Some scenes call for a fisheye and fun!
I spent a wonderful sunny afternoon photographing with my friend Jim on the slopes of Mt Diablo. The sky was blue with high-flying clouds, the slopes were green and alive…
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April 3, 2019
Pale Garden
From our garden I cut clematis, clivia, and iris. The tulips were store-bought. I assembled a composition to echo Flowers of Spring's Desire and Poppies and Mallows, but using a…
April 2, 2019
Our side door
We generally prefer folks use our front door, where there is a nice sheltered porch for Amazon to leave their near-constant droppings. But of course if you are a friend…
March 31, 2019
Upcoming Bay Area Events
Please take note of the following local opportunities where I will be presenting: Free presentation, Photographing Flowers for Transparency, Thursday March 28, North Berkeley Public Library. Presentation to the Santa Clara…
March 23, 2019
Radiating Beauty: Creating a new photographic form with fusion x-rays
The shapes and forms are recognizable, yet the level of detail is deeper than the human eye can normally perceive: Leaves appear minutely laced and surfaces are impossibly intricate, somewhere…
March 11, 2019
New Course: Creative LAB Color in Photoshop
Click here to view my course on LinkedIn Learning and here to view my course on Lynda.com. Here's a preview: The creative power of Lab from Photoshop: Creative Lab Color…
March 5, 2019
Creative Black & White—Revised and Expanded
We're almost through authoring the second edition of Creative Black & White. It has been revised, substantially expanded, and brought up to date. You can pre-order my new book from Amazon…
March 4, 2019
Explorations, projects, digital collages, constructions, and more
I confess: sometimes I lose track of my own work. Lately---over the past year or so---I've been working on related themes, groupings of images that are tightly, or loosely, linked.…
February 25, 2019
Paris from the 18th Arrondissement
I used my iPhone to snap this somewhat unusual view of the Parisian landscape from the heights of the 18th Arrondissement, a window high on the slopes of Montmartre, with…
February 20, 2019
Curves Ahead
Starting with sunlight coming through vessels with color, I pared down my abstractions. But lately we have been under a river of rain. Sunlight is scarce. But it doesn't take…
February 16, 2019
Free Topaz Webinar with Harold Davis on Tuesday Feb 19
Webinar with Harold Davis: Topaz As an Integral Part of Creative Post-Production Tuesday February 19, 2019 at 2PM PT (4PM CT), 45 minute presentation with 15 minutes for Q&A. The…
February 15, 2019
Apparently Home to Manatees and More
After my workshop in West Palm Beach, I had a morning to explore south Florida. I rented a car, and drove through scrub and pre-Everglades marsh inland to Lake Okeechobee---seemingly…
February 13, 2019
Cutting Corners
In Mounts Botanical Gardens of Palm Beach County, Florida an impressive exhibit of an installation by stick-work artist Patrick Dougherty was showcased when I visited recently. I'm always interested in doors,…
February 12, 2019
Looking down the frond—Been down so long it looks like up to me!
What you may find a little different about this photo of a palm frond is the viewpoint: my macro lens is looking straight down the frond, so that it looks…
February 10, 2019