The Eternal City: Albumen Print Simulations
I'm excited to be headed back to Italy this autumn, and have been looking through my archives. What work have I done in Italy, and how can I make progress…
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August 29, 2022
Long Live Monochrome Memories!
Here are a few of my favorite monochromatic black and white images that I haven't posted in a long time. Apparently, despite its success as a large-sized print, Bolinas Beach…
August 23, 2022
Artichoke
Artichokes are good to eat. They are a real treat. You peel the leaves to the "meat" inside, in a spiral motion that echoes the visual path in this great,…
July 11, 2022
Under the Bridges of Paris
As I've previously noted, I seem to spend a lot of time photographing underneath bridges. The beauty of the scene from the deck of a bridge is often pretty self-evident. On…
June 7, 2022
Ready Pilgrim One
At the outset I must stipulate that a spacious room in a luxury 5-star hotel is a great place to organize for a longish walk on the Camino de Santiago.…
May 9, 2022
Flower like a shell
I've been working on photographing a group of white Calla Lilies the past few days. With this image, I tried to abstract the flower so that it seemed almost like…
March 14, 2022
Walking by the Sea
Yesterday I went exploring with fellow-photographer QT Luong, the creator of Our National Monuments. Of course, we brought our cameras, and spent the afternoon through sunset along the beautiful San…
March 10, 2022
Funhouse
When one is lost in a funhouse, as a photographer, the first question is, can one lose one's reflection. Days subsequent, one looks for a way out. I made this…
October 29, 2021
Hoan Kiem Lake
In 2017, my friend Eric and I explored Vietnam. We flew into Hanoi through Taiwan, and checked into our hotel. As we explored the bustling, steamy city, we stopped on…
October 26, 2021
Romanesco Broccoli
Broccoli that we enjoy on our tables is the blossom of a flowering plant, and this is nowhere more apparent than with Romanesco Broccoli, shown in extreme close-up below. The…
September 29, 2021
More about seeing in Black & White
Recently I've been thinking about black and white photography. One context is the landscape of Iceland, and the relative appropriateness of color and monochrome. A comparison of black & white…
August 24, 2021
Iceland in Monochrome
There's something about the wild and stark landscapes of Iceland that compel me towards monochrome. Oh, there's plenty of color in Iceland, depending on the time and place (as examples…
August 23, 2021
Gullfoss Rift
An unusual feature of the famous and spectacular Gullfoss waterfall is that the water flow makes an almost immediate 90 degree turn to the left at the bottom of the…
July 27, 2021
Coming into Iceland
Coming into Iceland after a long-haul overnight flight, the land near the airport looked flat and green as a steady mist fell. Talking the shuttle bus in from the airport,…
July 12, 2021
The Blossfeldt Effect webinar video recording
We've posted The Blossfeldt Effect video webinar recording. Here's the description: In this unique and creative webinar, Harold starts with a look at the characteristics of a Blossfeldian composition. What…
June 21, 2021
The Blossfeldt Effect Webinar coming up on Saturday June 12
Karl Blossfeldt (1866-1932) began his career at a decorative ironwork manufacturer. He was assigned the task of creating reference botanical photographs to use for wrought iron designs. Eventually, his iconic…
June 8, 2021
Travels in the Inter-Mountain West
These are newly-processed images from travels in the inter-mountain American West in early 2020 just before the pandemic struck and we began sheltering in place. As vaccinations proceed apace, I…
March 25, 2021
Wayback Machine
Today we will journey to a labyrinth and church on the island of Gozo in the Malta archipelago, followed by the Île de la Cité along the banks of the…
March 13, 2021