, 2009 | Comments (6)

Now that I’m on Flickr, Facebook, and (gasp) Twitter, I have to come clean – I joined because I’m told it’s good for business. Being a fairly private person who places a high value on my “alone time,” it still amazes me to get notices of new followers, friend requests, or members. I had to [...]

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Idealizing The Landscape

Idealizing The Landscape

June 6, 2009 | Comments (13)

Another topic I thought about at length on my recent desert trip was the degree of creative license employed in artistic landscape photography and defining my own comfort zone. With time on my hands to explore astounding scenery and rationalize ways of expressing my reverence for it, I also wondered about the extent to which [...]

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