Earlier this year I had the pleasure of speaking at a couple of photography events in Moab and Sedona. The presentations titled “Photography and the Creative Life” were autobiographical in nature and garnered some wonderful responses. Among them, a prominent magazine editor suggested that I needed to tell the story in a book. Admittedly, it [...]
It is my great pleasure to announce my latest eBook: Creative B&W Processing Techniques. Designed as a companion to my earlier title Creative Processing Techniques, this new eBook extends my creative process framework with concepts and techniques unique to digital processing of B&W images, along with thoughts on approaching B&W photography as an expressive visual [...]
Good photography is not about photography, it’s about photographs. Good photographs are not “pictures of,” they are “pictures about.”
For most of my life, few people would have described me as a happy person. In fact, for most of my life, I would not have thought of myself as one, either. And, in truth, it didn’t seem very important. There were times of contentment, comfort, satisfaction, pride and reward; but not true happiness. Like [...]
My recent post, Art and Rebellion, drew some impassioned responses from several readers, both on and off the blog. Several responders took offense to my thoughts on found beauty and its artistic merit. The theme for the post, however, was not the value of found beauty but the idea that producing beautiful images is considered [...]
I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Darwin and Sam for a few years now. They are two of the most dedicated, innovative and hard working photographers I know. Until recently, they each maintained an independent online presence but recently consolidated their work under a new brand: oopoomoo.com (you can find out what it means on [...]
“… try for that other world, the real world, where orphans burn orphans and nothing is more difficult to discover than a simple fact. And with that pride of the artist, you must blow against the wall of every power that exists, the small trumpet of your defiance.” (Norman Mailer) It appears I have committed [...]
According to recent news, world human population is now at approximately 7,000,000,000, roughly twice what it was when I was born. By chance, I have had the privilege of always living within close proximity to natural places, and I learned to appreciate the benefits of solitude and peace from an early age. These places of [...]
I’m teaching more these days. I find it increasingly important. There were times when photographers studied, practiced or even apprenticed for years before venturing to create their own work. Today, photographers are created as early as when a package is delivered to their door. It occurrs to me that one could get a better education [...]
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