digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…