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December 31, 2015
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
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Best of 2015: Backwards and Forwards
As a photographer and artist, I'm the kind of person who would much rather look forward than backward. The next adventure, or the next photo, is always more interesting to…
December 28, 2015
Warm wishes for a great 2016
Warm wishes for a joyous and fulfilling new year from Phyllis and myself---from our family to your family! Coming into 2016, it is so important to remember the beauty and…
December 28, 2015
Changing Focal Lengths in a Multiple Exposure
Over more than a year, I've been working on a series of in-camera multiple exposure images using models in a studio and strobes. Generally, my approach has been to make…
December 25, 2015
Patterns in Fishnet
The quest for an interesting photographic image is in large part the need to find order in an inherently chaotic universe. Even if that quest ends up showing disorder, it…
December 24, 2015
Papaver Nudicaule
A bright flower for a gray day in the East Bay! For more about photographing this Icelandic Poppy, click here.
December 20, 2015
A Tale of Two Cities
I was in New York City just now for 48 hours, give or take an hour or two. It's hard for me to visit New York without sensing a bit…
December 17, 2015
Two Icelandic Poppies
Phyllis and I like to take out slices of pizza, and eat them in the beautiful garden at Berkeley Horticultural Nurseries. The other day, after having our lunch while sitting…
December 12, 2015
Three Graces
The Three Graces are actually a three-in-one trinity: this is one model (Anastasia Arteyeva), via an in-camera multiple exposure. Processed for the distinctive---almost cave painting look---using the Da Vinci filter in…
December 11, 2015
In a Blue Hour
Over the weekend on Saturday I led a fun workshop sponsored by the Point Reyes Field Institute on Point Reyes photographing Waves. I had some very enthusiastic participants and I think…
December 9, 2015
Piazza San Marco at Night
One reason to photograph at night in a tourist destination is, as I explained in Photographing the Bridge of Sighs at Night, to avoid selfie-stick-toting tour groups. Another reason is…
December 4, 2015
San Giorgio Boat Harbor in Sepia
On a Venetian morning socked in with fog, my friend Mauro and I took the vaporetto across to the island of San Giorgio. The normally inspiring view from the top…
December 2, 2015
Venice and Waterlogue
Photographing Venice, Italy with my iPhone 6s camera, and processing the images using the Waterlogue app on the phone, is great! In fact, you could say that Venice via the…
November 20, 2015
Florence and Venice
Florence and Venice, two great Italian cities, one photographed at the beginning and one at the end of my recent trip to Italy! Related story: Harold in Italy. Related story:…
November 19, 2015
Venice Perspective
At the tip of Dorsoduro, the Venetian Quarter across the Grand Canal from San Marco, sits the Dogana di Mare. The Dogana di Mare is a colonnaded customs station built…
November 17, 2015
Burano
My friend Mauro and I took the vaporetto across the fog-bound Venice lagoon to Burano. Just like a trip to a remote part of a city served by an on-land…
November 14, 2015
Venice of Dreams
Coming into Venice after a long day on the train from Naples was a dream-like experience. From southern almost summer time I was transported into an early November dark world…
November 12, 2015
Antipasto
I had this mixed antipasto at Campagnola, a classic Neapolitan trattoria in the heart of old Naples. The dish was incredibly delicious. Words simply cannot describe the sensuous lusciousness of…
November 4, 2015