digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
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…
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…
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.…
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…
I am featured on episode #46 of the lively and entertaining Macro Photography Live Chat Show. Click here for the YouTube replay of the episode featuring my work recorded recently. …
Phyllis and Nicky came home with this branch from an Angel's Trumpets shrub (of the Brugmansia genus). They had cropped it from an overhanging specimen in the neighborhood. Since Brugmansia…
Want more fantastic imagery? Check out Surreal Lady Fish, my Multiple Exposures portfolio of in-camera model photography, and a selection of Impossible composite imagery. The Danse Macabre a/k/a "The Dance…
This relatively straightforward yet elegant (if I say so myself) light box composition uses flowers directly from our garden.
Carefully diffusing blue and yellow pigment into a bottle filled with water; related to Easy Travel to Other Planets. "Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky."---Dust in the Wind,…
Here's another food play image, constructed from olive oil, half-and-half (milk), and food color. I think it looks a little like stained glass. Transferring a high resolution image onto my…
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Wandering with a friend in downtown San Francisco last week, I was struck by all the new construction, and how much things have changed. Over the past half-dozen years I…
I had a great Photographing Flowers for Transparency workshop over the weekend, with a nice group of workshop participants who were eager to learn, and I think had fun! I'm…
Last week I photographed a medley of flowers from our garden on the light box, with one result shown in a previous story. The flowers together formed almost a kind…
Take one model (Katlyn Lacoste). Make two in-camera studio multiple exposures of the model using strobes on a black background. Turn the exposures sideways, and mix and match in Photoshop.…
The Nearly Perfect Poppy close-up is the center panel of the Triptych. Click here or on the image to view it larger.
Waking up to a morning of partial sunshine, I saw this new, glowing, orange Poppy blossom in the plantings along our front porch. It was definitely dappled and dawn-drawn. Although…
Today I reprocessed this image of Waves from a while back so that the photo would work for a substantial enlargement. I wanted to keep the soft quality of the…