Sunrise through the Haze
Today the sun rose red through the haze of the air polluted with smoke from the wildfires. Outside, the air has an acrid unpleasant taste on the back of one's…
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October 1, 2020
Using Your Words To Become a Better Photographer
This coming Saturday we'll be hosting Photography and Writing: Using Your Words To Become a Better Photographer. Ansel Adams once wrote that the most important tool in his camera bag…
September 28, 2020
Donation to the Equal Justice Initiative
We're very pleased and excited to donate $762.80 to Equal Justice Initiative. Special thanks to those who made it possible, including our Prints and Printmaking webinar participants, Moab Paper, Marc…
September 25, 2020
Bringing Garden Photography Indoors with Harold Davis [Free Webinar sponsored by Rocky Nook]
What: Bringing Garden Photography Indoors with Harold Davis [Free Webinar sponsored by Rocky Nook] When: Wednesday September 30, 2020 at 11:00am PT. Duration between one and two hours, including Q&A…
September 23, 2020
Tow-Mater
This is a cross-section of one our tomatoes harvested from our raised-bed garden, photographed on my light box. But for the pandemic, I probably never would have been growing vegetables---so…
September 19, 2020
World on Fire
I created this image during the 2019 fire season, using a marble, direct sunlight, and a small loose glass lens for the refractions (the simulated fire). I suppose the image…
September 18, 2020
Webinar Noir on Saturday
Please consider joining us this Saturday, September 19, 2020 at 11am PT for our very special and distinctly somewhat offbeat webinar noir. Noir is black, or dark. So “noir” can…
September 16, 2020
Copyright for Photographers | Free Public Service Webinar for the Photographic Community
What: Copyright for Photographers | Free Public Service Webinar for the Photographic Community When: Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 11:00am PT (2pm ET). Duration between one and two hours, including…
September 14, 2020
You are invited to our SIP party [a free event]
Please come to our sheltering-in-place party on Sunday, September 27. BYOB (of course!). RSVP is required. The party starts at 2pm PT (5pm ET) and won't be the same without…
September 13, 2020
Lest we forget—9/11
These photographs of the World Trade Towers were made when I lived and worked as a photographer in New York in the 1980s. The upper two were made for an…
September 11, 2020
Photography on Black Webinar on Saturday Sept 12, 2020
Click here for a complete list of upcoming webinars! Photography on Black, on Saturday September 12, 2020 at 11am PT, will feature a live-action photography segment showing how to create…
September 9, 2020
Apple Slices, a Spiral, and a Webinar Recording
OK, so things here are weird today. If the pandemic and putrid politics of hate weren't bad enough---today we are living in twilight, enveloped by darkness. You'd think it was…
September 9, 2020
Peppers and a Pear
My idea with these yellow (actually, close to orange) peppers was to create a lattice composition on the light box. The lattice should be arranged so that it had a…
September 7, 2020
Very Excited to List Four New Webinars!
Phyllis and I are very excited to list four new webinars through the autumn. Hopefully, there will be something for everyone from newbie to the most advanced photographer. We've included…
September 4, 2020
Quick Flashes from the Photography Webinar Front
Item 1: In a synergistic coincidence, legendary photographer William Neill and I are both having new books published by Rocky Nook. Bill and I are combining to present a free…
September 2, 2020
Special Pandemic Print Pricing
I have been asked a number of times about special print pricing during the pandemic, and have already made prints available on reduced terms to several collectors. I am particularly…
September 1, 2020
Webinars Coming Up Soon
If you are a photographer bracketing exposures in your practice, it is time to move beyond automated HDR processing and add hand-HDR to your toolbox. Please join us on Thursday…
August 31, 2020