Rhapsody in Blue
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February 16, 2021
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Happy Valentine’s Day
In this pandemic year, amorous propensities may not be running high, and the ability to deliver romantic tchotkes is diminished. But I think Valentine's Day is sweet. The world could…
February 13, 2021
Black and White Landscape and Architecture Webinar on Saturday Feb 6
Please consider joining us for Processing Black & White: Landscape and Architecture on Saturday February 6, 2021 at 11:00am PT. Click here to register for this webinar, here to see…
February 1, 2021
Models in Stop Motion: the Multiple Exposure Series
We recently posted the video recording of Models in Stop Motion: the Multiple Exposure Series. Note that this video includes art photography of female nudes, and is not intended for…
January 24, 2021
A new dawn—and the upcoming Photographing Flowers for Transparency webinar
Watching the inauguration ceremony for President Biden and Vice-President Harris this morning, I wept. Tears of joy at having a competent, caring, decent administration that believes in science in charge.…
January 20, 2021
Webinar Contribution to Project Coyote
Phyllis and I are delighted that the sold-out webinar Finding Meaning in Photography with panelists Guy Tal and Michael Gordon generated a bit more than $1900 as a contribution to Project…
January 17, 2021
New Year’s Dragon
This dragon was constructed on a light box, using petals from alstroemerias ("Peruvian lilies"), and other flowers. It is wishing you a creative, exciting, and more generally positive year ahead!
January 11, 2021
Best wishes for the coming year
We are looking forward to a time when it is safe to have workshops in person. Meanwhile, please consider our new slate of 2021 webinars on Saturdays, with (we hope)…
December 31, 2020
Happy and Healthy Holiday Wishes
Happy & Healthy Holiday wishes! This year 2020 almost past surely wins an award for year most wished to be in the rear-view mirror. As we head into 2021 we…
December 23, 2020
Piles of Petals Are Performative
Piles of flower petals are performative (and alliterative). I've fallen into the habit of keeping piles of natural objects, specifically bowls of flower petals in my work area. Gradually, they…
December 16, 2020
Watching a Mandala Video
I just watched the stop-motion videos that Phyllis made of making these two mandalas. How totally cool! Please consider joining us tomorrow, on Saturday December 12, 2020. We will (among…
December 11, 2020
Conversation about my photography with John Cornicello
Please consider joining me for a conversation about my photography with John Cornicello and Holger Mischke on Jan 7, 2021 at 10am PT. This is a free event. Click here…
December 7, 2020
Mandalas Simple and Complex
A mandala is a circular geometric pattern that symbolically can represent the entire universe. Sometimes, a mandala is meant to represent wholeness and life itself in relation to the infinite…
December 6, 2020
Velvet Backgrounds
Good photographic composition demands paying attention to backgrounds as well as foregrounds. It's a truism among photographic educators that beginners neglect backgrounds in favor of foregrounds. This is particularly the…
November 22, 2020
Creative Projects for Wintering in Place on Saturday Nov 21, 2020
This coming Saturday, November 21, 2020, at 11am PT we will be hosting Creative Projects for Wintering in Place via Zoom webinar. My thinking behind presenting this webinar now is…
November 16, 2020
Webinar contribution to The Center for Policing Equity
Thanks to the superb panelists Anne Belmont and Bryan Peterson, and all who attended, we were able to write a check today to The Center for Policing Equity for $1,620.95. …
November 14, 2020
Patterns and Repetitions are where you find them
Phyllis and I had "double date" appointments with the Eye Clinic on the U.C. Berkeley campus. Visiting the optometrist in a time of masks and social distancing was certainly a…
November 12, 2020
Dahlia. Just Dahlia. Dahlia, darling!
Here are three version of a light box image of a white dahlia from my cutting garden, photographed back in June. The simple monochromatic conversion is shown on top. Next,…
November 2, 2020