Lobsters for Dinner
They said, "Have as many lobsters as you want for dinner." For a while all was lobster bibs, drawn butter, lobsters claws cracking, and the sounds of contented eating. When…
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August 9, 2015
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Avena Herb Farm
My favorite field trip during the Flower Photography workshop I gave at Maine Media Workshops was to Avena Herb Farm in Rockport, Maine. Avena Botanicals has a wonderful garden for photography…
August 8, 2015
Boat from Underneath
The workshop studio is in a small complex of buildings. The other buildings all have to do with boat repair and boat sales. This is the reflection in the hull…
August 6, 2015
Flowers on Black
I photographed these flowers just now on black seamless as a demonstration of a bracketed sequence for low-key HDR photography from my Maine Media flower photography workshop.
August 6, 2015
Welcome to Maine!
My workshop starts this evening, and I've had fun today exploring the mid-coast of Maine. I was lucky to visit the Owl's Head Lighthouse just now, with a functioning light…
August 2, 2015
Recent News, Interviews, and Webinar
Please check out the following links! My new book Achieving Your Potential As a Photographer: A Photographer's Creative Companion and Workbook is now available and shipping on Amazon. Here's Katie…
July 28, 2015
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…
July 19, 2015
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