Prague Sunset
Getting to Prague from the Bay area took a bit of travel time. I know, less than in covered wagon and sail ship times, but still it was into the…
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June 24, 2015
Degrees of Translucency
Transparency means something one can look through with clarity, like a sheet of glass or plastic. So what we are interested in is really translucency---the state or condition of being translucent,…
June 20, 2015
Salutation to the Sun
I am taking a little time to process some of the botanical images I've shot so far this year. Soon I will be moving on to photograph the old stones…
June 19, 2015
News & Workshop Updates
I am leaving in a few days on the first of my summer teaching adventures: First for Prague in the Czech Republic, and then to teach a Black & White…
June 16, 2015
Yoshino River
The Yoshino River is one of the three great rivers of Japan. Located on Shikoku Island, it is nicknamed "Shikoku Saburo," Sabaro being a popular first name for a third…
June 14, 2015
Two Botanicals
The other day I enjoyed photographing and presenting some local flowers cut from the neighborhood in a fairly traditional way so that the finished images appear at first glance much…
June 10, 2015
Review copies available: “Achieving Your Potential”
My new Focal Press book Achieving Your Potential As a Photographer: A Photographer's Creative Companion and Workbook will be shipping shortly. I have a few review copies available to my…
June 10, 2015
Photographic Tour to Romantic Southwest France in April, 2016
What: A week with a small compatible group of photographers in a 15th Century castle in the lush countryside of southwest France in the springtime. Where: Mas de Garrigue, a…
June 8, 2015
Gem of the Drakenberg
Wandering with the kids over to Indian Rock I came across some really nice spiral specimens of Aloe polyphylla. The plant is originally from Lesotho near South Africa, and is…
June 7, 2015
Free Webinar: Creative Floral Photography with Harold Davis
What: A Free Webinar. Join Topaz Labs for an exciting session as Harold Davis shows how he uses Topaz plug-ins to enhance his well-known botanical photos. When: Tuesday, Jul 21, 2015 2:00…
June 4, 2015
Views of Japan
Hokusai, the famous Japanese woodblock print artist of the Edo period, created many views of Japan that included Mt Fuji, but the one shown here was probably not in his…
June 2, 2015
Free Wrecked Blue Couch for House Guests You Hate
Here's an ad I wrote for Craig's List recently about one of the two couches we are trying to get rid of: Too many folks trying to crash at your…
June 1, 2015
Oakland 16th Street Station
The Oakland 16th Street Station, also called the Central Oakland Station, was built in the early 1900s as a grand terminus for the Southern Pacific Railway. In service until 1994,…
May 29, 2015
Rainbow Bridge, Tokyo
In the eighteenth century, Tokyo---then known as Edo---was the world’s largest city, with a population of over one million. Today, Tokyo is still one of the world’s great metropoli, sprawling…
May 28, 2015
Sweet Pea after O’Keeffe
After seeing some of my photos mistaken for O'Keeffe's luscious flower paintings, I took another look at the wondrous botanical art of Georgia O'Keeffe. The sensuous, indeed sexual, nature of…
May 26, 2015
Dogwood & Friends
A Matilija Poppy pokes out in the middle of a covert of flowering dogwood, cosmos, old-fashioned roses, echinacea, and climbing mallows. Enjoy! Photographed straight down on my light box for…
May 24, 2015
Floral Fantasies
These floral fantasies are created and photographed as collages on the light box, then processing in Adobe Camera Raw, Photoshop, Nik, Topaz, and using LAB color adjustments. What fun! Photographed…
May 21, 2015
Historic D Ranch, Point Reyes
Point Reyes National Seashore is probably unique among the American National Parks in that this public land is shared with working cattle and dairy ranches. These ranches date from the…
May 19, 2015