Blue Bottles
At the Brasserie where I had a late lunch of poached salmon and ratatouille after flying in from Madrid to Toulouse, I saw these blue bottles lined up on the…
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April 18, 2018
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Stamp Lady
I got into Madrid this morning about 10AM, and with my door-to-door transit time approaching 24 hours, and the +9 hours time zone shift, I am definitely feeling asleep on…
April 15, 2018
Apple Blossoms
From the median strip of nearby Arlington Avenue we clipped some branches from a beautiful, blooming apple tree. Arlington Ave is too busy for my taste, and one has to…
April 13, 2018
Oxalis
Oxalis is a modest plant, considered more weed than flower. The Oxalis shown here is Oxalis stricta, also known as yellow woodsorrel or sourgrass. In season, this Oxalis grows in…
April 12, 2018
Yum and thanks!
These wonderful chocolates arrived today! Truly, I did nothing other than dispensing a little photography advice to deserve them. So thanks Jarek! Photographed with my iPhone and processed in Snapseed.…
April 10, 2018
Leaving on a Jet Plane
In about a week I'll be leaving on a jet plane, and resuming the life of a peripatetic photographer after several months as a "homebody". I am looking forward very…
April 7, 2018
Street Grasses
These images show common street grass stalks, probably in the Digitaria family, and most likely a variety of "crabgrass" (any botanists care to weigh in on this?). I harvested the street…
April 5, 2018
Edward Weston’s Kitchen
In September 2013 I spent a night in the guest cottage of famed photographer Edward Weston's house at Wildcat Hill along the Big Sur coast, following a workshop I gave…
March 31, 2018
I Wasp Eye
Early this morning I came downstairs in my pajamas and found myself face-to-face with this wasp, somnolent before the heat of the day. I pulled some close-up gear together, and…
March 29, 2018
Color Field of Flowers
Thanks for participating in my previous request for comments on Decorative Grasses and Blades of Grass. Today's Which variation do you prefer? And, why? involves six images. What these variations have…
March 28, 2018
Decorative Grasses
Thanks for all the input on my Blades of Grass series. I appreciate the (varied) input. Here's another sequence of Decorative Grasses. Which is your favorite variation, and why? I particularly…
March 27, 2018
Egg
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Coming downstairs on a school-day morning, I found a boiled egg that Nicky spurned alone in a small white bowl. The bowl…
March 25, 2018
I am deleting my Facebook account in one week
I am deleting my Facebook account one week from today. The week's delay is to give my real friends on Facebook, many of whom hail from other parts of the…
March 22, 2018
Avatar or Artifact?
I made this image in collaboration with the beautiful model Muirina Fae. It's an in-camera multiple exposure. There are some more details about how I made the image below. If…
March 15, 2018
New print on Moab Entrada Rag Textured
As you can see here, I just made a new print on Moab Entrada Rag Textured. I'm pleased with the way this came out, and I think the moderate texture…
March 8, 2018
Ask Me Anything about Creativity and Inspiration
I am hosting an event on the Ask Me Anything feed. The way this works is that folks post questions (hence the "Ask Me Anything") and I answer them, hopefully…
February 27, 2018