Opium Poppies
I am very excited that a number of my pieces in the style of this image of Papaver somniferum have been accepted into the publishing program at the World Art…
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July 15, 2011
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Iglesia San Felipe
This is an interior of a church located in Habana Vieja (the old district of Havana, Cuba). The image is comprised of three bracketed exposures, shot using a tripod on…
July 14, 2011
Happy Birthday Mathew
Recently we celebrated Mathew's seventh birthday. He is shown in this photo blowing out the candles on his birthday cake. Mathew and this blog are close to the same age.…
July 13, 2011
Big Chicken
My kids tell me that a T-Rex dinosaur is a relative of birds like a chicken or turkey, both being descendants of pteradactyls. It's a little hard for me to…
July 12, 2011
HDR Car
Over the weekend I spent some time with the kids wandering around and exploring the University of California at Berkeley campus, which is about half a mile from our home.…
July 11, 2011
Visual Make-Believe
In a previous story, I noted the importance of looking behind one. Commentators added the great suggestions of looking up and down as well. A corollary to having the kind…
July 9, 2011
Mr Mom Photographer
As Phyllis finishes up the page layouts for Photographing Flowers, I've been spending a great deal of time with Katie Rose. Our nanny is on vacation, the boys are in…
July 8, 2011
On Turning Around
If you've ever gone shooting with a nature or landscape photographer worthy of their salt you'll notice that they turn around a great deal. Good photographers are not Prussian soldiers…
July 6, 2011
On Critics and Criticism
In his recent book Marketing Fine Art Photography (Rocky Nook, 2011) photographer Alan Briot suggests that "it will be those who are discontent, displeased, or upset by what you do…
July 3, 2011
In the Zone
In a photography blog, when you see the word "zone" in the title of a story it is not unreasonable to assume you may be reading about the Zone system---the…
July 2, 2011
Flowers in a Green Vase
I enjoyed photographing these flowers in a green vase as much for rendering the textures and colors of the vase and table as the flowers! The vase contains safflowers and…
June 30, 2011
Thistle while you work
Things have been getting a little thorny around here as we come in on the final design, editing, and production tasks involving my new book from Focal Press, Photographing Flowers.…
June 27, 2011
And the Winners Are…
Judging the landscape photography contest organized by Light Stalking has proved to be no easy task due to the formidable quality of the entries. The winning three photographers were to…
June 26, 2011
Bi-Monthly Print of the Month
Our June and July, 2011 offering is Following the Path. This unusual high dynamic range image of a country road in late afternoon light suggests the possiblities ahead if one…
June 26, 2011
Orchid
I shot this orchid on our front porch using a wood log as the background. It was late afternoon---or early evening---and I shot the flowers in deep shade. As I…
June 24, 2011
HDR Wringer
This is a side view of an old industrial clothes washing machine of the type that used to be called a "wringing mangle," or sometimes simply a "wringer." I'm thankful…
June 22, 2011
Carnivore
It's amazing how everyday objects can take on associations that are very different from the mundane reality. Seeing these different realities is a matter of letting go of familarity. To…
June 21, 2011
Shooting Duds
From my email bag: "I recently bought several of your books in order to learn something and I got really intrigued by Creative Night and night photography. Here's my question:…
June 20, 2011