Class Demo
At the end of the Garden Photography workshop this past week, I quickly arranged some flowers on an LED panel to demonstrate my Photographing Flowers for Transparency technique. This LED…
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August 16, 2019
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Eye Dahlia
Sometimes individual flowers call out to me as so unique that I need to photograph them on their own. This rather small dahlia, photographed at the Endless Summer Dahlia Farm,…
August 16, 2019
Garden Gate
Gardens are about more than flowers. An important component of any garden is how you get in, or if you get in at all. Gardens have entrances and exits, and,…
August 15, 2019
It Be a Bee then Froggie and Me
The real denizens of any garden are the animals and insects. We humans are just visiting and passing through. I found the frog, or the frog found me, in the…
August 13, 2019
Endless Summer Dahlia Farm
The Endless Summer Dahlia Farm, in Rockport, Maine, is an incredible place run by nice folks with very exceptional dahlias. Here are a few, photographed the other day.
August 12, 2019
Finding the Attic
Phyllis just reminded me via Facetime that Maine is "Stephen King" country. So it was with a certain amount of trepidation that I opened a door I had never noticed…
August 11, 2019
Celebrating LAB Color
I'm really pleased with a comment in my Instagram feed about my Creative LAB Color in Photoshop course: "I am currently taking your LAB editing course on LinkedIn. And I…
August 9, 2019
From O’Keeffe to Blossfeldt…or, is it a Davis photo?
I've long been tickled to find my Kiss from a Rose attributed as a Georgia O'Keeffe painting. To be clear: tickled for my work to be confused with the great…
August 6, 2019
LAB Color Variations
From the block-print-like flower composition on white (shown second from the bottom of this story), I used LAB color to apply individual color channel adjustments to create the eight variations…
August 1, 2019
My Photoshop Courses Now Available for Standalone Purchase
I am pleased to be able to offer my Creative LAB Color in Photoshop and Photoshop Backgrounds & Textures courses for standalone purchase. Each course costs $44.99, and you can…
July 31, 2019
Stuff
As George Carlin put it in one of his most memorable routines, a house is nothing but a pile of stuff with a cover on it. In contrast, I suppose…
July 29, 2019
Playing with Lilies
There's nothing like a carpet of oriental lilies on my light box for photographic fun! Shown here with a few petunias, roses, and jasmine blooms to round out the prevailing…
July 27, 2019
Creative Black and White 2 Ed (and Discount Code!)
I'm very pleased that my new book, Creative Black & White, 2nd Edition, is now available. The publisher, Rocky Nook, is offering a 40% discount. Click here to buy Creative Black…
July 26, 2019
The Story of a Cactus Flower
Phyllis told me she saw a giant cactus flower at about camera height near the small shopping area of Kensington, California about 1/2 mile from our house when she passed…
July 25, 2019
Creative Black and White 2 Ed Now Available (with Discount Code!)
I'm very pleased that my new book, Creative Black & White, 2nd Edition, is now available. The publisher, Rocky Nook, is offering a 40% discount. Click here to buy Creative Black…
July 21, 2019
Nautilus Spiral Imagery
The graceful curve of the interior of the Nautilus shell is beloved by artists, and has often been a subject of my imagery. The other day, I placed a slice…
July 17, 2019
Weaving with Light
Recently I was asked, "Ok. I have to know what these are and how were these lovely pieces produced?" A fair question, but one I have some ambivalence about answering.…
July 15, 2019
Black and White Cookies: What’s in a Name?
The Black and White cookie, shown here in an iPhone grab shot converted to black and white in Snapseed, goes by many names. In New York City, where I come…
July 14, 2019