I Heart Dahlias
Today my class went to photograph a Dahlia Farm. I love these flowers because each one is unique, and because they are so colorful (even when I do convert to…
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August 3, 2017
Private Garden, Camden
This was a fun day with my class. They are eager to learn my techniques for flower photography on a light box, and also about creative uses of LAB color.…
August 2, 2017
Mooring Lines, Rockport Harbor
After a fun day teaching and photographing flowers here in Maine, after dinner I headed down to Rockport harbor in the golden hour. The contrast of the white mooring lines…
August 1, 2017
Flowers from My Garden; Off to Maine
I'm off to Maine tomorrow morning to teach flower photography in the coming week. With departure looming before me once again, of course I feel the need to take advantage…
July 27, 2017
When, Where, and How to Photograph the Eclipse
The August 21st 2017 total solar eclipse is gonna be a crazy event in the United States. 12 million people live in the path of totality, and many more are…
July 24, 2017
Beep! Beep!
Some days it's fun just to play! In that spirit, this morning I made this motorcycle (or car) from flowers on my light box. It's complete with headlamps and exhaust.…
July 22, 2017
Days and Knights of Malta Photo Tour (Nov, 2018)
2018 Destination Photography Workshop with Harold Davis We are proud to invite you to join us for a unique, new destination photography workshop to the island country of Malta. Malta,…
July 21, 2017
Free PhotoPills Planning Session and Night Photography (Port of Oakland)
Rafael Pons, co-founder of PhotoPills, and I will co-lead a photography planning and night photography session in the Port of Oakland, California on Saturday September 30, 2017. Click here for…
July 20, 2017
Tattoos with iPhone Camera
I'm a sucker for heroic tattoos, although I've never had any myself. Herewith, a couple of tattooed arms observed with my iPhone camera. The first one shows Vishnu, photographed at…
July 17, 2017
Like calls to like, but also like likes unalike
Related images: Summer Experiment; Coat of Many Colors; Strength in Numbers; Suite of Seeds.
July 16, 2017
I survived to tell the tale
I survived to tell the tale! I'm not sure that it is quite medal-worthy, or whether conquest is really involved, but hey if you've got it, flaunt it. Click here…
July 15, 2017
Coat of Many Colors and Church of Black and White
Coming up from air with dandelions, I contemplated life, art, and my color palette. What about introducing chromatics to my puffy friends? I tried a number of approaches, and in…
July 11, 2017
Photograph Southwestern France in April, 2018—Only a few spaces left!
Grab your camera and come with me on a photographic adventure to the "deep France" of the Lot River valley. Starting Thursday, April 19, 2018 (leave the States on the…
July 10, 2017
Strength in Numbers: One more seed
For more seed and puffy-thing images, check out Suite of Seeds! These seed pods and seeds are amazing when you examine them up very close (check out the Dandelion Seed…
July 9, 2017
Suite of Seeds—Which one do you like best?
Over the past several days I have photographed seed pods, aiming in many cases for an expressionistic sense of line rather than to capture literal form, to use photography as…
July 8, 2017
Dawn on Lake Como
I've been in Italy only a couple of days, and already it seems like there have been some incredible adventures (but not much sleep). This morning I woke in the…
July 7, 2017