Art Project
I am working on a bit of a conceptual art idea. I am still polishing it, but it is getting close. It is a lot different from what I normally…
Having Fun
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…
What makes a photo?
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…
Bored in a Parking Lot
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.…
My workflow, and how I organize my images
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…
Why do I do it?
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…
Old Photos
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…
Painting with Light
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…
teaching
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…
sometimes a chair is just a chair
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…