Having Fun

Posted onJuly 16, 2017Leave a comment

Sometimes you just need to let go and have fun with an image. Forget about realism, or deep meanings, or whether anyone will like (or purchase) the image. This image wanted to be worked on. It is not necessarily “finished” Read More …

What makes a photo?

Posted onJune 14, 2017

One way to classify visual art is on a scale from realistic to abstract. In photography it is hard to move away from the realistic side of this scale, but it is fun to try. An example where the shapes Read More …

Bored in a Parking Lot

Posted onApril 17, 2017

I was with a friend who wanted to run into Golf World for a few minutes. I am not a golfer so I said I would wait by the car. I pulled out my camera and looked around for something Read More …

My workflow, and how I organize my images

Posted onMarch 21, 2017

Post processing is a necessary step in creating a great photo. Back in the day, I had binders full of negatives, slides, and proof prints and I would spend hours in the darkroom burning, dodging and manipulating prints. Today, I use Read More …

Why do I do it?

Posted onMarch 5, 2017March 16, 2017

Sometimes photography is tough. As you are driving along a back country road you see a great image but there is nowhere to pull off the road and park, so you keep driving. A bit later you see a nice Read More …

Old Photos

Posted onFebruary 12, 2017February 16, 2017

I was having a bit of a creative block. I could not get motivated to take photos, so I had a look at photos I have taken in previous years in February. I did get some ideas, but I also Read More …

Painting with Light

Posted onFebruary 2, 2017February 2, 2017

There is a genre of painting called photorealism or even hyperrealism, where a painter tries to make a painting look like a photograph. I tend to take photographs that are trying to look like a painting… Most of my work has Read More …

teaching

Posted onJanuary 17, 20171 Comment

One of my goals for 2017 is to do more teaching of photography. I have been exploring YouTube as a delivery mechanism. The problem is that I am not very accomplished in video. I do have a video mode on Read More …

sometimes a chair is just a chair

Posted onDecember 10, 2016December 10, 2016

This is not a political blog, and my opinion is worth somewhere between zip and nada, however I want to talk about the controversial TIME cover photo…. I have done some advertising photography, and there is a psychology of portraying Read More …

updated photos

Posted onDecember 9, 2016December 9, 2016

I have updated the main page of my photography site with some more seasonal photos…. Happy Holidays (for those of you who get holidays…..)

Alan Klughammer

Photography