Steven’s First Car
My workshop ended with a lobster dinner and a grand group show yesterday evening. I met some of my students for breakfast, and then headed off for some solo adventures…
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August 5, 2017
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
I Heart Dahlias
Today my class went to photograph a Dahlia Farm. I love these flowers because each one is unique, and because they are so colorful (even when I do convert to…
August 3, 2017
Private Garden, Camden
This was a fun day with my class. They are eager to learn my techniques for flower photography on a light box, and also about creative uses of LAB color.…
August 2, 2017
Flowers from My Garden; Off to Maine
I'm off to Maine tomorrow morning to teach flower photography in the coming week. With departure looming before me once again, of course I feel the need to take advantage…
July 27, 2017
When, Where, and How to Photograph the Eclipse
The August 21st 2017 total solar eclipse is gonna be a crazy event in the United States. 12 million people live in the path of totality, and many more are…
July 24, 2017
Like calls to like, but also like likes unalike
Related images: Summer Experiment; Coat of Many Colors; Strength in Numbers; Suite of Seeds.
July 16, 2017
I survived to tell the tale
I survived to tell the tale! I'm not sure that it is quite medal-worthy, or whether conquest is really involved, but hey if you've got it, flaunt it. Click here…
July 15, 2017
Coat of Many Colors and Church of Black and White
Coming up from air with dandelions, I contemplated life, art, and my color palette. What about introducing chromatics to my puffy friends? I tried a number of approaches, and in…
July 11, 2017
Photograph Southwestern France in April, 2018—Only a few spaces left!
Grab your camera and come with me on a photographic adventure to the "deep France" of the Lot River valley. Starting Thursday, April 19, 2018 (leave the States on the…
July 10, 2017
Strength in Numbers: One more seed
For more seed and puffy-thing images, check out Suite of Seeds! These seed pods and seeds are amazing when you examine them up very close (check out the Dandelion Seed…
July 9, 2017
Suite of Seeds—Which one do you like best?
Over the past several days I have photographed seed pods, aiming in many cases for an expressionistic sense of line rather than to capture literal form, to use photography as…
July 8, 2017
Dawn on Lake Como
I've been in Italy only a couple of days, and already it seems like there have been some incredible adventures (but not much sleep). This morning I woke in the…
July 7, 2017
Matilija Poppies and Mallows
You got to love the Matilija Poppy, a California native, with its wonderful huge yellow center and puffy white petals. The poppies are of the Romneya genus (so are neither…
June 23, 2017
Special Snowflake
No, this is not really a snowflake at all. It's a macro photo of the seed pod of a Gaillardia ("blanket flower") [below] and the all 3-channels LAB inversion of the…
June 20, 2017
Ladybird Poppy
Yesterday was a cool Father's Day. I woke to freshly brewed coffee and cards from the kids. Then I went with Phyllis, my own wonder woman, to see the new…
June 19, 2017
This Father Gives Thanks
On this Father's Day, I want to give thanks for the miracle that is Katie Rose, and for all my kids. Thanks for my family. And thanks to all fathers who…
June 18, 2017
Son Doong Cave
The interior landscape of Son Doong Cave is ethereal and fantastic. Keep in mind that this mystical landscape is cloaked in darkness. The camera sees far more than the naked…
June 9, 2017