digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Click here to watch the trailer for my Photographing Flowers course on the Craftsy platform. Use this link to sign up for Photographing Flowers with a special 50% off today. If…
These pretty anemones come from Thomas Farms, and are organic (as well as locally sourced). The potential advantages of eating organic food are pretty clear, but why buy organic cut…
I am always amazed when I start a flower photography session: no two flowers are ever the same, and there are always an infinitude of possible ways to imagine a…
This image, derived from a single in-camera multiple exposure, plays homage to the Hekatonkheires, a race of hundred-handed giants in Greek mythology. In the popular Rick Riordan young adult fantasy…
With flowers beginning to burst forth in my neighborhood with all their sensual energy my thoughts turn "naturally" to the passion of nature. Nature is wonderful, nature can be fearsome,…
On a cloudy late afternoon I stood on the Great Beach of Point Reyes, California, watching the roiling surf that had made its way across the empty miles of the…
I was recently asked by an art gallerist I work with to help educate some clients regarding my printmaking. Essentially the issues come down to exploring how my prints differ…
Sometimes simplicity is best, although simplicity can be hard to achieve. Both visually and technically, simple images give you no place to hide. In other words, complexity can hide problems,…
Late on a frigid November afternoon I checked into the Pousada Santa Maria---a converted convent---in the eagle-nest town of Marvao, Portugal. I was the only guest at the hotel. I…
Warm wishes for a joyous New Year! Delve into your creative spirit in 2015... Click here for a PDF version of this card. Click here for My Best of 2014.
2014 has been an exciting year for me photographically, from many viewpoints, including the geographic and chronological. When I am not suffering from temporal displacement syndrome (otherwise known as jet…
Recent winter rainstorms have battered the San Francisco area in Northern California with much needed rain. In a break in the weather I decided to hike to Cataract Falls on…
Waves are a fundamental form of the universe. Light and sound come in waves. Wave formation underlies much that we know, and don't know, about the universe around us. As manifest…
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Best wishes of the season from myself, Phyllis and our whole family! Click here for a PDF version of this card.
My Kumano kodo Portfolio is a handmade labor of love and a work in progress. But we're making great progress! This portfolio is designed to showcase in form and content…
This is an image made after dusk with a long (300mm) lens from above the Jemaa-al-Fna in Marrakesh, Morocco. I used five exposures at shutter speeds from 3/5 of a…