East of the Sierras
Coming down the long steep road from Tioga Pass, the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains was hazy. In the distance, thunder rumbled. Then, to my surprise, a sharp…
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September 7, 2018
Multiple Exposures and Models: Star of Brightness.
The technical idea behind my in-camera series of multiple exposures of models is to work with the models to use the human body to create an external shape, as defined…
September 3, 2018
Frankfurt Station
Like the nearly empty road in Poem of the Road, train stations give rise to existential questions. Where are we hurrying, and why? When a track and platform are empty,…
September 1, 2018
X-Ray and “Fusion” X-Ray Images of Flowers
Here are some (more) x-rays and fusion x-rays of flowers. Fusion x-rays use post-production to combine "straight" x-rays with light box images of the same composition. For background information on…
August 30, 2018
Postcards from Berlin
When I got the call that Phyllis had been admitted to the hospital with a mysterious high fever, I knew I had to cut my visit to Berlin and eastern…
August 28, 2018
Revealing the Unseen with X-Ray Photography of Flowers
I had to quickly change my plans due to a family emergency and fly home from Berlin. Now that I'm at home, it's good that things have settled down again,…
August 26, 2018
Campanulas X-Rays
I write this from the train from Frankfurt to Berlin, where Julian K. and I are sitting in a first class car at the all-important table, with the all-important wi-fi…
August 22, 2018
Dahlia Fusion X-Rays and Light Box Photos
This Dahlia was photographed on a light box for transparency, then captured via x-ray photography. The two capture techniques were combined in Photoshop. In the upper version, there is also…
August 20, 2018
Top Photography Blog Honor; More Fusion X-Rays
I am honored to be included as one of the top fifteen photography blogs in the English language worldwide. This is good company to be in. Thanks for the award!…
August 17, 2018
Sunflower X-Ray Fusion
This is a fusion of an x-ray and a light box high-key HDR sequence, using a medical x-ray machine and photographed on a light box. My friend Dr Julian Koepke…
August 15, 2018
Rockport Maine to New York City
Not so much in common. Maybe photography? Now onward, and across "The Pond."
August 14, 2018
Times Square
From high above Times Square, New York does indeed seem to be the "city that never sleeps." A pulsing light show of humanity whatever hour of the day or night,…
August 13, 2018
Buddha
My class and I found this wonderful Buddha in the extraordinary Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden in Seal Harbor, Maine.
August 9, 2018
Maine Flowers
This was an in-class light box demo, using flowers that my wonderful workshop participants scavenged from the grounds of Maine Media Workshops.
August 8, 2018
Gardens of Maine
So far, this is a wonderful Garden Photography workshop despite the rather overpowering heat and humidity (a bit unexpected on the coast of Maine, even in August). There are fourteen…
August 8, 2018
The Maine Thing
My main thing in Maine is to photograph flowers and gardens---after all, that is the course I am teaching. But while here, certainly I am having some lobster. While I…
August 5, 2018
Once upon a Tintype
My uncle, at least I think he was my uncle, came back from far away places, India and beyond. He was footsore, and he wanted to rest for days, indeed…
August 1, 2018
Mountains of the Mind
Mist in the distant mountains is nature's way of replacing clarity of sight with unspoken nuance. We do not know what lies beneath the layers of mist, but there is…
July 28, 2018