Door in Trapani
On my way into Trapani, a refugee from my hotel in Palermo, I pulled the car over to stop at a MacDonald's on the outskirts of town to take advantage…
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December 2, 2018
Patterns in Paris
The common theme in these three monochromatic images taken in Paris is that they are about patterns---as seen in three dimensional architectural objects, but reduced to two apparent planes. And…
November 30, 2018
Greetings from a peripatetic photographer and writer!
I've just returned from a voyage to Paris, then leading a group in Malta, followed by a week exploring Sicily. Prior to this, in October I was on a road…
November 29, 2018
The Maltese Falcon
So which one is jewel-encrusted? I seriously want to know which statue is "the" Maltese Falcon, the stuff (as Bogart puts it in the movie) that dreams are made of.…
November 28, 2018
Badlands Composition and Print
The badlands in this image are along the middle fork of the Kings River, photographed from a higher elevation. The point of this fairly abstract monochromatic composition is the contrast…
November 27, 2018
Understanding Exposure 101
By popular request, I've posted the informational slides from my Getting Your Camera Off Auto presentation in a new slideshow FAQ, Understanding Exposure 101.
November 26, 2018
Pano of the Sierra Crest Print “curing”
I just made this large panoramic print of the High Sierra Crest on commission via Weston Gallery on Moab Paper Juniper Baryta Rag! The print is shown here curing, with…
November 25, 2018
Garden and Flower Photography Workshop at Palm Beach Photographic Centre
I've had many requests for a Florida-based workshop, and I'm happy to say that this indeed will be happening! Please note that the workshop size and places are limited. I'll…
November 23, 2018
Coming Home
On my way home from Palermo to San Francisco, I've had to change planes a couple of times, and am overnighting at Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) near Paris. Travel…
November 19, 2018
Corleone
Corleone is a town in central Sicily. Historically, many mafia bosses have come from Corleone. The anti-Mafia archive and museum is housed in Corleone (unfortunately not open when we visited).…
November 17, 2018
Patterns that are big, patterns that are small
Composition in photography is in large part about bringing an ordered visual experience to the chaotic reality of our world. This means finding, and emphasizing, patterns: patterns that are big,…
November 17, 2018
Accordion Player
Winding down the steep, narrow streets of the medieval Sicilian town of Cefalu towards the seaward ramparts, I could hear faintly some rather delicious accordion music. Getting closer, he sat…
November 15, 2018
Domes in the Palermo Cathedral
I don't get to use the word syncretic nearly as much as I'd like. Last appearing in this blog to describe the quasi-official mix of Shintoism and Buddhism in Japan,…
November 14, 2018
Palazzo Berardo Ferro, Trapani
Yesterday to get away from the madness at the hotel, I got up early, had a quick breakfast, made my way out the barricades, and drove to Trapani, an old…
November 13, 2018
A Memorable Arrival in Palermo
Leaving Malta long before sunrise---the taxi picked us up at the hotel at 3:45AM---under an overcast and misty sky I found myself looking forward to exploring Palermo, Sicily, a bit…
November 12, 2018
Weston Gallery sells two prints of my work
I am very pleased that Weston Gallery has sold two prints of my work. The subject of each print is a California mountain landscape. One is a panorama, Panorama of the…
November 10, 2018
Rotunda of Mosta
Here's another fisheye lens view of the interior of the Rotunda of Mosta---where the bomb fell through during WWII without detonating, or harming the assembled congregation!
November 7, 2018
Mosta Dome
This is the interior of the dome in the church located in Mosta, Malta. I photographed it with a circular fisheye lens, specifically the Nikkor 8-15mm at the roundest and…
November 6, 2018