Many thanks to everyone who submitted their work for last week’s theme: Nature in Monochrome. As before, the choice was an extremely difficult one. Other than the challenge of naming just one winner, a couple of very promising entries were regrettably disqualified for not adhering to all contest rules. Please read them carefully if you [...]
Thanks to guest judges Darwin Wiggett and Samantha Chrysanthou for picking a winner for this week’s theme! Please join me in congratulating Anne Black for her winning entry: Darwin and Sam did note that while many wonderful entries were submitted, some did not match this week’s theme and were therefore disqualified. Please read the contest [...]
I’m excited to announce my first portfolio eBook: Intimate Portraits of the Colorado Plateau, featuring dozens of my favorite intimate photographs from the place I am fortunate to call home. The portfolio includes several essays, sandstone landscapes, images from the high plateaus, abstract compositions and glimpses into the Native American history of these magnificent canyons. [...]
After a short hiatus from teaching, I am excited to announce an upcoming autumn workshop in the Eastern Sierra. Photographer and friend Jack Graham and I will be co-teaching the workshop Starting October 13,2011. Note that this is an expansion of Jack’s existing workshop, which was already sold-out. As I will be joining Jack, we [...]
“Great photographers are a combination of wizard and idiot savant. They do what they do without truly understanding how, then make up a lot of convoluted theory to cover up their own ignorance of who and what they really are. Because of the self-doubt that nags photographers, photography’s power as an art goes on being [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Before delving into my impressions of Canon’s unique ultra-wide tilt/shift lens, I’d like to take a moment to thank my friends at BorrowLenses.com. I know, some of you may be thinking “oh boy, here comes the sales pitch,” and yes, you are right, but . . . I stay true to my pledge: I only [...]
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