There is perhaps no better example of a love/hate relationship than that of creative individuals and their critics. With few exceptions, the writings of famed artists, authors, performers, musicians, filmmakers, and the likes, contain some reference to their critics, usually ranging from witty jabs to hateful diatribes. Curiously, the emotion is almost reversed when polling [...]
My next eBook: Creative Processing Techniques in Nature Photography is rapidly taking shape and I hope to release it in the next couple of months. My goal was to write the processing book I wish I had years ago when I sat down to work on my first digital files. It is a processing guide [...]
“Reality offers us such wealth that we must cut some of it out on the spot, simplify. The question is, do we always cut out what we should?” –Henri Cartier-Bresson Discussions of photographic composition almost invariably preach for simplification. Elements in the frame that do not directly contribute to the aesthetic appeal of an image [...]
My article “The ABCs of Composition” is featured in the June, 2010 edition of PopPhoto Magazine.
Apparently not much, at least as it pertains to the goal of photographic technology. It seems comical that modern day film aficionados tout the benefits of a product that was really just meant to make life simpler and easier in the days of glass plates. Film ads of the 1800s and early 1900s boasted such [...]
The last thing I want is to start another useless film vs. digital debate. I did, however, want to share the results of a recent experiment that may be of interest to many of you who struggle with the issue of “how large can I print?” This seems of special concern to those coming into [...]
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