We are very excited that Creative Garden Photography: Making Great Photos of Flowers, Gardens, Landscapes, and the Beautiful World Around Us is now available directly from the book's publisher, Rocky…
It is funny how close and closer a flower, such as a Dahlia, can take on abstract appearance so the original flower shape becomes forgotten. So in this Dahlia I…
Sometimes single blossoms are the most elegant. This Honeysuckle (above) and Monarda (below) are from our garden. I photographed the blossoms on a light box, and other than layering-in bracketed…
The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, also officially the "John F. McCarthy Memorial Bridge," opened in 1956, displacing the last car ferry across San Francisco Bay. Recently, a lane on the upper…
Our new book Creative Garden Photography has been at least ten years in the making from conception to finished production files. In this free webinar, on Sunday July 5, 2020 at…
I always thought this statue was pompous beyond belief, and patronizing to the subservient folks below and to either side of T.R. Which is why I photographed this trite and…
We're very pleased and excited that the first page proofs from the press for Creative Garden Photography: Making Great Photos of Flowers, Gardens, Landscapes, and the Beautiful World Around Us are…
What: Printing, Proofing, and all about Paper [Benefits Equal Justice Initiative] with a Panel of Moab Masters When: Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 10am PT (1PM ET). Duration about two…
The other day I went for a long walk in nearby Tilden Park, which lies about a mile from my home, on the farther side of the initial crest of…
These are three variations on an image created by pointing my macro probe lens straight down on a parfait glass. I put a crystal ball in the parfait glass, and…
What: Master Photographer Panel with Jennifer King and Alan Shapiro, moderated by Harold Davis [Benefits NAACP] When: Saturday, October 10, 2020 at 11am PT (2PM ET). Duration between one and two…
What: A Pilgrim's Tale: Walking on the Camino | Free Webinar Presentation When: Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 11am PT. Duration between one and two hours, including Q&A Where: On…
Phyllis and I are delighted to announce five new live webinars. Registration is now open, and details follow below. We're also in the planning stages with a few exciting special-event…
I inserted my Laowa macro probe lens into a bottle, a carafe, and a glass to make the images shown here from (literally) inside glassware. Interesting to have a completely…
Well, I'm off again. This time, not on a road trip or great adventure on a pilgrimage trail, but rather a trip to "inner space," photographing glass on a light…
Today Phyllis and I gave the second webinar in our black and white series. This episode showed conversion to black and white, starting from a few images that I made…
Sometimes my flowers come all in a group with no social distancing at all. Other times, my flowers come in twos and threes. Which do you like better?
Down a few blocks, and around the corner, some wonderful cactus flowers bloomed in a pot on the street. Walking with one of my sons we passed the flowers in…