Last Day in Paris
This is my last day in Paris until the spring. I took the Metro into Concorde, walked over to the Orangerie, and sat for a while and marveled at the…
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October 31, 2018
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Earthlight
At sunset, the crescent moon reflected in the intertidal flats. The moon does not produce light. We see the moon because of reflected sunlight. In this photo, only the crescent…
October 23, 2018
Crepuscular Coast
The sun coming over the mountains, and fog rising from the ocean, combined in crepuscular rays to first illuminate the coastal bridge and then with chiaroscuro light the rocky shore.…
October 22, 2018
A Creative Palette of Possibilities Webinar Recording and a Porcupine
I've been asked many times when this recording would be posted. Of course, the answer was, "When it is ready!" That time is now. So I'm excited to let you…
October 16, 2018
Mandalas
A mandala is a circular pattern that in spiritual usage---principally in Hinduism and Buddhism---represents the universe. More secularly (but still with a soupçon of spirituality), the pattern of a mandala…
October 15, 2018
Klamath Bar
In the darkness before dawn we drove to the Klamath overlook, and brought out the cameras and tripods as the first light was hitting fog banks over the Klamath sandbar---a…
October 14, 2018
Bridge of Light
Along the Oregon coast, hard by Heceta Head Lighthouse, we paused to photograph Cave Creek Bridge, lit by crepuscular rays in the morning mist. Too often in this life we…
October 10, 2018
Springtime in Paris for the Flaneur with Camera
We'll always have Paris! You may not need me to remind you of the beauty of Paris, the City of Light. Perhaps this is a treasured memory for you. Along…
October 3, 2018
New on my website and blog
I've added some content recently that may interest you. This is in addition to my regular postings on my blog, which I think of as my "Daybook"---in the sense that…
September 20, 2018
Rainbow Falls in Black and White
I hiked into Rainbow Falls in Devils Postpile National Monument. No rainbows this day, but a great waterfall in monochrome!
September 8, 2018
East of the Sierras
Coming down the long steep road from Tioga Pass, the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains was hazy. In the distance, thunder rumbled. Then, to my surprise, a sharp…
September 7, 2018
Multiple Exposures and Models: Star of Brightness.
The technical idea behind my in-camera series of multiple exposures of models is to work with the models to use the human body to create an external shape, as defined…
September 3, 2018
Frankfurt Station
Like the nearly empty road in Poem of the Road, train stations give rise to existential questions. Where are we hurrying, and why? When a track and platform are empty,…
September 1, 2018
X-Ray and “Fusion” X-Ray Images of Flowers
Here are some (more) x-rays and fusion x-rays of flowers. Fusion x-rays use post-production to combine "straight" x-rays with light box images of the same composition. For background information on…
August 30, 2018
Revealing the Unseen with X-Ray Photography of Flowers
I had to quickly change my plans due to a family emergency and fly home from Berlin. Now that I'm at home, it's good that things have settled down again,…
August 26, 2018
Campanulas X-Rays
I write this from the train from Frankfurt to Berlin, where Julian K. and I are sitting in a first class car at the all-important table, with the all-important wi-fi…
August 22, 2018
Top Photography Blog Honor; More Fusion X-Rays
I am honored to be included as one of the top fifteen photography blogs in the English language worldwide. This is good company to be in. Thanks for the award!…
August 17, 2018
Rockport Maine to New York City
Not so much in common. Maybe photography? Now onward, and across "The Pond."
August 14, 2018