I am proud to announce that my new 168-page Creative Processing Techniques eBook is now available for purchase. The book took nearly 6 months to write and describes my creative approach to digital image processing using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. In addition to hands-on techniques, examples, and exercises, the eBook also describes my workflow-based approach [...]
Creativity should not be confused with aesthetics, or with craftsmanship. Neither should it be confused with originality, which in truth is a by-product of the creative process rather than its purpose.
Week 1 of the 10 Weeks of Creativity photo contest is now open for submissions. Rules, prizes, and submission guidelines can be found here. I look forward to seeing your best work!
If you head out with a specific image already set in your mind, you are guaranteed to miss at least five others, just as good, along the way.
It’s hard to imagine many of my readers are not already familiar with Canadian photographer Darwin Wiggett. His work had been an inspiration to me for almost as long as I’ve been a photographer myself. Darwin’s name is almost synonymous with spectacular imagery of the Canadian Rockies, where he lives, works, and teaches. Still, before [...]
Photography in the digital age can be described in many ways. It is exciting, innovative, productive, and liberating. Still, one cannot ignore the undertones of dissatisfaction from traditionalists. Some will say they simply like film, others may be afraid to step out of their comfort zone and I suspect for some there’s also a certain [...]
The secret to being a good photographer is that there is no secret to being a good photographer. Just make good photographs.
If you’ve been an avid landscape photographer for a sufficient period of time you may think you’ve read just about everything Ansel Adams had to say, though you may be surprised. Adams was a prolific letter writer and much of his wisdom was shared with many individuals over time, never to be made public. Some [...]
I wrote about this concept some years ago, though the original article was unfortunately lost when I switched my blog software to WordPress. A fellow photographer recently asked for it so I decided to recreate the article from memory. ~~~ In a term perhaps borrowed from Aldous Huxley, many have described creative Photography as “The [...]
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