Cathedral
Work on St Vitus's Cathedral, which is situated within the Prague Castle, began in 1344, and wasn't completed until the 20th century. St Vitus contains the Czech crown jewels, and…
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July 19, 2015
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Conversation with Harold Davis
Dominique James has published a Q&A with me on his blog, along with a cool curation of some of my images. Check it out! Thanks DJ. Yesterday I photographed the…
July 18, 2015
Putting Paid to Purloining Picture Snatchers: Working with Pixsy
I am often asked how I deal with the issue of image theft, considering my extensive online presence on my blog and on my Flickr stream. My answer has been…
July 14, 2015
Bend in the Neckar River
On a great bend in the Neckar River, about 15 kilometers up-river from Heidelberg, Germany lies the town of Neckarsteinach. Four dramatic castles sit atop the crags overlooking the Neckar.…
July 10, 2015
Engine at Primo’s Garage
This is a photo of an engine-in-progress at Primo's Garage, photographed during my recent Black and White Masterclass in Heidelberg, Germany, and used as in-class post-processing example.
July 7, 2015
Black and White Masterclass in Heidelberg
These are the wonderful participants in my Black and White Masterclass in Heidelberg, Germany. We all survived the record high temperatures, photographed in Heidelberg, and made and processed high dynamic…
July 5, 2015
Sketches with Waterlogue
The iPhone is probably the best camera there is for quick sketches. For one thing, it is pretty much always with me. For another, it is quick and easy to…
July 2, 2015
Flower at the National Memorial of the Heydrich Terror
Reinhard Heydrich was the second-in-command of the Nazi SS. Heydrich was charged with enhancing the Czech contribution to the Nazi war machine, and did his best in a terrible reign…
July 1, 2015
Cesky Krumlov
This is a view of the southern Bohemia resort and touristic town of Cesky Krumlov, where I spent a few hours photographing. By the way, "Cesky" means a "bend in…
June 30, 2015
Inside the Old Market Square Tower
Inside Prague's Old Town Square Tower they've constructed an elegant spiral ramp, with an elevator in the middle. Other than Prague's TV Tower (I heard one guide call the TV…
June 28, 2015
View of Prague from the Old Town Square Tower
There are six towers that I know of in Prague to go up with my camera. I've been up four out of six so far. Mostly, they are an issue…
June 26, 2015
Spires of Prague
I've never seen such a veritable cacophony of spires in a European city as in Prague. These wonderful spires, or towers, help to impart Prague's unusual and distinctive flavor. What…
June 25, 2015
Prague Metamorphosis
With Prague's grand castles and elegant squares overflowing with happy visitors and marquee shopping it is easy to forget that this is also the city of Franz Kafka. Metamorphosis happens…
June 25, 2015
Prague Sunset
Getting to Prague from the Bay area took a bit of travel time. I know, less than in covered wagon and sail ship times, but still it was into the…
June 24, 2015
Degrees of Translucency
Transparency means something one can look through with clarity, like a sheet of glass or plastic. So what we are interested in is really translucency---the state or condition of being translucent,…
June 20, 2015
Salutation to the Sun
I am taking a little time to process some of the botanical images I've shot so far this year. Soon I will be moving on to photograph the old stones…
June 19, 2015
Two Botanicals
The other day I enjoyed photographing and presenting some local flowers cut from the neighborhood in a fairly traditional way so that the finished images appear at first glance much…
June 10, 2015
Photographic Tour to Romantic Southwest France in April, 2016
What: A week with a small compatible group of photographers in a 15th Century castle in the lush countryside of southwest France in the springtime. Where: Mas de Garrigue, a…
June 8, 2015