Do The Work!
I’m not talking about your day job, although you probably should do that work if you want a paycheck at the end of the week and a fridge full of brewskis on Friday night. I’m talking about your art, your craft, or whatever it is you’re passionate about. I recently...
Stay Thirsty My Friends
We’ve all heard this advice before in some form or another. “There’s always something to shoot…” “Never give up…”, “Stay late…” But every once in a while I get reminded of just how important it is to keep these axioms in the forefront of your mind. And if you’re...
The Catalyst
I love looking at other photographers’ websites and almost as much as I enjoy perusing their wonderful work I love reading their biographies. One of the things I’ve noticed over the years is just how many photographers have been set a drift on a journey across the...
Making Chicken Salad Out of Chicken S@#&
In my former life I was a middle school science teacher. I’ll never forget the crusty old Vermonter that taught PE and coached basketball at the first school in which I taught. He had a wealth of knowledge and wisdom, which he regularly shared with the new teachers...
Want Your Images to Look Different? (part 2)
In part one of this series I offered 5 strategies for jumpstarting your creative juices and beginning the journey toward creating unique or different images. Part one can be found here and is probably worth reading in conjunction with this post. 6) Incorporate...
Want Your Images to Look Different? (part 1)
Then photograph differently! I don’t mean to be glib, but it’s really true. We’ve all no doubt heard the famous Albert Einstein quote about the definition of insanity: something like doing the same thing over and over the same way and expecting a different result... ...
How Photography is like Tequila
For some they both can be an acquired taste, a little bitter at first but after a while starts to get easier to swallow. Just think about the first time you tried to shoot an epic sunset and came home with nothing but washed out skies or blocked up foreground...
Photograph with Intent – Part 3 “The Decisive Moment”
As I alluded to in the first two posts of the series (“Getting Picky” and “Creative Exposure”) our photographic journeys are very much an evolution, everyone on their own path and pace. Except unlike the slow and steady pace of biological evolution our evolution as...
Photograph with Intent – Part 2 “Creative Exposure”
In my last post, Photograph with Intent – Part 1 “Getting Picky” we looked at the importance of slowing down and becoming a more selective photographer, only tripping the shutter if the scene really gets your juices flowing or speaks the language of your creative...
Photograph with Intent – Part 1 “Getting Picky”
One of the most enjoyable aspects of my career in photography is getting to teach what I love, whether in an intensive workshop format or more formal academic setting. I’ve been teaching digital photography courses at a local college for a little over 13 years. My...
Slow Photography Movement
No, I’m not going to discuss how to keep things sharp during long exposures, time lapse or using a view camera. My new quest in life is to create a slow photography movement, not unlike the slow food movement. I’ve noticed a somewhat alarming trend in recent years,...
Fresh Eyes
Sometimes we’re too close to our work to make the right judgment about whether it’s good or not good; whether an image is a keeper or destined to a life of obscurity in the deep recesses of a hard drive. More specifically I think we’re too close to the event or...
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