Bristlecone Pines are the world's oldest living things. They have witnessed thousands of passing turns of the earth in the heavens---and, therefore, the stars turning relative to the earth. I…
The motorcycle shown in the monochromatic image below has been created by hand by Ian Barry, a true artist at what he does. You can click here to read my…
What takes eight exposures, a tripod, and a range of 12 EVs? If you guessed a RAW exposure sequence manually bracketed for HDR (High Dynamic Range) with a strongly back lit window…
I am teaching Katie Rose to play chess. She gets the basic moves and is learning some openings---although she sometimes wants to jump all the pieces over each other the…
Phyllis and I have created many conventionally published photography books. Recently, we've become interested in the possibility of using new technology to create a hand made, limited edition art book, reminiscent…
I'm excited about having my large botanical Washi prints in the Botanicals group exhibition at PHOTO in Oakland. The exhibit runs from August 23 through September 29, 2012. Note that…
So I love and hate my iPhone. My iPhone 4 is the camera I always have with me, and it is a joy to schlep compared to my full and weighty…
I found this wall of plumbing parts in the farming tool shed at Green Gulch where I was leading the Tao of Photography workshop. To make the image I shot…
I am very excited to be heading back to the Bristlecone Pine groves of the White Mountains in California near the Nevada border next week. These trees, among the oldest…
Since I wrote my story about our handmade botanical art book project on Kickstarter, I've had a number of questions. If you are one of the people who wrote me,…
Phyllis and I have created many conventionally published photography books. Recently, we've become interested in the possibility of using new technology to create a hand made, limited edition art book,…
Summer here is beautiful this year---cool mornings with warm and sunny afternoons. It's hard to believe that summer is passing so quickly and that autumn will soon be upon us.…
It's fun to apply textures to an existing image to create a new effect. In this context, a texture is simply a flat shot of paint on wood, or canvas,…
The other day I was lucky enough to get an opportunity to photograph a Falcon Motorcycle. These motorcycles are one-of-a-kind completely handmade works of art. As I particularly enjoy photographing machinery it…
Briefly noted: My new book Creating HDR Photos: The Complete Guide to High Dynamic Range Photography is now shipping on Amazon. We are very excited about this book---you won't find…
I love to photograph dahlias---and, as I wrote in Photographing Flowers, it is "not for their good taste. Rather, I see these flowers as extravagant: wonderfully different from each other, and wild…
An abandoned cement field in West Oakland near the docks was filled with large, rusting metal pipes, maybe ten feet in diameter. What was their original purpose? Why were they…
In the great seafaring Aubrey-Maturin novels by Patrick O'Brian, the bad guys often get their just comeuppance using a ruse de guerre that in hindsight should have been obvious. Admiral…