Archive for April, 2010

A Moment of Kindness

A Moment of Kindness

April 25, 2010 | Comments (5)

These were once referred to as “the baddest of the badlands” but every few years, when conditions are just right, they fill with dormant color for just a few days.

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I have Seen the Enemy

I have Seen the Enemy

April 21, 2010 | Comments (6)

And his name is: CMYK. Some of you who follow my posts on Twitter and other forums know I’ve been very skeptical of the iPad. There is, however, one area where I can see tremendous potential for the device: electronic publishing of color photography. Anyone who ever tried to target color photography to a CMYK [...]

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Ancient Truths, Cedar Mesa

Ancient Truths, Cedar Mesa

April 20, 2010 | Comments (12)

This place haunted me from the day I first visited, and maybe even prior to that. I’m not a superstitious man, yet I must confess there’s something here that touches me deeply; something in the shards of pottery, the withered husks and cobs of maize strewn about, the fingerprints in the ancient clay, and the [...]

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Twitter Book Giveaway Winner!

Twitter Book Giveaway Winner!

April 3, 2010 | Comments (2)

My heartfelt thanks to more than 70 of you who responded to my Twitter follower book giveaway! In order to draw a winner, all eligible participants were entered into a numbered list, and a random number was drawn using the online service random.org. The first number drawn brought up the Twitter name of someone who [...]

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Hall of Spirits

I Don’t Want to be Ansel Adams

April 1, 2010 | Comments (17)

Ansel Adams is one of my greatest inspirations. And, though it may amount to sacrilege, I must confess: it is not because of his photographs. Having come to creative photography in my own way and with little reference to other photographers’ work along the path, I was exposed to the color work of modern photographers [...]

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